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2005 October

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NCsoft Launches City of Villains

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 31, 2005 - NCsoft North America announces that City of Villains, stand-alone sequel to the hit massively multiplayer online PC game City of Heroes, has gone live in North America. Developed by Cryptic Studios and published by NCsoft, City of Villains introduces a host of new features including the ability to create […]

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Bonbon Quest Brings another Treat for Halloween

Oct 31st, 2005 – Oliver Pearl announced that their Halloween special is now available from their website. Take control of Artemus in Bonbon Quest as he tried to reclaim his stolen candy. Evil monsters will try to thwart you on this hallowed day of candy rescue. Bonbon Quest is available in French […]

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Secret Lair Studios Selects BigWorld Technology Suite

Secret Lair Studios, an Issaquah, Washington-based game studio focused on developing next-generation online worlds today announced that they have selected the BigWorld Technology Suite as their development platform for future games. Boasting founders from such prestigious studios as NCsoft, Microsoft, Blizzard, SOE, Monolith, Origin and Arena.net, Secret Lair is set to revolutionize the MMOG industry.

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King Kong: The Video Game Goes Gold

Today Ubisoft announced that Peter Jackson’s King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie, based on Universal Pictures’ December 14 release, King Kong, from three-time Academy Award winner Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings trilogy), has officially gone “Gold” on the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, Xbox video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, […]

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VU Games Grabs Co-publishing Rights to Joint Task Force

Vivendi Universal Games (VU Games) and HD Publishing today announced an exclusive worldwide agreement for the modern day warfare real-time strategy (RTS) game, Joint Task Force. Under the agreement, VU Games will co-publish, market and distribute HD Publishing’s Joint Task Force for the PC in 2006 under the Sierra brand.

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O’Reilly Books Releases: Halo 2 Hacks

The wildly popular Halo 2 isn’t like other games that people play through once and then shelve, sell, or trade. Over 10 million copies have already been sold, and with massive replay value, Halo 2 has earned near permanent residency in most Xbox systems. In fact, the game is still ranked in the number one […]

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Eidos Confirms Zero Tolerance For 2006

Eidos Interactive, one of the world’s leading publishers and developers of entertainment software, today confirms that the game previously known as Roll Call has been re-named and will feature as a major part of the 2006 line-up of titles under the new title Zero Tolerance- City Under Fire.

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Vicious Cycle Joins the Sony Tools and Middleware Program for the PSP

CHAPEL HILL, NC, October 27, 2005 - Vicious Cycle Software, Inc. announced that the company has officially joined the Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI). Tools and Middleware program for “PSP” (PlayStation Portable). The company will offer its Vicious Engine toolset to developers and publishers of games for the “PSP” platform as a licensed middleware solution.

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Microsoft Takes the Lid Off Hex 168 - Grand Prize Revealed

Xbox confirmed today the true nature of the mysterious online competition that has grabbed the imagination of web surfers and game enthusiasts across the Internet and spawned a flurry of message board activity. “The Sign of the Hex” was created by Microsoft and 42 Entertainment to be a fun, tongue-in-cheek contest to engage the gaming […]

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KOCH and JoWooD Announces Co-Publishing Agreement

KOCH Media GmbH hereby announces that a further co-publishing deal has been signed with JoWooD Productions Software AG for the multi-platform title “Panzer Elite Action”, in addition to the contracts already signed for the games “Gothic 3″, “SpellForce 2″ and “The Guild 2″. As before, KOCH Media has been acknowledged the exclusive licensing and distribution […]

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Blizzard Announces World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade

ANAHEIM, Calif. – October 28, 2005 – Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced plans for the upcoming expansion set to World of Warcraft, its award-winning subscription-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game. World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade will take players to a new realm of adventure and intrigue as they continue to explore Azeroth and the […]

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Atomic Powered Fun! Atomixer Released

Oct 27th, 2005 – Sharkbait Games is proud to announce that Atomixer is now available from their website. Dr. Boson has set in motion a chain reaction that may destroy all life as we know it. With his help you must overcome the reaction by using his Atomixer Device.

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Pac-Man Gets a Voice

27th October 2005 - Sheffield & Los Angeles. Outsource Media, the interactive entertainment industry’s leading voice production company, today announced that it has created the voice of Pac-Man – the world’s most recognised videogame character for publisher Namco Hometek, in the forthcoming Pac-Man World 3.

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World Cyber Games 2005 Announces Grand Final Rules

Singapore, October 27, 2005 - It is ‘game’ time as the World Cyber Games (WCG) committee releases the official game rules for the games played at this year’s Grand Final in November 16-20 in Singapore. The Grand Final is the most important event in the world on the annual e-Sports calendar, if players want to […]

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Humorous Monster Hunting: WildSnake releases ZombieBall

October 27th, 2005 - Wildsnake Software is proud to announce their latest product, ZombieBall, is available to download from their website. Beasties have invaded the world and it is up to Patrick Poe, the Sunny Prince, to save the Lands of Sunshine from a great evil.

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VIA Technologies Announces Quake 4 Tournament

VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, together with S3 Graphics today announced sponsorship of the DreamHack 2005 event, taking place 24-27 November in Sweden, and the hosting of the first ever large-scale QUAKE 4 LAN tournament.

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Strategy First’s Online Store Offer

Montreal, Canada. October 27, 2005 - Software publisher Strategy First, Inc. wants you to put your game face on and visit their online store for this fantastic offer. Now, not only are you able to try Strategy First games for free, but you can have them shipped to you for free as well.

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Starship Troopers Goes Gold

Leading video game publisher Empire Interactive announced today that the highly anticipated and fast-paced video game Starship Troopers, based on the definitive blockbuster film, has gone gold.

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UFO: Aftershock Head to North America Via Tri Synergy

Dallas, TX Oct 27th, 2005 – Tri Synergy and Cenega Publishing announced today that they will be working together to bring UFO: Aftershock, the sequel to UFO: Aftermath, to North American retailers. Featuring a vastly improved tactical and RPG design and a wide variety of new features. UFO: Aftershock highly enhances your gaming […]

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IncaGold Releases Global War On Terror: Death Strike

Games publisher IncaGold announces the release of its newest title “Global War on Terror: Death Strike”, a thrill-filled jet-powered fast-paced action game, and the first of the company’s new “Global War on Terror” series. “Global War on Terror: Death Strike” features a plot brimming with relevance in today’s world as you track down and stop […]