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Games Convention Leipzig 2008
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Games Convention Leipzig - 2008 - Game Review (PC)
By Sergiu Petrisor
Published: August 19, 2008
Print Our Games32 reporters, Emanuel and Flaviu took the plane to Leipzig, Germany to look for, assimilate and bring you the latest news about the gaming industry from Game Convention 2008. Stay close and keep an eye for GC information as we update this article frequently. Enjoy!
*Previews
Fuel (PC)
Codename: Panzers - Cold War (PC)
Call of Duty: World at War (PC)
* Exclusive Stuff:
Short Presentation of Call of Duty: World at War
Video Interview with Michel Madej about The Witcher VS
Video Preview of The Witcher Enhanced Edition
Video Interview with Postal Series Creator Vince Desi (rated M)
* Daily Reports:
23 Aug: Day Four (...and the nominees are!)
22 Aug: Day Three (AK 47s For Everyoneeee!)
21 Aug: Day Two (Continuing the Quest to Embrace GC)
19 Aug: Day Zero (Under Construction Phaze)
* Games List:
- - - A - - -
Age of Conan Hyborian Adventures (PC): news, screenshots, videos
Aion: Tower of Eternity (PC): news, screenshots, videos
- - - B - - -
Battle for Atlantis (PC): screenshots, videos
Blitz: The League 2 (PS3. XBOX360): news, screenshots, videos
Buzz (PSP): news, screenshots
- - - C - - -
Call of Duty: World at War (PC, PS3, Wii, XBOX360): screenshots
Captain Blood (PC): screenshots
Castlevania: Judgement (PC): news, screenshots, videos
Chronicles of Spelborn, The (PC): news, screenshots, videos
Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 (PC, XBOX 360): news, screenshots, videos
Cryostasis: Sleep of Reason (PC): screenshots
Culpa Innata 2: Chaos Rising (PC): news, screenshots
- - - D - - -
Dancing Stage Supernova 2 (PS2): screenshots
Dancing Stage Universe 2 (XBOX360): screenshots
Death Track: Resurrection (PC): screenshots
Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice (PS3): news, screenshots
Divinity 2 - Ego Draconis (PC): news, screenshots
Dragon Age: Origins (PC): news, screenshots
Dungeon Hero (PC): news, screenshots
- - - F - - -
Fallout 3 (PC, PS3, XBOX360): screenshots, videos
Fenimore Fillmore: Revenge (PC): screenshots
- - - G - - -
GTi Club+ (PS3): news, screenshots
Guinness World Records: The Videogame (DS, Wii): news, videos
Guitar Hero World Tour (PS2, PS3, Wii, XBOX360): screenshots
- - - H - - -
Hearts of Iron 3 (PC): news, screenshots
Heavy Rain (PS3): news, screenshots
Hellboy: The Science of Evil (PS3, XBOX360): news, screenshots, videos
- - - I - - -
IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey (DS, PS3, PSP, XBOX360): screenshots
- - - K - - -
Killzone 2 (PS3): news, screenshots, videos
King's Bounty: The Legend (PC): screenshots, videos
KORE (Wii): screenshots, videos
Kung Fu Panda (PC, PS3, DS, PS2, Wii, XBOX360): screenshots
- - - L - - -
LEGO Universe (PC): news, screenshots, videos
LittleBigPlanet (PS3): news, screenshots, videos
Lost in Blue: Shipwrecked (Wii): news, screenshots
- - - M - - -
Majesty 2 - The Fantasy Kingdom Sim (PC): news, screenshots, videos
Maple Story (PC): news
Men of War (PC): screenshots, videos
Monster Lab (Wii): news, screenshots
More Game Party (Wii): news, screenshots,
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (PS3, XBOX 360): news, screenshots
MotorStorm Pacific Rift (PS3): news, screenshots, videos
Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars (Wii): news, screenshots, videos
- - - P - - -
PAIN Amusement Park (PS3): news, screenshots, videos
PES 2009 (Multi): news, screenshots
Precursors, The (PC, XBOX360): screenshots, videos
- - - R - - -
Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party (Wii): screenshots, videos
Runes of Magic (PC): news, screenshots, videos
- - - S - - -
Sacred 2: Fallen Angel (PC, PS3, XBOX 360): news, screenshots, videos
Shaun White Snowboarding: Road Trip (Wii): screenshots
Shellshock 2: Blood Trails (PC, PS3, XBOX360): screenshots
Silent Hill: Homecoming (PS3, XBOX 360): news, screenshots
Sims 3, The (PC): news, screenshots, videos
Stargate Worlds (PC): news, screenshots
Star Ocean: First Departure (PSP): news, screenshots
- - - T - - -
Theatre of War II: Africa 1943 (PC): screenshots
TNA iMPACT! (PS2. PS3. XBOX360, Wii): news, screenshots, videos
Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. (PC, PS3, XBOX 360): screenshots, videos
Tomb Raider: Underworld (PC, PS2, PS3, Wii, XBOX 360): news, screenshots, videos
- - - U - - -
U-Wars (PC, XBOX 360): news, screenshots
Urban Extreme (Wii): screenshots, videos
- - - V - - -
Velvet Assassin (PC): news, screenshots, videos
- - - W - - -
Wall, The (PC): screenshots
Warhammer Online: Age of reckoning (PC): news, screenshots, videos
White Gold: War In Paradise (PC): screenshots, videos
- - - Y - - -
Youropa (PC): news, screenshots
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"A murder?...a suicide?...an accident?...a coincidence?... Follow the evidence and find the moment of truth. It's all about the evidence and more like the show than ever" We'll see...
The stellar "Sins of a Solar Empire" hits our PCs with a unique interesting new combination of game genres and a few cool ideas that should draw the attention of quite a few strategy fans. The newcomer Ironclad Games managed the impossible and created a competitive title indeed. But aside from all the prays and high marks this game received overall, its approach on RTS and the mix of elements it brings, one can find some things that will bother a few players and that will eventually influence the grades of this review. Ok, let's take it from the top.
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I thought a bit about how to start this. While saying that Silent Hunter IV is the best submarine simulator out there is true, it doesn't mean much, especially for new players. Saying it is one of the best simulator games out there is again accurate, but again, a bit of an understatement. Why? Well because... despite the high complexity and realism involved, Ubisoft Romania managed to develop a game that is appealing to the beginners as well, in a certain degree.
Lineage II had it share of success. At the time the game was released, it was one of the most beautiful MMOG on the market. To take its place as the most beautiful MMOG, the Ragnarok Online (or RO) developers from imcGames created Sword of the New World: Granado Espada.
We were able to take part in 2 battles and what we saw pleased us. The transition to the 3D helped the game and gave it a better view on the battlefield. You can move the camera and this way you get a better look at the action. The units are amazing and their animations are clean and good looking. Same goes for spells and effects: you will love what you see.
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