2007 November

While most big news in the videogame industry revolves around the midnight launch of a hot, new game or the latest, greatest console to hit store shelves, 7-Eleven, Inc. is promoting a new videogame initiative that is less about hardware and software than it is about going on a virtual shopping spree.
One of the biggest [...]

2K Play, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., and Endemol USA announced today that Deal or No Deal: Secret Vault Games, the next release in the popular Deal or No Deal PC game series, is now available at major retailers throughout North America. Based on the hit TV show, Deal or No Deal: [...]

On the heels of the first ever Wii Optimized Chat system launch, WiiWasHere is proud to announce a contest that will reward the most dedicated gamers with outstanding prizes. The user with the most Achievement Coins will win a new Wii system, and the second place user will receive a new copy of Super Smash [...]

While sales of Sony’s PlayStation 3 have tripled in North America since the price drop and Black Friday, moving 322,000 units. Nintendo, during the same period, moved over 1 million units - the big N’s best ever week in the US.
George Harrison, the outgoing vice president of corporate communicated at NOA, commented that “As shoppers [...]

NCsoft Europe, the world’s leading developer and publisher of online computer games, today announced the release of City of Heroes Issue: 11: A Stitch in Time, a free expansion for current subscribers, which provides players new content including the ability for heroes and villains to travel back in time to participate in world-altering missions as [...]

Codemasters Online and Microsoft are pleased to announce that the release date for the highly anticipated game Sensible World of Soccer has been set for December 19th on Xbox Live Arcade for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft . The wait is finally over for the many thousands of dedicated fans [...]

Pirates at Ocean’s Edge is the latest expansion for Sony Online Entertainment’s Pirates Constructible Strategy Game Online created at the SOE Denver studio. Featuring new islands, seafaring monsters, and fathomless whirlpools, strategy players will skillfully navigate their ships to the Ocean’s Edge, where they will be tempted by uncharted territory, mounds of gold, and thrilling [...]

CCP, one of the world’s largest independent game developers, today announced that the highly anticipated EVE Online: Trinity expansion for its popular massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) will be available on December 5, 2007. Available as a free online download for all EVE subscribers, Trinity features a next-generation graphics engine that sets a new aesthetic [...]

Capcom, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, today announced that Devil May Cry, a full 3D adventure based on Devil May Cry 3 on the PlayStation 2 (PS2), will be available for mobile phones across Europe from February 2008.
The highly anticipated Devil May Cry for mobile immerses gamers in a gothic supernatural [...]

Nintendo’s storied mascot Mario is back in an all new adventure for the Wii dubbed “Super Mario Galaxy,” The latest Mario iteration is the sequel to 2002’s “Super Mario Sunshine” for the GameCube. How has the Super Mario franchise evolved since its predecessor, and how does the famed platformer translate on Nintendo’s Wii?
The game [...]

Thanks to Game Watch, Famitsu, and Joystiq we now have some information on the latest update coming to the Xbox 360 later this year.

Xbox Live Arcade has apparently been replaced with the Game Library which, when opened is virtually identical to XBLA, but adds horizontal sorting broken down by different filters (similar to those “on [...]

Fireglow Publishing today announced its plans to use Sudden Strike Next 7, the engine behind the upcoming Sudden Strike 3: Arms for Victory title. This engine will allow a variety of products to be created. Some of them will be announced soon.
Sudden Strike Next7 is a generic RTS engine to be used in subsequent games [...]

Square Enix Ltd., the publisher of Square Enix interactive entertainment products in Europe and other PAL territories, announced today that WINGS OF THE GODDESS the fourth expansion pack for Final Fantasy XI, a successful massively multi-player online role-playing game (MMORPG), is now available for Windows and Xbox 360.
This fourth expansion to Final Fantasy XI sends [...]

Activision, Inc. today announced that standalone wireless guitar controllers for Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock will be available at retail stores nationwide by early 2008.
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock lets fans thrash and burn with new wireless guitar controllers available for each platform, including exclusive Gibson Guitar’s Les Paul model for the Xbox [...]

Let’s hope you all survived the long holiday weekend. With all the eating, traveling and family fun, isn’t it time to do something just for you? So take a few minutes and do a little shopping from the comfort of your couch, away from the chaos of the malls. This week you can get into [...]

To celebrate the launch of the new handheld strategy game Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command on Sony PSP tomorrow, THQ in conjunction with Games Workshop and a team of professional modelers has created a limited set of six exclusive Squad Command themed PSP consoles.
Only one of these incredible custom PSPs is bound for the UK — [...]

ND Games, a production and development division of Noviy Disk announces Partisan — a new heroic action-based RPG set during WWII.
Our hero, a former Red Army captain, demoted during prewar repressions, finds himself on the frontline. Outnumbered and outgunned by the superior German forces, his battalion was destroyed and his few surviving friends were captured.
Fighting [...]

Kudos Games is pleased to announce the release of its latest game, Treasures of Ra. Explore the ancient wonders of Egypt in this mind-bending puzzle game as you collect the fabled treasures of Ra.
Using mirrors, gems and other objects, you must direct the sunlight onto exit glyphs to solve each puzzle. Use crates to collect [...]

The return of one of PC gaming’s most popular series — SimCity — is coming to mobile! Electronic Arts Inc. announced today that SimCity Societies is available for mobile phones beginning this month in Europe, and soon to follow in North America. Create and manage your own metropolis in this versatile city-building game designed so [...]

Midway today announced that a new Xbox Live BlackSite demo is available today. The demo highlights two levels from the game’s single-player campaign, taking gamers through the Rachel, NV town square and courthouse, and placing players in the gunner’s seat during a helicopter escort mission through the desert canyons of Nevada.
The immersive and fast-paced action [...]