News Roundup: Nuts & Bolts Gears of PixelJunk

Posted by: Randy at 5/14/2008 1:24 AM

Demos

A new demo lifts off for the combat space simulator, Heresy War. (That first one's at AtomicGamer; this one's over at Strategy Informer.)
A block-tastic demo of LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures is mirrored over at AtomicGamer. (Or you can grab it at Strategy Informer; your choice.)

Articles

Xbox America conference called Anthony Deluca, producer of Top Spin 3.
The Cooler Master Centurion 590 is a "new release for under $70 that looks to be jam packed with the features you are looking for."
"Obviously, it's not the first choice for enthusiasts..." TheTechLounge reviews the ATI Radeon HD 3850 256MB Video Card.
Cryptic Studios has added concept art origin pages for Defender, Doctor Destroyer, Menton, and Ironclad in Champions Online.
"This motherboard might offer something extraordinary." Here's Digit-Life's review of the Sapphire PURE CrossFireX 790FX Motherboard on AMD 790FX Chipset (Socket AM2+).
Techgage looks at the punch-packing Hypersonic Avenger AG12" Notebook.
AtomicGamer reports on some more time spent int the just-finished open beta of Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures.

Videos

Age of Conan Femme Fatale Video (WMV HD, WMV SD, WMV Web); Alone in the Dark Facade Sequence Trailer (QT HD, WMV HD); Skate It Wii Controls, Nintendo DS Controls (QT); Sins of a Solar Empire UK Teaser Trailer (WMV); Gears of War 2 Gamers Day 2008 Trailer (WMV HD); Fable 2 Gamers Day 2008 Video (WMV HD); FaceBreaker Steve Trailer; Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts Trailer (WMV HD); The Incredible Hulk 2008 Trailer; Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise Trailer; Penny Arcade Adventures Episode One Trailer (WMV HD); Exteel Game Mode Video; Line Rider 2: Unbound TechDawg Trailer (QT); Ninja Gaiden 2 Gamers Day 2008 (WMV), Leap (WMV High, WMV SD); Too Human Co-op Video, Gamers Day 2008 Video (WMV HD).

Screenshots

Gears of War 2 (X360); Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Next gen, Wii, and cinematic shots); Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts (X360); Velvet Assassin; Alone in the Dark; Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness (X360); FlatOut Ultimate Carnage (PC); Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals (PC); Fatal Fury: Battle Archives Volume 1 (PS2) [European release]; Falling Stars (PS2); PixelJunk Monsters (PS3) ["Encore" expansion]; Numen: Contest of Heroes (PC) [monsters]; Heresy Wars (PC) [demo shots].

[Pictured: Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals]