2006 September

The Science Museum (London, UK) is to play host to a new and updated run of Game On, the comprehensive exhibition dedicated to the history of videogames and videogaming culture. Opening on 21st October 2006, the exhibition will run until February 25th 2007 and includes videogame influenced art as well as a series of supporting [...]

Datel has released MAX Media Player 1.22, the latest version of its media player for Nintendo DS, as a free download. Supplied on a DS cart, MAX Media Player boasts a fully featured browser from where you can access data stored on your Media Dock, sold separately or as a bundle.
MAX Media Player 1.22 lets [...]

The team behind the long-awaited social community game Galaxylife is inviting 1,000 lucky gamers to get involved and try it out. The selected gamers will get to test the multiplayer online game and evaluate the prototype. Their valuable feedback will help to build the foundations of the new virtual galaxy and those that take part [...]

Independent game developer, Hidden Sanctum, today announced the release of “Rune Rescue” for the PC. A 60-minute trial of Rune Rescue is now available for download and subsequent purchase, with a Mac version expected to be available in a few weeks.

CDV Software Entertainment USA and GSC World Publishing today released a new playable demo for their upcoming fantasy title, Heroes of Annihilated Empires. The 500MB demo offers a mix of single- and multiplayer gameplay utilizing both the RTS and RPG elements from the full game. Included in the demo is an extensive single-player mission taken [...]

iEntertainment Network, developer of the award-winning WarBirds TotalSims series, announced that a FREE Demo of their FLYBOYS Squadron Massively Multiplayer Game is now available for FREE download. The FLYBOYS Squadron single player offline game and MMOG is based on the upcoming MGM release of FLYBOYS, an Electric Entertainment film, to be released nationally in theaters [...]

Oxygen Games is proud to announce the forthcoming titles, Street Dance and Dance Fest - bangin’ tunes and pop classics for today’s dance mat urban divas and pop princesses.
Street Dance, as its name suggests, is a ’street’ themed Dance Mat game set in the inner city with a hard-edged attitude and contemporary urban track list. [...]

Dead Rising is officially the fastest selling title in the UK for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft according to Chart Track figures and debuts in the All Formats chart this week (w/e 9th September 2006) at number 1 beating off stiff competition from Test Drive Unlimited and Saints Row.

Hey, let’s talk bus transportation for a moment. How did a greyhound, a fast animal, become the mascot for a lethargically slow bus line? For accuracy’s sake, its buses should have paraplegic snails painted on them. Okay. We’re done.
Today’s featured game is RC Time Trial. In this radio-controlled car you sputter and chug your way [...]

Majesco Entertainment Company, an innovative provider of digital entertainment products and content, and Valve, creators of the Steam broadband gaming platform, announced an agreement to deliver Majesco’s PC games via Steam. Beginning today, BloodRayne 1 & 2 and Advent Rising are available for download, while the critically acclaimed title, Psychonauts, from Double Fine Productions, [...]

Bitbliss Studios, is pleased to release their newest game, Pile & Pop, for both Mac and PC. Pile & Pop is a game of quick and clever thinking for all ages and involves a unique design of picking up and dropping colored bricks around a gameboard. Form sets of colors to “pop” [...]

Atari, Inc. , one of the world’s most recognized brands and leading third-party video game publisher, today announced the special limited edition version of the highly-anticipated Neverwinter Nights 2. In development by Obsidian Entertainment, Neverwinter Nights 2 is set in the DUNGEONS & DRAGONS Forgotten Realms universe created by Wizards of the Coast, a subsidiary [...]

Leading video game publisher and developer NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. announced today that IGPX for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system is now available in retail stores across the country.

They’re brave and they’re plucky, they’re the adorable little cars in today’s featured game.
In today’s appropriately titled game, Race Game, you fight to gain the lead against six rainbow-colored opponents. Sugar-encrusted cereals don’t have marshmallows as brightly colored as these cute compacts.

Today Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, announced Prince of Persia Rival Swords for the PSP (PlayStation Portable) system. Developed by Pipeworks Software, a Foundation 9 Entertainment company, the game builds on last year’s console success’ Prince of Persia The Two Thrones, and features original content such as additional levels [...]

Built for fun, Microsoft Game Studios today announced the re-launch of the official “Viva Pinata” site. Visitors to the site will enjoy the sights and sounds of Pinata Island, complete with information about the upcoming exclusive Xbox 360 game and the “Viva Pinata” animated television series, produced by 4Kids Entertainment and Bardel Entertainment. The site [...]

“Scramble,” the classic arcade side-scrolling, space shooter from Konami launches on Xbox Live Arcade Wednesday, September 13 at 0800 GMT (1:00 AM Pacific). Scramble your fighter and take on the enemy base in the next generation version of this popular game, complete with optimized sound and a choice of play in original mode or with [...]

Lunabean’s Unofficial “Saints Row” Walkthrough and Strategy Guide is a comprehensive walkthrough for the single player story mode of the game. It includes a walkthrough of all story missions, all stronghold missions, all CD locations, all Tag locations, information on all activities and stores, and general gameplay advice and tips.
Ad-free, easy to read, beautifully bookmarked [...]

Uh, oh. Another dreaded puzzle game encroaches upon the adrenaline-burning action of the online gaming world. It had better be the ultimate puzzle or continuing on would be a waste.
What a lucky break. It’s Ultimate Sudoku! And it’s waiting for you to jump into the immersive world of number puzzling. If you haven’t tried a [...]

Following the successful digital releases of Lula 3D and City Life, CDV Software Entertainment is pleased to announce that two exciting expansions for Blitzkrieg are available immediately for purchase and download.
The two highly anticipated expansions - Mission Kursk and Green Devils, both require an installed copy of the original Blitzkrieg (or Blitzkrieg: Rolling Thunder / [...]