2007 July

New Game World, Inc., a new online game publisher, announced today that the not so closed beta for its Free to Play MMORPG Immortals is now… well open.
“Immortals has been in stealth mode, up until today,” said Steve Wade, Vice President of Marketing and Development at New Game World, Inc. ” It’s not that we [...]

Namco Bandai Games is giving Ace Combat fans a reason to cheer this week as the publisher revealed new information, screens and in-game footage from its upcoming flight action game, Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation. The first in-game footage was shown off last week at the E3 Media and Business Summit, and it is [...]

Perpetual Entertainment announced today that BioWare’s Austin studio has licensed Perpetual’s online technology platform for an upcoming Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) title. The agreement gives BioWare the platform to deploy and support its online titles utilizing Perpetual’s industry-leading technology for online game operations, deployment, infrastructure development and community support.
“We evaluated numerous technology solutions to [...]

The first official print magazine entirely dedicated to EverQuest II, its players, creators and community is available for pre-order today! Available for purchase exclusively through the Station Store, EQuinox is 68 pages of glossy, full-color news, interviews, features, columns, previews, fan fiction, original content and in-depth guides to life in EQII, helping you maximize your [...]

Godzilla: Unleashed is a fighting game on a gigantic scale - players are thrust into a world in which monsters are larger than life and the mother of all giants reigns. Specially designed for the Wii, the intuitive wand motions allow you to unleash your inner monster; battle with the legendary Godzilla and a slew [...]

Today Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, announced that Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter R 2 PC, the next installment in the critically acclaimed, squad-based military shooter franchise, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon, is now available at retail stores. Developed by GRIN, the PC version of Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter [...]

Whether they’re having another day at the office or enjoying downtime at home, members of the Windows Live Messenger network are just a click away from exploring a new virtual world as Microsoft Casual Games partners with GoPets Ltd. to launch GoPets on Windows Live Messenger. Inhabited by pets that owners create and customize, the [...]

Microsoft Corp. today announced that Don Mattrick, a former president at Electronic Arts Inc., will lead the Interactive Entertainment Business, which includes overseeing the Xbox and Games for Windows businesses. Peter Moore, who currently serves as corporate vice president of IEB, has decided to move his family back to the Bay Area for personal reasons [...]

Cryptic Studios, Inc., a leading independent developer of massively-multiplayer online games, today announced that it has added to its growing talent pool with the hiring of a new design writer, John Layman. Layman, a twelve-year veteran of the comic book industry and an accomplished game writer, joined the team in its Los Gatos headquarters on [...]

Sony Online Entertainment LLC has announced its redesigned company Web site, which will host more than twenty free games, a new look, and improved functionality. Station.com is the user-friendly main portal for SOE’s games, communities and information. The newly revamped site will host free trials of the majority of SOE’s MMOs; casual games such as [...]

Last week, Microsoft unveiled during their E3 2007 press briefing that Xbox Live’s video marketplace would be expanded globally thus allowing Canadian and European users the ability to download high-definition videos through the service (the service is expected to launch during the 2007 holiday season). No mentioned was made about the addition of RSS support [...]

Composers Kaveh Cohen and Michael Nielsen in association with Groove Addicts bring their unique brand of orchestral-electronic fusion to the 5th and latest installment of the popular Tom Clancy series, “Splinter Cell: Conviction.” This marks Groove Addicts first foray in original scoring for interactive gaming, an initiative for the company spearheaded by GA’s Business Development [...]

NCsoft Europe and ArenaNet announced today that the prerelease bonus pack for Guild Wars: Eye of the North is set to arrive on retailers’ shelves on July 20th and will include a host of compelling features, including exclusive in-game items and access to the Guild Wars: Eye of the North Sneak Peek Weekend set for [...]

Coming to Xbox LIVE Arcade for Xbox 360 this Wednesday 18th July at 09:00 GMT are joint head-liners “Bomberman Live” from Hudson Entertainment, and “Yie Ar Kung Fu” from Konami.
Hudson Entertainment has created “Bomberman Live” specifically for Xbox LIVE Arcade. Part of the award-winning franchise, it delivers unparalleled social gaming excitement with high definition graphics, [...]

“London is under siege! Gar, Where can I find a bottle o’rum?” This is probably the sentence Cimitar-Chris’ parrot learnt first, followed by “Ahoy, whar be my underpants? Ye’ll ne’er get me buried booty!” and “Aye, decompressen o’ the underwater helix genetic code is now underway in the biological chemistry laboratory.”
Taking harbours - like the [...]

Version 1.5 of the popular 2D game engine is now available for download from GarageGames.
GarageGames, the leading technology provider for independent game makers, announced the release of Torque Game Builder (TGB) version 1.5. The new release features the debut of the Behaviors system in TGB, as well as a host of other updates.
Behaviors are small [...]

The world used to be divided into two camps: gamers and non-gamers. In the first group: young men. In the second: everyone else.
Then came Wii and Nintendo DS.
The remarkable Wii Remote and touch screen and voice recognition of Nintendo DS removed the barriers to entry and put video games into the hands of young women, [...]

Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. (SCEA) held its annual press conference today at the E3 Media & Business Summit, making a series of announcements that demonstrated the strength and innovation of the PlayStation family of products. Among these announcements was the introduction of a newly updated PSP (PlayStation Portable) and an extensive library of soon-to-be [...]

On the eve of the E3 Media & Business Summit (E3), against the backdrop of the Santa Monica, Calif., night sky, Microsoft Corp. demonstrated its leadership in interactive entertainment when it showcased an unparalleled lineup of holiday blockbuster hits and exclusives for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system. Microsoft delighted a Live audience [...]

War is a terrible stab of barbarism that arises at times in human history. Today, let’s rise above the atrocities of war and away from the painful shrieks of wounded buddies. Let’s lift ourselves above it all, up, up into the atmosphere.
In today’s game, Wings 1915, you don the tell-tale courageous hues of a World [...]