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Posted Oct 03, 2008 at 08:28PM by Karl B. Listed in: PlayStation 3 Tags: Mars, black knight, Condor, galaxy, Los Angeles, PlayStation Network
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PlayStation Network - Image 1I have a soft spot for The Monarch (and a not-so-soft one for Dr. Girlfriend - despite the many allusions to her non-femininity), so I'm pretty glad that the third season of The Venture Bros. is included in this weekly update for the PlayStation Network's video store. That's not the only thing that's new, though. Hit the jump for a full list of what's new.

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Posted Feb 04, 2007 at 10:14PM by Jex H. Listed in: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Games for Windows Tags: Condor, ZootFly
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Zootfly has unleashed yet another teaser video for their upcoming multiplatform action game Time0 (PC, Xbox360, PS3). We've already given you two teaser vids for the said game, but (as the title says) because you wanted more, we're giving you one more. Fellow blogger Chris L. probably wouldn't approve of all the teasing here, but what the heck, you guys are more important. *winks*

So anyway, as we've mentioned before, the game basically revolves around urban explorer Zed Condor, and Violet Munro, an investigative reporter, who stumble upon an ancient portal in NYC. Little did they know, this portal leads to a wicked parallel world where mechanical monsters have gone haywire and evil runs rampant. The messianic task of saving the world from these monsters is thus placed upon their shoulders, with very limited time (three days, specifically) in their hands.

At this point we're pretty sure you're just itching to have a glimpse of the action so we won't dilly-dally any longer. Hit play and enjoy the vid!




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Posted Jun 07, 2006 at 01:38AM by Karen R. Listed in: MMORPG Tags: Blizzard, Sega, Condor, Allen Adhem, Dave Brevik
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logoOne of the most popular MMO titles around is Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft. However, the path Blizzard - and other producer of online games - had to tread was not easy. When internet became widely used in 1992, going into the virgin market for playing games on the internet was too big a risk to take.

Sierra Network (later renamed ImagiNation Network) paved the way for online gaming. Although with the big hourly pay (which came to almost $6 at one point), Sierra failed to stay in the market. At the time it closed though, some online gaming companies are beginning to flourish. Silicon & Synapse was a good example. Founded in 1991, Silicon & Synapse made a living by producing console and second-rate DOS games.

In 1993, Silicon & Synapse President Allen Adhem met with Condor Entertainment co-founder Dave Brevik when both companies found out they were working on the same title - DC's Justice League - for Sega Genesis (Condor) and Super Nintendo NES (Silicon & Synapse). On this meeting, Adham showed Brevik the first installment of what was to become one of the best-selling videogame franchise of all time, Warcraft: Orcs and Humans. Brevik loved the game and Condor became the beta tester for the RTS game. And the rest of the Warcraft story, as they say, was history.

Silicon & Valley - rechristened Blizzard Entertainment in 1994 - took its partnership with Condor a notch higher when they acquired Condor and renamed it Blizzard North.

Blizzard went on to produce more well-known MMORPG such as StarCraft and Diablo. All the success is not born out of sheer luck. All of them came from a vision of a game, mixed with really creative, talented people, and - as Mark Kern, former team leader for World of Warcraft, adds - the 'Secret Sauce'.

Read more on how Blizzard achieved its "Star Power" by clicking on the 'Read' link below.

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