Events

SouthPeak Games and MySoti.com have launched a competition to design a Section 8 T-shirt, which will be worn at gaming events around the globe and bought by fans of the game, eager to show their support for the futuristic multiplayer shooter.
 

Just imagine an entire planet named whatever you please. A civilization bowing to your every whim, their whole world based on your own fancy. This could be your destiny in Freeverse’s highly anticipated space trading game, Warpgate!
Freeverse is announcing a contest to name and describe a planet in their upcoming Warpgate, a 3D space trading [...]

At Comic-Con 2009 in the San Diego Convention Center, Sega’s upcoming Bayonetta video game will be given the full spectrum treatment with a developer panel, game demos, a live action model, and an attendee cosplay contest. See below for more details about the gaming world’s hottest new heroine!
Hands-On with Bayonetta
Dates: July 23-26th
Time: 9:30am-7pm all days [...]

Thirteen1, the independent online-based magazine, has partnered with Omerta Game Ltd, publisher of the most successful Mafia game on the Web, to give away 2,000 bonus voucher codes for Omerta 3 — now available in the entirely free-to-read July issue!
“We brought our readers the exclusive on the new version of Omerta back in the May [...]

The Midnight Gaming Championship (MGC), presented by McDonald’s, will be kicking off its fourth annual, national gaming tournament on Saturday, June 27 at the Hot Import Nights event in Charlotte, NC. Other popular gaming stops for 2009 include Dallas, Houston, Chicago, Boston and Philadelphia. Games for 2009 include Guitar Hero World Tour, Super Smash Bros. [...]

The Ultimate Soccer Boss team is proud to announce the first gold giveaway event for Ultimate Soccer Boss players. Players will receive 5,000 gold for their soccer clubs and will be awarded only once during the giveaway event. Players can participate by logging in and/or signing up for this event starting on June 8 and [...]

The Freesky Online closed beta test will be released at 9:00pm on May 7th, 2009 (GMT-4). For all you potential beta testers out there: don’t worry, your hard-earned information and character data will be retained. The majestic castles, vast fleets, and miraculous miracles will be ready to greet players shortly. In addition, the activation page [...]

To celebrate the launch of the X-Men Origins: Wolverine the video game in the UK on May 1st 2009, Activision Blizzard has sponsored the wolverine enclosure at Edinburgh Zoo for one year. In addition, the lead male wolverine has voluntarily changed his name to Logan in respect of the legendary Marvel character.
The sponsorship will help [...]

Applications are now being accepted for the 2009 G.I.R.L. Scholarship to help educate and recruit more women into the field of video game production and design. Sponsored by Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) a global leader in online gaming, and administered by Scholarship America, a leading non-profit educational support program, applications are available here and [...]

Bethesda Softworks, a ZeniMax Media company, and Best Buy Co., Inc. have announced that in response to huge demand for Bethesda’s award-winning upcoming game, Fallout 3, there will be midnight openings at Best Buy stores across the country the evening of October 27. Best Buy customers at select stores in the Washington, DC, New York, [...]

Ntreev USA, Inc. today called the warriors of Grand Chase to enter in the legendary “Dance of the Dragons” tournament. The single elimination tournament pits teams of two players against one another in epic battle for glory, honor and great rewards. Participants will have the opportunity to win points, rare armor sets and Gacha coins, [...]

Dallas-based Blockdot has released Drop the Beat, a new game promoting VH1 and the 2008 Hip Hop Honors show, premiering October 6, 10 pm Eastern time.
Drop the Beat, which is Blockdot’s first game for VH1, challenges players to stay in rhythm with the beat of the song. Click on the highlighted turntables, keyboards, and stereo [...]

Hudson Entertainment, the North American publishing arm for Hudson Soft, today announced their lineup for the 2008 Tokyo Game Show taking place in Japan this month. The Hudson lineup includes newly announced Kororinpa 2 for Wii, Bomberman Ultra for PlayStation Network and Fishing Master World Tour for Wii. Hudson will be exhibiting at the show [...]

Proceeds from Expo Themed Downloadable Songs to Benefit Charity
Harmonix and MTV Games announced today a very special set of downloadable content to celebrate the three day Penny Arcade Expo. The "PAX 2008 Collection", launching on September 2, 2008, contains tracks from celebrated nerd-folk artist Jonathan Coulton, nerdcore rapper MC Frontalot, and lovecraftian doomsayers The Darkest [...]

Try out HaptX games with the highly acclaimed and award winning Novint Falcon 3D controller at this year’s edition of GC Leipzig, August 21-24.
With HaptX and the Novint Falcon players can feel effects such as explosions, gravity, recoils from weapons as well as the details of individual objects surfaces and textures at a per pixel [...]

The GC Developers Conference (GCDC), today announced that Nick Welch, EMEA business development manager for Massive Inc., will speak about Dynamic In-Game Advertising (DIGA) at this year’s event. Under the title, "Investigating the factors that contribute to DIGA dollar success in video games," he will highlight key guidelines for a successful evaluation of DIGA placement. [...]

Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. has announced that tickets for its third BlizzCon gaming convention will go on sale August 11 and that live coverage of the event will be available as an exclusive DIRECTV pay per view event. BlizzCon is a celebration of the global player communities surrounding Blizzard Entertainment’s Warcraft, Diablo, and StarCraft game universes. [...]

Xbox Live Arcade Celebrates the “Summer of Arcade” with an Incredible Lineup of Blockbuster Games and Chances to Win Hot Prizes!
“Summer of Arcade” lineup features five incredible games launching over five scorching weeks; beat the heat and play for a chance to win prizes including 100,000 Microsoft Points, an Xbox 360 Elite console and more!
Summer [...]

Midway Games Inc., a leading interactive entertainment publisher and developer, today announced its product portfolio to be shown at the 2008 E3 Business & Media Summit, July 15-17 in Los Angeles. This year’s lineup showcases exciting new intellectual properties such as Wheelman starring action film star Vin Diesel, proven brands such as Unreal Tournament 3 [...]

Eurogamer Network and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe are happy to announce that David Smith, Co-Founder and Technical Director of LittleBigPlanet developer Media Molecule, will face questions from Eurogamer.net readers on Wednesday, 2nd July from 4pm BST (UK time) / 5pm CET.
Eurogamer LiveText interviews allow the site’s readers to submit questions through a moderator. Their answers [...]