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Be Kind To Children And Buy Them The Correct Thor Video Game
There is a Thor movie out. We hear it’s OK, at best.
Stupid PR Stunt Wants You To Name Real Kids After Rubbish Game
Stupid PR stunts are nothing new to this industry. We’ve had goats blood, we’ve had free, but troublesome gas. And now, we have a misguided attempt to have people name kids after a “game” character.
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
I’ll be giving my brand new Wii a good workout today, starting with Mario Galaxy. Later though – despite my utter abhorrence of needles, let alone the fact I can’t bear the sight of any sort of surgical procedure – I plan to check out Trauma Centre: New Blood, which was released on Thursday. Hey, it looks tame enough, and the nurses are pretty cute.
Frankenreview: Rise Of The Argonauts
Codemasters and Liquid Entertainment have just unleashed the fury of Jason on the Xbox 360, PC, and PlayStation 3 with the release of their epic action RPG, Rise of the Argonauts.
The Official Rise Of The Argonauts Release Dates
Ever since Codemasters announced the initial delay of their action RPG Rise of the Argonauts, the new release dates have been shrouded in mystery. Rather than rely on retail speculation, here’s the word direct from Codemasters. the initial delay of their action RPG Rise of the Argonauts, the new release dates have been shrouded in mystery. Rather than rely on retail speculation, here’s word direct from the publisher.
Leveling Up In Rise of the Argonauts
Rise of the Argonauts lead designer Charlie Price explains the rather innovative leveling system in Codemasters and Liquid Entertainment’s upcoming action RPG. While it’s essentially just a points for powers system, painting it as a favour system, assigning points through deeds and having the character dedicate those deeds to the god of his or her choosing adds a degree of immersion to a system that generally pulls you right out of the game. An excellent example of dressing up a standard mechanic to make it seem like something entirely different. Nicely done.
Codemasters Fills Russia With Love
Times have sure changed from when I was a kid. Back when I was growing up, Russia was an evil empire hell bent on my country’s destruction, but now I’ve grown up, and the rest of the world has grown up, and Russia is just another big area filled with potential gamers. Gamers Codemasters is planning on catering to as they announce full Russian language localisation for three of their biggest titles – Rise of the Argonauts, Damnation, and Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising. “Codemasters has targeted Russia as a front-line territory, key to our overall EMEA strategy” said Axel Herr, Senior VP Publishing, EMEA, Codemasters. “Localisation and tailoring of content is key to our emerging market strategy and Codemasters is keen to continue leading the charge in these fast-evolving markets.”
Argonauts Slips Past November
Looks like GameStop might have been onto something after all. Codemasters has revealed that their epic action RPG Rise of the Argonauts, developed by Liquid Entertainment, would not be hitting its original November release window, though they are still hoping to get the title out before Christmas, which is an incredibly bad sign. Coupled with the fact that they aren’t saying why exactly the game was delayed, we can infer that it isn’t ready for release right now, and a game not ready for release given the pressure of trying to get out the door in the next month and a half generally means a buggy mess once it hits retail.
Real Naked Lady Invades Rise of the Argonauts
Codemasters has teamed up with men’s magazine Front and one of their models to put together a collection of quasi Not Safe For Work wall paper.
The images feature former Cyber Girl of the Year Alex Sim-Wise in a set of provocative poses that have been digitally enhanced with imagery from the upcoming action role-playing game set to hit the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 this autumn.
The images are part of a six-page feature published in this month’s FRONT magazine that hit stands today.
“The shoot was super rad,” says Alex Sim-Wise. “I’m massive gaming geek – so taking down the incredible bosses from Rise of the Argonauts was definitely my cup of tea. The results of the shoot are incredible. So much so I’ve been jumping around since, casting flames from my hands. Although, I did accidentally set light to a small cat.”
Full-sized, unfishy, images can be found here.
GameStop Pushes Rise of The Argonauts To 2009
Dammit! Several readers have dropped us a line to let us know that the release date for Codemasters’ action RPG Rise of the Argonauts, according to retailer GameStop at least, has slipped to 1/1/2009, which in release date speak means sometime after the beginning of the new year. I just called my local GameStop where I had a reserve down and they confirmed that they are now showing the new date in their system. I’ve dropped a line to Codemasters, but GameStop isn’t generally in the habit of pushing back a title’s release date arbitrarily – pre-order now and have it in a month sounds a lot better than pre-order it now for sometime next year.
I know this fall is littered with amazing, blockbuster releases we’ve been waiting years to play, but this was the one I was really looking forward to playing. If I were a panda right now, I would not be a very happy one.
Rise of the Argonauts Pre-Order Page [GameStop - Thanks James]
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