News Roundup: Final Robotopia Fantasy

by: Randy - posted: 9/8/2006 11:10:00 PM

Thanks to AtomicGamer for being anything but the weakest link; and thanks to Apolyton Civilization Site and GamersInfo for their links as well.

Demos

• The online (as well as single-player) 2-D sidescroller Robotopia puts out a brightly colored demo. [AG]
  

Trailers, Videos

• Final Fantasy XII blows its proverbial wad by releasing five movies: one, two, three, four, five! [AG]
  
• Urban environments.  Delta forces.  Terrorist factions.  Parabellum trailer. [AG]
  
• The latest "mini-trailer" for Just Cause is ready to start a coup. [AG]
  
• Half Life 2 Episode 2 trailer 5.  The saga continues. [AG]
  
• The fifth and final part to Apolyton's "Prototyping for Civilization IV" series is available, illustrating units taking too long to move, and ends with a musical montage of ApolyCon '06 attendees and guests. [ACS]
  

Screenshots

• If the measure of a man is the size of his hammer, then Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom is more man than I. [AG]
  
• King of Fighters XI is helping keep the 2-D fighter torch alive for the PS2. [AG]
  
• Sword of the Stars cuts out a sleek, stark-colored profile for space strategists. [AG]
  
• The gameplay trailers put me to sleep, but The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar has some pretty (if not equally unimaginative) screens. [AG]
  
• If you're over the age of 30, then you like trains.  I don't make these rules up.  Sid Meier's Railroads! continues Sid's beautiful exclamation-pointed work. [AG]
  

Articles

• GamersInfo reports from the Austin Game Conference on Guitar Hero 2 and the casual (puzzles, cards, etc.) gaming site, Pogo.com. [GI]