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SevenOne Intermedia, the multimedia enterprise of the ProSiebenSat.1 Group, is starting a free English language Web TV broadcast with SevenGames TV. The new format is currently available on the international gaming platform SevenGames.com. SevenGames TV is hosted by Juli Schon (26). The young actor and moderator will introduce the latest news and trends, events and [...]

Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, today announced the release of a new behind-the-scenes video featuring leading Hollywood actor Ray Winstone and his involvement in Beowulf, an action combat video game based on Paramount Pictures’ and Shangri-La Entertainment’s Beowulf, the upcoming feature film from Academy Award-winning director Robert Zemeckis. The Beowulf video [...]

Topware Interactive is giving gamers a test drive of its upcoming title UFO Afterlight. The demo can be downloaded here and is exclusive to the North American market. “We wanted to show the gaming community just how special a game UFO Afterlight is and what better way than letting them decide for themselves?” Says Managing [...]

Harmonix, developer of the blockbuster Guitar Hero franchise, MTV: Music Television, a division of MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom, and Electronic Arts today announced Rock Band, an all-new platform for music fans and gamers to interact with music like never before. Rock Band will allow gamers to perform music from the world’s biggest rock [...]

SEGA of America Inc. and SEGA Europe Ltd. has announced the signing of critically-acclaimed developer Gearbox Software to create a first-person shooter title based on the Alien film franchise for the next-generation systems with license from Twentieth Century Fox Licensing and Merchandising. The agreement complements the recent announcement of an Alien RPG title for the [...]

Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, has announced that Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2, the next installment in the popular squad-based action franchise, is currently in development for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system, the PSP (PlayStation [...]

Blast! Entertainment Ltd, part of the Mastertronic Group of companies, has agreed a major deal with Little Britain’s licensing agent Granada Ventures, to publish Little Britain The Video Game on the PlayStation 2, PSP and PC formats.
Little Britain The Video Game is being developed collaboratively by Revolution Studios, Gamerholix and Gamesauce - all founder members [...]

Come get a taste of Clive’s disturbing supernatural shooter this Halloween with a new trailer and screenshots here.
Delivering a slice of the supernatural this Halloween, Codemasters today unleashed a new video trailer and imagery from Clive Barker’s Jericho, the phantasmagorical FPS hand crafted by the acclaimed horror writer and filmmaker.
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Microsoft Game Studios and Epic Games, Inc. today announced that “Gears of War” has gone gold. To celebrate the passing of the “gone gold” development milestone, a sneak preview of the TV and cinematic trailer is available now on Xbox Live.
Emerging onto store shelves across the nation on Nov. 12, “Gears of War” is set [...]

Pandemic Studios announced today the creation of a second development team at its Brisbane, Australia studios. With last week’s release of Destroy All Humans! 2, the much anticipated sequel to one of the best-selling original console games of 2005, Pandemic is poised to build on the success of its Australian operation, which has grown over [...]

Rockstar Games, the world-renowned publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), is pleased to announce a partnership with Team Bondi Pty Ltd to publish the ground-breaking next generation crime thriller L.A. Noire. Developed by Team Bondi, a new Australian based studio founded by Brendan McNamara, of The Getaway, L.A Noire is an interactive [...]

Europa Universalis III delves deeply into the areas of exploration, trade, warfare and diplomacy and is an epic strategy game where players take control of a nation and guide it through the ages to become a great global empire.
One of the focuses of Europa Universalis III has been to create a more user friendly interface, [...]

Summer it may be, but forget buffing that body for the beach, how trim is your grey matter? Has a diet of reality TV, dreary England performances and home improvement programmes left your brain more Elvis than Einstein? Fear not, Mindscape’s Brain Trainer will whip you into shape via your PC this September.
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Electronic Arts announced today that the newest iteration of NBA STREET, the critically acclaimed and culturally defining streetball videogame franchise, is scheduled for release in spring 2007 under the EA SPORTS BIG brand. The game is in development in Vancouver, B.C. by EA Canada, the studio that also is home to the industry-leading NBA LIVE [...]

Paradise is in turmoil, and a corrupt government stockpiling weapons of mass destruction could mean the end of world peace. The time has come for revolution, though the task at hand is not for the feint of heart. Enter Rico Rodriguez, Latin field operative and specialist in regime change, who cannot only single-handedly ignite revolution [...]

FUN Technologies Inc., one of the world’s leading online casual gaming providers, today announced it has signed a North American licensing deal with the Hasbro Properties Group (HPG), the intellectual property development arm of Hasbro, Inc., to develop SCRABBLE Cubes, a 3-D word game based on the classic crossword game. Players will be able to [...]

Hey, my name’s Dan Toose, one of the designers focused on the campaign aspect of Medieval II: Total War, including among many things, overseeing our redesign of the diplomacy system. Thanks to the tireless efforts of programmer Scott Lowther to help make the designs a reality, we’re able to share a bit about the thinking [...]

2K, the prominent video game publisher, today announced its TopCow comic book-based The Darkness video game and its developer, Starbreeze Studios, will be previewing the title at Comic-Con International: San Diego. From July 20th - 23rd, The Darkness preview will be occurring every half hour at Platinum’s booth (#2329).
Slated for release on the Xbox 360 [...]

San Diego Comic Con International 2006 - Booth #719 Marvel Comics and Planetwide Games announced today a teaming up of titanic proportions: Planetwide Games has entered into a multi-year licensing deal with Marvel Entertainment to create new content for Planetwide Games’ original Comic Book Creator interactive entertainment software. Under the terms of the agreement Planetwide [...]