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The Internet has been invaded by walking pears, giant dragons, impossible-to-describe aliens and everything in between! Maxis, an Electronic Arts Inc. studio, today announced that fans have created and shared more than one million creatures using the Spore Creature Creator in the first week of availability. Anyone can download their own copy of the Spore […]

Gnomie Honz from our chat room writes:
Hey, Chris!
First of all I’d like to thank you for taking the time to read this. I just recently started watching your YouTube videos and find them amusing and, most important, some of the most informative I’ve seen in a long time.
I’m a newish Mac user and […]

Feral Interactive has today announced Friday, June 27th as the release date for Battlestations: Midway, Eidos’ top-rated action strategy game for the Mac.
Created by Eidos Studios Hungary, the game invites you to take command of the greatest battles of the war in the Pacific. Players will experience every aspect of combat in a superb blend […]

Cornered Rat Software is inviting gamers to a special 14-day free trial of its award-winning MMOG, WWII Online: Battleground Europe, with great prizes and a special rank bonus for those who exhibit the skills and instincts to defeat their enemy in combat.
PC and Mac gamers can create a free 14-day trial account, download the game, […]

Other Ocean Interactive’s CEO, Andrew Ayre, today confirmed it has partnered with SEGA of America to develop a demo version of the Super Monkey Ball game for iPhone. Super Monkey Ball was highlighted at Apple’s iPhone SDK event on March 6, 2008. “We were tremendously honored to be asked to work on the demo version […]

Frozax Games has announced the release of a unique physics-based action game called “Spring Up!” available for Windows and Mac OS X.
Using realistic physics, Spring Up! offers a unique game experience with bouncing balls and bricks. The player needs to clear levels by launching balls on color-matching elements. A player-controlled paddle at the bottom of […]

Warrior Quest, a free online RPG for PCs, Macs, handhelds, and game consoles has gone live.
NextGenBooks.com today announces that its brand new online RPG, Warrior Quest, has gone live on its official Web site. The game, a traditional RPG adventure in a similar vein to classic games Dragon Quest and Phantasy Star, is a free […]

Get ready for the next Big Bang this fall! Electronic Arts Inc. and Maxis today announced that Spore, the highly anticipated game from the creators of The Sims, will be available at retailers worldwide the weekend of September 7. Spore will be available for the PC, Macintosh, Nintendo DS, and mobile phones.
“The wait is almost […]

Independent game developer KarjaSoft has released the beta version of Spandex Force, a superhero-themed RPG puzzler for Windows and Mac.
Spandex Force is a puzzle/RPG/adventure game that lets the player create his or her own hero to clean up the crime-infested town of Vigilance Valley. The game features many different kinds of puzzles, including, but not […]

Penumbra: Overture is a first person adventure game, rendered in real-time with advanced physics, featuring an intriguing story with a dark and disturbing atmosphere. Penumbra: Overture has been considered to be one of the scariest games of 2007 and is now available as a universal binary for Mac OS X.
The initial plan was to release […]

Former Hitman programmers launch their first casual game, Deep Blue Sea for PC and Mac, from their new game studio, The Game Equation.
The hit game, Deep Blue Sea, is the first release from the brand new game studio, The Game Equation. “After working on top-rated shooters for years, we were ready to work in a […]

TransGaming Inc., a leading developer of software portability products for the electronic entertainment industry, announced today a new and improved game player that expands the GameTap experience for broadband-enabled PC and Intel-based Mac users.
With the new faster and lighter GameTap player, games launch more quickly and it is even easier to search for and discover […]

GameTap, the first-of-its-kind broadband entertainment network from Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS, Inc.), announced that the season finale for its popular multiplayer online game "Myst Online: Uru Live" will launch today.
"Myst Online has been a great addition to our roster of GameTap Original titles," said Ricardo Sanchez, GameTap’s vice president of content and creative director. […]

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Build a party of adventurers from high school girls inspired by classic cinema divas: Mae West, Marlena Dietrich, […]

GameTap is launching "Deception," the newest episode in Myst Online: Uru Live this Saturday, September 8th. Players can continue the journey that has already featured all-new puzzles, all-new Ages, and brand new storylines.
Despite the ongoing battles of the Bahro and the threat of the coming war, the D’ni Restoration Council (DRC) continues its efforts to […]

Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced plans for the second expansion to World of Warcraft, its award-winning massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). Unveiled at the company’s BlizzCon gaming festival before an audience of more than 8,000 gamers, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King will open the forbidding wasteland of Northrend to exploration by […]

Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today offered players the first-ever public opportunity to play an early version of its highly-anticipated real-time strategy game, StarCraft II. Attendees of the company’s BlizzCon gaming festival enjoyed single-player skirmishes as well as multiplayer battles on six different StarCraft II maps.
“Since announcing StarCraft II at the Blizzard Worldwide Invitational in May, we’ve […]

Last Day of Work (LDW), an independent game studio specializing in sophisticated casual games for the mainstream player, today announced that the seeds have been sown for Plant Tycoon in PC and Mac varieties. An all-new version of the award-winning handheld game, this virtual gardening simulation game will let players breed and crossbreed plants while […]

Blizzard Entertainment has unveiled StarCraft II, the sequel to its award-winning real-time strategy game StarCraft, at the 2007 Blizzard Worldwide Invitational event in Seoul, South Korea. The announcement took place inside the Olympic Gymnastics Arena, in front of thousands of attendees, who received a presentation that included a StarCraft II cinematic trailer and a gameplay […]

Sandlot Games, a leading developer and publisher of casual and family-friendly games, announced the release of its Macintosh version of Tradewinds Legends, one of the top selling online games of 2006. Now both PC and Mac players can join the more than 7 million people who have downloaded and enjoyed Tradewinds Legends. As part of […]