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‘Gaelic Games: Football’ details, release date

A still from a TV advertisement for Gaelic Games: Football.

With the release date of the GAA licensed football game, ‘Gaelic Games: Football’, revealed by Games Toaster hours before the issuing of the press release, we now have further details…

GAA computer game out November 11

A senior Sony source has confirmed to this publication that the GAA football game will be on store shelves on Friday, November 11. The official press release and screen shots are apparently due later today.

Believed to be named ‘Gaelic Football 2005’, the title will be exclusive to the PlayStation 2. The game was at first scheduled for release mid-2004. 

Torc’s Dreadnought demo released

Torc Interactive, the North West of Ireland games developer and middleware company, recently released a demo of their first person shooter game, ‘Dreadnought’ . It was made for AMD to highlight their latest processors, the AMD64 line. 

The game is based on Torc’s ‘Instinct Engine’. According to AMD, when in ‘64-bit enhanced mode’ Dreadnought will highlight improvements with games running on 64-bit processors - such as, improved graphics detail and quality, bullet holes staying on walls and not fading over time, and other effects.

As previously revealed by Games Toaster, the game is set on a nuclear warship in stormy waters. The demo starts as you enter the ship. The ship, a nuclear missile cruiser named the Admiral Ushakov, was last seen in the Barents Sea four years ago, and was apparently believed lost at sea. When it reappeared near Iceland, it is then thought to be in terrorist hands. The terrorist are using the ship for some kind of ‘research’, and the player-character is (you guessed it) a ‘US Special Forces operative’, sent in to “steal or destroy”.

The demo and screen shots can be downloaded here.

[The demo was actually released in August - excuse us; we try to keep on top of all Ireland’s games-related news, but sometimes things slip by. You can help - we’re interested in any little or great detail of Irish-related happenings, email us at editor@gamestoaster.com or see our ‘contact’ page]

Xbox 360: Higher price in Ireland - inconsistencies in Microsoft’s VAT reason

Ireland and Portugal were given a higher ERP, but not Belgium, which has the same VAT rate.

360 - 22/11 N. America, 2/12 Europe

Microsoft's Xbox 360 console will retail in Europe on December 2, in North America ten days early on November 22, and in Japan on December 10, Microsoft announced today at the Tokyo Game Show. Although, early in the year Microsoft had stressed a "global launch", questioning always led to the addition of 'within days'.