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2005 March

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Namco Announces Rebelstar Tactical Command For The GBA

Santa Clara, Ca., (March, 30, 2005) - Leading video games publisher and developer, Namco Hometek Inc. today announced “Rebelstar Tactical Command” for the Game Boy Advance. A turn-based strategy and combat game with role-playing elements, “Rebelstar Tactical Command” transports players to a not-so-distant future in which Earth is ruled by an evil empire. Developed by […]

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Space Invaders Revolution Announced For The Nintendo DS

Rising Star Games, the new European publisher dedicated to bringing the very best Japanese games to the West, has revealed that the guiding light behind its forthcoming Nintendo DS title ‘Space Invaders Revolution’ is none other than the creator of the 1978 original.

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Gary Grigsby’s World at War Hits Retail Shelves

Staten Island, NY, March 31st , 2005 - Matrix Games (www.matrixgames.com) and 2by3 Games (www.2by3games.com) announced today that Gary Grigsby’s World at War is now available in retail stores in the US and Canada and available online via direct download from the Matrix Games online store.

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Game Invasion’s Gretzky NHL PSP Review

With the current labor dispute plaguing the National Hockey League (NHL), many fans of the sport are turning to video game versions of Canada’s preferred winter pastime. Those who want to play it safe enjoy the solid offerings by Take-Two Interactive (NHL 2K series) and Electronic Arts (NHL Hockey franchise). Last year, Sony’s 989 Sports […]

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[here] Sony launches the PlayStation Portable (PSP Review)

On March 24, Sony released the PlayStation Portable (PSP) in North America. The PSP is Sony’s first handheld gaming console and a direct stab at a market that has been dominated by Nintendo since the launch of its Game Boy line in 1989. Can the PSP become the leader in handheld gaming, or will Sony’s […]

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Coded Arms Screenshots

Konami is set to unleash their first-person shooter Coded Arms on the Sony PSP on June 28. According to the title’s fact sheet, the game will take place in an abandoned virtual reality system where our hero faces-off against a legion of VR aliens. Sounds quite interesting doesn’t it? To wet our appetites, Konami has […]

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Konami Guns For PSP With Coded Arms

Konami of Europe has announced it will release Coded Arms, a breath-taking first-person shooter title, for Sony’s PSP handheld video game system, this summer.

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24: The Game Announced

LONDON, 30 March, 2005 – The countdown has begun to the release of ‘24: The Game’ on PlayStation 2. Sony Computer Entertainment Europe today announced an exclusive licence deal with Twentieth Century Fox to bring the acclaimed show ‘24′ onto PlayStation 2. Set to become the biggest action adventure game of the year, ‘24: The […]

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Jets N’ Guns: Indie Shooter Now Available

March 30th, 2005 (Prague, Czech Republic) – Rake in Grass Games (www.rakeingrass.com) has announced Jets N’ Guns, a fast action side-scrolling shooter is available to purchase from their website. In a genre known to be stuck in the last millennia, Jets N’ Guns brings side-scrollers to the modern day with an incredible sound track, blazing […]

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Sony: No More PS3 Briefing

No more than a few months ago, Sony announced that it would be holding an event in Tokyo, prior to E3 to unveil its plans for the next-generation Playstation 3. The event was originally scheduled to take place earlier this month, but March has passed us by with no word from SCEA regarding the […]

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Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows Interview

Computer Games Magazine has posted an interview with Midway’s Josh Sawyer about the company’s upcoming RPG title Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows. The interview talks about the game’s storyline, its relation to past Gauntlet titles and the game’s combat system among other things. The article can be found by clicking this link.

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Battalion Officially Launches

March 29th, 2005 (California, USA) – Urban Squall (www.urbansquall.com) announced today that Battalion the massive multiplayer strategy war game has begun selling premium subscriptions. While the majority of the game is completely free, subscribers will have access to a variety of benefits.

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SPIKEOUT: Battle Street arrives on Xbox

SAN FRANCISCO (March 29, 2005) SEGA® of America, Inc. today announced the availability of SPIKEOUT®: Battle Street on the Xbox® video game system from Microsoft. This is the first cooperative fighting game designed for play on the Xbox™ Live service from Microsoft Game Studios, reviving the long-dormant ‘street-brawler’ genre.

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Sony Loses Patent Infringement Case

SAN JOSE, Calif., Mar 28, 2005 - Immersion Corporation, (Nasdaq:IMMR), a leading developer and licensor of touch feedback technology, today announced that the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California entered judgment in its favor in its patent infringement suit against Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. and Sony Computer Entertainment of America, Inc. (Sony). […]

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Korea To Receive Online-enabled PSP

GameSpot is reporting that Sony Computer Entertainment will release an online-enabled PSP in Korea on May 2. According to the article, the first 100,000 Value Packs will come bundled with a Network Utility UMD and the Spider-Man 2 UMD movie. Sony will be teaming up with Korean wireless Internet service provider KT Corp. and will […]

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Live Chat With Thor Jensen of Supremacy: Four Paths to Power

Staten Island, NY, Mar 25th, 2005 - Matrix Games (www.matrixgames.com) is pleased to announce an opportunity to sit down and discuss Black Hammer Game’s (www.blackhammergame.com) latest title, Supremacy: Four Paths to Power. Players, fans, and on-lookers are all invited to partake in a question/answer session that will start at 3:00 PM Eastern US […]

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Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Chaos Theory Ships For Retail

San Francisco, CALIFORNIA - March 28, 2005 - Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, today announced that Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Chaos Theory is shipping for retail this week and will be available at North American retailers everywhere by March 31st in slightly different iterations for the Xbox video game system from […]

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Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack Slated For June Release

Console gaming will never be the same again, as Microsoft Game Studios has announced a June 28 release date for the highly anticipated Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack. The multiplayer expansion pack, which is the first of its kind for a console title, contains nine new multiplayer maps to push gamers’ skills to their limits. […]

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Doom 3 Screenshots (Xbox)

Activision decided to give everyone some Hell today, and in order to do so they’ve release four new screenshots from the upcoming Xbox port of Doom 3. The game will hit store shelves on April 4 and will be released simultaneously with the PC expansion pack Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil.

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Microsoft Officially Announces Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack

Microsoft officially revealed the planned Halo 2 multiplayer map pack, which will be released via Xbox Live and at retail. The retail version of the expansion pack will hit store shelves on June 28, and will carry a suggested retail price of $19.99USD. But Xbox Live owners will get the opportunity to play the new […]