Guns of Icarus Teamwork Beta Test Video
Muse Games’ first two weekends of the closed beta for Guns of Icarus Online (www.GunsOfIcarus.com) has come to an end and the support has been fantastic. Some of the staff members took videos of their games this past weekend and put together a fun example of what the game is like in its current state. […]
Battleship Game Deploys For Action
It’s time to engage in an epic battle at sea and on shore as Hasbro (Nasdaq: HAS) and Activision Publishing Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) announced that BATTLESHIP the video game is available today at retail outlets nationwide. The game takes a hybrid approach combining military strategy and fast-paced […]
Sleeping Dogs Combat Moves Movie
A deep array of combat moves and upgrades awaits Sleeping Dogs players who step into the shoes of undercover cop, Wei Shen. New bone-crunching kicks and devastating combos unlock as players earn face amongst their peers and respect from those who would challenge them. In Sleeping Dogs, the city itself doubles as an arsenal of […]
Akai Katana Shoots Toward Retail
Buckle up, flyers…it’s time for take-off! Rising Star Games, Inc. today announced that its action-packed shmup (shoot ’em up) arcade game Akai Katana has shipped to retailers nationwide. Released exclusively for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, Akai Katana places gamers in a parallel world resembling Japan’s Taisho period. "As our […]
GameSalad App Creator Heading To China
GameSalad Inc., which enables anyone to quickly develop and publish sophisticated iOS, Android and HTML5 games, is teaming up with Tencent, China’s leading Internet and mobile services company, to bring GameSalad’s popular game creation platform to China. GameSalad streamlines the process for bringing mobile games to market by eliminating the need to code and allowing […]
Portal 2 DLC Nets 1.3 Million Downloads
Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Half-Life and Counter-Strike) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced the early findings of the Portal 2 Perpetual Testing Initiative. Released just days ago, The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has already resulted in the creation and publishing of over 35,000 user-created maps, collectively consumed via […]
Dishonored Set For October Release
Bethesda Softworks, a ZeniMax Media company, today announced that Dishonored, the supernatural assassin action game under development at Arkane Studios, will be available in North America on October 9, 2012 and throughout Europe on October 12, 2012. Developed under the direction of co-creative directors Raphael Colantonio and Harvey Smith, Dishonored is slated for release on […]
Stronghold 3: Gold Coming Soon
Firefly Studios today announced that Stronghold 3: Gold Edition will be released on 25 May 2012 for PC and Mac. This new edition will bundle the latest version of Stronghold 3 with a new ‘Blackstaff’ single player campaign. Stronghold 3: Gold Edition will also unlock all 12 historical sieges, previously only available through special editions […]
Blizzard, Valve avoid Defense of the Ancients Lawsuits
Blizzard Entertainment and Valve today announced a mutual agreement regarding concerns over the names of upcoming products. In accordance with the agreement, Valve will continue to use Defense of the Ancients [DOTA] commercially, including DOTA 2, while Blizzard will preserve noncommercial use of DOTA for its community with regard to player-created maps for Warcraft III […]
Eve Online Sends Its Players, Almost, Into Space
On Wednesday May 9th, the Skyward Sphere program reached new heights when a replica of the iconic EVE capsule, containing the names of all Eve Online players, was sent to the stratosphere with a weather balloon rig of suspected Minmatar origin. On board the rig were also three high definition cameras which were still filming […]