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Download: Blood Bowl Dark Elves Add-On Patch and Trailer

Posted Nov 19th 2009 6:45PM by Steven Wong
Filed under: Downloads, Patches, Action, Sports, Trailers

After reaching the top of the sales charts in the UK, Blood Bowl is now coming to North America. This free patch adds on a ninth all-new faction to the game existing game: the dreaded Dark Elves. The trailer shown above shows these devious players in action. Be aware that his patch is for the original version purchased directly from the official website, and not the one that's releasing on Steam next week, which already includes the Dark Elves.

"Blood Bowl, the imaginary forerunner of football, is an ultra violent team sport set in the Warhammer fantasy universe. It lets players compose a team of Orcs, Elves, Humans, Dwarves and many other fantasy creatures before jumping into the bloodiest arenas. The sport game is both strategic and violent. It requires tactics, a certain amount of game-sense and a lot of self-confidence."

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Blood Bowl coming to Steam on Thanksgiving

Posted Nov 19th 2009 6:30PM by John Callaham
Filed under: Downloads, Sports, Strategy

While the fantasy-themed sports-strategy game Blood Bowl has been available via download for US gamers since it's official release last June, we suspect not a lot of folks knew that they could grab this unusual mix of genres from developer Cyanide Studio. That may change, however, with the announcement today that the game will be made available for download on Thanksgiving (appropriate for a game based loosely on American football) via the much higher profile Steam service

The Steam version will include all of the content of the previous edition and will add the new Dark Elves faction to the game's eight other playable sides (owners of the previous version can download a free update that adds the new faction). Steam is also offering a 10 percent pre-order discount to the game before it goes live. If you are looking for a very different game experience, Blood Bowl might be up your alley.

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Mac Monday: Drawn/New Star Soccer

Posted Nov 16th 2009 11:00AM by Akela Talamasca
Filed under: Culture, Downloads, Demos, Features, Hands-on, Mac, Puzzle, Simulation, Sports, Screenshots

Welcome to Mac Monday, where we highlight some games for your Macintosh that you might want to try ... or try to avoid. This time around, we're looking at Big Fish Games' Drawn: The Painted Tower, and New Star Games' New Star Soccer 2010. Two completely different games, and both intriguing for different reasons. Find out more after the jump!

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Funcom working on snowboarding game? Yep

Posted Nov 3rd 2009 12:00PM by John Callaham
Filed under: Mac, Sports

Funcom is known for their fantasy and sci-fi based games like The Longest Journey, Age of Conan, and their upcoming MMO The Secret World. However it looks like the company is branching out with, of all things, a snowboarding game.

The Develop web site reports that the game, titled On The Edge Of The World, will apparently be free-to-play for both the PC and Mac and feature things like online tournaments and social networking features. The developer received a $260,000 grand from the Norsk Film Institutt to make the game which is being designed to promote Norwegian winter sports. No release date for the game has been announced.

This Week In PC Games: October 26-November 1

Posted Oct 26th 2009 8:00AM by John Callaham
Filed under: Adventure, FPS, Multiplayer, RPG, RTS, Simulation, Sports, Borderlands

It's downright scary (sorry, had to be done) how many new PC game titles are scheduled for release this week. In addition to a number of original games, PC gamers can look forward to trying out the Left 4 Dead 2 demo (if they pre-ordered) and a new retail collection of all of Firefly Studios' Stronghold games:

Borderlands: Gearbox Software's sci-fi first person shooter blends elementes of an action-RPG in the mix as your characters go on quests on an alien world and deal with lots of monsters and enemies. Much has been made of the near infinite number of weapon variations that can be found in the game and the four-player co-op doesn't hurt either.

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Blood Bowl to add new team for free via download

Posted Oct 23rd 2009 8:00PM by John Callaham
Filed under: Downloads, Expansions, Sports, Strategy

The Games Workshop based fantasy-themed sports-strategy game Blood Bowl has apparently become a big hit in retail store in Europe. So much so that the development team at Cyanide Studio has decided to add a new team to the game, the Dark Elves.

According to a note on the game's official web site the new team will be added into the main game as a free download sometime in November. The Dark Elves join the eight other teams in the game and will have their own star player, animation and even their own cheerleaders. In addition the full game will be re-released in Europe via download and in retail stores with the new Dark Elves team includes. Sadly, the US market is still digital download only with no retail release.

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Download: Championship Manager 2010 October patch

Posted Oct 19th 2009 1:45PM by Steven Wong
Filed under: Downloads, Patches, Sports

This patch for Championship Manager 2010 addresses a number of game issues and adds game enhancements. A list of changes is shown after the jump. The playable demo can be downloaded here.

Download Championship Manager 2010 October Patch (118 MB)
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Download: FIFA Manager 10

Posted Oct 19th 2009 12:30PM by Steven Wong
Filed under: Downloads, Demos, Sports

This is the playable demo for FIFA Manager 10.

