The Story & Gameplay:
In the year 2099, humanity has ruined the planet. The global spirit, Gaia, will purify Earth by one of her two creations. Either you, the elemental spirit magician, will rejuvenate the planet and destroy the polluted monsters and demons. Or the demons will destroy the humans, which originally polluted the planet. Combat gruesome monsters as an elemental spirit magician in a stunning, dynamic and sophisticated world. Master your element, quest, guild, trade, kill, or be killed in a massive online community. Team with players from around the real world in a post-apocalyptic fantasy world that supports over 16,000 simultaneous players in one server.

As an elemental spirit magician, fight through a post-apocalyptic nightmare to restore order to the world we once knew. Thousands will join. Who will survive?
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Electronic Arts has announced plans to release this spring, The Sims: House Party Expansion Pack, a new add-on disk to the top-selling PC game of 2000, The Sims. With new characters, activities, architecture styles, objects, music and much more, the new expansion pack will give players the chance to host outrageous parties for their Sims. Three new architecture styles and dozens of new objects allow players to hoedown at a country barn dance, chow down at a tropical luau, or go underground at a rave with their Sims. Within each entertaining theme, a festive variety of costumes and decor options are available to add breadth to the bash. Players can build a dance floor for their Sims and watch them keep to the rhythm of the DJ's music. They can hire a flashy caterer to keep the buffet table and punch bowl full. Or they can roll in a mechanical bull or the giant cake "full of surprises" and kick the party into high gear. The House Party Expansion Pack makes it easy for the Sims to throw an absolutely unforgettable evening for all of their friends.
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B4G has just released DJ Nights - The Hip-Hop Sessions, an interactive strategy game about the life of a Hip-Hop turntablist, featuring You as the hottest DJ in the house. In DJ Nights you experience the life of a struggling DJ. You've got to spin records at all the underground parties and gain enough money and respect to be invited to the most exclusive club in town. During the day, you shop for hip-hop records in different styles of music Turntablism, Electro Hip-Hop, Moody Hip-Hop and Vocal Hip-Hop. Or you can catch up on your sleep to have the energy for the night to come. After dark, you spin at house parties and clubs. If the crowd likes your tunes, the more money and respect you earn.
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Codemasters recently announced that MTV Music Generator 2.0 will be its debut title for the Sony PlayStation 2 home entertainment system. To bring MTVMG 2.0 to a new-millennium gaming platform as well as a new-millennium audience, Codemasters has solicited the musical mastery skills of a high-profile MTV star DJ to be announced at a later date. MTVMG 2.0 will be available for PS2 in April 2001. Developed once again by Jester Interactive, (based in Liverpool, UK) the award winning creators of MTV Music Generator; the software itself takes all the key features of Codemasters’ Music series and effectively doubles the power of the engine, making use of the impressive audio processing capabilities of the PlayStation 2’s hardware. Players can create original soundtracks utilizing countless pre-recorded riffs from eight different musical styles featuring rock, garage, trance, house, and R&B.
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Electronic Arts has announced the release of Front Office Football 2001, a football management simulation game for hard-core pigskin fans. Front Office Football 2001 includes the NFL and NFL Players Inc licenses allowing players to act as General Managers (GM) of a real-life professional football franchise. Front Office Football 2001 gives players the opportunity to manage all aspects of their franchise and compete against other franchises in the quest for a winning season. Front Office Football 2001 offers a completely new user interface that includes the NFL team logos as well as updated 2000 NFL team rosters.

In Front Office Football 2001, the GMs draft and trade players, negotiate salaries and contracts, set ticket prices and watch as the game re-creates the on-field action with an advanced engine that simulates every play of every game. Also in the game, players can participate in a competitive bidding process for new coaches and scouts for their franchises. In addition, an expanded game plan allows more control over game play. For GMs who want to extend their management reach beyond the office and down to the sideline, Front Office Football 2001 lets users develop their team's offensive and defensive strategies. As an added bonus, the game even includes an option of calling plays or changing strategies on-the-fly.

Front Office Football 2001 carries a price of $24.95 and can only be purchased and downloaded via the Internet. The size of the downloadable install file is approximately 9.5 MB.
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When someone says 'January,' I think of cold and bleak. The future just doesn't look very bright when the skies are gray and the snow is pushed haphazardly to the side of the road, colored black with city road grime. New games just trickle out this time of year and exciting announcements are generally sparse. Nope, the future doesn't look too good on this gray January morn... So, what the heck! Let's make fun of everything!

CINEMA: Jolie Good News?
Apparently Angelina Jolie, the intentionally provocative screen starlet portraying the ever-popular and pneumatic Lara Croft in the upcoming Tomb Raider flick, let slip to England's Empire Magazine that she intends to return for two more Tomb Raider moves. Perhaps following the recent Hollywood trend of filming sequels back to back to save on money (Lord of the Rings and the Matrix being two examples that spring to mind). I can't guarantee the movies will be any good but I can guarantee Tomb Raider 2 and 3 will feature new outfits for Lara, but the same tired special effects you'll see in the first one.
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Each day until January 29th, The GOD Games Oni site will be posting a new move from Bungie Software's Oni. The movies can be downloaded and viewed from here.
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Nullsoft Winamp is the ultimate high-fidelity music player for Windows 95/98/NT. Winamp supports MP3, CD and other audio formats, more than 20,000 skins and 150 audio visualization and effect plug-ins. Winamp is freeware. The latest version (2.72) has just recently been released. Grab it here!
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EverGlide.com, Inc. in association with EverGlide.co.uk, its United Kingdom distributor, and NovaLogic, Inc. announced the signing of a licensing agreement to produce EverGlide mouse pads bearing the popular Delta Force: Land Warrior trademarked logo. Continuing its sweep of licensing high-end game brands to enhance it mouse pad product line, Delta Force Land Warrior joins EverQuest, Half Life, Unreal Tournament, Quake 3, Tribes 2, and Command & Conquer Red Alert 2 in the EverGlide line-up.
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Dominating the Macintosh entertainment software category for the fourth consecutive year, MacSoft, an Infogrames, Inc. label announced that its market share for calendar year 2000 will exceed 37 percent, far out-pacing its nearest competitor and capturing one-third of all Mac game units sold. The impressive results reflect the successful implementation of MacSoft's new multi-tiered publishing strategy designed to identify new opportunities in the Macintosh gaming sector, while continuing its dominance in established categories. MacSoft's diverse product lineup for 2000 included titles such as Links LS 2000, a dynamic golf simulation; Driver, a realistic driving game; Beach Head 2000, and intense combat game, and a compilation offering aimed at the younger audience entitled the Mac Kids Pack.
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