2006 January

You really should not be surprised to see this statement surface again. After all, this time it is from the land down under and not just the US.

No one thought it could be done. One man however, set out to prove that theory wrong…

Insane as this sounds, there are high school kids creating video games - while at school. Take Antonio Trujillo for instance. Still in the ninth grade and already finished with his first game.

This article below is not about a plumbing story, rather a 3rd-person action-platform game that apparently has humor to it.

Star Wars: Empire at War puts the power to command an entire war for the Star Wars galaxy in the hands of players, giving them the freedom to determine how they play the game within the completely scalable and accessible gameplay. Set a few years before the events of Episode IV A New Hope, LucasArts’ [...]

Handheld gamers have two new reasons to fight as Majesco Entertainment Company today announced handheld installments of the popular Guilty Gear fighting series. Guilty Gear Dust Strikers for the Nintendo DS and Guilty Gear Judgment for the PSP (PlayStation Portable) system are due in early spring. Both games are being developed by ARC System Works.

Matrix Games and Playnet Inc. /Cornered Rat Software are pleased to announce a 14 day free trial of Battleground Europe. Experience the thrill of realistic World War II combat, complete with air, sea, and land units. This two week offer comes with no obligation to purchase, so come join the virtual battlefield! The offer begins [...]

Electronic Arts, the world’s leading interactive entertainment software company and award-winning developer Crytek, today announced they will bring Crysis, an exciting new first person shooter, to gamers worldwide. Developed by Crytek, the makers of the award-winning Far Cry, Crysis will be an original first person shooter game for PC based on new intellectual property.

When I think Konomi, I think Contra for the old Nintendo 8 bit system. When people attending Gamer’s Day think of the company, I am sure their thoughts are of much more recent good times.

I remember as a kid, going to the dentist and being asked if I would like to wear headphones with kids stories being blasted to my very nervous ears. Today, we can rely on video games to distract kids away from things that frighten as well as hurt them.

In reality, if the gaming takes place as a family, in a family room, then I would agree that it can in fact bring a family closer together.

Square Enix Ltd., the publisher of Square Enix entertainment products in Europe and other PAL territories, announced today that Treasures of Aht Urhgan the third expansion pack for FINAL FANTASY XI, a successful massively multi-player online role-playing game (MMORPG) will receive a simultaneous release in Europe and Japan on Thursday, April 20th, 2006, following North [...]

Konami of Europe has announced an innovative new PSP (PlayStation Portable) title that celebrates the heritage of the publisher’s Silent Hill series and also offers an insight into the horrors that lurk in the forthcoming Silent Hill movie. Entitled The Silent Hill Experience (working title), a release date will be confirmed shortly.

Konami of Europe has announced a new genre for PSP (PlayStation Portable), with the advent of Kojima Productions’ Metal Gear Solid Digital Comic (working title), a specially created interactive comic specifically designed for the format.

Eidos Interactive, one of the world’s leading publishers and developers of entertainment software, announces that Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend will make its debut on Sony Portable (PSP) in spring 2006.

Killzone, the multi-million selling franchise from Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) and Guerrilla (now a wholly owned subsidiary of SCEE), is to make its debut on the PlayStation Portable (PSP) with Killzone: Liberation.

Electronic Arts today announced March 24th as the day The Godfather The Game videogame will be on store shelves in Europe and March 21st in North America. Developed by EA, the highly-anticipated open-world videogame is based on the critically-acclaimed book by Mario Puzo and the classic film by Paramount Pictures through a strategic licensing relationship [...]

You know, it would seem that music makers have found themselves (speaking figuratively) a new home thanks to the gaming industry…

Priceless. ‘They’ managed to kill off the Star Trek legacy by tossing the last program, Enterprise. And now we continue to see the rising interesting in the Treker universe thanks to video games…

You win! The ultimate in arcade brawlers comes home as Capcom today announced Street Fighter Alpha Anthology for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, a monumental compilation of the entire Street Fighter Alpha arcade series. The collection features direct arcade conversions of Street Fighter Alpha, Street Fighter Alpha 2, Street Fighter Alpha 2 Gold and [...]