Sid Meiers Civilization IV Beyond the Sword

Civilization IV: Beyond The Sword will deliver new themes never seen in Civilization, many recommended by the fans. The expansion will focus on the late-game time periods after the invention of gunpowder and will deliver 12 challenging and decidedly different scenarios, ten new civilizations, 16 new leaders, five new wonders, and a variety of new units. Five new wonders - The Statue of Zeus, Cristo Redentor, Shwedagon Paya, the Mausoleum of Maussollos, and the Moai Statues Earn a diplomatic victory and unlock the United Nations - then create new resolutions to expand your diplomatic options Advanced Starts let players buy an empire's components&begin play in a later part of the game -- experience new features of the expansion in a shorter time Enhanced AI is tougher to beat on the higher levels, and expanded its strategies for achieving victory.
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World Of Warcraft Expansion: Burning Crusade

Blizzard Entertainment took online role playing by storm with their hit title, World of Warcraft. With mind-boggling improvements in graphics, gameplay networking, and interface -- really every category -- this game became the crown prince of the genre. World of Warcraft players will be excited by the approaching release of the new expansion pack: World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade. This pack expands the already massive, award-winning multiplayer online role-playing game by tremendous bounds, adding new races, lands, battlegrounds, professions and items, and much, much more. Although no release date has been set, here is sample of what you can expect from The Burning Crusade.

The expansion pack features an increase in the level cap to 70. There are two new playable races, including the magical Blood Elves that you can read more about below. The other race has not yet been released by Blizzard. There will be new starting zones in Quel'Thalas and beyond. Another eye-opening addition is the entirely new, unexplored continent of Outland that is reachable through the Dark Portal. Plus, you'll find many new high-level dungeons to explore in Azeroth, Outland, and elsewhere that will substantially boost gameplay. There are new flying mounts in Outland; tons of new and dangerous monsters (including epic world bosses); hundreds of new quests and items; and even a new profession: Jewelcrafting. Of course this isn't the end of the list -- this is just a glimpse of what Blizzard has planned for their unreleased expansion pack.
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GRID

GRID PCMODEL- 40208 FEATURES- GRID PC GRID Is all about the race- that period from lights to flag; full of tension, pressure, noise, and action. GRID embraces all types of racing, including traditional circuit courses in exotics in Europe, muscle car street races in the US, and drifting import tuners in Japan. Jump behind the wheel of some of the fastest, most powerful race cars ever created and take on your friends in the best that racing has to offer. In any mode, on any surface, the car handling is sublime and the physics system is thrillingly accurate. A devastating new damage engine ensures players feel every bump in the road as they fight to keep control of their cars at breathtaking speeds.

GRID delivers electrifying race action ? squeezing all the juicy bits out of the world's best courses, cars and race styles to deliver one huge adrenaline rush. It's all about what happens between the GRID and the flag!

* IT'S ALL ABOUT THE RACE Codemasters Studios' history of creating stellar racing titles, combined with AI and the ability of the EGO engine allow them to deliver GRID - a pure and cinematic race experience.
* A GREATER, MORE DIVERSE, WORLD OF RACING New and classic, track and street ? conquer the greatest racetracks and then go beyond with road races and urban street competitions.
* JUMP BEHIND THE WHEEL OF SOME OF THE MOST EXCITING CARS Exotics, imports and beefy muscle cars are all available to race in hugely varied events with grids of up to twenty cars aggressively competing for the lead.
* THREE DISTINCT RACING REGIONS Europe, US and Japan are all beautifully designed, each with their own individual takes on racing: U.S.A ? In thunderous V8 muscle cars, race diverse courses on city streets in flat out, door banging racing action; Japan ? Reject traditional Western racing and drift over to Japan for action the fringes.
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Everquest: Rise Of Kunark

Centuries of war have left their mark on the continent of Kunark. Explore this massive region as your existing character or as the new playable race - the Sarnak - and discover a world full of intrigue and danger. Engage in all-new adventures as you embark on a crusade to reveal the truth of the wars between the reborn Iksar Empire and the Sarnak, and uncover artifacts long since thought lost to history. The lush, nostalgic continent of Kunark begins your courageous path from the new starting city in Timorous Deep. Rise of Kunark is the fourth expansion pack for the critically acclaimed EverQuest II franchise.

With the introduction of the Sarnak and Timorous Deep, this game provides a full range of content for new players levels 1-20 as well as high level players who can now advance to level 80, both in their Adventure and Tradeskill classes. Rise of Kunark includes many of the highly-detailed areas that are fondly remembered from EverQuest, as well as brand new areas only recently unearthed! Hundreds of new quests, dozens of new NPCs, brand new Epic Weapon quests for each class and new armor sets await those who dare set foot on this fable continent! Explore the world with a new rampaging beast - the Kunarkian Rhinocerous. Encounter and engage a wide variety of new enemies that inhabit the menacing lands of Kunark. ESRB Rated RP for Rating Pending.
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Chrome Specforce

The game is set in a close future. At a time when the rapid advancement of technology allowed man's common dream of colonizing distant planets to become reality. However. The Federation's bureaucratized structures which oversee the process of colonizing the universe limit themselves to selling terraforming permits. This led to a situation where powerful mega corporations held an authoritarian rule on their very own "private" planets. The full autonomy of these new worlds and the stunning rate of expansion into new sectors caused the planets on the edge of explored universe to become a save heaven for much more then just criminal activity.Gameplay:SpecForce is a strike force unit created to deal with global hazards and crisis situations that endanger the Federation's stability. Armed with the most up to date combat equipment designed with the Special Forces in mind the SpecForce field agents are elite of the Federation's rapid reaction forces.

As part of their basic equipment each agent is fitted with a SPA4 Power Armor and a set of weapons and equipment depending on the current mission.Features:Become a soldier of the future's Special ForcesComplete top secret missions deep inside enemy territoryProve your tactical and reflex skillsOperate alone or within your unitUse the latest military technology in combatS.M.A.R.T.

Recon System is a target identification system also helping coordinate fire in rough terrain13 modern weapon models designed for the Special Forces and a rich equipment arsenalDrive 5 vehicle types to quickly get across long distances and to achieve fire superiority over your enemiesGo head to head against intelligent enemies who adapt their tactics dynamically to the situation32 player 4 mode multiplayer (Death Match Team Death Match Team Domination Capture The Flag)Realistic vehicle damage simulation modelSystem Requirements:Minimum: PC with a 1.3 GHz processor 256 MB RAM Windows® 9x/ME/2000/XP and DirectX 9.0.
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