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News Pop! 10/26/06

By Eli Green
October 26, 2006 - 23:40

New mobile game developer in town

A group of industry veterans, formerly of Activision and Gameloft, have banded together to create Massively Mobile, a new game development studio for mobile devices. Massively Mobile has created a proprietary engine for mobile devices, which will allow it to deliver single and multiplayer gaming experience, utilizing the “unique advantages” of the mobile platfo rm so players can have experiences not possible on other platforms. The details of the unique advantages spoken about were not mentioned in any way. "For too long, the mobile platform has been treated as the red-headed stepchild of 'real' gaming,” says founding member and Creative Director, Demetri Detsaridis. The team involved has worked on a number of major titles including Gameloft's Asphalt series and True Crime: Streets of L.A. With a team mixed between vets from the mobile and video game industry working together, this could just thrust mobile gaming into a new era.

Ncsoft ships Guild Wars Nightfall

NCsoft's long awaited online RPG has begun shipping and should be available in stores tomorrow, October 27^th. This latest campaign in the Guild Wars franchise has some interesting new features. Heroes – customizable companions that level up with you, use weapons and skills of your choosing, and go forth with you into battle. Hero Battles – the ultimate one-on-one challenge, that allow two players, and their Heroes, to compete against one another in new PVP gameplay and templates that let players save, store, and exchange Hero builds, providing countless combinations to create the ultimate team of Heroes. There are also twenty new missions to be played in the game, hundreds of new skills and new ways for players to customize their characters. The game is available in two editions, the regular edition and the Collector's Edition, which includes the Making of Guild Wars Nightfall DVD, a collector's art book, skill pins, a character mini “standee”, a poster-sized map of Elona and the Nightfall soundtrack CD. The game also comes with one other extra thing, one of the cooperative efforts from PlaySmart we mentioned in yesterday's News Pop!. A PlaySmart tips card will be included in both editions of the game. Guild Wars Nightfall will be available, tomorrow, for $49.99 USD and CAD and the Collector's Edition will be available for $69.99 USD and CAD, and neither require a paid subscription. Both versions are rated T for Teen, and the servers for the game will go live at 12:01 AM GMT tomorrow.

Release notice!

2K and Gas Powered Games' Dungeon Siege II: Deluxe Edition, which we mentioned in the very first edition of News Pop!, is now available. The set includes full versions of the original Dungeon Siege II, Dungeon Siege II: Broken World expansion pack, and a number of collectible items including a fold-out map, concept art, character portraits, wallpapers, and “The Making of Dungeon Siege II” video. The Dungeon Siege II: Deluxe Edition is available for $39.99 USD and is rated M for Mature. It should also be available in Europe in early November.

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