2006 August

Microsoft unveiled today that there’s a new update for the backwards compatibility feature on the Xbox 360. The new update boosts up the list to nearly 300 original Xbox titles that now run on the 360. A few favorites still aren’t on that list (”Conker: Live & Reloaded,” “Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance,” “Oddworld: Stranger’s [...]

Activision, Inc., WXP, and Paintball Professional Greg Hastings announced today that Greg Hastings’ Tournament Paintball MAX’D (GHTP) will launch this fall on PlayStation 2. The GHTP franchise launches for the first time on PS2, with speed and performance exceeding earlier versions.

ZOO Digital Publishing, the Sheffield-based computer games publisher, has launched Ruff Trigger: The Vanocore Conspiracy on the Playstation 2 in all PAL territories today (25th August 2006). This 18 level adventure lets players take control of the best bounty hunter in the galaxy - Ruff Trigger - as he sets out on his most challenging [...]

The first ever London Games Festival will include a fringe exploring aspects of interactive entertainment as culture, creative form and a market that often falls outside the recognised games industry. The fringe is designed to recognise that many computer games and most digital play falls beyond the scope of the mainstream games industry.
The Fringe will [...]

DEFCON is an online, competitive, multiplayer strategy game simulating global thermonuclear war. The game, inspired by the 1983 cult-classic film, Wargames, superbly evokes the tension, paranoia and suspicion surrounding the Cold War era. The player assumes the role of a General hidden deepwithin an underground bunker, his mission being to successfully exterminate the enemy’s civilian [...]

Tseric at Blizzard writes:
We’re happy to announce the full release of our new World of Warcraft Community Forums. Over the past months, we enlisted your help in trying out and testing many of the features and functions of our new setup. Once again, thank you for your contributions in improving this service; we look forward [...]

On April 14, 1912, the great steamship RMS Titanic struck an iceberg and, within hours, sank to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.
As part of the Hidden Expedition Adventure League, it’s your job to explore the wreckage of this once-majestic ship and collect antique artifacts. Through 14 diving missions, you will scour 17 locations [...]

LucasArts today announced an agreement with Free Radical Design to develop a new video game for next-generation console platforms. Product and release details will be unveiled at a later date.

“Victory is mine” declared 2K, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., as it announced today that Seth MacFarlane, creator and producer of the popular hit television series Family Guy, and the rest of the cartoon’s main cast will expand their involvement with the Family Guy official video game. MacFarlane, alongside Mila Kunis, Seth [...]

ArenaNet and NCsoft today announced that Guild Wars Nightfall, the next game in the award-winning and critically-acclaimed Guild Wars franchise, will be available in stores worldwide October 27, 2006. The news was announced today from the Guild Wars Factions World Championship in Leipzig, Germany.

The only thing more fun than new Nintendo DS Lite hardware colors is trying to keep up with the breakneck sales of the software to play on the popular little portable! On Sept. 13, two new colors - Onyx and Coral Pink - join Polar White, which is enjoying its own incredible sales peak and [...]

Being patient might help you win a hand at poker, but it certainly won’t help you get ‘Texas Hold ‘em’ for free. All Xbox 360 gamers who log on to Xbox Live Marketplace between 1am Pacific Wednesday, August 23 through 1am Pacific Friday, August 25 can download ‘Texas Hold ‘em’ for free.

Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH is using the Games Convention to outline new details about Silent Hill Origins for PSP (PlayStation Portable).

Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH has announced it will release Ys: The Ark of Napishtim, an epic role-playing title for PSP (PlayStation Portable) in September.

NCsoft is happy to announce the next thrilling update to Lineage II, entitled Chronicle 5: Oath of Blood. This latest chapter in the Lineage II saga is friendlier than ever, featuring many new system changes designed to ease newcomers’ tentative first steps into the world’s premier MMO for PvP action.

Digital Extremes’ follow-up to 2005’s “Pariah” is the multiplayer-based first-person shooter (FPS) “WarPath” for the Xbox and PC. Published by Groove Games, the title was originally conceived as a sequel to Pariah, but the Canadian developer shifted gears early on and decided to make the game an entirely separate beast. During the development process, Digital [...]

Valve and Introversion today announced an agreement to deliver DEFCON, a new online strategy game from the creators of the award-winning Darwinia, via Steam, Valve’s pioneering broadband platform for games and digital content. In addition, Introversion’s first game and cult hit Uplink is now available via Steam.

Roll up your sleeves for fast fun in this tantalizing restaurant challenge!
Join Emily on her quest to make her dreams come true in two game modes and seven different restaurants! Success means more tables, bigger restaurants, and a menu full of uniquely delectable items. Tasty treats may keep your customers happy, but it’s going to [...]

Throw out the rules of engagement, this is all-out war! Electronic Arts today announced that “Battlefield: Bad Company” is currently in development for the Xbox 360 video game system from Microsoft and PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system.

Wishek, North Dakota - Former Technopop President and Founder Randel B. Reiss has announced today that he has acquired a major stake in Wishek, North Dakota’s Prairie Games, Inc. Mr. Reiss’ first act as the company’s new Chairman was to announce that the ‘one-time fee’ offering on Prairie’s flagship “Minions of Mirth” massively multiplayer [...]