October 2007

Dementium – The Ward is a horror themed title headed for the DS just in time for Halloween. Gamecock is expecting demand to outstrip supply at retail stores so they are offering a direct to consumer preorder campaign if you order the game directly on the Dementium website. They also sent over a new set of images for the upcoming PC and DS title Insecticide which is slated for a January 8th release.

New Dementium Screens

New Insecticide Screens

New Fury Trailer

October 19, 2007

Gamecock’s first release went down this week with the release of Fury, developed by Auran. To commemorate its release, Gamecock sent over the following trailer:

Aksys Games just announced that they had a nwe game slated for Spring 2008 for the Nintendo DS titled Super Dodgeball Brawlers.

“Super Dodgeball Brawlers maintains the great pick up and play feel of the classic Dodgeball series while adding in over 100 new super throws, as well as melee combat–a first for the series,” said Akibo Shieh, President, Aksys Games. “Fans of the original will be pleased that the fantastic versus mode of the original game has returned along with an all new 8 player A

Our friends at NIS America sent over a copy of Soul Nomad and The World Eaters for us to cover. It just so happens that we already had the game covered so instead of throwing that game up on eBay we are going to make one of you very happy by giving it away.

The rules are quite simple. The giveaway officially goes down on Wednesday at 4pm CST. To qualify you have to be a registered forum member with at least 10 posts. These have to be legit posts. I am letting you know about this contest well in advance so you have plenty of time to hit the required number of posts.

Also, this is limited to 18 and older in the US and Canada. Sorry to everyone overseas.

EA just wrapped up their simulation of the 2007-08 NBA season and are predicting that the Phoenix Suns will walk away victorious. The playoffs breakdown like this:

The West
RD 1: Phoenix defeats Golden State (4-2)
RD 1: Houston defeats Denver (4-1)
RD 1: Utah defeats Dallas (4-3)
RD 1: San Antonio defeats LA Lakers (4-2)
RD 2: Phoenix defeats Houston (4-2)
RD 2: San Antonio defeats Utah (4-2)
Conf Finals: Phoenix defeats San Antonio (4-3)

The East
RD 1: Boston defeats Milwaukee (4-1)
RD 1: Detroit defeats Cleveland (4-2)
RD 1: Miami defeats Washington (4-3)
RD 1: New Jersey defeats New York (4-3)
RD 2: Boston defeats Detroit (4-3)
RD 2: New Jersey defeats Miami (4-1)
Conf Finals: Boston defeats New Jersey (4-2)

NBA Finals: Phoenix defeats Boston (4-3)

I can say with some certainty that the events they simulated do in fact have a chance of occurring. I have my own preference on how they would play out, but they do represent a very real scenario. Dallas did get beat in the first round this past year, but I doubt that Utah has the power to repeat that event. It would also be highly embarassing for Cleveland to fall to Detroit after such a stellar playoff run last year. I would also like to believe that my Spurs can once again overcome the Suns and maybe get that back to back that we have been trying for year after year.

Only time will tell how accurate this all ends up being and unfortunately we have to wait until next year to see it all unfold.