Need for Speed: Shift Release Date
Developed by Slightly Mad Studios as the next instalment of the ongoing Need for Speed franchise, Need for Speed: Shift captures the emotions race drivers go through.
The thrill of driving incredibly fast, the pressure of the competition, the fear of losing control, the intense concentration and effort needed to harness the power of a racing car.
The all-new driver profile is the ultimate extension of the true driver’s experience. This system gives each player a unique persona based on a player’s driving skill and style – aggressive or precise. Driver profile impacts how a player unlocks cars, overall career progression and online matchmaking. In Need for Speed: Shift, how you drive is who you are behind the wheel.
Need for Speed: Shift is released for PS3, PSP, PC and XBox 360 on 18th September.
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Overlord II Release Date
As a sequel to the 2007 release of Overlord, players take control of the previous Overlord’s son, known as Overlad.
Sign up for the dark side and take control of Minionkind and get your revenge over the decadent Empire.
Your minions will happily carry out all your dastardly schemes – Minions come with a 100% evil satisfaction guaranteed. Collect an army of them and have yourself an evil party.
For this sequel, the intelligence and destructiveness of the minions has been improved and the new AI is able to do things such as riding mounts, using war machines and sailing warships. Controls and visuals have been improved and each minion will have a name and if a minion you are fond of dies, he can be resurrected at a Minion Graveyard.
Overlord II is released for XBox 360 on 26th June 2009.
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Mass Effect 2 Release Date
Developed by Bioware this science-fiction based action role playing game was released in 2008 to universal critical acclaim. Now the sequel, Mass Effect 2, has been developed and is due for release in January 2010.
Two years after Commander Shepard repelled invading Reapers bent on the destruction of organic life, a mysterious new enemy has emerged. On the fringes of known space, something is silently abducting entire human colonies. Now Shepard must work with Cerberus, a ruthless organization devoted to human survival at any cost, to stop the most terrifying threat mankind has ever faced.
To even attempt this perilous mission, Shepard must assemble the galaxy’s most elite team and command the most powerful ship ever built. Even then, they say it would be suicide. Commander Shepard intends to prove them wrong.
Mass Effect 2 has a release date of 29th January 2010.
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Left 4 Dead 2 Release Date
Left 4 Dead II is the forthcoming sequel to the first person shooter game, Left 4 Dead by Valve Coroporation and will be released for PC Windows and XBox 360.
The game follows the aftermath of a apocalypse pandemic which created zombie-like human mutants who attack the remaining survivors as they try to find safe hiding places. Left 4 Dead II is set in the Southern US, and the sequel introduces 4 new survivors: Coach, a high-school football coach; Rochelle, a reporter for a local cable company; Ellis, a boy mechanic; and Nick, a gambler and conman.
Left for Dead II will be released on 20th November 2009.
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Star Wars: The Old Republic Release Date
Star Wars: The Old Republic is a forthcoming massively multi-player online game based on the Star Wars universe thousands of years before the rise of Darth Vader. The Sith Empire and Old Republic are pitted in a bitter war which divides the galaxy.
Players can choose to be a Jedi, a Sith or other Star Wars roles and make decisions which will affect their journey along the dark or the light sides of the Force.
Join forces with courageous companions along the way and fight together, or depending on your actions, find yourself betrayed by those you let down.
Star Wars: The Old Republic is released for PC Windows on 27th November 2009.
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Ashes Cricket 2009 Release Date
Ashes Cricket 2009 is released by Codemasters, developed by Transmission Games. It is fully licensed by the ECB in the UK and features commentary from cricket superstars such as Ian Botham, Tony Greig, Shane Warne, Ian Bishop and Jonathan Agnew.
Play in 18 of the world’s most famous Ashes stadiums including Lords, Headingley, MCG, The Gabba, Wankhede and Newlands. Learn how to master the disciplines of batting, bowling and fielding with coaching from Sir Ian Botham and Shane Warne. Choose single or multi-player modes and experience the most authentic and exciting Ashes experience rain or shine.
Ashes Cricket 2009 is released on 7th August 2009.
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Championship Manager 2010 Release Date
The Championship Manager series continues with the 2009 version, featuring a new improved look, fully 3D match engine (using motion-captured movements to provide more than 500 animations per player) and new English Leagues, the Isthmian, Southern and Northern Premier Leagues and Croatian, Romanian, Irish and Northern Irish Leagues. The German league system is also restructured for this edition, including the 3rd Liga and 3 Regionalliga.
This football management game allows you to watch the team in action as they put your carefully thought out tactics into action, and take full control over individual performances and to make changes and improvements.
Championship Manager 2010 is released for the PC on 25th September.
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Call of Juarez Release Date
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood, the “wildest West ever created” is released for PC, XBox 360 and PS3 this July. It is the prequel to the critically acclaimed Wild West action shooter Call of Juarez. With the playable characters of the McCall brothers, Ray and Thomas, players enter a doomed quest for the legendary Gold of Juarez leading them from a ravaged Georgia during the Civil War to the Aztec ruins of Mexico.
Ray and Thomas start the game as soldiers in the Confederate army fighting against the Union. Unfortunately they quickly become deserters after they found that their home and farm are endangered by the Union forces and leave the trenches to defend their home in Georgia. Chased because of desertion, they try to make their way through lawless Wild West to find the legendary gold of Juarez and retrieve their home.
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood is released on 3rd July.
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Spore Expansion Pack Release Date
Spore: Galactic Adventures is a special edition of the game which features our hero, who beams down from his UFO to earth, arrives as a hero and becomes a Galactic Hero!
This expansion pack version additionally includes a Making of Spore DVD video, How to Build a Better Being DVD video by National Geographic Channel, The Art of Spore hardback mini-book, a fold-out Spore poster and a 100-page Galactic Handbook published by Prima Games.
But never mind all that – it’s a Galactic Adventure! You create countless adventures in an ever-expanding universe of possibilities. Share, browse and rate new adventures on the Spore website, providing an endless variety of fun new challenges to play.
Spore: Galactic Adventures is released for PC & Mac on 26th June.
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Pro Evolution Soccer Release Date
Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 will be released on the 31st October in Europe, reportedly featuring FC Barcelona Argentine star Lionel Messi as its cover star.
With an exclusive deal with UEFA, both the UEFA Champions League and for the first time the UEFA Europa League, will be fully licensed. Club teams featured are Juventus and FC Barcelona.
The graphics for the 2010 version of PES are improved with better compatibility for HD image technology and several other new features have been implemented, most notably:
- Teamvision 2.0 has been implemented, intuitive zonal defending.
- Versatile goalkeepers, reworked referees making more balanced decisions.
- Midfielders and defenders now work together to cover open space and close down attacks.
- Players can move several players at once, sending them into different areas.
- During free kick scenarios, players can now instigate the runs of other players into the penalty area.
- Master League has been thoroughly renewed with the enhancement of managerial aspects.
- A new power gauge system allows users to balance their strategy before a match.
- A new penalty system has been implemented, offering greater control, placing and accuracy.
- Enhanced online mode.
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