{"id":1190,"date":"2009-02-25T09:10:15","date_gmt":"2009-02-25T09:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=1190"},"modified":"2009-02-25T09:10:15","modified_gmt":"2009-02-25T09:10:15","slug":"codemasters%c2%ae-breaks-out-its-big-guns-at-gamers-day-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=1190","title":{"rendered":"CODEMASTERS\u00ae BREAKS OUT ITS BIG GUNS AT GAMERS DAY EVENT."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2022\u00a0DiRT\u2122 2 \u2013 September release announced, new visuals released.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0FUEL\u2122 \u2013 new gameplay video reveals iconic US landmark locations.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Operation Flashpoint\u2122: Dragon Rising in action, plus new screenshots.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Jumpgate Evolution\u00ae gets June date, epic gameplay video unveiled.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Three new Overlord\u2122 titles dated for June, gameplay videos break out.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Friday, 20th February &#8211; Codemasters\u00ae showcased some of the star players from its 2009 portfolio at its San Francisco Gamers Day event, held Thursday 19th February. Featured titles included DiRT\u21222, FUEL\u2122, Operation Flashpoint\u2122: Dragon Rising, Jumpgate Evolution\u00ae, Overlord\u2122II, Overlord\u2122Dark Legend and Overlord\u2122Minions.<\/p>\n<p>Codemasters announced that DiRT\u21222, the sequel to the award-winning off-road racer, has been scheduled to ship this September for the Xbox 360\u00ae video game and entertainment system from Microsoft\u00ae, the PLAYSTATION\u00ae3 computer entertainment system and Games For Windows\u00ae LIVE, Wii\u2122, Nintendo DS\u2122 and PSP\u00ae (PlayStation\u00aePortable) system; the most extensive format launch in the 10 million+ selling series\u2019 history.<\/p>\n<p>Set to deliver a thrilling off-roading experience with extreme sports attitude, new visuals released at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dirt2game.com\">www.dirt2game.com<\/a> revealed that, in addition to Utah, Malaysia and London, DiRT 2\u2019s World Tour of off-road events will take racers to a massive, spectator-packed Los Angeles sports stadium for an exhilarating rally cross event: the \u201cStadium King Shootout\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Codemasters also showcased FUEL\u2122, the multi-terrain, multi-vehicle action racing title from Asobo Studios that will present players with the largest environment ever created in race gaming. FUEL will have players competing across wildly different terrain, created from the most compelling, diverse and striking areas of America using satellite data.<\/p>\n<p>In a new gameplay video, now available from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fuel-game.com\">www.fuel-game.com<\/a>, gamers can tour some of the game\u2019s iconic locations, including the Utah salt-plains and the Grand Canyon, all rendered beautiful by Asobo Studios\u2019 A.C.E. game engine. Coming this May, FUEL will be published for the PLAYSTATION\u00ae3, Xbox 360 and Games For Windows LIVE.<\/p>\n<p>Marking the much anticipated return of the genre-defining military conflict title, Codemasters revealed Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising in action and released new in-game screenshots (now available from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flashpointgame.com\">www.flashpointgame.com<\/a>). Set to be the most accessible, engaging and visceral sandbox shooter of the year Operation Flashpoint\u2122: Dragon Rising is coming this summer for the Xbox 360, the PLAYSTATION\u00ae system and Games For Windows.<\/p>\n<p>From an immense racing world to an entire universe, Codemasters Online and developer NetDevil announced that Jumpgate Evolution\u00ae, the action-based PC Massively Multiplayer Online game that promises exhilarating space combat on a vast scale, is scheduled for take-off this June. Previewing the game\u2019s breath-taking visuals and an innovative twitch-based space combat, a new gameplay video was also released and is now available from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jumpgateevolution.com\">www.jumpgateevolution.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Heralding the return of the delightfully despotic Overlord and his Minion horde, Codemasters announced that its three new Overlord titles are scheduled to ship this June. Overlord\u2122II, the sequel to the original hit twisted fantasy adventure will launch for PLAYSTATION\u00ae3, Xbox 360 and PC. Overlord\u2122 Dark Legend, an all-new Overlord action adventure steeped in fairy tale lore with sinister satirical twists and starring a new, younger Overlord, will be published exclusively for Wii. While Overlord\u2122 Minions, an irresistible puzzle action game starring an elite squad of four heroic Minions, will be available exclusively for Nintendo DS.<\/p>\n<p>Revealing a taste of the terrific tales of tyranny that await players, the first Overlord II and Overlord Dark Legend gameplay videos were released and are now available from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.codemasters.com\/overlordII\">www.codemasters.com\/overlordII<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.codemasters.com\/darklegend\">www.codemasters.com\/darklegend<\/a> respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2022\u00a0DiRT\u2122 2 \u2013 September release announced, new visuals released. \u2022\u00a0FUEL\u2122 \u2013 new gameplay video reveals iconic US landmark locations. \u2022\u00a0Operation Flashpoint\u2122: Dragon Rising in action, plus new screenshots. \u2022\u00a0Jumpgate Evolution\u00ae gets June date, epic gameplay video unveiled. \u2022\u00a0Three new Overlord\u2122 titles dated for June, gameplay videos break out. &#8211; Friday, 20th February &#8211; Codemasters\u00ae showcased<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=1190\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1190"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1191,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1190\/revisions\/1191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}