Football Manager 2010 Preview

Written by igcompany on Sunday, 15 November 2009 10:29.

Release date for both FOOTBALL MANAGER™ 2010 and FOOTBALL MANAGER™ HANDHELD 2010 is October 30th, 2009.

Game Features:

Polish:
A year of polish, making the game faster, more immersive, more realistic and easier to play with better in game feedback and more advice, delivered in a more user friendly way.

Improved Match Engine:
Improved AI, over 100 new animations in 3D mode, new stadiums and crowds, improved pitch degradations and better lighting make for the most immersive pitch-side experience ever.

Match Analysis:
A match analysis tool that shows you where shots, passes, crosses, headers, tackles, fouls and interceptions have been made on the field for both teams. See this analysis both live in game, and post match, allowing you to pinpoint the weaknesses and strengths of both your team and your opponents.

New User Interface:
A completely new vibrant look and feel to the game, plus a navigational overhaul. The side menu is replaced by an intuitive tab system, based on extensive consumer feedback and usability studies, which allows you to access all areas of FM 2010 quickly and easily.

Tactical Overhaul:
A new tactics module makes it much easier to make your team play as you want them to. There are thousands of possible pre-set options and touchline “shout” instructions for making instant changes to your teams playing style. Don’t worry; the old system is still there for people who love their sliders.

News Center:
A subscription based newspaper. Get the news about the football world around you that you want, and not the news you don’t want.

New Data Editor:
Including a brand new Competition Editor allowing you to add competitions and extra levels for leagues currently in the game, and add completely new competitions and leagues all via a very simple to use editor. Plus, the new editor allows you to keep your game up to date more easily than ever before.

The Club Preview

Written by igcompany on Sunday, 15 November 2009 10:26.

The Club

SEGA and Bizarre Creations, the developer behind the critically acclaimed racing series, Project Gotham Racing and arcade smash hit Geometry Wars, deliver a whole new breed of third-person shooter known as The Club™.

Join a misfit cast of killers forced to fight for their lives in an underground blood-sport controlled by faceless, obscenely wealthy and influential elite. Battling in abandoned locations spread across the globe these modern day gladiators with guns seek victory for a number of reasons – some for wealth, some because they have no choice and some to satisfy their insane bloodlust. No matter the reason the only thing that guarantees survival is their skill with a gun.

• Rise Through the Ranks of The Club™. As one of eight fighters, players will blast their way
through a huge variety of challenges as they unlock new levels, game-play modes, weapons and more.

• Each Character has a Story to Tell. Discover each contender’s true motives and intentions as they battle to dominate their enemies in The Club.

• Earn Respect Online. In a range of cut-throat multiplayer modes, players will shoot their way to the top of the leader boards. Players will face off with 15 real-time opponents online or battle with their friends offline in 4-player split-screen action.

• The Club™ is Global. Gamers battle across unique real-world locations from around the globe, including war-torn cities, abandoned factories, a shipwrecked ocean liner and many more.

• Extreme Gun Battles in Hazardous Environments. Use The Club’s arena’s against your enemies as you destroy and manipulate your surroundings to cause maximum carnage.

• Select from an Arsenal of Weaponry. Choose from a range of high-powered assault weapons including Automatic Rifles, Sniper Rifles, Pistols, Sub Machine Guns, Mounted Weapons, and many more.

Alpha Protocol Preview

Written by igcompany on Sunday, 15 November 2009 10:21.

Alpha Protocol

In the world of espionage, nothing is as it seems in Obsidian Entertainment’s blockbuster RPG thriller, Alpha Protocol™. Players will assume the role of Michael Thorton, a highly skilled – yet inexperienced - government operative trained to eliminate threats to national security. When a mission goes horribly wrong, Thorton is the only one with the information, skills, and audacity to stop an impending international catastrophe. To do so, he will utilize the very government directive that the enemy sought to use to against him - Alpha Protocol.

Set in modern day, Alpha Protocol gives players complete control not only of Thorton’s actions but his personality and attitude as well, all of which will determine the future of the world as we know it. Blending fast-paced modern combat, significant character advancement and innovative RPG features, Alpha Protocol brings a fresh new perspective to the genre.

With a story rivaling the best spy-thriller novels and an immersive, ultra-realistic espionage world, Alpha Protocol will redefine the RPG genre for the next-gen gamer. The title is being developed by Obsidian Entertainment – creators of Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic II The Sith Lords™ and Neverwinter Nights 2™.

Key Features

* Redefined RPG – Classless system gives players the ability to mold Thorton into the secret agent they want him to become with lethal close combat techniques, marksman skills proficiency with gadgets and much more.

* The International Spy – Players will travel around the world to international safe house locations to obtain information and mission objectives and conduct meetings with a growing list of contacts.

* Dialogue Stance System – With an innovative real-time dialogue system, characters will remember conversations and the relationships with allies; enemies will be determined by their attitude and the dialogue response chosen by the player.

Iron Man: The Video Game Preview

Written by igcompany on Saturday, 14 November 2009 22:12.

Iron Man Screenshot

Based on the blockbuster movie by Marvel Studios, Iron Man™ blasts onto all major gaming platforms May 2008. Immerse yourself in hardcore shooting action and explosive combat from the film as well as exclusive content created just for the game. With freedom to move anywhere in the environment, customize your Iron Man suit and seamlessly transition between ground combat and open air flight as you battle against armies of fighter jets, tanks, armored Super Villains and more. You are a One Man Army. You are Iron Man.

• DEVASTATING WEAPON - Iron Man alone battles armies of fighter jets, military tanks, armored Super Villains and more.

• POWER CONTROL - Players will direct power to different parts of Iron Man’s suit, creating a variety of unique attacks.

• CHAOTIC BATTLEFIELDS - Open-ended battlefields create adrenaline packed combat filled with unpredictable challenges.

• BEYOND THE MOVIE - The game includes additional plotlines and characters from the Iron Man Comic Universe that are not featured in the movie.

• OPEN WORLD - Players have complete freedom to move anywhere in the environment and make seamless transitions between ground combat and open air flight.

Rome: Total War Gold Edition Preview

Written by igcompany on Saturday, 14 November 2009 22:08.

Rome: Total War™ is an epic-scale strategy game that invites you to experience the grandeur, glory and brutality that was ancient Rome. Encompassing three centuries of warfare from the Punic Wars to the death of Augustus, the game captures the excitement and challenge of conquering and ruling the Roman Empire. Using military might, diplomacy, subterfuge and assassination, this is a struggle to reach and retain the Imperial throne.

But that's no small feat. Along the way, you'll have to dodge assassins' knives, build and govern cities, train and command armies, obey the wishes of the Senate (some of the time), stage gladiator games, and face many other challenges and surprises.

Featuring next-generation gameplay potential-including the ability to command armies of thousands at once during cinematic real-time 3D battles - this is a game of total involvement, total commitment - and total war.

The Rome: Total War Gold Edition also includes the Rome Total War - Alexander expansion pack, allowing you to match or beat the achievements of history's most venerated general.

Boasting more than 30 hours of gameplay, this expansion features a brand new campaign played out on a specially extended map covering Macedonia, Greece and the whole of the ancient Persian Empire. The pack also includes six new historical battles that unlock sequentially, portraying Alexander’s most significant conflicts with Greek, Persian and Indian forces. These historical battles are also playable online or across a LAN with up to 17 multiplayer battle setups.

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