Episode 56’s guest is American McGee from Spicy Horse. American dropped what he was doing in China to chat about his history in the industry, and provided some interesting insight into where he’s been and where he sees both himself and games going in the future. He also revealed what he could about Alice 2, and addressed the infamous trailer.

Was there more? Of course. Turks, Billy and Patrick Watts delve into The Ballad of Gay Tony, Modern Warfare 2, Dragon Age: Origins, and putting an “end” to things in successful games.

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Divinity II: Ego Draconis is the sequel to the action-RPG Divine Divinity, and transports players back to the wide-open, war-torn world of Rivellon where they’ll learn to read minds, plunder dungeons and ultimately morph into a playable dragon at will. The title boasts a robust adventure with more than 60 hours of gameplay teeming with massive dungeons and outdoor spaces to explore, deep on-the-ground and aerial combat and intrigue to unravel that could unveil hidden truths and revive forgotten evils that will change the face of Rivellon forever.

Those who pre-order Divinity II from GameStop will receive the exclusive Blood Echelon Armor and Weapon Set while supplies last.

King’s Bounty: Armored Princess, the sequel to King’s Bounty: The Legend, released today. Players can now assume the role of Princess Amelie as she travels around the world of Teana and searches for the renowned knight from the first game, Bill Gilbert.

This new world is full of mysteries and dangers. The Princess will encounter horrible creatures, huge monstrous bosses and a new race, the bloodthirsty Lizardmen. As in the first game, the player has many options to resist these new enemies. Various new skills and abilities, as well as her flying steed, will help Amelie overcome the hordes attacking the kingdom. She is also accompanied by a tamed dragon, at the very beginning it is small, but its abilities develop steadily until it becomes an incredible ally. The dragon will do its best to protect the Princess in battle, starting with simple attacks and treasure hunting and finishing with fire breathing and volcano summoning.

Relentless, organized and maintaining balance in the world by force, they are the Empire, the unchallenged military power in W!Games turn-based strategy game Greed Corp, releasing on PlayStation Network, Xbox LIVE Arcade and PC in early 2010.

The largest of the four factions in terms of population in Greed Corp, the Empire, is a People’s Republic led by a Supreme Leader. Forging their cultural and technological advancements on the back of their military might, almost all weaponry produced in the Mistbound world comes from Empire factories. War is their business and business is good!

Constantly positioning their military muscle as the ultimate power in the Mistbound universe and vying for overall control of the limited land space, a tense and uneasy relationship exists between the Empire and the other three factions. Quietly and insidiously, they perpetuate a philosophy that all things are a part of the Empire, slowly lulling the people and their lands into their grasp. Relentlessly they march on until that objective has been achieved.

Look for more details and videos coming soon.

Secret of the Lost Cavern Episode 1 for iPhone is now available at the App Store. The game is an episodic adventure that plunges the player into the Paleolithic period.

Strange symbols found while hunting remind Arok of an encounter with a charismatic traveler a long time ago. In order for him to find his long-forgotten friend, the most brilliant painter of Prehistoric times, Arok begins a long and perilous journey.

The title will be released in 4 episodes with new episodes available monthly. Episode 1 costs $1.99 but is discounted to $0.99 cents for a limited time.

A number of secret Modern Warfare 2 gameplay modes, hidden in the source code, have been uncovered. These modes, labeled Arena, Global Thermal Nuclear War, One Flag and VIP are unfinished and three of them contain the phrase “fix after ship”. Are we looking at next month’s DLC?

Arena and One Flag appear to simply be versions of the now requisite Capture the Flag, but the other two could prove to be much more interesting. In Global Thermal Nuclear War, the “nuke” is in the middle of the map, and both teams have to try and get it and set it off. It’s a respawn game where you must first “capture” the nuke, and then activate it. The catch, however, is that it can only be activated if your team score is above 100. As you can surmise, one point is awarded for every kill, but you also get one point for capturing the nuke, and a point for every few seconds that your team is able to maintain control of it. The team who activates the nuke wins. VIP is an assassination game. Each team has a randomly selected VIP that spawns with a shield and armor vest. Once spawned, the VIP must make their way to the randomly selected extraction zone and call for pickup. Once called, rescue takes 45 seconds to arrive. The other team wins if they manage to kill the VIP before this happens.

