The latest figures from NPD show that UK gamers buy more games than their US and European counterparts. The report shows that the UK rates highest for physical and digital games sales. In Germany, sales are split equally between physical and digital, while French gamers favour boxed games. When it comes to gaming devices, the UK has the highest number of console owners, while iPhones and other app devices dominate in the US. Germany has the highest population of PC gamers and French gamers prefer handheld gaming devices. In Europe traditional handhelds and app devices hold equal share, but in … Continue reading UK Top for Digital and Physical Game Purchases→
The Skyrim Creation Kit is now available. Along with the Creation Kit, Bethesda also released the Skyrim High-Resolution Texture Pack as a free download. Both the Creation Kit and High-Resolution Texture Pack are available free via Steam. With the Creation Kit’s release, fans can now upload, download, and install custom content through the Skyrim Workshop on Steam making sharing mods easier than ever before. You can access the Skyrim Workshop via mods.elderscrolls.com. Experience The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim as you’ve never seen it before with the Skyrim High-Resolution Texture Pack. Make sure your system requirements exceed Skyrim’s recommended specs before … Continue reading Skyrim Gets Free High-Resolution Texture Pack→
Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. today announced that the NeverDead Expansion Pack Volume 1 will be available for download on February 21, 2012. Fans will be able to expand their online experience with a new playable character, three new challenges within the expanded Asylum level and two new online costumes for the main character, Bryce Boltzmann. In NeverDead, players become the immortal Bryce Boltzmann, a tragic hero who has endured a suffering existence due to the murder of his wife at the hands of Astaroth, the Demon King. Moving through life without aspirations other than where he will find his next … Continue reading NeverDead To Release First DLC→
A new trailer for Skullgirls, the upcoming downloadable 2D fighting game from Autumn Games, is available today. Offering a sneak peak at the Story Mode, the trailer provides a glimpse of the seven announced playable characters and elements of how they fit into the game’s backstory. The world of Skullgirls is vast and full of colorful personas, well beyond the eight playable female warriors that will be available at launch. Additional friends and foes will show up throughout the playable characters’ stories, which are told with a series of short vignettes, showcasing more than 200 pieces of unique art and … Continue reading Skullgirls Gameplay Video→
Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., in partnership with Gracie Films and Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products, today announced that The Simpsons Arcade Game is now available for Xbox LIVE Arcade for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. The game will also be available on the PlayStationNetwork for the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system beginning February 7th. The game’s release kicks off the celebration of The Simpson’s landmark 500th episode, which airs Sunday, February 19 at 8pm ET/PT on FOX. "KONAMI is dedicated to reviving retro titles that gamers have grown to love, and it doesn’t get any … Continue reading The Simpsons Arcade Game Comes To Consoles→
Matrix Games (www.matrixgames.com), Slitherine (www.slitherine.com), and 2by3 Games (www.2by3games.com) are thrilled to announce Gary Grigsby’s War in the East: Don to the Danube, an expansion to the grand strategy masterpiece War in the East! Now gamers can enjoy this award winning wargame engine across many new scenarios and battles! Grigsby’s War in the East: Don to the Danube will be released later this month and will be available for $14.99 Download / $24.99 Physical through the Matrix Games online store. The critically and fan acclaimed Eastern Front mega-game Gary Grigsby’s War in the East just got bigger and better with … Continue reading War In The East Heats Up→
MEDL Mobile, Inc. (OTCBB:MEDL), a leader in mobile apps development, announced today that Rampage Jackson, UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) star and film actor (The A-Team), has signed a three-app deal to develop mobile games. Jackson, an active gaming enthusiast, has been appointed to the role of Creative Game Development Executive at MEDL and will work closely with its team of creative executives and programmers to develop three games based on his ideas. The first app is slated for launch in Spring 2012. The three-app deal signifies a continuing trend of celebrities who are marketing their own mobile apps to connect … Continue reading Rampage Jackson To Star In Three Mobile Games→
Today NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc. has released TANK BATTALION BLITZ, an iPhone, iPad and iPod touch action game where players create a deck of tanks and try to wipe out the enemy army, all the while defending their own headquarters. With a total of 130 stages, more than 150 tanks, several game modes and local & online multiplayer through Game Center, TANK BATTALION BLITZ packs tons of content into an affordable $2.99 package available now on the App Store. TANK BATTALION BLITZ includes TANK BATTALION mode, in which players face a string of dangerous missions, and TEAM BATTLE mode, where … Continue reading Tank Battalion Blitzes iOS→
Bethesda Softworks, a ZeniMax Media company, in partnership with Aspyr Media, Inc., today announced that RAGE: Campaign Edition is now available for the Mac worldwide. This action-packed new shooter from id Software has been published for the Mac by Aspyr, the leader in Mac games publishing. The game can be digitally downloaded in English, French or German now via Apple’s Mac App Store, Aspyr’s own digital store GameAgent.com, and through other supporting Mac digital retailers. In RAGE: Campaign Edition you will take on bandit gangs and hordes of mutants with an arsenal of exotic weapons and special items, such as … Continue reading RAGE: Campaign Edition Ships→
DeNA Co., Ltd. today announced the company has established DeNA Studios Canada Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary in Vancouver, in an effort to optimize DeNA Group’s cross-border capability in developing and operating first-party mobile social games. The new office opens its doors later this month. DeNA Studios Canada will be headed by Gameview’s current CEO Irfan Virk and primarily support Gameview Studios, LLC, a DeNA subsidiary located in Mountain View, California. DeNA Studios Canada’s long-term plan will also include design, development and operation support for other DeNA Group companies. DeNA will raise 600,000 Canadian dollars, or approximately 602,000 U.S. dollars, for … Continue reading Japan’s DeNA Opens DeNA Studios Canada→
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