This Halloween, the armies in Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (WAR) have a new threat to contend with as the Witching Night descends upon the land. Beginning on October 29th, players can take part in WAR’s first-ever live in-game event and tackle four new Public Quests, along with a host of other frightening new content …
The Raconteurs and Jimi Hendrix will both take to the virtual stage this November as downloadable content in Activision Publishing, Inc.’s (Nasdaq: ATVI) Guitar Hero� World Tour, the company announced today. Already confirmed to take center stage as a playable character, Jimi Hendrix, one of the most creative and influential musicians of the 20th century, …
In a move mirroring efforts by food manufacturers and retailers to give consumers a clear and easy way to understand food content, the games industry is close to launching a traffic light system for the ratings on video games. As the government gears up to close its consultation into video games ratings on November 20, …
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LucasArts and BioWare™, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS), today announced the development of Star Wars�: The Old Republic™, a story-driven massively multiplayer online PC game set in the timeframe of the Star Wars�: Knights of the Old Republic™ franchise. Star Wars: The Old Republic, being developed and published by BioWare and LucasArts, …
Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) announced today that TRANSFORMERS Animated: The Game, developed under license from Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE: HAS), is now available in retail stores nationwide. Based on Hasbro and Cartoon Network’s animated television series, TRANSFORMERS Animated: The Game delivers an exciting action-adventure experience, allowing players to take control of their favorite AUTOBOT characters …
The fate of New York City lies in gamers’ hands starting today as Activision Publishing, Inc.’s (Nasdaq: ATVI) and Marvel’s (NYSE: MVL) all new Spider-Man: Web of Shadows™ ships to retail outlets nationwide. The enthralling action-adventure saga introduces players to a cataclysmic Big Apple clash against an invasion of alien symbiotes that threatens mankind itself. …
New Turn-Based Online Fantasy Card Game Now Available on Greenhouse & PennyArcade REDMOND, Wash. – October 21, 2008 -Three Donkeys (threedonkeys.com), an independent game developer and publisher, announced today the release of Spectromancer™ a new turn-based online fantasy card game, co-designed by Magic: The Gathering’s Richard Garfield and Alexey Stankevich, creator of Astral Tournament and …
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Emerging Artist Lineup Includes All Genres of Rock Including Underoath, Hollywood Undead, Opiate for the Masses, Lesley Roy, Between the Buried and Me and more! CAMBRIDGE, MA – October 22, 2008 – Harmonix, the world’s premier music video game development company, and MTV Games, a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B) announced details …
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A bright blue, spiky-haired, lightening-fast hedgehog has beaten not-so-Super Mario, cyber-babe Lara Croft and giant ape Donkey Kong to the title of the nation’s favourite video-game character. Over 500 UK gamers voted in the poll to mark the launch of London Games Festival, which is expected to attract over 100,000 computer games fans to the …
Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) conjures ghosts, ghouls and goblins for the gamer community in a variety of in-game events themed around Halloween. This October, EverQuest�, EverQuest� II, Star Wars Galaxies, Legends of Norrath™, Vanguard Saga of Heroes™, EverQuest� Online Adventures and The Matrix Online players can celebrate All Hallows Eve by participating in themed quests, …
KOEI unveils Dynasty Warriors Strikeforce, Monster Racers and Dynasty Warriors Gundam 2 in Europe for the first time with fully playable versions ready for action. Hertfordshire, UK- October 20, 2008 – The London MCM EXPO at the Excel centre in Docklands will be the first place outside of Japan to give gamers the chance to …
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The Games Media Awards 2008 host, Comedian Tom Stade, played to a full house at Camden’s Jongleurs Comedy Club, presenting ten awards for outstanding contribution and excellence in the specialist and mainstream media, relating to video games coverage. The event, which also featured top stand-ups, Ricky Grover and Terry Alderton, was attended by 200 of …