Source: CVG

Publisher: Chillingo
Developer: Tetraedge
Genre: Adventure
Release date: Available now

I hadn’t played a real adventure game in something like 15 years. Perhaps with the coming of the information age, the temptation to look up a walkthrough was just too much, and I thought the genre would lose its magic. But it hasn’t, and Jules Verne’s Secrets of the Mysterious Island proves it. Secrets offers a great adventure experience on a platform perfectly suited to it.

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Recent research suggests that the Wii Fit pales against Wii Sports in terms of improving gamer fitness. Such a finding rather flies in the face of Nintendo’s marketing of the exercise title.

A small study of 16 volunteers between the ages of 20 and 24 underwent Wii Fit training to determine the effect the title can have on health. After establishing a baseline fitness level for each participant, each was then subjected to six activities chosen from the game for their ability to aerobically challenge (Free Run, Island Run, Free Step, Advanced Step, Super Hula Hoop, and Rhythm Boxing). Out of these six activities, Island Run and Free Run had significantly better results than the rest. However, neither of these two games was seen to ‘to maintain or improve cardio respiratory endurance’ as defined by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM).

One of the researchers suggested that Wii Sports might better combat gamer “wobble”. “You’re better off doing Wii Sports than Wii Fit. In Wii Sports there’s more jumping around, and you’re not constrained by having to stand on the balance pad. I just think there’s much more freedom of movement and you get a better workout.” For some of us, just going to buy the game from the shop is tiring enough!

Dark Void currently has a release date of January 12, so it’s nearly a month and a half before the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC communities will be able to sink their teeth into it, but Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment Group thinks Capcom has a hit on their hands and already wants to make it into a blockbuster movie.

The game’s story will center on cargo pilot, William Augustus Grey, who crashes in the Bermuda Triangle. From there, he is teleported to a parallel universe where he encounters other humans, called Survivors. Together, Will and the survivors must battle an alien race known as the Watchers to return to Earth. The Watchers came from afar, making humans do their bidding, whilst being treated as gods. With the help of Nikola Tesla, they retrofit Watcher technology to fight the Watchers.

It does sound like if properly executed, the movie version could be pretty excellent, however, as we know, games rarely translate to the big screen all that well. At this point, Pitt is only going to be producing, but he could also potentially star in the feature if it gets off the ground.

Source: Coming Soon

Do you feel like you’re just not able to brag enough about your hard-earned gaming achievements? Well fear not! Starting this week, users on both the Xbox 360 and PS3 will have the ability to connect their online gamer accounts to the world of social networking. Partnering with such popular sites as Facebook and Twitter, gamers can update their status through the consoles and the linkages can be used to automatically post gamer achievements to the sites.

Both consoles have been trying to expand their systems to have greater functionality beyond their core video game capabilities. Xbox 360 users already enjoy streaming music via Live.FM and both Xbox 360 and PS3 users are able to watch videos directly from Netflix.

Source: AP

Supreme Commander 2 will be available on PC March 2 and on the Xbox 360 March 16. The sequel features numerous game enhancements, an in-depth campaign mode, and online multiplayer.

Set 25 years after the end of the Infinite War, SC2 starts with the galaxy reeling from the recent assassination of the newly elected president of the fragile Colonial Defense Coalition. The members of the Coalition – the United Earth Federation, The Illuminate and the Cybran Nation – all blame each other, and the early rumbles of war can be heard throughout the galaxy.

Boasting intense battles on a massive scale, players will wage war by creating enormous customizable armies and experimental war machines that can change the balance of power at any given moment. Assume the role of one of the three commanders, each representing a unique faction with a rich story that brings a new level of emotional connection to the RTS genre.