Its A Handheld Year

The Chinese calendar says it’s the year of the rooster, but Chella says 2005 will be the year of the handheld.

Cash Offered For High Scores

Twin Galaxies’ Board of Referees have announced the continuance of an annual tradition: to offer cash bounties as prizes to gamers who can break world records on specific games titles, ranging from today’s Halo2 and Doom3, back to titles on the NES, Atari 2600, Colecovision, Intellivison and much more. Walter Day, Chief Scorekeeper at Twin […]

Buena Vista Hires New Europe Execs

Buena Vista Games, Inc. (BVG), the interactive entertainment arm of The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS), today announced the hiring of three key executives for the company's European operation. Games industry veterans Ed Bainbridge, Sean Ratcliffe and Michael Jacob have been named Director of European Production, Director of European Marketing and Executive Producer, respectively. "Attracting […]

UBI Ships Tork: Prehistoric Punk

Ubisoft, one of the world's leading video game publishers, today announced that Tork: Prehistoric Punk has shipped in North America for the Microsoft Xbox. Play the role of Tork, a fearless, young cave boy who has seen his village destroyed and his father kidnapped. Travel through time using Tork's magical powers on an adventure in […]

Gamers Get Nokia Sponsorships

Major League Gaming (MLG), the official professional video game league for console game players, announced today two of its top players, Matthew "Zyos" Leto and Joe "Dyslexia" Renaud, are the recipients of one-year sponsorships from Nokia N-Gage. The move marks the first time a mobile phone manufacturer has entered into a relationship with professional video […]