Events

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 — [...]

The first day of the Miss Video Game 2007 competition wrapped up in grand style yesterday with two challenges at Festival Arcadia. The five finalists battled it out, with Lauren Berggren taking the early lead in the quest for the global crown of Miss Video Game.
The first challenge of the day took place at the [...]

Early bird registration, which provides a $40 discount off the normal ticket price of $139, is in its final two weeks. November 15th, 2007 is the final day to register at the reduced rate of $99. Registration for the conference grants entry to the entire conference including the expo. Registration also provides lunch on both [...]

iGames, the world’s leading game center organization, today announced Xtreme Quest $5K Enemy Territory: Quake Wars Presented by Intel, a 9-week series of Game Nights and special competitions, beginning Thursday, November 1. The series will showcase id Software’s critically acclaimed team-based multiplayer in a variety of different contexts for gamers of all skill levels, from [...]

Admit it, it’s a dream come true. Your chance to actually live a computer game. You could buy a skateboard and attempt to rail grind between buildings, but that leads to something called ‘being dead’. Jacking cars in reality comes with an unwanted side quest in a place called ‘jail.’ Pac-Man? Where are you even [...]

Fans can enter contest to have their music featured alongside Bungie’s famed composer Marty O’Donnell in the upcoming album.
Microsoft and Sumthing Else Music Works announced today the upcoming release of the "Official Halo 3 Original Soundtrack" album. The companies today confirmed the first details of the album, which will be available in stores this Thanksgiving [...]

iZ3D, LLC, a designer, developer, and marketer of advanced 3D visualization systems, announced today its 22-inch widescreen 3D monitors will be used in all gaming stations in the E-SPORTS Gaming Pavilion at LANFest2K7. Hosted by the popular ecommerce store NewEgg.com, LANFest2K7 will be held at the Ontario Convention Center in Ontario, Calif. on October 5-7, 2007. [...]

Celebrated by both the Horde and the Alliance, the Brewfest is a time to enjoy the fermented fruits of the harvest: pretzels, cheese, and booze! The competing breweries Thunderbrew, Barleybrew, and the Ogres all come together outside of all the major cities in a bid to outdo each other with their special ales, meads, and [...]

Goozex, Inc., a leading online video game trading site, today announced a Facebook member sweepstakes for the month of October. Heralding the recent launch of the company’s Video Game Community Facebook application, Goozex is giving away limited edition Halo 3 Xbox 360 Elite consoles to four lucky Facebook members.
The promotion is running on the 42 [...]

Online competition winner will see their design become an in-game character for the supernatural PlayStation 3 (PS3) thriller

We’re looking for a new inhabitant for the Netherworld - will you be its creator?

Legendary Executive Producer Okamoto-San to sit on Game Republic judging panel

Enter your design here before 22nd October to enter

If you’re an imaginative gamer with [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

While in-game events are a fairly common occurrence in an MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online) game it’s not often that they result in the joint effort of a major video games publisher and a leading charitable organization promoting affordable housing. But it’s exactly that kind of event that has enabled Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) LLC’s Austin, [...]

The Hip-Hop Chess Federation (HHCF), an organization that uses music, chess, and martial arts to promote unity, strategy and non-violence, and Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers are proud to announce the 1st Annual Chess Kings Invitational to be held at the prestigious San Francisco Design Center on Saturday, October 13th from [...]

Due to time and planning constraints, CMP Technology will not be presenting PC Game On. The event — the only consumer-facing PC games event of its kind — was scheduled to take place September 8-9 at the Austin Convention Center, directly following the Austin Game Developers Conference and Game Career Seminar. CMP thanks the sponsors [...]

Vivendi Games Mobile, a division of Vivendi Games, today announced an online contest for mobile phone subscribers in Europe to support the recent launch of Leisure Suit Larry: Love for Sail. Fans of Leisure Suit Larry can post their ‘worst date ever’ stories on Larry’s blog for a chance to win a Wii system.
Mobile subscribers [...]

Left 4 Dead, the forthcoming survival co-op game from Turtle Rock Studios and Valve, will be shown at QuakeCon 2007 in Dallas, Texas. The event will be taking place from August 2nd through the 5th. Attendees will have the opportunity to play the game while members of the design team will be on hand to [...]

Publisher 2K Sports proudly announces that it will hold the first nighttime, outdoor motion capture event for NBA2K8 on Wednesday, July 25, 2007. The event is co-hosted by the Entertainers Basketball Classic (EBC) and will take place in New York City at Harlem’s famed Rucker Park. Featured athletes include NBA 2K8’s cover athlete Chris Paul, [...]

This summer, the work of game designers and media artists Auriea Harvey and Michael Samyn will be on display in several locations around the world.
First of all, starting tomorrow, during the E3 Summit in Santa Monica, California, Tale of Tales’ oldest game project will be presented at the Indie Games Showcase. This is a unique [...]