2007 September

Oxygen Games is pleased to reveal a communications and image and identity overhaul in support of its mainstream gaming strategy.
Oxygen Games’ identity and communications have been re-branded to reflect its ongoing strategy of publishing lifestyle and interest based video gaming content for the new wave of mainstream gamers.
“The successes of ProStroke Golf and PDC World [...]

Pirates of the Burning Sea, the MMORPG featuring high seas action and adventure in a bold world of pirates and plunder, is scheduled to be available for pre-order starting Tuesday, October 23rd at participating retail locations.
Players who pre-order the game will receive the following:

An invitation to the “Pre-Boarding Party” allowing them access to the live [...]

Hudson Entertainment, the North American publishing arm for Hudson Soft, today announced that they have partnered with Destructoid.com, one of the top video game entertainment news sites, in Bomb-Up Pack 2, the second add-on pack for the Bomberman LIVE game on Xbox LIVE Arcade. This new add-on pack will star Destructoid’s mascot as a playable character, [...]

Today cdv Software Entertainment USA is pleased to release new desktop wallpapers for its recently released horror adventure title Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened. The wallpapers, available in multiple resolutions, can be downloaded from here.
Developed by Frogwares, Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened combines the eerie mysticism of H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu mythos with the mystery-solving powers of the [...]

IAC and GarageGames today announced the creation of InstantAction.com, the first Web-based videogame network. Using GarageGames’ industry-leading game development tools, InstantAction.com will provide compelling original action games through a standard Web browser. IAC has acquired a majority of GarageGames’ equity, and GarageGames’ management team will continue to lead the business as it builds out the InstantAction network.
InstantAction [...]

Interweaving time travel and retro side-scrolling action with dual-screen play, Oxygen Games latest Nintendo DS title offers players a colourful and vibrant setting in which to save the world of Skyla from certain destruction.
Playing as Nec, the object of Chronos Twins is to travel back in time to foil the intentions of the nameless horror [...]

Lost in space and deep behind enemy lines, the player must don an elite fighter pilot’s uniform and defend the galaxy’s last hope in Tarr Chronicles, a gripping arcade-style space combat simulation in development by Quasar Studio and Akella. At your disposal are high-tech fighters bristling with cannons and rocket launchers, yours to fly against [...]

Atari UK today announced the forthcoming release of Paint by DS available on Nintendo DS for release in October 2007. Published by Mercury Games and distributed in the UK by Atari, Paint by DS will get creative juices flowing for all budding artists out there on the perfect portable console.
Ever fancied yourself as the new [...]

Everyone’s favorite long-tongued, egg-tossing dinosaurs make a colorful splash on the Wii Shop Channel this week. Yoshi’s action takes place in storybook "pages" made up of bookmaking materials and other familiar textures, including cut-paper forests, denim clouds, inflatable plastic islands and stacks of colored spools. It’s a classic Nintendo 64 game remembered as much for [...]

Grab the bayonet and fall in; it’s time to experience Napoleon in Italy!
Matrix Games and Hussar Games are thrilled to announce that they are hard at work on Napoleon in Italy! Hex-based strategy gaming set in the Napoleonic era will soon be forming up and swiftly marching towards gamers.
David Heath, Director of Operations at Matrix [...]

The Spider-Man: Friend or Foe Xbox 360 demo is now available for download on Xbox Live Marketplace. Gamers can play as Spider-Man and villains-turned-allies Green Goblin or Venom in the Tokyo Rooftops level, as well as a boss battle with Doc Ock in the Tokyo Secret Labs level. Players will be rewarded with an unlockable [...]

Stardock Entertainment and Meridian4 today announced that the companies have signed an agreement to bring a number of Meridian4’s titles to TotalGaming.net, the world’s most user-friendly digital distribution site. Three of Meridian4’s most anticipated titles of 2007, Alpha Prime, Shadowgrounds Survivor and The Chosen: Well of Souls, are now available for pre-order at TotalGaming.net, while another [...]

Over 10 million people globally are enjoying the phenomenon that is Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl and in Europe, 1.6 million copies have been sold in just 7 weeks since launch. For the first time in the Pokemon series, these games have allowed fans to trade Pokemon with anyone in the world via the Global [...]

Starting today gamers can begin to create their own skating legacy on Xbox 360 with Activision, Inc.’s demo of Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground. Available now on Xbox LIVE Marketplace, the demo gives fans a first taste of choosing their own skating style, the newest gameplay mechanics and advanced features from the deepest, most customizable skateboarding [...]

De Montfort University’s Institute of Creative Technologies (IOCT) today announced that it had received over 150 entries for Europe’s first Machinima Festival, which it will host from 12th - 14th October this year.
A total of 152 films had been submitted by the deadline of 8th September, with entries coming from a wide range of countries [...]

Nexon Mobile and Mikoishi today announced a new partnership to release the world’s first true Real Time Strategy (RTS) Game for 3G mobile phones. SteamIron: The Fallen will be released by Nexon Mobile in South Korea from November 2007 as part of a new multi-title joint development partnership deal between the Korean publisher and Singapore-based [...]

Every so often individuals are called upon to rise above themselves and act in a selfless manner - to help, to protect, to defend those in need. We call these people, who rise up in the face of great adversity, heroes. One such individual’s story is about to be told worldwide. On Sept. 25, “Halo [...]

SouthPeak Games today announced plans to release Monster Madness: EX in North America early next year. Following in the footsteps of Monster Madness: Battle for Suburbia, Monster Madness: EX four player co-op gameplay has an all new polished look and improved game elements for its debut on the PlayStation 3 system.
“The Monster Madness series has [...]

CCP Games, one of the world’s largest independent game developers, today announced a partnership with TransGaming Inc. (TSX-V: TNG) , a leading developer of software portability products for the electronic entertainment industry. The strategic relationship will enable CCP to deliver its popular massively multiplayer online game (MMOG), EVE Online, with Linux and Macintosh platforms later [...]

Activision, Inc. announced today that a Limited Collector’s Edition of Infinity Ward’s “Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare” for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Windows PC will begin deployment on November 5 as part of the worldwide launch of the most intense and cinematic action game ever. Each [...]