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Coming Attractions - 21/09/2009

By Matt Keller - Mon Sep 21, 2009 12:01pm

Coming Attractions has now moved to Mondays in an effort to bring you more new release information in a more timely, and therefore useful manner. Leading off the week tomorrow (or tonight if you’re into the midnight launch thing) is Halo 3: ODST. That will be followed big time MMO hopeful Aion: Tower of Eternity, grindhouse style ninja action in WET, junk collection action in Katamari Forever and a whole bunch of puzzle solving in Professor Layton and Pandora’s Box.

Don’t forget to check out the full release schedule for the latest changes and information on upcoming games.

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Coming Attractions - 16/09/09

By Matt Keller - Wed Sep 16, 2009 6:01pm

This week’s Coming Attractions is brought to you by broken street dates and clearance sales. Many of the games marked for release tomorrow, like Colin McCrae DiRT 2, Need for Speed SHIFT and NHL 10 should already be available in stores now, unless your local game shill is one of those ones that plays by the book. There is also a few neat console ports hitting the PC this week, namely destructor-sim Red Faction Guerilla and Resident Evil 5.

From next week on, we’ll be bringing Coming Attractions to you on Mondays, mostly in an effort to avoid street date breaches messing up our hard work. Don’t forget that you can check out our full release schedule for any updates and changes.

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Now Playing (7/07/09)

By Steven Perdikis - Tue Jul 7, 2009 6:30pm

Each Tuesday, Games On Net haplessly brings you a selection of recently released trailers for video games, be they good, bad, memorable, or simply shocking, in an effort to make your Tuesday night a joy, or alternatively; a horror - it all depends on your mindset.

This week, we take a look at a number of fantasy-esque games in a number of ways. First there is Demon's Souls, a PlayStation 3 exclusive that suggests the demons within the black behemoth haven't yet fully been expelled. After that, we tend to the loss of our loved ones in Divinity II - Ego Draconis, in which we get excited about the fact that we can ride dragons around and torch things. Once we're done petting our lovely dragon, we turn to a more tame sort of steed, embarking on a journey atop a destrier delivering us to Darksiders: Wrath of War.

Once we're done riding our war horse into battle, we take a look at what the Japanese gaming world can expect from Resonance of Fate while nodding on confusion and awe, before finally retreating inward to our cave-like dungeon in Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman: What Did I Do to Deserve This?.

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Now Playing (12/05/09)

By Steven Perdikis - Tue May 12, 2009 6:30pm

Here we are, in another week of May. Swine flu has attempted to ravage the world, the Australian federal budget is due to unfurl its claws from within Parliament House, and video game developers have continued releasing countless trailers for games. Instead of sifting through the great oceans of video yourself, the fine folk here at Games On Net, sift through them for you, bringing you the files, along with the banter of one embittered newsbot, each and every Tuesday.

This week, we first journey to blooded, violent lands of the past filled with happy Dragons, before plummeting towards a Fallen Earth where we attempt to speed towards our next racing fix. We then journey to a galaxy far, far away to learn about some diverse worlds. Finally, take a few moments to defend our dungeon from pesky heroes.

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KOEI partner with NIS

By Brenna Hillier - Thu Apr 30, 2009 10:02am

Good news (especially for PSP fans) has arrived with the announcement that Japanese-owned publisher KOEI, who have an increasingly significant presence in the UK and Europe, have signed a deal with NIS to enable the distribution of the latter's developed games outside of their current reach. Thanks to Australia's continuing status as a member of the "PAL territories" umbrella - something we rarely have cause to give thanks for - this deal makes it much more likely that we'll see some of NIS' universally lengthily titled releases, like Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero? and possibly even *deep breath* Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman: What Did I Do to Deserve This?, both PSP exclusives.

By Steven Perdikis - Wed Apr 8, 2009 1:32pm

Even with rumours flying around regarding the next hardware revision to the PSP, which, while rumoured to have no UMD drive, has not stopped the announcement of a number of new titles that look like they could be interesting on the platform. One such title is the newly announced Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman: What Did I Do to Deserve This?

Currently being localised into English at NIS America, Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman: What Did I Do to Deserve This? was well received on the Japanese market. While the incredibly long name may deter some from the game, the concept of retro-gaming style with some fairly fresh game mechanics reminiscent of Dungeon Keeper could prove to be very successful on the platform.

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