Arcade Games Journal

Company Sony has made official apologies of Anglican church for use of the image of a cathedral of Manchester as one of scenery for shooter Resistance: Fall of Man, informs BBC News. Action of this new shooter for console PlayStation 3 is developed in the beginning of the fiftieth years of the last century in the ‘alternative’ Great Britain. The protagonist of game  forces of resistance struggle with the mysterious infection which has grasped the Great Britain. One of places of fight with the enemy is the church strongly reminding a cathedral of Manchester. Representatives of church demanded to withdraw game from sale because of too bloody stages developed in church. “We do not consider, that there is any communication between a modern Manchester cathedral and invented game where the Great Britain has appeared under impact of newcomers”, - is spoken in the letter of company Sony alongside with apologies. At the same time in the letter there is no answer to an appeal to withdraw game from sale.

Company Midway Games has declared, that will let out the version of classical adventure game Myst for portable console Nintendo DS, is informed on site Eurogamer. Founders of new version Myst inform, that do not plan to change game process and a plot. But in game for DS there will be two new worlds, New Age and Rime Age. In the original version users could investigate such five worlds: Selenitic, Stoneship, Mechanical, Channelwood and island Myst. Besides developers plan to change management in view of features of the console. Original game has appeared on personal computers in 1993. Later it was on many other things platforms besides it has been let out four official seequel. The serial noticeably differs from other representatives of an adventure genre: the player should not manipulate subjects, instead of it it solves complex puzzles in a mode from the first person. New version Myst should appear on sale in November, 2007.

Company Bethesda Softworks has published the first advertising roller of long-awaited role game Fallout 3.

Video has appeared on special page which the company has created about one and a half months ago. Earlier this page contained the reference to a forum and some pictures presumably concerning world Fallout.

However, it is literally in the first half an hour from the moment of occurrence of the reference to the files located on server Bethesda Softworks, have been removed; have remained only address two so-called “mirrors” (mirrors) where copies of a roller have been laid out.

The roller does not show game process Fallout 3, but contains characteristic music for a serial in spirit of the fortieth years of the last century. Besides in a clip the known phrase with which both previous parts began sounds: ” War. War never varies. ” (War never changes.)

In the end of video Bethesda informs, that Fallout 3 will appear on sale by autumn of 2008.

Let’s remind, that the first part of RPG-serial Fallout has been let out in 1997. Game told about destiny of the American citizens who have gone through nuclear war. In 1998 there was a first sequel; then two games-branches have been let out.

Company Monolith Productions has declared competition on the best name to sequel F.E.A.R., a “terrible” shooter. Original game has appeared on personal computers in 2005, and then was портирована on prefixes.

Developers cannot name sequel F.E.A.R. 2 as the owner of copyrights to this name is company Vivendi, the publisher of the first game.

For carrying out of competition representatives Monolith Productions have created a special site. Offer the name for new game inhabitants of the USA can only, and variants are accepted from June, 4 till June, 22nd, 2007. From July, 23 till July, 27th on a site will pass public voting as a result of which three winners will be revealed.

To authors of the best names will pay travel to office Monolith Productions (the company is located in the city of Kirklend of state of Washington). Besides three characters of new game will be allocated by names and appearance of finalists of competition.

Electronic Arts will let out new series Need For Speed Company Electronic Arts announced a new series of well-known racing game Need For Speed, is informed on site Eurogamer. The new part of street races will receive name ProStreet. Canadian division Electronic Arts will borrow in its creation Black Box. Developers of game promise shaking to the schedule, the developed artificial intellect which will make behaviour of opponents more aggressive and realistic, and a revolutionary multiuser mode. New game will appear on personal computers, consoles Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, DS, PS2, PSP and mobile phones in the autumn of 2007. Need For Speed: Carbon, the previous series of races, has gone on sale in the autumn of 2006.