2007 February

Evolve Publishing is pleased to announce that from its next issue, on sale 21st February 2007, PURE will expand its coverage to include all PlayStation formats to include PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable.
The announcement comes at an exciting time as the European arrival of the PlayStation 3 is set to reignite the market [...]

CDV Software Entertainment USA and 10TACLE STUDIOS today announced that their highly anticipated alternate-history RTS - War Front: Turning Point - has shipped to North American retail outlets. The game places players on the most exciting battlefields of an alternate WWII, while arming them with unique super weapons. More information about War Front: Turning Point [...]

Capcom, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, today announced plans to offer downloadable multiplayer map packs for Lost Planet: Extreme Condition for Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. The first map pack will cost 400 Microsoft Points, with pricing on the following packs to be determined later. Lost Planet, [...]

Another license-based game from Breakpoint: Yamakasi Masters based on the founders of ‘Motion Art’ is going to be brought to mobile this year.
Owing to the recently signed agreement with XMactive Ltd., Breakpoint has been granted the exclusive mobile license from the Yamakasi Founders themselves (Yann, Lorenzo, Chau and Willy). The unique urban movement of Yamakasi [...]

KOEI, recognized worldwide as the premier brand of strategy and action games, today announced that Samurai Warriors 2 Empires has reached gold status. The Tactical Action game set in Feudal Japan will be available for both the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system. Consumers can [...]

Publisher 505 Games today donned its mysterious black cape, mask and gaucho to announce it will be publishing The Destiny of Zorro exclusively on Nintendo Wii. The Destiny of Zorro, developed by California-based Pronto Games, is scheduled for an international release in late 2007.
Players will make an incredible action-packed journey through the sun-scorched coast and [...]

Compete in craftiness against the computer or against friends to combine the letters in the most appropriate way this March!
Place your letters wisely to complete already formed words or create new ones and take advantage of bonus squares to increase your score.
Developed in partnership with the French Federation of Scrabble, this new edition will make [...]

Ah, what a remarkable time! It’s full of valiant and courageous hearts willing to climb to the top of the world. It is the time of conflicts and battles, when everyone who is strong and brave enough, struggles for freedom and ventures out to the unbounded sea. It is the time of pirates. Unfurl your [...]

GameTap today announced that Myst Online: Uru Live will officially open its doors on Thursday, February 15. Published by GameTap and developed by Cyan Worlds, Myst Online: Uru Live is the most recent addition to the GameTap Originals label. This latest installment of the best-selling Myst franchise introduces all-new Ages and puzzles while fusing the [...]

Ascaron, 93 Games, and Nadeo are pleased to present the fourth in a series of five TrackMania United Webisodes.
Welcome to Webisode 4 for TrackMania United! In this week’s video, Ascaron, 93 Games and Nadeo introduce viewers to the game’s Solo Mode and its amazing depth of features and race types. Choose from Race, Puzzle or [...]

Created as a space where heroes from Paragon City and villains from the Rogue Isles could get together and socialise, the Pocket D nightclub allows rival forces to share a drink, team up for special missions, but most importantly - get down on the dance floor and boogie!
One year ago, on Valentine’s Day, DJ Zero [...]

Wales-based independent computer game developers Arberth Studios has announced that production is well underway on its new adventure ‘Rhiannon - Beyond the Mabinogion.’ The point-and-click chiller is based on the ‘Four Branches’ legends, as told in the ancient Welsh cultural and mythical classic ‘The Mabinogion.’
Beginning with the present-day ghostly disturbances driving teenager Rhiannon insane, the [...]

Rusty Axe Games, a developer and publisher of downloadable game software, has released Real E$tate Empire, an exciting new game based upon the concept of buying, fixing and selling houses. The most comprehensive real estate simulator on the market today, Real E$tate Empire features a simple to use interface that quickly and painlessly introduces all [...]

The war between the GDF and Strogg will soon be igniting on next-generation consoles as id Software and Activision, Inc. today confirmed that Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars, the team-based first person action title, and already one of the most anticipated new properties of 2007 is coming to next-gen platforms. In this epic multiplayer-focused game, players [...]

Crave Entertainment, a leading publisher of console videogames, today announced Brunswick Pro Bowling for PlayStation2 computer entertainment system, PSP (PlayStationPortable) system and Wii.
Brunswick Pro Bowling will give players a detailed, realistic bowling-center experience, complete with authentic sights and sounds, and official Brunswick bowling gear. Brunswick Pro Bowling will be highly customizable, allowing players to choose [...]

It’s official - women who play video games have sex more often! Gametart, the UK’s largest online games rental company, carried out the survey throughout January to see how the recent influx of the likes of Pink PSPs and DS Lites would affect gamers’ sex lives across the country.
The results were surprising.
Of our sample of [...]

Virgin Games and Game Domain International (GDI) today announce the completion of the world’s first tests on a 3D PC games platform, paving the way for a lucrative new market in the games industry.
The two companies expect the new 3D ‘virtual world’ platform, A World of My Own (AWOMO) to expand a games market already [...]

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe announced today that, in addition to the extensive line-up of games, the first 500,000 purchasers of PLAYSTATION 3 who registered on the PLAYSTATION Network would receive a Blu-ray disc movie of Casino Royale, starring James Bond newcomer Daniel Craig.
Casino Royale, which has already grossed more than $560 million at the box [...]

The business style games just keep coming. In these games, we play an owner or a worker bee in a business, racing to fulfill customer orders and keep them happy. Stand O’Food comes closest to resembling a big McFast Food chain.
Stand O’Food has two game types: Meal Quest (serve customers until completing the level) and [...]

Fishing fans and Tycoon gamers… this is your universe! Enjoy the first ever Bass Tournament Tycoon game. You can play as three unique identities… you can CREATE your dream bass lake as the “Master of Fish & Water”; you can MANAGE your own bass fishing tournament; and you can COMPETE in a pro tournament to [...]