2006 September

Atari, Inc., one of the world’s most recognized brands and leading third-party video game publisher, today announced that the Company will support a pre-order campaign for Neverwinter Nights 2 with GameStop and Best Buy. In development by Obsidian Entertainment, the highly-anticipated Neverwinter Nights 2 is set in the DUNGEONS & DRAGONS Forgotten Realms universe created [...]

Vivendi Games and HD Publishing today announced that the real-time strategy PC title “Joint Task Force” (JTF) hit North American retail shelves. JTF is distributed in the U.S. by Vivendi Games under the Sierra Entertainment label.

Play solitaire for points and prizes as you embark on your dream vacation!
Interactive tutorials give you a refresher course on old favorites like Klondike and FreeCell as well as more than 30 other solitaire favorites!
Making matches and combinations gives you access to power moves that let you clear the boards more easily. And [...]

Yeeeooowwwttch!! Alert! Alert! We’ve been attacked! Interlocking cubes and rectangles have punctured our paws. Our footing has been incapacitated. Maybe it would have been a good idea to put on shoes before treading where strewn LEGOos lie.
Today we’re driving you to play Supersonic RC. In this game you sit behind the radio controller of a [...]

SkyZone Entertainment, Inc., a mobile entertainment provider, today announced the launch of Extreme Hangman across major mobile carriers in both BREW and Java formats. Featuring the classic stick figure character we all love, Extreme Hangman asks players to save hangman from sudden death in a fun and furious animated free-for-all.
Complete with dangerous environments, fierce foes, [...]

Launching on 14 September, Revolution is the only dedicated Nintendo Wii magazine in the UK and is backed by an extensive print and online marketing campaign, including a dedicated Web site.
Revolution is written to cater for gamers who are excited about the innovation and promise of the Wii console. The magazine offers a complete package [...]

CCP Games announced today the largest supercomputer cluster in the history of the gaming industry for EVE Online, one of the leading science fiction Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOG). The upgraded server cluster features dual-processor 64-bit AMD Opteron-based IBM BladeCenter LS20 blade servers, as well additional enhancements to the cluster’s Internet backbone.

Nevrax, the developer and publisher of the massively-multiplayer online science fantasy role playing game (MMORPG) Ryzom, announced today the opening of the final Ryzom Ring beta.
“The input from the player community involved in our alpha test program, over the last year, has proved to be absolutely invaluable,” explained Daniel Miller, CTO and Executive Producer of [...]

Lineage II: The Chaotic Chronicle offers a wide range of weapons for every class type. The choice of weapon can affect how hard you hit if you’re a fighter, or, if you’re a spellcaster, how much damage your spells do. Chronicle 5: Oath of Blood offers even more weapons and a new twist: a blood-stained [...]

Microsoft today announced the European launch of Xbox Live Arcade Unplugged Volume 1, a new disc compilation featuring; hit Xbox Live Arcade games plus a free 1 month Xbox Live Gold subscription and downloadable Xbox Live Arcade demos. Xbox Live Arcade Unplugged Volume 1 arrives in stores across Europe on 15th September 2006.
Xbox Live Arcade [...]

Let the flour fly in Cake Mania, an addictive online game coming to the Nintendo DS courtesy of Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL), an innovative provider of digital entertainment products and content. Based on the original title from one of the leading casual games publishers, Sandlot Games, Cake Mania combines a new Touch Screen element [...]

Hello Second Lifers,
As announced on our Web site and corporate blog, Second Life discovered an attack on our servers on September 6, 2006. The full security bulletin is reprinted below, followed by an FAQ that includes important security advice for our community.

Today we’re going to feed your child, inner or otherwise, with a Walter Speazebud adventure. Walter is the clever creation of author David Donohue.
Moonman Backwordz will challenge your mind with an asteroid blasting game in which your brain is doing the asteroid blasting.
Your mission in this game is to protect a spaceship from errant asteroids [...]

2K, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., and the Company’s world-renowned development studio Firaxis Games, today announced Sid Meier’s Civilization Chronicles for PC, the definitive Civilization collector’s edition.

2K, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., announced today that it will be publishing Jade Empire: Special Edition for the PC. Jade Empire is an award-winning role-playing game (RPG) from renowned PC game developer BioWare. Anticipated for January 2007, Jade Empire: Special Edition will feature enhanced graphics and a number of new additions.

Sam & Max are finally back! GameTap, the first-of-its-kind broadband entertainment network from Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., and interactive entertainment pioneer Telltale Games today announced that GameTap subscribers will get exclusive 15-day access to all “Sam & Max” episodes, beginning with the debut of the first episode on October 17, 2006.

NHL 2K7, the latest in the #1 rated hockey video game series, has gone gold and is set to hit retail shelves on Sept. 12. NHL 2K7 introduces a completely new skating engine and a multitude of new features, enriching the virtual ice rink experience.

Is it today already? How time flies. It seems like just yesterday today was tomorrow. Before you know it today will be yesterday and a new today will dawn. But that’s a today we can worry about tomorrow.
The anticipation of playing today’s game, Overkill Apache, will bring a spasm of excitement to readers looking forward [...]

Greystripe, the first mobile in-game advertising network and creator of GameJump.com, the world’s largest free, ad-supported mobile game portal, announced its largest content deal to date-with game publisher Alten8. The deal brings 38 classic games to GameJump.com, raising its total to over 100 and counting.

THQ (UK) announces Anthony Head as lead voice over for Destroy All Humans! 2
THQ (UK) Ltd, a subsidiary of THQ Inc., today announces Anthony Head as lead voice over in the upcoming Destroy All Humans! 2 expected to be released in Fall 2006 for Xbox video and game entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation2 [...]