"The demo of FIFA MANAGER 10 contains all the available game modes such as the 3D game, text mode, videotext and instant results. That means the players can try out, among other things the improved 3D match engine featuring your manager on the sideline and the new user interface with resolution up to 1920x1200."

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Download: Football Manager 2010 Demo

Posted Oct 14th 2009 1:30PM by Steven Wong
Filed under: Downloads, Demos, Sports

This is the English language 'Vanilla' demo for Football Manager 2010, which features a half season of gameplay and is available for both PC and Mac. It includes the English and Scottish leagues, but with no player photos or logos, to make it easier for download. The larger 'Strawberry' demo includes all player pictures and logos, with quickstarts for the world's biggest leagues, giving players a chance to try out their skills in leagues from multiple countries. It is also multilingual.

Save game files from either versions of the demo will be compatible with the full game when it releases on October 30th.

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The Week In PC Games: October 12-18

Posted Oct 12th 2009 8:00AM by John Callaham
Filed under: Adventure, FPS, Sports

After a busy last few weeks, things on the new PC game release front slow down a tad for this week. In addition to the games listed below you can also get the Fallout 3: Game Of The Year edition this week which has the original game and all five previously released downloadable mini-expansions. Also this week comes another collection of previously released material, Lego Star Wars: The Complete Collection.

NBA 2K10: While EA has pretty much abandoned the PC market for its sports games, 2K Sports is releasing their latest pro basketball game for PC owners as well as their console audience. Sports game developers Visual Concepts are in charge of this title which has features like updates and news that will reflect the real NBA season.

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FIFA 10 trailer pops in some knowledge

Posted Oct 7th 2009 4:30PM by Steven Wong
Filed under: Downloads, Sports, Trailers

People who used to watch VH1 back in the day before it was taken over by reality TV shows might remember a show called Pop-Up Video. In it, little bits of trivia and commentary would appear in bubbles as music videos played. It looks like the FIFA 10 team took the idea and ran with it when they put together this trailer, although all the popping can potentially get on your nerves. Want to see if messages in these talk bubbles are true? The FIFA 10 demo can be downloaded here.

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Blood Bowl trailer comes home to the UK

Posted Sep 19th 2009 9:00AM by Steven Wong
Filed under: Downloads, Action, Sports, Trailers, Strategy

Blood Bowl, based in the UK born Warhammer fantasy niverse is finally releasing in its country of origin. This custom tailored trailer celebrates the game's UK release while showing off many of the game's tactical and team management aspects. Just don't cry about being beaten down on your home field when a greenskin steps on your face.

"Blood Bowl is an ultra-violent strategy game based on Warhammer Fantasy and American football, Blood Bowl allows players to create the ultimate "fantasy" sports teams. Coaches can build bone-crushing teams of Orcs, Wood Elves, Humans, Dwarfs and many more fantastic creatures – then throw them into the stadium for the ultimate blood sport! Blood Bowl is strategic, action-packed and violent, requiring coaches to use their best tactics, team design – and a dose of pure ruthless bloodlust always helps too!"

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Download: Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 Demo

Posted Sep 17th 2009 4:30PM by Steven Wong
Filed under: Downloads, Demos, Sports

This is the playable demo for Pro Evolution Soccer 2010. The full game is expected to release for the PC and console systems in October.

"In PES 2010 you'll find yourself on the largest stage in digital soccer: The Champions League. Imagine you're in a 1-1 tie in stoppage time against Manchester United. You've broken their defense and are sprinting full throttle into a man to man match of wits and reflexes with Edwin van der Sar... Do you have what it takes to punch it in for the win?"

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Quick Hit Football adds tons of former NFL players to roster

Posted Sep 16th 2009 8:00PM by John Callaham
Filed under: Browser, Sports

The upcoming browser-based pro football game Quick Hit Football has already made announcements about its deals with five current NFL players and five former NFL coaches. Today the game's development team has announced yet another deal that will bring nearly 100 former NFL greats to their game.

Players will be able to draft at least two of the virtual versions of these players in their games based on their own play style. You can check out the entire player list at the game's official web site. Quick Hit Football is currently in beta and is scheduled to officially launch later this year.

Download: FIFA 10 Demo

Posted Sep 16th 2009 1:30PM by Steven Wong
Filed under: Downloads, Demos, Sports

This is the playable UK English/Spanish/French/German/Italian PC demo for FIFA 10. Continue reading after the jump for system requirements. The full game is expected to release in Europe on October 2nd and in the US on October 20th.
"Play as Chelsea, Barcelona, Juventus, Bayern Munich, Marseille and Chicago Fire and discover a soccer experience that will deliver a new standard for authenticity with gameplay refinements and innovations that will make it the most complete and intelligent simulation of football. In addition to playing an exhibition match, for the first time in a FIFA demo users will be able to upload created in-game videos to EA SPORTS Football World."

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