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Yet another game developer seems to have suffered an early death following the release of their main project. This time Shacknews is reporting the Maryland-based Blue Omega Entertainment may have closed up shop. The team was responsible for the recent third person action game Damnation, which was released in late May by publisher Codemasters to universally poor reviews. One of Blue Omega's now former programmers, Geoff Rowland, revealed the shut down a few days ago on his Twitter account.

Shacknews has also gotten court documents that show that Damnation (which began its life as a Unreal Tournament 2004 total conversion mod) had a troubled development history. The documents show that Blue Omega hired two other development teams to do contract work on the game but had issues with both of them and at one point Codemasters tried to remove Blue Omega from the game entirely.

Two third-person shooters debut this week in stores and via download; one is a "steampunk" game with lots of vertical environments while the other is the latest movie-to-game adaptation.

Damnation: Codemasters brings this third person "steampunk" game to stores and via download this week from newcomer developer Blue Omega Entertainment. Based on a free Unreal Tournament 2004 mod that was released several years ago, this title is obviously much expanded with lots of vertical levels, drivable vehicles and full multiplayer support.

After delaying the game from an initial fall 2008 release, Codemasters is finally preparing their third person action game Damnation for a release late this week on Steam (and in stores the day after Memorial Day). While the "steampunk" style title from developer Blue Omega Entertainment is something of an unknown factor, there is an incentive to pre-ordering the game on Steam

That incentive is a free Codemasters title, specifically the 2005 third person action game Second Sight. The title from the team formerly known as Free Radical Design (and now known as Crytek UK) featured a character who learned how to use his psi abilities to his advantage. You can download and play Second Sight for free immediately when you pre-order Damnation; it's a $9.99 value on Steam

Codemasters' upcoming third person action game Damnation has suffered through a few release date delays. Originally set for released last fall the game was pushed back to the first quarter of 2009. Now Codemasters has announced that the Blue Omega Entertainment-developed game has a new release date of May 22.

To keep us occupied, the publisher just sent out new screenshots showing off more of the game and we have added them to our gallery. Damnation started life as a free Unreal Tournament 2004 total conversion with a steampunk theme and highly vertical levels. It has since made the big leap to a full stand alone Unreal Engine 3 powered game. Let's hope the May 22 release date is the final one for Damnation.

It's been a few months since we have heard anything about Damnation. The third person "steampunk" style action game was supposed to be released by publisher Codemasters last fall but it got pushed back to sometime this year. The current release date is sometime in the second quarter of 2009 with retailers showing a mid-April time period at the moment.

Codemasters recently sent over some new screenshots from the game, which began life as a Unreal Tournament 2004 total conversion and was later turned into a full fledged commercial game by Blue Omega Entertainment. The new shots, which we have added to our gallery, show off some of the game's more vertical levels along with some motorcycle vehicle action. Will this game transcend its mod roots? We should find out shortly.

It looks like another Codemasters game is getting delayed and this time the game won't make it's promised 2008 release date. Eurogamer reports that Damnation, the third person Steampunk-themed action game from new developer Blue Omega Entertainment, has been pushed back to a release sometime in early 2009.

That's the bad news. The good news is that a playable demo for Damnation will indeed be released about a month before the game itself ships to stores. That should help promote the game which is mostly unknown to even hardcore gamers. As we reported earlier this morning Codemasters has chosen not to release a demo for another of their major game releases, Rise of the Argonauts.

It's a game that hasn't gotten as much attention as other this year but the steampunk third person action title Damnation seems to be getting closer to a release date. This week the game's publisher Codemasters relaunched the game's official web site and offered up some new single and multiplayer screenshots as well.

The game focuses on acrobatic combat alongside level design that emphasizes both the horizontal and the vertical (yes, we watch The Outer Limits). The big question is whether the development team at Blue Omega Entertainment can take this former Unreal Engine 2 total conversion and turn it into a full blown Unreal Engine 3 game. Damnation is still scheduled for release before the end of the year.