Tag archive: Tales

THQ has announce that Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor has gone gold and been released to manufacturing, opening another chapter in the publisher's Company of Heroes World War II-based real-time strategy franchise. Built by in-house Warhammer and Dawn of War developer Relic Entertainment, Tales of Valor adds three new single-player campaigns, three new multiplayer modes, and a new “direct fire” feature that gives players… Read More

If you've ever dreams of reading literary classics on your iPhone or Android device instead of buying a Kindle or working to shoehorn free etexts onto your phone, Google has some good news for you: the company has launched a mobile version of Google Book Search (point your phones here) that provides mobile access to more than 1.5 million public domain books—at least in the United States. (Outside the U.S., selection is currently… Read More

Continuing its line of World War II real-time strategy games, THQ announced the third addition to the Company of Heroes series on Monday with Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor. The next title will include three single-player campaigns, new multiplayer modes, and an all-new “direct fire” feature. The most intriguing new change to gameplay for existing fans of the series will likely be the addition of direct fire. Though… Read More

According to Japanese publisher ASCII Media Works, weekly sales of Microsoft's Xbox 360 game console beat out sales of Sony's PlayStation 3 in Japan for the first time in early August, driven by the launch of the much-anticipated Tales of Vesperia title from Namco Bandai. ASCII Media Works says Sony moved 10,705 PlayStation 3 units in the week ending August, 10th, but Microsoft pushed 28,116 Xbox 360 units into the Japanese… Read More

Bill was and is unique in this industry and changed a lot over the course of time he ran Microsoft. He started out as one of the barbarians challenging the hated status quo and eventually became a part of the new hated status quo for the following generation. He, and Microsoft, provide a cautionary tale for Google in that just as Google has positioned itself with its “do no evil” model as the anti-Microsoft, Microsoft… Read More

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group has announced it is buying UK game studio TT Games for an undisclosed amount. Founded in 2005 from the merger of Traveller's Tales and Giant Interactive Entertainment, TT Games was one of the largest remaining independent game studios, and is responsible for developing the Lego Star Wars games, Bionicle Heroes, and many other titles. “TT Games is very successful and respected in the game… Read More

Sony said today they were dropping the price of the PlayStation Portable portable video gaming system from $199.99 for the Core Pack to $169.99. This price drop follows the second anniversary of the launch of the PSP. Sony said that in 2006 hardware PSP shipments rose to nearly 25 million units worldwide, with more than one million new PSP systems sold in North America in December. Software shipments increased to more than 90 million units… Read More

Microsoft has announced new expansion to the video offerings carried on its Xbox Live service, bringing new high-definition content from major Hollywood Studios to Xbox 360 owners, as well as new television and DVD content—including material which will debut on Xbox Live at the same time it's first released on DVD. New content coming to Xbox Live will be from A&E Network (Dog the Bounty Hunter,King of Cars,Gene Simmons… Read More

IBM has unveiled Embedded ViaVoice 4.4, which offers freeform command recognition, on-the-fly translation and subtitling services, and can claim to comprehend some nuances of spoken English. The technology is designed to enable users to control systems embedded in vehicles, handheld devices, and other non-computer applications to speak flexibly and naturally to devices without having to memorize and carefully pronounced pre-defined… Read More

The game will be released in April 2005 for the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system, Xbox(R) video game system from Microsoft, PC and Game Boy(R) Advance. LEGO Star Wars combines two childhood favourites, LEGO and Star Wars(R), to create an innovative and exciting action-adventure title designed for young gamers. The game is based on The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones and the eagerly awaited Star Wars(R): Episode III Revenge… Read More

In the three month run up to Christmas VUG plans to release Traveller's Tales' comical take on sure-fire platforming blockbuster Crash Bandicoot Unlimited (PS2, Xbox), as well as 2015′s controversial chest beating Vietnam FPS Men Of Valor (Xbox, PC), complete with all the swearing that EA would never allow them to get away with. If that wasn't enough, Elixir's Dungeon Keeper-inspired Evil Genius (PC) is… Read More

According to a story which originated in the UK's Official Nintendo Magazine, both eagerly anticipated sequel Metroid Prime 2 and innovative body-swapping FPS title Geist will arrive on these shores before the end of the year on the GameCube. The article also quotes Nintendo development supremo Shigeru Miyamoto asking fans to be patient about news on his current central project, a new Mario title which has been dubbed Mario 128 by the… Read More