This April, fans of Jurassic Park can experience what really happened to the Barbasol can of stolen dinosaur embryos lost during the first film. Developed through a publishing agreement with Universal Partnerships & Licensing, Telltale’s new game based on Jurassic Park will shed light on this mystery and much more. The world premiere trailer and a special pre-order offer are now online at the game’s official site: http://www.jurassicparkthegame.com. Customers who pre-order for PC and Mac can save $5 and get the game for just $29.99. The full purchase price will be $34.99 when the game series launches in April. An … Continue reading Jurassic Park Game Roaring Towards Retail →

2K Games announced today that acclaimed singer, songwriter and voice actor, Mike Patton, will reprise his role as The Darkness in The Darkness II, the sequel to the beloved 2007 video game release. The avant-garde rock artist, known as the front man of Faith No More, Mr. Bungle and Peeping Tom, lends his unique voice acting talents as The Darkness – a supernatural force of chaos and destruction. Additionally, 2K Games will be showcasing The Darkness II, for the first time to press during the Game Developers Conference 2011 in San Francisco from March 2 – 4. "The story behind … Continue reading Mike Patton Signed For The Darkness II →

Digital Development Management (DDM), the world’s leading business and talent agency for video games and digital entertainment, is expanding into Japan and opening a base of operations in that region. DDM, which already services clients via offices in the US and Sweden, is taking on new opportunities in Japan to service publishers and developers seeking relationships in North America and Europe. As part of the effort, DDM has brought on veteran video game executive, Ben Judd, as Lead Agent to head the initiative. The announcement was made jointly today by DDM’s Founder and Managing Partner, Jeff Hilbert and DDM President, … Continue reading DDM Opens Japan Talent Office →

Leading social games company, King.com, today announced that it will now be offering its popular games and tournament system on Facebook. By taking its games and tournament system to Facebook, King.com brings people across the globe together to play, compete and interact with friends, while collecting credits to be used for power-ups, conducting micro-transactions for virtual gifts and showing off their skills. "King.com has grown to one of the largest games sites. A main driver for our success is our own studio, which develops consistent, record breaking original games that top the best branded games on the market. On King.com, … Continue reading King.com Moving To Facebook →

Pole To Win America, one of the world’s largest game testing company group, has started offering mobile testing services for games and apps for the Android and iOS. The new mobile testing and localization services are now available in the company’s Sunnyvale studio and also in Japan. When it comes to quality control, developers often find delivering a game (or app) free of software bugs to be elusive. Testing requires a large number of professional testers. Localizing applications is also a challenge for companies without the funds to hire qualified linguists with native language skills. Pole To Win has a … Continue reading Pole To Win Offering Mobile Game Testing →

Fox News asked if Bulletstorm "was the worst game in the world" and TV psychologist, Carole Lieberman made unsupported claims that sexual scenes in games were in large part responsible for an increase in rape in the US. EA responded. In an official response to Game Informer, Tammy Schachter, VP of Public Relations for EA, said, "As you know, Bulletstorm is a work of entertainment fiction that takes place in the 26th century on the abandoned fictitious paradise planet Stygia, where our heroes fight mutants, monsters, flesh-eating plants and gigantic dinosaurs." Schachter continues, "Epic, People Can Fly and EA support … Continue reading Bulletstorm Trailer: Is this the Worst Game in the World? →

Sony seems to be on a mobile gaming roll with not one, not two, but three new handheld devices coming to market. The long-rumoured PlayStation Tablet appears to be fact and will join a line-up which includes the NGP, handheld and the Xperia Play, PlayStation phone. According to Engadget, the tablet, codenamed S1, will be fully PlayStation integrated. In English, that means the device will be PSone compatible and reports are, it could come loaded with up to 100 titles. It runs Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) and features a 9.4 inch screen. The design features a curved edge, which is supposed … Continue reading Sony PlayStation Tablet →

Alice: Madness Returns is the follow up to American McGee’s Alice and EA has released a new teaser trailer. It starts out as pretty whimsy, but soon ends in blood. Check it out here.

Paradox Interactive today officially announced Salem, a free-to-play Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) game based in the harsh world of colonial Salem. The game focuses on crafting and player colonies as players discover the new world in a sandbox like environment. The game is being developed by the team at Seatribe and is scheduled to go live in 2011 on the Paradox Connect platform. Salem has already garnered a lot of interest from the gaming community since it was previewed behind closed doors to members of the media in late January. Known for its controversial permanent death feature, an essential game … Continue reading Salem MMO Announced →

Captain Jack Sparrow and his band of pirates will bound into 3D action with LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game for the Nintendo 3DS hand-held system in May 2011. Published by Disney Interactive Studios and developed by TT Games, the Nintendo 3DS version will bring the LEGO Pirates world to life with vivid 3D in the palms of players’ hands. The game will include unique features such as "Pirate Duel," a chance encounter system, as well as high resolution graphics and support for Play Coins. "The Nintendo 3DS lets players experience a LEGO game like never before, and … Continue reading Pirates Of The Caribbean To Sail On 3DS →