EA Goes to Hell Monday, March 30, 2009
Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) and Starz Media’s Film Roman announced today the start of production on an animated movie based on the immortal epic Dante’s Inferno™. The feature-length project will expand on the story in EA’s new, must-have game coming out for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system and PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system in 2010.
NEW STAR GRAND PRIX – OUT NOW Monday, March 30, 2009
We are excited to announce that New Star Grand Prix is on sale. Just as Brawn GP have breathed new life into Formula 1, New Star Games have revived a forgotten genre and created an addictive top-down racer. The PC version is available now and a Mac version will be ready very soon.
SIX MORE SPEAKERS ANNOUNCED FOR JUNE'S GAMEHORIZON CONFERENCE Monday, March 30, 2009
The head of publisher relations at Nokia and five more leading experts from the games industry and wider business world have signed up to speak at the GameHorizon Conference, which will take place on 23-24 June at the Sage Gateshead in North East England.
DLC FROM SYSTEM 3! Monday, March 30, 2009
London-based publisher System 3 today re-affirmed its PlayStation 3 downloadable content plans for racing simulation game Ferrari Challenge: Trofeo Pirelli. This content will come in the form of five brand new Ferrari models and one new track, and is set to launch in May 2009 (PAL territories – NTSC details tba). Each car also provides gamers with a brand new Trophy to race for. The DLC pack includes:
Toby Kieth 6-Pack for Rock Band Monday, March 30, 2009
Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that music superstar Toby Keith will make his Rock Band debut with the addition of six tracks to the Rock Band® Music Store of downloadable content. The singer, songwriter, producer and entertainer has sold more than 25 million albums this century.
The importance of teamwork in Majesty 2 Monday, March 30, 2009
Publisher Paradox Interactive together with developer 1C: Ino-Co, have today revealed new details on the Party System in Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim.
Action Video Games Improve Vision Monday, March 30, 2009
Video games that involve high levels of action, such as first-person-shooter games, increase a player's real-world vision, according to research in today's Nature Neuroscience.
GDC: Elven Legacy Thursday, March 26, 2009
To mark the prelude to war, Paradox Interactive is honored to release it's latest trailer showcasing a selection of battle ready units, from the forthcoming fantasy, turn-based strategy title – Elven Legacy.
Perfect Dork Studios Debuts 4 New Games Thursday, March 26, 2009
Perfect Dork Studios’ hacked into the year with their inaugural release, “Aim For The Brain!” for iPhone. Rated 4.5 mice by Macworld and co-developed with Westlake Interactive, “Aim For The Brain!” is an arcade-style whack-em game themed around a zombie invasion. The graphics and sound mix horror and humor to give the game a slick, light-hearted feel. Perfect Dork Studios created the character design, art direction and art production. www.aim4thebrain.com
Kharkov: Disaster on the Donets Is Updated Thursday, March 26, 2009
The new suppression rule changes do two things. First, it adds a feature to the Editor which allows gamers to designate formations that are suppressed and the conditions that need to be met to lift the suppression. If the HQ of a formation is suppressed it does not broadcast a command radius and the combat ability of the whole formation is substantially reduced. The Kharkov scenario has been updated to accommodate the new suppression system, which helps to restrict the use of several German formations in the south of the map at the start of the game.
Korea Game Conference opens on upcoming October 7th, in Seoul Thursday, March 26, 2009
Korea Game Development Association (KGDA for short, Chairman is Kim Kwang Sam) brought up the fact that the 'Korea Games Conference 2009 (KGC2009)', the game-specialized conference that has grown to the Asia's largest scale, will be held in Seoul KOEX, from October 7th to October 9th.
$1 Billion for Rock Band Thursday, March 26, 2009
MTV Games, a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks, (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), Harmonix, the leading developer of music-based games, and distribution partner Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS), today announced that the Rock Band® franchise has officially surpassed $1 billion dollars in North American retail sales in 15 months, according to The NPD Group. In addition, over 40 million paid individual songs have been sold via download through the Rock Band® platform furthering its position as the music video game leader in paid song sales and downloadable content with over 600 songs available to date in the Rock Band catalogue.
Blue Mars MMOPG SDK Thursday, March 26, 2009
Providing a brand new venue for game developers, digital entrepreneurs, artists and educators, Avatar Reality Inc., today announced its software development kit (SDK) for the upcoming massively multiplayer virtual world (MMVW), Blue Mars. Premiering at the 2009 Game Developers Conference (GDC), the Blue Mars SDK is offered to approved third party developers at no cost and provides access to sample code, assets and test levels, as well as Avatar Reality's Sandbox editor, support wiki and knowledge database.
Serious Games Awards Thursday, March 26, 2009
Lord Puttnam of Queensgate has today confirmed that he will present the Serious Games Awards at the 4th Annual Apply Serious Games & Virtual Worlds Forum - the most prestigeous event for the learning games and virtual worlds community in Europe.
Max Payne 3 is Coming Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Rockstar Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), is proud to announce that Max Payne 3 is currently in development and scheduled for a winter 2009 release on the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and PC. Developed by Rockstar Vancouver, Max Payne 3 tells the story of a retired police detective embroiled in a world of corruption, turmoil and intense violence.
GDC: Touch KO Boxing Game for iPhone Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Chillingo Ltd, Europe’s premier iPhone publisher has announced today at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco the imminent launch of their upcoming 3D virtual boxing game for the iPhone and iPod Touch - Touch KO.
