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 Another new batch of screenshots for Stolen, the third-person stealth action game that is nearing completion at Blue 52, are now available for download. As always, the images have also been inserted into our online gallery for the game.
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 This Monday's demo mania now brings along the playable demo for Project: Snowblind, offering a chance to try out this new sci-fi first-person shooter created by Crystal Dynamics. This demo features the Opera House mission complete with introductory cutscene.
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 The first movie trailer for ECHO: Secrets of the Lost Cavern is now available, revealing more from the newly announced 3D point-n-click adventure game in the works at genre specialists Kheops Studio. This high-resolution trailer features a minute of cinematic footage to introduce the game's prehistoric setting.
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| There is a playable demo for NI.BI.RU, a.k.a. Nibiru: Messenger of the Gods, allowing you to try out this 3D graphical adventure by Future Games and Unknown Identity that recently came out in Germany. This demo contains an early section of the full game, but it's entirely in German so be prepared for some guesswork wenn Sie nicht sprechen.
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| Double Fine Productions has released a playable demo of Psychonauts, offering the first opportunity to try out their imminent oddball third-person action adventure game. This massive demo contains the already familiar introduction movie as well as an early section of the full game where you can explore the campgrounds and attend several levels of basic training.
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 Shrapnel Games has issued another new patch for Dominions II: the Ascension Wars, advancing the fantasy 3D turn-based strategy game by Illwinter Game Design to version 2.16. This release adds new modding features, a couple of gameplay tweaks, and four bug fixes as detailed in the release notes.
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| Sega Entertainment has recently but quietly released a playable demo of The House of The Dead III, allowing you to try out their recent first-person horror rail shooter sequel. This brief demo contains a small section of the full game playable in Survival and Time-Attack modes.
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| This Sunday's catch-up addition is FIFA 99, the November 1998 edition in the long-running soccer sports series by EA Canada. Our game section for this title is now online, serving up the playable demo that contains a friendly Quickstart match between Manchester United and Juventus, along with a patch to add 3Dfx Voodoo II/Banshee and enhanced Sound Blaster support to the retail game.
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| Today's bonus catch-up entry is of course FIFA: Road to World Cup 98, the preceding soccer sports game by EA Canada that came out in June 1997. Our game section for this title is also online, offering the playable demo that contains a a friendly match between England and Italy, as well as several patches that add Direct3D and Voodoo II support, AI improvements, and more to the full game.
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April
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| There is another new movie trailer for Empire Earth II, relentlessly continuing to illustrate the imminent 3D real-time strategy sequel by Mad Doc Software. This clip is part four in a "Behind the Scenes" series (curiously skipping part three) that features yet more developer commentary interlaced with gameplay sequences, running for a bit over three minutes.
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| A recent set of screenshots for Fahrenheit, the near-future 3D "psycho triller" action adventure being created at Quantic Dream that's also known as Indigo Prophecy, is now available for download in regular and high resolutions. As usual, the images have also been added to our online gallery for the game.
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| VATAN is a sci-fi first-person shooter in the works at Portugese developers Fy Software. Our game section for this title is now online, serving up a collection of officially released screenshots for download and online perusal, along with a trio of movie trailers to offer some three and a half minutes of gameplay footage.
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| Two and a half months after the other languages, Cenega has issued a Spanish retail patch for Shade: Wrath of Angels to update that language edition of Black Element's third-person horror action adventure to version 1.2 too. As before, this release "includes 32 new save points at the most critical places throughout the game and a Special Time Combat mode with 2 new deadly arenas."
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| New screenshots and a trio of new movie trailers for Pariah, the futuristic first-person shooter that is nearing completion at Digital Extremes, are now available for download. You can also inspect the images online, while the three high-resolution clips sport a bit under a minute of Capture the Flag, Deathmatch, and Front Line Assault footage, respectively.
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| ECHO: Secrets of the Lost Cavern is a newly announced 3D point-n-click adventure by Kheops Studio set in a prehistoric (Paleolithic) world. Our game section for this title is now online, offering relevant information and the first five officially released screenshots for download in medium and very high resolutions, as well as online viewing.
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| A new movie trailer for Guild Wars is now online, showing more of the fantasy 3D multiplayer online role-playing game being beta tested at ArenaNet. This high-resolution trailer introduces the game's backstory in two minutes of enticing cinematic footage.
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| Mythic Entertainment sends along new patches for Dark Age of Camelot to update the Trials of Atlantis and Shrouded Isles editions of their 3D fantasy MMORPG to version 1.75. These humongous releases bring extensive engine updates and other new features to the game, and are accompanied by a new artwork patch for many of the major towns, and a new tutorial patch.
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| Sierra has released a new set of five movie trailers for SWAT 4, showing the new police squad tactical shooter sequel by Irrational Games in motion. The clips demonstrate the early sections of five different missions complete with narration from lead tester Calvin Wong, running for some 14 minutes in total, and they're bundled into a single download for your convenience.
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| There is a playable demo of Second Sight, allowing you to experience the recent psychic third-person action game by Free Radical Design and Codemasters. This is a trial version that can be played for a rather restrictive 15 minutes, but also includes all content of the full game that you can activate after purchasing a license key online.
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| A tiny movie trailer for Sniper Elite is now online, revealing (little) more of the first- and third-person sniping shooter being crafted at Rebellion. This clip sports less than 15 seconds of teasing footage.
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