by Rainier on May 12, 2009 @ 3:47 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Jerry Bruckheimer and MTV Games announced two executive appointments that officially mark the producer's entrance into the video game industry, Microsoft/Halo producer Jim Veevaert and Ubisoft VP Jay Cohen.
by Rainier on May 4, 2009 @ 4:09 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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EA announced that its EA Redwood Shores Studio, currently working on Dante's Inferno and Dead Space: Extraction, and two other unannounced titles, has been renamed and rebranded Visceral Games to better reflect the studio's culture, identity and focus on creating intense action-oriented games.
by Rainier on April 21, 2009 @ 5:26 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Black Bean Games has signed a distribution agreement with Codemasters that will see a roster of its brought to market in key European territories including the UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Central Europe as well as Benelux later on in the year.
by Rainier on April 20, 2009 @ 4:57 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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A new study by Iowa State University researcher Douglas Gentile revealed that 8.5% of American youths between ages 8 to 18 who play video games show multiple signs of behavioral addiction, skimp on homework, lie about how much they play, steal games or money to play more, and struggle, without success, when they try to cut back.
by Rainier on April 13, 2009 @ 9:33 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Danish developer Deadline Games, known for the Watchmen: The End is Nigh game, is facing financial difficulties, according to
a recent interview. CFO Christian Pedersen-Bjergaard revealed that at last month's GDC, Deadline Games tried to find a publisher for its title,
Faith and a .45, but so far, the project has not been picked up. According to Pedersen-Bjergaard, the company needs a new project soon to avoid bankruptcy and being forced to shut down.
by Rainier on March 10, 2009 @ 11:48 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Hothead Games announced the appointment of former Radical Entertainment president and CEO Ian Wilkinson as the company's new president and CEO.
by Rainier on Feb. 16, 2009 @ 8:20 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Codemasters' Rise Of The Argonauts is an action/rpg set in ancient Greece where you will embark on an epic quest, and encounter legendary figures such as Jason, Hercules and Atalanta.
by Rainier on Feb. 6, 2009 @ 3:14 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Gearbox Software, known for the Brothers in Arms series, is searching high and low for more passionate gamers to help focus test one of its upcoming titles. Visit the Gearbox studio, play an unreleased title, and give feedback that will directly impact development. Applicants should visit
the official focus testing page and meet the guidelines (be 18 or older, get to the offices in Plano, TX, by yourself, and be available Mon-Fri, 10am-6pm).
by Rainier on Jan. 30, 2009 @ 7:00 p.m. PST | Filed under
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This weekend only, Steam is offering you to save 30% on anything and everything in
Rockstar Games' catalog. This includes recent releases such as
Grand Theft Auto IV and
Bully: Scholarship Edition, as well as past hits such as
Max Payne 2 and the highly-rated
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
by Dustin Chadwell on Jan. 15, 2009 @ 3:50 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Fun for kids of all ages, Family Party: 30 Great Games offers a wide variety of fun and addictive party games for up to 4 players featuring everything from track n’ field, to playground games, to brain games and more.
by Rainier on Dec. 22, 2008 @ 2:49 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Last week, EA brought its titles to the North American users of Steam, and now Europeans also have access to the same titles, such as Spore, Spore Creepy & Cute Parts Pack, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, Mass Effect, Need for Speed Undercover and FIFA Manager 2009, with Red Alert 3, Mirror's Edge and Dead Space to follow shortly.
by Rainier on Dec. 19, 2008 @ 3:04 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Red Rocket Games was officially launched today as a new game developer focused on creating bite-size digital entertainment and casual games, co-founded by former GameFly VP Jung Suh, and Scott Yu, formerly a technical art director at Electronic Arts.
by Rainier on Dec. 4, 2008 @ 11:31 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Alternativa is a classic point & click adventure game based on the original sci-fi/cyber-punk script which is composed of a number of shorter stories that lead us through the lives of individual characters as well as the fictional world of the future.
by Rainier on Nov. 26, 2008 @ 5:52 p.m. PST | Filed under
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The
THQ Collector's Pack, which includes one dozen titles from top franchises such as Company of Heroes, Titan Quest, and Dawn of War, is now available via Steam for just $99.99 — a savings of more than $100. In addition to the THQ Pack,
Titan Quest Gold (the complete Titan Quest collection) is available at a 50% savings through Monday, Dec. 1, 2008.
by Rainier on Nov. 18, 2008 @ 8:41 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Good Old Games announced an agreement with Epic Games, Inc. that will bring several titles in the renowned studio’s Unreal series to GOG.com, DRM-free of course.
by Rainier on Nov. 12, 2008 @ 2:09 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Red Eagle Games is launching its new Los Angeles-based video game publishing studio with the rights to one of the most popular and beloved fantasy epics of all time, Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series.
by Rainier on Oct. 21, 2008 @ 6:13 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Fun for kids of all ages, Family Party: 30 Great Games offers a wide variety of fun and addictive party games for up to 4 players featuring everything from track n’ field, to playground games, to brain games and more.
by Rainier on Oct. 8, 2008 @ 5:15 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Fun for kids of all ages, Family Party: 30 Great Games offers a wide variety of fun and addictive party games for up to 4 players featuring everything from track n’ field, to playground games, to brain games and more.
by Rainier on Oct. 7, 2008 @ 11:22 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Microsoft unveiled details about a multidisciplinary, multi-institutional gaming research alliance that will provide the fundamental scientific evidence to support games as learning tools for math and science subjects among middle-school students.
by Rainier on Oct. 3, 2008 @ 9:30 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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America’s Video Game Expo is expanding the scope of its exhibit include a new game industry conference, the ‘East Coast Games Summit’. Designed to serve the professional colleagues in the game industry, as well as those interested in starting a career in games, the Summit offers programming for all VGXPO attendees.
by Rainier on Sept. 25, 2008 @ 7:58 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Gears of War 2 picks up six months after the events of the original, thrusting players back into humankind's epic battle for survival against a nightmarish force of underground creatures known as the Locust Horde. Starting Sept. 29 students will have the chance to play GoW 2 early during the 6 weeks BEST BUY G3 Tour, hitting colleges and universities across the country.
by Rainier on Sept. 23, 2008 @ 9:24 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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A recent video game habits survey fielded by PoshMama, a women exclusive online community, revealed that many women would rather play video games than catch up on sleep.
by Rainier on Sept. 2, 2008 @ 6:58 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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A new “Games Market in Korea” study finds that approximately 67% of Korean users in their 20s purchase paid digital content, with one of the fastest growing segments being casual games, that are free-to-play, easy-to-learn and can be played in “micro-slices” of time of ten minutes or less. Current forecast indicates the online games market in South Korea will exceed $1.7 billion by 2011, driven by new releases and an ingrained gaming culture.
by Rainier on Aug. 29, 2008 @ 2:06 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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SouthPeak Games today announced its plans for the upcoming Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle which starts today until Aug. 31, 2008, where it will show off such titles as Two Worlds: The Temptation, X-Blades, Ninjatown, Raven Squad, Igor, and the first public showing of the upcoming XBLA racer, Things on Wheels.
by Rainier on Aug. 15, 2008 @ 6:16 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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SouthPeak Games announced the games it will be showing at the Leipzig Games Convention (20-24 August, 2008). A wide range of games will be both demonstrated and available for hands-on, across a range of platforms and genres, such as Raven Squad, X-Blades, Ninjatown, Two Worlds: The Temptation and more ...