Category Archives: News and Industry Happenings

Dokuro Gets October Release Date

GungHo Online Entertainment America , a multiplatform publisher for the international gaming community, today confirmed that the company’s first title, Dokuro, will be released as a digital PlayStationVita system download on the PlayStationNetwork on October 16. A creative blend of quirky puzzle and platform gameplay, Dokuro is a unique action puzzle game that utilizes both front and back touch panels to allow players to transform back and forth between character forms to utilize various skills and abilities, as well as manipulate the environment around them. Players will take control of Dokuro, a stoic and diminutive skeleton who serves as a … Continue reading Dokuro Gets October Release Date

East Vs. West: A Hearts of Iron Game

Little known fact, the Cold War was so named because it was very, very cool, and East vs. West: A Hearts of Iron Game is shaping up to be the coolest Cold War game ever made. Players will be able to take control of ANY nation in those nerve-wracking decades in a strategy game with a host of tense features, from taking issues in front of the UN Security Council to nervously watching the game’s Doomsday clock. So prepare to rise to a new historical challenge in ‘East vs. West: A Hearts of Iron Game’, the new game from BL-Logic … Continue reading East Vs. West: A Hearts of Iron Game

Plague Comes To Android

Miniclip and Ndemic Creations, today announce that the acclaimed iOS game, Plague Inc, is now available on Android devices. Plague Inc., which has contaminated more than 1.4 million iOS devices, once again delivers high quality, strategic gameplay to players, asking Android users to design and master a lethal plague to bring an end to humankind. Ndemic Creations and Miniclip are passionate about adding new content to Plague Inc. with lots of updates and expansions planned. The mind-controlling Neurax Worm will be added to the game in the next few weeks thanks to Miniclip’s X-Port Genie technology and much more after … Continue reading Plague Comes To Android

Hearthfire Adds Domestic Bliss To Skyrim for PC

The Hearthfire DLC has been added to the PC version of Skyrim. The English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish versions can be downloaded from Steam for $4.99. With this official add-on to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, you can purchase land and build your own home from the ground up – from a simple one-room cottage to a sprawling compound complete with an armory, alchemy laboratory, stable, garden, and more. Use all-new tools like the drafting table and carpenter’s workbench to transform quarried stone, clay, and sawn logs into structures and furnishings. Even transform your house into a home by … Continue reading Hearthfire Adds Domestic Bliss To Skyrim for PC

Second Life Team Releases Patterns Game

Linden Lab, the makers of Second Life and other shared creative spaces, today announced the ‘genesis release’ of a new product called Patterns. Patterns is a new 3D digital universe to explore and shape with your creativity. Beginning on an archipelago floating in space, you explore and discover the shapes and patterns that form this world. As you collect materials of varying strength and durability, you can use them to build anything from large-scale structures that reach the sky to bridges that traverse chasms and much more – all while the pull of gravity challenges your construction techniques. Today, the … Continue reading Second Life Team Releases Patterns Game

XCOM: Enemy Unknown Launch Movie

Take command of XCOM headquarters, recruit and train your soldiers, and research alien technology to advance the capabilities of your squad. The battle against the enemy will be tough, and success will depend on your ability to keep your recruits alive and evolve them from rookies to more skilled and powerful soldiers. You are our last hope to save humanity from the global alien invasion. Good luck, Commander. ESRB Rated M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Strong Language, Violence. Visit www.esrb.org for rating information. http://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=kJLFNYhq1YM Publishers: 2K Games Developers: Firaxis Games Platforms: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

Technicolor Devotes Art Team To Rockstar

Technicolor (Euronext Paris: TCH) today announced that it has established a new high-end game art and animation team dedicated to working with Rockstar Games. The Rockstar Games dedicated unit leverages a segment of Technicolor’s highly experienced team of game artists, animators and state-of-the-art technology infrastructure at its Bangalore, India-based digital production studio. Technicolor India has already worked on several major Rockstar titles including Red Dead Redemption, L.A.Noire and Max Payne 3. ‘This partnership reinforces Technicolor’s strong commitment and strategy to growing its art and animation business for the video game industry and we are proud to work with cutting edge … Continue reading Technicolor Devotes Art Team To Rockstar

Dishonored Interactive Stalking Video

Dishonored casts you as a supernatural assassin driven by revenge. Creatively eliminate your targets with the flexible combat system as you combine supernatural abilities with weapons and gadgets at your disposal. Pursue your targets under the cover of darkness or ruthlessly attack them head on with weapons drawn. The outcome of each mission plays out based on the choices you make. http://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=dta5Ge-11_8 Publishers: Bethesda Softworks Platforms: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

Little King Launches On PlayStation Vita

Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., today announced that New Little King’s Story is now available for download for the new PlayStationVita handheld entertainment system. The classic RPG comes to the handheld system for the very first time, featuring enhanced PlayStationVita system graphics and features. In New Little King’s Story, players assume the role of King Corobo and experience his incredible journey to win back his kingdom from the Devil King, "The Nightmare." Gamers will be put to the royal test as they visit seven different kingdoms and battle against evil dark lords that have captured the royal princesses. As King, gamers … Continue reading Little King Launches On PlayStation Vita