Boulder Dash for iPhone Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Chillingo Ltd, Europe’s premier iPhone publisher and First Star Software, Inc. have announced today at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco that they have signed a worldwide deal to co-publish the iPhone and iPod Touch version of the original game in the multi-million unit selling Boulder Dash® series. Boulder Dash® for iPhone and iPod Touch contains all 80 caves (levels) of the original cult classic as well as the 4 original bonus caves.
GDC: SoundSeed Air Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Today at the Game Developers Conference, Audiokinetic Inc., the leading audio solution provider for the video game industry, unveiled SoundSeed Air, the new module of the SoundSeed product family.
PES 2009: First with the new England strip Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH is to offer an exclusive, free downloadable version of the new Umbro England strip to users of its PES 2009 title for PLAYSTATION®3, Xbox 360 and PC-DVD.
Coraline for Wii, DS, and PS2 Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Based on the exciting new movie Coraline – the first-ever stop-motion animated feature to be made in 3-D – from Focus Features and LAIKA, the Coraline videogame is coming from D3Publisher (D3P). The game will let players take on the role of the adventurous heroine Coraline and interact with the wondrous characters from the movie while navigating the scheming Other Mother’s web of deceit in a fantastical adventure through two distinct and interactive worlds. Coraline is due for release on the Wii™ console, Nintendo DS™ and the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system in May 2009.
THE BATTLE BEGINS AS EA SHIPS BattleForge to retail outlets across north america AND EUROPE Wednesday, March 25, 2009
BattleForge comes prepped and ready with four ready-made faction decks based on the four elements in the game – Fire, Frost, Nature and Shadow and 3000 BattleForge points. The BattleForge Points allow players to buy an additional 12 booster packs bringing the box total to 160 cards.
Eve Online: Apocrypha You Gamers :: Wednesday, March 25, 2009
"Iceland is these days probably best known for the epic failure of their banking sector, but they also have a game company, CCP. Working out of a renovated old fish processing plant(!) in Reykjavik, they run a sci-fi themed MMO, EVE Online. EVE has been around since 2003 and EVE Online: Apocrypha is the tenth free expansion published to the game. It features several big additions to the game - a new class of ships in the form of modular Tech 3 Strategic Cruisers, a completely reworked exploration and probing game mechanic and the addition of approximately 2500 unexplored star systems only accessible through unstable wormholes."
Seminar Topics Announced for Future Play 2009 Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Says Rick Mahoney of Cinetik, the Conference Co-Chair of Future Play: "I think we have been able to capture a very interesting spectrum of topics with the seminars we have selected. I feel that there is a good balance between technical 'how-to' seminars and presentations that will be more philosophical in nature."
GDC 2009: Mythic Entertainment's Paul Barnett Shares Lessons Learned While Dazed and Confused in the MMO World Tuesday, March 24, 2009
At the 2009 Game Developers Conference, Mythic Entertainment’s Paul Barnett, Senior Creative Director for Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (WAR), will be bringing fellow games industry professionals his own special brand of insight into the world of MMO development. His presentation, entitled ‘Dazed and Confused in the MMO World,’ will focus on what Barnett has learned in his extensive time in the games industry – from making his own games, to his history at Games Workshop, to the role he played in shaping the RvR battlefields of WAR.
GDC09 Doors Open Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Think Services’ Game Developers Conference® (GDC) commences today at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco through Friday, March 27. GDC09 has brought together the global videogame industry for a week of sharing knowledge, discussing opportunities, making new connections and celebrating the passion and dedication of fellow game-makers. The largest industry-only event dedicated to the advancement of interactive entertainment hosts a lineup of lectures, panels, tutorials, roundtable discussions, summits, award ceremonies, a robust expo, and networking events.
Razer at GamesBeat Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Razer™, the world’s leading manufacturer of high-end precision gaming hardware, announced today that Min-Liang Tan, Creative Director and Chief Executive Officer of Razer, will be a speaker in the upcoming GamesBeat 2009 Conference. Min-Liang Tan will be part of the “Future of Gaming Hardware” expert panel, where he will impart his experience as one of the pioneers in the high performance gaming hardware industry as well as share his views on the outlook of gaming in the future.
Guitar Hero Metallica Behind-the-scenes Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Activision has released three new mini video documentaries ("Into the Game", "The Game" and "The Music") that focus on the making of Guitar Hero Metallica. The videos feature spot interviews with the band who discuss their involvement with the game, how Guitar Hero® is helping their music reach a new audience, as well as a behind-the-scenes look at the motion-capture and facial-scanning process.
Precursors galaxy news Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Precursors, predecessors, the legend of galaxy… Worlds of galaxies are everlasting, beautiful, unique and dangerous. Some of them are inhabited, others are ruined and deserted or just smugglers’ trans-shipment stations.
New Guitar Hero World Tour Music Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Two Brand-New Silversun Pickups Tracks to Debut Exclusively in Guitar Hero® World Tour * Fifteen New Songs in April Add to the Massive Guitar Hero World Tour Set List
Hellion: Mystery of the Inquisition Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Today Flying Fish Works announces their upcoming product “Hellion: Mystery of the Inquisition” coming on XBOX360, PS3 and PC in 2010. The team is using the latest technology to present an outstanding reality, authentic locations and impressive combats within the 13th century. “Hellion” also represents an epic plot set in a lively medieval world charged with upgradeable exorcisms and uncompromising brutality according to this period.
