[NEWS/PC] Sorties de Septembre

Après quelques mois de développement, la première extension pour Call of Duty, intitulée La grande offensive, est enfin terminée et Activision s'est logiquement empressé d'annoncer son passage en gold. Fixée au 14 septembre outre-Atlantique, le titre devrait débarquer dans les rayons hexagonaux début octobre.

Voilà c'est parti pour la danse des add-on chez Call Of Duty, développé par Gray Matter, La Grande Offensive intégrera une campagne solo de 10 niveaux et 9 maps multijoueurs accompagnées de 3 nouveaux modes de jeux, enfin "nouveaux", autant qu'un CTF et un mode Domination peuvent être nouveaux, seul le mode Tank Combat sort du lot sur le papier. Deux niveaux étaient jouables sur le salon. Après avoir mitraillé de l'allemand volant à bord d'une forteresse volante, on sera passé à un niveau plus traditionnel. On ne reste pas bluffé par l'innovation de cet add-on à première vue, c'est du Call Of Duty, point barre. Plutôt joli mais qui, pour ce qu'on en a vu, ne devrait pas être grand-chose de plus qu'un pack de missions pas nécessairement très rafraîchissantes.

STAR WARS BATTLEFRONT™ GOES GOLD

Prepare for battle. LucasArts is excited to announce that the highly anticipated action/shooter, Star Wars Battlefront has officially GONE GOLD on PS2, Xbox and PC and is scheduled to blast its way onto store shelves on Tuesday, September 21, 2004 --- day and date with the Star Wars Trilogy, which marks the first time all three classic films will be available on DVD.

Star Wars Battlefront is an intense open-ended single player and multiplayer action game set in the Star Wars universe that puts fans and gamers in the heat of the action as they re-live all of the epic battles from the classic and prequel eras. In the game, console and PC players can choose intense free-form multiplayer combat or a variety of robust single player modes including “Historical Campaigns” and “Galactic Conquest.”

Star Wars Battlefront is published by LucasArts and developed by Pandemic Studios. For more information, please visit the official product website at: www.starwarsbattlefront.com

Prévu pour le 10 septembre prochain dans nos vertes contrées, Xpand Rally devrait bien débarquer en temps et en heure dans nos rayonnages puisque le titre de Techland vient tout juste de passer gold. Une bonne nouvelle pour tous amateurs de jeu de rallye sur PC qui seront décidément gâtés en ce mois de septembre avec les sorties de Colin McRae Rally 2005, Richard Burns Rally et Xpand Rally.


Thursday, 2 September 2004
Techland announced today that its rally game Xpand Rally has gone gold.
The PC game version should be available in European stores on September 24th.
There is still no decision made regarding the North American publisher although the game should be available soon via Internet stores.
The retail version of Xpand Rally will offer a comprehensive career mode with over 70 races and more than 800 tuning parts for 35 rally cars.
Multiplayer game with up to 4 players on LAN and Internet provides several racing modes including off road free style.
Photorealistic graphics, dynamic tracks surrounding, realistic car damage model and driver’s injuries simulation are the other hall marks of the game.
For all moding enthusiasts a set of editing tools allowing the creation of users’ own tracks and cars is also provided with the game.

3 septembre 2004
Obscure
Driv3r
Richard Burns Rally Lien OXMO
ShellShock: Nam '67 Lien OXMO (US)
Space Hack Lien OXMO

8 septembre 2004
Code Name : Panzers Phase One

10 septembre 2004
Xpand Rally

16 septembre 2004
Final Fantasy XI
The Sims 2

17 septembre 2004
War Times
Worms Forts : Etat de siège

23 septembre 2004
Madden NFL 2005
NHL 2005
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005
Weird War

24 septembre 2004
Colin McRae Rally 2005
Medieval Lords
Silent Hill 4
Silent Storm: Sentinels
Star Wars: Battlefront
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War
World ChampionShip Pool 2004

29 septembre 2004
Dungeon Lords

30 septembre 2004
Full Spectrum Warrior
Knights of Honor

US Versions principales :

Port Royale 2 Sep 13, 04
Call of Duty: United Offensive Sep 14, 04
Hidden & Dangerous 2: Sabre Squadron Sep 21, 04
Rome: Total War Sep 21, 04
Myst 4: Revelation Sep 28, 04

Konami Digital Entertainment -
America today announced that Silent Hill 4: The Room has shipped to North American outlets, for PS2, Xbox and PC. In the fourth installment in this popular horror/survival series, you play the role of Henry Townshend who awakens from a nightmare in the sleepy town of South Ashfield, only a few short miles from the infamous town of Silent Hill. Henry is trapped in his apartment and, through a portal which mysteriously appears there, he must "match his wits and brawn against heinous creatures and the ghastly undead that lie in wait as he tries to solve the mystery of his entrapment".

CALABASAS HILLS, Calif., Sept. 7, 2004:
THQ Inc. (Nasdaq:THQI) today announced that Warhammer® 40,000: Dawn of WarTM has reached the gold master stage of development and is entering manufacturing. The highly anticipated real-time strategy (RTS) game for PC is based on the world of Warhammer 40,000 - the dark, futuristic, fantasy universe from Games Workshop (LSE:GAW) traveled by millions worldwide. Developed by THQ's Relic® Entertainment Inc., Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War is scheduled to begin shipping to retailers worldwide on September 20, 2004.