Mythic Entertainment announced today that "Bitter Rivals," the Warhammer Online in-game event designed to introduce the world to the new Slayer and Choppa classes, has begun. The "Bitter Rivals" event is the first portion of "A Call to Arms," a series of content rollouts that Mythic is calling a "live content expansion." "Bitter Rivals" will introduce a new RvR Scenario, a ruined Chaos Temple in which the two sides will battle for the right to get early access to their side's new career first. More details on "Bitter Rivals" and "A Call to Arms" can be found in our exclusive interview with Jeff Hickman. The big prize for winning "Bitter Rivals," of course, is getting to be the first to play the game's two new classes. The Orc Choppa is a melee DPS class meant to represent the "rank and file" orc that just like to hit stuff until it stops moving. It was also one of the two classes that were cut prior to the game's release. You can check out our exclusive Choppa playtest here. The Dwarf Slayer, on the other hand, is a replacement for the Hammerer class that the developers at Mythic were apparently never happy with in pre-release testing, and instead replaced with the very iconic orange-mohawked dwarf berserker.
Last month, THQ announced that it would be laying off a quarter of its global work force, more than 600 workers. Today the publisher shed a little more light on where those layoffs were coming from, announcing that it had laid off 86 employees from developer Volition's quality-assurance staff. Red Faction: Guerrilla will be the next Volition game to hit shelves. The layoffs hit Volition's Champaign, Illinois QA facility, which is not far from Volition's Champaign, Illinois headquarters. That QA location will eventually be closed, with 16 employees transferring to Volition proper. A THQ representative stressed that the core development team of 236 employees at Volition--best known for its Saints Row and Red Faction franchises--will remain untouched.
Activision is currently riding high off the success of World of Warcraft--and Call of Duty--and Guitar Hero isn't doing bad, either. This list could go on, but suffice it to say that as of the publisher's most recent financial disclosure, Activision Blizzard had a cool $3 billion in its coffers, just waiting for a rainy day and a fire sale on one of its one-time competitors. Mike Griffith Speaking to the Bloomberg news service yesterday, Activision Publishing president and CEO Mike Griffith reiterated that his company is keeping an eye out for potential acquisition targets. "The combination of Activision holding a fair amount of cash and presumably prices being depressed, not only for publicly traded companies, but also likely for new intellectual property licensing rights, should certainly create opportunities," he said.
In January, Ubisoft attached a March release window to the PC edition of World in Conflict: Soviet Assault, the much-anticipated follow-up to the original real-time strategy game from Massive Entertainment. However, the French company's announcement came with some confusion, given that no mention was made of the expected Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 editions of the game. Today, Ubisoft's silence on the matter came into focus when the publisher confirmed that it currently has no plans to release a console edition of World in Conflict: Soviet Assault. "World of Conflict: Soviet Assault will be released for the PC later this month," an Ubisoft representative told GameSpot. "A console version of World in Conflict is not planned for release at this time."
Brain-eating zombies are often given a bad rap--on account of the brain eating, and all--but never let it be said that good work hasn't been done in their name. Today, Capcom, in partnership with the American Red Cross, said that it would be marking the March 13 launch of Resident Evil 5 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 with a blood drive.
Flickit: The dual analog control lets you perform skill-based trick executions that capture the real-world feel and true attitude of skating
Create your own style and personality with animation and physics that give you the freedom to decide how your skater looks, feels and rides. Get creative as you develop tricks and string them together to create lines
Capture your moves in game and put them online for the world to see. Use online video editing tools and add music to create a skate vid
Open progression allows gamers to skate how they want to skate. Get famous by generating mainstream hype or go the infamous route by outrunning security guards, owning spots and building street cred
Get chased by security guards, impress/annoy citizens, ride with pros, discover skate shops, and make spots your own in this fully reactive city
Take flight anywhere in the Spyro Universe and engage in aerial combat
Drop-in/Drop-out, 2 player Co-op with Cynder as a playable character
Scale and epic challenge of bosses and multiple enemies
Powerful action
Features the voices of Elijah Wood, Gary Oldman, Christina Ricci and more
When the king and queen go on vacation, young Fritz is left in charge of the castle. As he explores his surroundings, he'll learn all about chess, from the basics to advanced strategies -- and so will you!
Discover 7 great arcade-style games that introduce chess fundamentals and advanced concepts
Fun characters like Fritz and Chesster make learning the game fun and interesting for children
Also includes a one-year membership to playchess.com
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12 Urban Circuit Tracks designed for mayhem and destruction - crush taxi cabs in New York, smash through double-decker buses in London, crash through strip malls in Minneapolis and more
All New Mini-Games - Catch massive air and inflict maximum destruction in Monster Jump, Truck Trickster, Skee Ball and Air Strike
The Newest Monster Trucks - All of your favorites plus the hottest new trucks on tour
18 playable characters, including in-game transformations to more powerful forms
7 game modes, including new “what if” scenario telling the story of the future world of Trunks
Each transformed character has differentiated moves and fighting styles
Compelling single player mode that allows fans to relive the best Dragon Ball Z and GT battles