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With a great soundtrack attached, the new trailer from Need for Speed: Undercover shows us the Tri-City Bay Area map. The launch of the game is scheduled for November 21st.

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Creative Assembly launched a trailer for Empire: Total War, and it reveals what happens during a campaign. What you have to do to conquer new territories, the huge map which you’ll use in your battles in Europe, America and Asia.

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Moved to Mac OS X with my main PC, but fortunately I can still play Eve Online on it. No worries, I still got a second computer where I can play PC games and review them.

Cryptic officially launched the Star Trek Online site today, together with the official forums. You can expect much more news about this game on this blog, as it’s the one that I’ve been waiting for a long time.

Also, the first gameplay footage is coming on August 10, so that’s a day I’m marking in the calendar.

Already discussions in the forums are heating up, and people are voicing their desires when it comes to the game. It was to be expected for a game based on such a popular franchise.

One of the talks that got my attention was about the speed of travel, where some want instant travel and others want it to take hours between systems. Obviously, a compromise needs to be found, where the majority will be satisfied. An alternative would be to launch multiple servers, one of them for the die hard fans, that want the most realistic experience possible.

Another, is whether everyone will be the captain of their own ship, or they will have the option to team up, multiple human players on a space ship, each serving in different positions.

If you’re a Star Trek fan, head up to the game’s forums and make your opinion known.

Played a bit with the Space Siege demo today. A bit short for my taste, but then again, I wouldn’t have the patience to play this game to the end.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s not a bad game, especially if you’re a Diablo fan. It’s a point and shoot game against alien invaders, attracted to our planet by our advance through the stars. The year is 2206 and Earth is screwed, or at least that’s the basis of the game.

I actually liked the cybernetic implants and the weapons aren’t that bad, but I got the feeling it’s just a game of numbers, continuously getting bigger and bigger numbers of enemies to fight. If you like that kind of game, then this might work for you.

Space Siege is a game for the fans of the genre, but it’s not for everyone as far as I’m concerned.

First impression rating is a 6.5 out of a possible 10.

A few days ago I posted the Sims 3 trailer here, and now is the time to show you some screenshots from the game. They look pretty good and Sims 3 will probably continue to be one of the most successful games. This game has a component that in most cases decides for me if I’m going to enjoy the game, and that’s user generated content. From creating new houses, to clothes and objects, the community around the Sims series is fantastic when it comes to making mods.

Enjoy!

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I’m looking for an online game to play over a longer period of time, and I’m a bit inclined towards something more science fiction. The idea of a game where you get to build your own space empire always appealed to me, so I chose Eve Online to test for the next two weeks, until the free trial expires. It should be plenty of time to find out if this is the game I want to pay for in order to play.

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Apparently someone at Cryptic Studios slipped, and the following ad was run in the Game Career Guide e-newsletter (pdf file), on page 43. If you look at the text in the lower half, you will see that they’re hiring for Star Trek Online.

Now, that’s a game that I would pay a monthly subscription to play. Keeping my fingers crossed that they don’t screw it up.

The Electronic Arts website has been updated and it now includes a launch date for Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning. It’s September 23, though no press release has been given yet, which is a bit weird.

Here it is, the Sims 3 trailer, shown at E3 2008. A truly popular game that is played by a lot of people, one of the most popular, and with a lot of expansions and user created content. Can’t wait to see Sims 3 launched, and I’m sure I’m not the only one. Never managed to play Sims 2 for long periods of time, but the short times I did play, I loved it.