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.

If you got a PlayStation 3 at hand, and you also like thrillers, then I have some good news for you - D3Publisher of America announced its highly anticipated action thriller game, Dark Sector, reached gold status!



"Dark Sector fans have been waiting for this moment and we're pleased to say that after months of tweaking and polishing, the game is ready to entertain and
wow gamers," said Peter Andrew, D3PA's vice president of product development.So...what should we expect from this game? Based on the Evolution Engine, Dark Sector is a game that offers a dark, terrifying experience, but you won't get the chance to take things slow, because you also have an engaging story to enjoy, fast action and amazing superpowers to use!

The only problem for the younger ones may be the fact that Dark Sector is rated "M"(Mature - blood, gore, intense violence and strong language) by the ESRB, but other than that, getting into the skin of Hayden Tenno and explore the decaying Easter European city hiding its deadly Cold War secret should be a pleasant and thrilling experience for those old enough to play this game.

To find more about Dark Sector, check the official site, here.

One of the reasons that make me despise most horror movies released these days is their predictibility, most of them following a pattern that makes surprises turn into "I expected that", and scenes that should scare you, nothing more than a butcher's dream. Well, at least we have some interesting horror games, and since there's more likely for them to be enjoyable and send chills down your spine, I choose to tell you about Paradox Interactive's Penumbra...

Unfortunately, I won't review this excellent game for you, because this has been done by many others already, but I will tell you about the latest update Penumbra: Black Plague just received.

Released back in February, the horror adventure title I just mentioned was patched to include alternate solutions to puzzles, thus increasing the value of in-game experience and, of course, the re-playability factor, a very important thing with adventure games.

Penumbra: Black Plague is priced at $19.99, and features a cutting-edge engine, highly interactive environments, challenging puzzles and, of coursem an interesting storyline.

To get the patch to version 1.0.1, simply click here.

Previously known as Sabotage, Gamecock Media and Replay Studios' stealth action game, Velvet Assassin is based on the life of World War II allied secret agent Violette Reine Elizabeth Bushell Szabo. In the game, you are going to be in charge of the agent Violette Summer, and yourmain goal is to "take care" of various Nazi objectives.

Sascha Jungnickel, Creative Director at Replay Studios, said "From the start we've wanted a game with a strong female lead that stays true to the history of Violette Szabo while pulling players into a world of dark intrigue.", and also stated that "Sabotage" was an "overused" title for the game, so Velvet Assassin matches much better the idea and feeling they want to send to the player.

For now, the screenshots look pretty good, and if Time Hesse, Gamecock's Executive Producer, is right, we may soon have another great stealth action title ready to offer some great gaming hours. "I have to say, the Replay crew have outdone themselves by making Violette into one of the best looking stealth-killers ever.", he concluded, but we'll have to wait until late 2008 to see for ourselves if he says the truth or not...

"I am a gamer myself, and I really wanted to create a video game that I could play with my kids."
That’s what Steven Spielberg declared recently regarding the new video game in which production it is involved, called Boom Blox, in collaboration with Electronic Arts.

After winning three Academy awards, the movie director started to think in this new video game about players building and manipulating groups of blocks offering them the possibility to build their own levels.



The game modes established are single player, co-op and versus with more than 300 levels and over 30 funny characters.
Spielberg is very fascinated about gaming and this is ot the first time he comes u with a new idea for a new game, as he put the bases for The Dig, a point-and-click game developed by LucasArts, and currently the director is working at another project with EA which is an action adventure game, “set against the backdrop of an epic story” as he said.



For this one though no title or release date was made public yet but what we know is that it’ll be developed for PS3, Xbox 360 and personal computers.
But we know that Bloom Blox will come out in May this year for Nintendo Wii first and after a short time we can expect a mobile version too.