2005 April

NEW YORK - April 28, 2005 - Samsung Electronics, a global HDTV leader, and Microsoft Corp., a leading force in the software and video game industries, today announced an alliance to elevate gaming to the next level through high-definition technology. Microsoft has chosen Samsung as the exclusive HDTV worldwide marketing partner for the next-generation Xbox® [...]

Eidos, one of the world’s leading publishers and developers of entertainment software, today announces four of its key titles to be unveiled at this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles, California on May 18-20, 2005. Eidos games will be featured by exclusive appointment only.

Bellevue, WA and Los Angeles, CA - April 29, 2005 - Valve and Vivendi Universal Games (VU Games) today announced the settlement of a pending federal court lawsuit filed by Valve in August 2002. The parties have resolved their differences, and the settlement provides for the dismissal of all claims and counterclaims. Under [...]

Staten Island, NY, April 29th, 2005 - Matrix Games (www.matrixgames.com) and Slitherine Strategies (www.slitherine.co.uk) are pleased to announce that the classic empire-building and ancient battles game, Spartan will soon be available for download and purchase from the Matrix Games Online Store in Digital Download format.

New York, NY - April 29, 2005 - 2K Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), today announced Vietcong 2 for the PC, the follow-up to the critically acclaimed Vietcong and the expansion pack Vietcong: Fist Alpha.

Prepare to rain hell from the skies above in World War II’s fiercest aerial battles as Codemasters today confirms it has secured the PAL co-publishing and distribution rights to Heroes of the PacificTM for PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC.

Apr 29th, 2005 – Recently formed company, Game Savant (www.gamesavant.com), announced today that phase two of their three-part rollout has begun. In today’s world it takes a full time employee to try and review new games before you purchase them, but they only cover the big ones. What about all the wonderfully innovative [...]

SANTA CLARA, Calif., (April 28, 2005) – Leading video games publisher and developer Namco Hometek Inc. announced today it will be adding a new “take no prisoners” street fighting game, “Urban Reign,” to its line-up of fighting titles. “Urban Reign” will be available exclusively for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system this fall.

Montreal, Canada. April 28, 2005 - Publisher Strategy First and developer BattleGoat are pleased to announce that Supreme Ruler 2010, the groundbreaking economic, political and military strategy game for the Windows PC, has gone gold. Supreme Ruler 2010 will be available at all major retailers on May 10, 2005.

Bellevue, WASH., April 28, 2005 - ArenaNet, creators of the highly anticipated online roleplaying game Guild Wars, and NCsoft Corporation, the world’s leading developer and publisher of online computer games, today announced that Guild Wars is available at retail in North America, Europe and Australia.

Staten Island, NY, April 28th, 2005 - Matrix Games (www.matrixgames.com) and 2by3 Games (www.2by3games.com) are pleased to announce the release of the latest post-release update for the acclaimed War In The Pacific.

Microsoft announced recently that they will be unveiling the next version of the Xbox on a special on MTV program on May 12. The new console, which is rumoured to be called Xbox 360, will be featured in a 30-minute special hosted by actor Elijah Wood and will feature The Killers as musical guests. The [...]

2K Games and Croteam have released two official screenshots from the sequel to Serious Sam, which is due on store shelves in the fall of 2005. The first screen shows some first-person shooting action taking place in a jungle enviroment, while the second image is set in a city setting. The game will be released [...]

Staten Island, NY, April 27th, 2005 - Matrix Games (www.matrixgames.com) is very pleased to announce that “Wild Bill” Wilder, famed for his roles with series such as Battlefront’s Combat Mission, HPS’ Squad Battles, TalonSoft’s Operational Art of War, and Matrix Games’ Steel Panthers Series, has joined the crew at Lock ‘n Load to bring [...]

It’s time to reload the SMGs and unpin the grenades, as Microsoft Game Studios announced that four new Halo 2 multiplayer maps are available on Xbox Live. Two of the maps, Containment and Warlock, are available at no cost to Xbox Live subscribers courtesy of Mountain Dew. The other two maps, Sanctuary and Turf, are [...]

Groove Games has announced today that Digital Extremes’ highly anticipated first-person shooter, Pariah, has gone gold and has begun manufacturing. Created for the Xbox and PC, Pariah packs a punch with an in-depth storyline driven single-player campaign and robust multi-player action including a map editor that allows gamers to continually create new content for [...]

Eugene, OR - April 27, 2005 - GarageGames today announced new feature support for Mac OS X version 10.4 “Tiger” in both the Torque 2D and Torque Game Engines. Both engines will enjoy the advantages of 64-bit support and Xcode 2.0 optimizations. Additional enhancements will include direct support for Tiger features Automator and .Mac Sync.

I am a huge Square Enix fan due to the many hours of my life I have given to them by playing the games in the Final Fantasy series. So has this year’s lineup of games to appear at E3 got me excited yet?

CDV Software Entertainment announced today that Blitzkrieg II, the sequel to the top-selling WWII real-time strategy game Blitzkrieg, is in development and is set to ship in autumn 2005. Blitzkrieg II, which will be on display at E3 2005, expands upon the original by offering amazing new additions and enhancements. Controllable naval units, more powerful [...]

LOS ANGELES - April 26, 2005 - American McGee Presents: Bad Day L.A., a third-person action/adventure game that will weave a wild storyline and a unique art style, is currently in development for the Xbox video game system from Microsoft and the personal computer. Developed and published by Enlight Software, Ltd.; conceived, designed and executive-produced [...]