The Golden 80′s
June 28, 2007
Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) today announced that Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s has gone gold and will be available on July 24 exclusively for the Playstation 2 computer entertainment system. The company also announced nine additional songs to be included in the latest installment of the critically acclaimed franchise. Read more
Blue Dragon Lands August 28
June 28, 2007
Microsoft Game Studios today announced that the highly anticipated role-playing game (RPG) “Blue Dragon” will ship to retailers throughout North America on August 28 for the estimated retail price of $59.99. Rated “T” for “Teen,” “Blue Dragon” will usher in the next generation of RPG exclusively on the Xbox 360, with a combination of realistic environments, anime-styled characters, unique battles and a deep, compelling storyline. Read more
XIDER Puzzles the DS
June 28, 2007
XIDER Games will be making its first venture into the Nintendo DS format with Luminator DS, a puzzle-strategy game with a modern soundtrack and updated Tetris-style play which will banish your Rubik’s Cube to the attic permanently. Read more
Midway Announces Exclusive Nintendo Titles
June 28, 2007
Midway Games Inc. (NYSE: MWY), a leading interactive entertainment publisher and developer, today announced that five new titles are in development exclusively for Nintendo systems. Ultimate Mortal Kombat, The Bee Game and a title based on Cartoon Network’s top-rated, kids animated series Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends are all in development exclusively for Nintendo DS. All of the titles are custom designed to take full advantage of the unique controls and interface of the Wii and Nintendo DS and are scheduled to be available in 2007. Read more
Carcassonne Comes to Life on XBLA
June 28, 2007
Carcassonne, an award-winning strategy board game from Hans im Glück, now has a video game version exclusively on Xbox LIVE Arcade for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system. Developed and published by Sierra Online, Carcassonne is set in a medieval countryside where players amass points by strategically placing tiles and claiming land, completing towns, roads and farms. Read more
Sega Supports Windows Live
June 28, 2007
SEGA of America, Inc. and SEGA Europe Ltd. has announced that Universe at War: Earth Assault for the PC and Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system will support Microsoft’s Games for Windows – Live system, making it the first third-party title to support Games for Windows – Live and enable PC vs. Xbox 360 cross-platform gaming. Read more
Baseball Gets BIGS
June 28, 2007
2K Sports, the sports publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: TTWO), announced today that The BIGS, 2K Sports innovative, action-packed MLBPA and MLB licensed video game, is now available in stores across North America for the Xbox 360 video game entertainment system from Microsoft, the PLAYSTATION3 and the PlayStation2 computer entertainment systems, the PSP (PlayStationPortable) system and Nintendo’s Wii. Read more
Mad Tracks Expands on Live
June 28, 2007
The Encore Expansion Pack doubles the challenges and extends the fun of Mad Tracks by offering nine additional nail-biting races and six action-packed mini games where players bolt down looped Victorian stairs, barrel across the skyline on rooftops, and speed over rickety wooden ramps in a German castle. Offering a great value, the Encore Expansion Pack is available for 350 Microsoft Points. Read more
DiRT Sales Revealed
June 28, 2007
With week one sales out the door, Codemasters is proud to announce that DiRT, the company’s critically acclaimed new racing title, has exceeded expectations across the board. If DiRT’s early review score of 9/10 from Official Xbox Magazine (U.S.) wasn’t any indication, Codemasters is now reporting that week one sales of the game have surpassed 500K copies globally, and the playable demos for the Xbox 360 video game entertainment system from Microsoft and the PC have been downloaded over 500K times worldwide. Read more
Developers Get WiiWare
June 27, 2007
At a private developers conference this week, Nintendo announced the introduction of WiiWare, a game-creation service that will allow developers large and small to create new downloadable video game content for sale by Nintendo through the Wii Shop Channel of the hot Wii home video game system. WiiWare paves the way for smaller, more creative games to make their way to the public at lower prices, without any inventory risk to developers. Read more