News Briefs (11-5-09)
Downloadable content for Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising will be available tomorrow for the PC, with Xbox 360 and PS3 versions to follow. The ‘Skirmish’ DLC features four new multiplayer maps and two new Fire Team Engagement (FTE) missions featuring both solo and four player co-operative play. Hunt down SAM launchers hidden in the sprawling complex of R16;LumberyardR17; and assault dug-in PLA forces and fight room to room in ‘White Fang’, two tense new R16;InfiltrationR17; multiplayer maps. ...
Written on November 5, 2009 | Posted in DS News, News, PC News, PS2 News, PS3 News, PSP News, Wii News, Xbox 360 News | No Comment
No Winner
In an announcement posted on the official Xbox website, Majesco announced that it has cancelled the Advent Rising online contest. Why this was not more widely announced, we may never know, but can speculate that Majesco was not seeing enough of a return on the game, and wanted the issue to quietly go away. The announcement wasn't even found on Majesco's own website. FROM THE LETTER After careful assessment of the technical issues identified with the Advent ...Advent Retail
FROM THE PRESS RELEASE Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL), an innovative provider of digital entertainment products and content, today announced that it has shipped the PC version of Advent Rising to retail stores nationwide. Developed by GlyphX Games, Advent Rising thrusts players into an intergalactic adventure punctuated with a gripping storyline created in collaboration with award-winning sci-fi novelist, Orson Scott Card. “Our goal with Advent Rising was to not only to create unique game play, but ...Advent Rising
...if it weren't so darn buggy. Advent Rising, the first in a proposed trilogy, has you playing as Gideon Wyeth, one of the last living humans. See, in the distant future, mankind makes contact with a friendly alien race known as the Aurelians. These Aurelians seem to have been searching for mankind for a very long time, being the exhalted ones of their religion. The Aurelians believe that mankind's brain is full of untapped ...
Clue To A Million
FROM THE ANNOUNCEMENT Majesco Entertainment (NASDAQ: COOL) has released the clue for Week 2 of its Advent Rising “Race to Save Humanity” Million Dollar Play-and-Win Contest. The contest began June 9 and runs for 6 weeks. Each Thursday at 8:00 p.m. EST / 5:00 p.m. PST during the contest, an “Easter egg” in the form of the letter ‘A’ will be downloaded via Xbox Live and hidden within a level of the game. Majesco will ...Soundtrack Rising
FROM THE PRESS RELEASE Sumthing Else Music Works, Inc., through a licensing relationship with Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL), an innovative provider of digital entertainment products and content, proudly presents the Advent Rising Original Soundtrack. The soundtrack from the newly released sci-fi action game, Advent Rising, for the XboxTM video game system from Microsoft and PC, will be released on June 28th to US retail outlets through Nile Rodgers' Sumthing Else Music Works label www.sumthing.com, the ...$1,000,000 Rising
FROM THE PRESS RELEASE Gamers now have one million more reasons to play the sci-fi action video game, Advent Rising, as Majesco Entertainment Company (COOL), an innovative provider of digital entertainment products and content, launches its "Race to Save Humanity" million dollar play-and-win contest tomorrow at 8 p.m. EST/5 p.m. PST exclusively on Xbox(TM) Live. Made possible through Xbox(TM) Live, the contest offers eligible consumers who find hidden 'A' icons within the game, the ability to ...Advent Rising Feature
"I don't want the gameplay to create the story. I want the story to create the gameplay."
When a developer turns to me and says something like that, it's as if my very soul implodes with unmitigated and chaotic joy. And if they happen to be wearing a giant Pac-Man suit at the time, it's even better. In a world where our consoles must often collaborate with generic, gun-toting beavers as they go about their ...
Retail Rising
FROM THE PRESS RELEASE An epic saga begins as Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL), an innovative provider of digital entertainment products and content, today announced Advent Rising, the first in a blockbuster trilogy of sci-fi action video games, has shipped to retail outlets nationwide. Available now for the Xbox® video game system from Microsoft, and for personal computer on June 30, Advent Rising thrusts players into an intergalactic tale punctuated with innovative game play, stunning ...Marketing Rising
FROM THE PRESS RELEASE Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL), an innovative provider of digital entertainment products and content, today unveiled the details of its aggressive marketing campaign for Advent Rising, one of the Company’s acclaimed premium titles shipping to national retail outlets on May 31. Highlighting the campaign are two high-profile activities designed and optimized for greatest consumer impact: * Cinematic in-theater commercial premiering May 19 in front of the Star Wars: Episode III movie on thousands of ...Promotion Rising
FROM THE PRESS RELEASE Gamers now have one million more reasons to anticipate the May 31 launch of Advent Rising, as Majesco Entertainment Company (COOL), is an innovative provider of digital entertainment products and content, today revealed the details of its "Race to Save Humanity" million dollar play and win contest for its highly anticipated sci-fi action video game. The contest is available only on the Xbox(R) video game system from Microsoft. Made possible only through ...Advent Rising Screenshots
The Music Rising
FROM THE PRESS RELEASE Building on the excitement surrounding the May launch of one of their most-anticipated products, Majesco (NASDAQ: MJES), a provider of diversified products and content for digital entertainment platforms, today announced an ensemble of top Hollywood and award-winning musical talent behind the video game soundtrack for Advent Rising. Recorded at Paramount Pictures, Hollywood, CA, the Advent Rising soundtrack is a completely original musical score that incorporates live orchestral and vocal elements to create ...Advent Rising Screenshots
Advent Rising Screenshots
Advent Rising
In Advent Rising, a common legend pervades the galaxy—that of a powerful, highly intelligent ancient race that will one day deliver the universe. They are known simply as Humans. Advent Rising is the first in an epic trilogy of action/adventure games, presented in a stunning cinematic format to deliver an unprecedented variety of game play experiences. Built on the Unreal Warfare engine, it offers precise, refined play-dynamics with action-packed adventure and style, wrapped ...
Written on December 1, 2004 | Posted in Games | No Comment
