World in Conflict was, without any doubt, one of the most successful games released in 2007, but one of its small drawbacks was the platform - only the PC version was released in September 2007, but don't worry - Xbox 360 and PS3 versions are on the way, and on top of it all, it seems an expansion will arrive even earlier!


<-125x125 Button - left->Oh, yeah, there was one more thing missing in the initial release of the game - a Soviet campaign, but that's about to change, because the next game in the series, treated like an expansion pack, according to Sierra, will be World in Conflict: Soviet Assault. Being given the name, I am sure you can figure out what is this all about...

At last, according to Sierra, the upcoming Xbox 360 version will feature voice commands, only 10 players in multiplayer, compared to 16 on PC, and some new units. Other than that, it seems that Soviet Assault, as well as the Xbox and PS3 releases should arrive this fall, so there's enough time left for those that didn't play World in Conflict yet to grab the game and enjoy a virtual third world war!

Gran Turismo is one of those great racing games that have a huge problem for a lot of people - unfortunately, it was only designed to run on game consoles. For example, since 1997, when the first game in the series was released, Gran Turismo managed to sell over 11 million copies, making it the best-selling PlayStation game! Gran Turismo 5 is - obviously - the fifth game in the series, but it seems gamers will have to take their time and play the Prologue version for another year...

Don't think about the wait, better think about the fact that this game is going to feature no less than 900 (yes, those are two zeroes!) cars, as well as to include the Top Gear Test Track. Now, let's get to Prologue, more a demo that allows you to get a taste of Gran Turismo 5, than a real, fully featured Gran Turismo game...

As Chris Hinojosa-Miranda, associate producer at SCEA says, "to further clarify, GT5 is still about a year away. You should just decide now to buy [Prologue], enjoy it, go online and race against anyone and everyone, rank number one worldwide, get the girl (or guy) and become the most popular kid in town. The end."

Anyway, since Prologue also has a pretty solid feature list for "nearly a demo," I am sure there is enough to do for those waiting GT 5...and if they finish playing Prologue, there's always a good idea to return to Gran Turismo, Gran Turismo 2, and the other two games released so far in the series, don't you think?

Creating a successful MMORPG is a very hard task, but once you managed to get enough players in and get those money flowing, it's even harder to keep those players involved for months and years, so that's why most such games get regular updates, and WoW is no exception to the rule.

<-120x240 Vertical Banner - left->Entitled "Fury of the Sunwell", the 2.4.0 patch comes with the following new features:

-The Sunwell Isle is now available for play. This area includes a new quest hub and 5 and 25-player instances.

-The combined forces of Shattrath have launched an attack on the Isle of Quel'Danas, to confront Kael'thas and the Legion at the Sunwell and surrounding areas. Players will now be able to gain reputation with the Shattered Sun Offensive and participate in a new set of daily quests.

-A representative of the Keepers of Time has been spotted at the World's End Tavern in Shattrath. Players in good standing with the faction will be granted ease of passage to the Caverns of Time.

-Characters will now retain talented spell ranks so when they retalent they do not have to relearn the spells from trainers.

-Spell Haste: Spell haste now reduces the global cooldown on spells, down to a minimum of 1 second. This change does not apply to melee and ranged abilities.

-Item Cast Spells: Many spells cast by items were being cast as if the caster were the same level as the item. Most of those will now be cast at the player's level, giving them a reasonable chance to miss, be dispelled, or be resisted.

-Resilience: Now reduces the magnitude of mana draining effects by the same amount that it reduces critical strike damage. The Tooltip has been revised to reflect this.

-Spirit-Based Mana Regeneration: This system has been adjusted so that as your intellect rises, you will regenerate more mana per point of spirit.

-Weapon Skill: Points will be gained faster in weapon skills for levels 1 through 59.

-The Daily Quest limit has been increased to 25.

-Non-self % based haste spells will no longer stack with each other.

As usual, all the details you need, and even more, are to be found on the official Blizzard Wow site, here.

I am sure those of you looking to enjoy some horror adventures on their computers will be pleased to find that Ignition Entertainment and Playlogic announced the fact that Obscure The Aftermath for Wii, PS2 and PC reached "Gold Master status", and its release is only a few days away.


Ajay Chadha, Ignition Entertainment USA's president, said "Survival horror gamers have been anxiously waiting for this game, and we’re pleased to announce that it is ready to go," confirming the release of this game right on schedule, on the 25th of March.

Well, it seems Ignition has very high hopes with this game, and I think they have enought reasons for that - since the screenshots look great, and I can only hope the gameplay will match the visuals, or maybe even the story can turn graphics into a simple background...

The prices in North America will be $14.99, $19.99 and $29.99 - for the PC, PS 2 and Wii.

Remember Tom Clancy? Come on, we were talking about him and the fact that Ubisoft purchased exclusive rights to use his name in computer games and related material just yesterday, and now, we already heard first news regarding a massive multiplayer online game closely related to this topic! Interesting enough? Well, read on and you'll see!

War, espionage, politics, shooting, a lot of shooting, explosions, and all that comes with it - "A major step in the development of Ubisoft" - or, to give this a name, the upcoming Tom Clancy MMO that's currently starting to take off for the development process. Now, the future game has green light, and Guillemot is trying to get a team together and start working on this new title.

While details are still in the shadows, it is known that the MMO from the Tom Clancy series has a budget of around $50 million, and that's all for now...