Spore tribe phase trailer released Another week, another new trailer from Spore Maxis and EA's upcoming evolution simulator. This newest trailer demonstrates the game's tribe phase, explained courtesy of narrators Lauren McHugh and Alex Kerfoot, two software engineers who have been hard at work on the game. |
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Shipping this week: Truckload of fun This week for PC releases the truck has come to town. With titles like Race Driver: GRID and Lego Indiana Jones hitting stores, there's something for everyone. Launching along side their console versions, GRID and Lego Indy are just two of the handful of releases hitting this week. |
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Sword of the Stars: Born of Blood 1.5.2 patch released A new update for Lighthouse Interactive's Sword of the Stars: Born of Blood was released today, bringing the game up to version 1.5.2. Notable enhancements, balance tweaks, and new additions include the ability to play user-created maps in multiplayer games, a few A.I. enhancements, and the ability to view encounters even if you have other combats queued. |
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New Fallout 3 screenshots show off more post-apocalyptic action It's no secret that one of our most highly anticipated games of 2008 is Fallout 3. Bethesda Softworks' revamp of the original Interplay post-apocalypse RPG series. Today some new screenshots of the game popped up on the Internet showing off more of the game that's due in stores this fall. |
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New Alpha Protocol screenshots come in from the cold We love James Bond movies; we really do. But few of the James Bond games made over the years have really given us the full experience of being a glamorous super-spy. The upcoming action-RPG Alpha Protocol is aiming to do just that and today it's publisher Sega released some new screenshots from the title. |
Confirmed: Saints Row 2 coming to the PC THQ's upcoming sequel to their Xbox 360 exclusive urban open-world action game Saints Row was supposed to be only coming to the Xbox 360 and PS3 consoles. However, a note on Blue's News offered up suggestions that the Volition developed Saints Row 2 will also show up on the PC as well. Big Download contacted THQ's PR rep for the game and they confirmed the news for us: "At this point, I can confirm there is a PC SKU but nothing beyond that." |
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Multiple Prince of Persia games incoming Prince of Persia fans are in for what could be a great treat, or a total disaster. In addition to the new Prince game due this fall, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has stated that another PoP game, one not tied in with this fall's title, will be released alongside 2009's Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time film from Disney. |
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No more Crysis patches? The folks at game developer Crytek had been posting up hints on some special major patch for their sci-fi shooter title Crysis in their last update. Well, things have apparently changed. In their newest update (and posted near the end) they state " . . . there almost certainly will not be a patch 1.3 delivered for Crysis." They don't go into any reasons for this move, saying only, " . . . we hope you understand when you hear more about the reasons why in the very, very near future." |
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Trion World Network announces first game; new deal with Sci-Fi Channel It's been nearly two years since the Trion World Network announced its presence. The company at the time said its goal was to create and publish online game titles but since its first announcement in September 2006 it has kept the specifics of its plans close to the vest. Today the company raised the curtain a bit more about their plans, announcing the first tiny details on their debut title. |


