2005 July

You know, I actually heard that the game had been labeled as rated M when this woman purchased it for her grandson. So, she is suing the company because a violent game rated for adults had a sex scene which could only be discovered if the kid took the time to look it up on […]

I find it hysterical that we live in a world where sexual content is frowned upon, yet many parents seem to have no problem with the immense violence that was in specific games in the first place. Is it just me or does all of this seem out of whack? At least there are some […]

Upon first scan, I thought to myself that Hannibal: Vengeance of Carthage, was going to prove to be some snoozer of a RPG. After looking more closely however, I may have jumped the gun a little bit. In other words, this game might just prove to be quite action packed!

To me, stories like this prove that video games are not the evil waste of time that so many people have been stressing upon us in recent years. Much like anything, a game is as positive or negative as the person that participates with it. In this case, I would say that this would qualify […]

SANTA MONICA, Calif. and NEW YORK, July 29, 2005 - Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) extends license with Marvel Enterprises (NYSE: MVL) to expand their long-term, broad-based strategic alliance through an additional license agreement for a non-persistent role playing game (RPG).

My first passing thought is that of horror when I discovered that someone actually remembers that ridiculous movie known as Street Fighter! Yikes!

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO) announced today that it has been notified that the staff of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Division of Advertising Practices is conducting an inquiry into advertising claims made for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The Company intends to fully cooperate with the FTC inquiry, and believes that it acted […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif., (July 28, 2005) – Leading video games developer and publisher Namco Hometek Inc. announced today that “Gumby® vs. the AstrobotsTM” has gone gold for the Game Boy® Advance. A unique side-scrolling platformer featuring classic Gumby characters and environments, “Gumby vs. the Astrobots” will be bouncing to stores this August and is rated […]

New York – July 28th, 2005 – Sumthing Else Music Works, Inc., through its licensing relationship with Microsoft Game Studios, proudly presents ConkerTM: Live and Reloaded Original Soundtrack. The soundtrack album will be released on August 2nd at the suggested retail price of $15.98 to US retail outlets through Nile Rodgers’ Sumthing Else Music Works […]

Staten Island, NY, July 28th, 2005 - Matrix Games and 2by3 Games today announced the release of the first public demo for the new World War II grand strategy game, Gary Grigsby’s World at War. Based on the latest release of Gary Grigsby’s World At War, the demo includes two tutorial scenarios as well as […]

Hot on the heels of the PC release in March, Atari announced today that DRIV3R, the action-driving game that sold more than 3 million copies worldwide on PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system and the Xbox video game system from Microsoft in 2004, is currently in development for Nintendo’s Game Boy Advance and scheduled for release […]

Staten Island, NY, July 27th, 2005 - Matrix Games is pleased to announce that it has acquired the rights to the VASSAL Engine from Vassal Engineering and intends to improve and support it as a new platform for game publishing.

In this edition of Indie Interviews we’ll speak with Ryan and Matt of Grubby Games and talk about their game Professor Fizzwizzle.
As always, our questions, and the names of the persons answering the questions, are in bold.

Souny announced that it is launched a new website in Japan – www.p-tv.jp – which will allows the Playstation Portable to play movies, musice, and television shows. The service will begin July 27, the same date that the new 2.0 firmware will become availible. No plans have been announced for a similar service in the […]

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (July 26, 2005) – The epic intergalactic adventure of the Star Wars saga is finally complete, and audiences can celebrate the unforgettable fun and thrills of STAR WARS: EPISODE III REVENGE OF THE SITH when the year’s biggest box-office hit debuts Nov. 1 from Fox Home Entertainment and Lucasfilm Ltd. The simultaneous release […]

London, 26th July 2005 - A Brunel study released today paints a clear picture of the demographics and reasoning behind videogame piracy. The research, conducted by Alex Dodge from the School of Business and Management provides an in-depth look at why gamers download pirate copies and offers a ‘piracy model’ as a guide to help […]

CHERTSEY, UK, 25 July, 2005 – Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS), the world’s leading interactive entertainment software company has joined forces with Gibson Guitar and Hard Rock International to launch a European-wide music competition for a place on a videogame soundtrack. Dubbed the Burnout Bandslam!, unsigned acts from across Europe can enjoy a summer of hot […]

EDISON, N.J., July 25, 2005 – Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL), an innovative provider of digital entertainment products and content, today announced a worldwide licensing agreement with DreamWorks SKG to publish Game Boy Advance Video versions of the studio’s successful animated movies, Shrek, the first-ever winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, Shrek […]

Electronic Arts today announced that it has been granted the rights to develop games based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic literary fiction, The Lord of the Rings. Since 2001, EA has developed games based exclusively on New Line’s Academy Award winning theatrical productions of The Lord of the Rings, as depicted by Peter Jackson. The expansion […]

Icon Games, a UK based independent developer dedicated to creating innovative original games with a focus on compelling game play and lavish visuals, today announces its new PSP title Spinout, a fresh original racing title in which the player races their spherical craft (Xorb) around a selection of high-rise courses.