ZeniMax (Bethesda) Buys MachineGames Studio
ZeniMax Media Inc., parent company of noted game publisher Bethesda Softworks, today announced it has acquired a European development studio, MachineGames, based in Uppsala, Sweden. Established in 2009 by the founding members of Starbreeze Studios, the creative team behind the award-winning title, The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher’s Bay (Metacritic score: 90) and the […]
Call of Duty: Black Ops Sets Opening Record
Shattering its own day-one sales record, Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) announced that Treyarch’s highly-anticipated Call of Duty: Black Ops has become the biggest entertainment launch ever with an estimated sell-through of approximately $360 million in North America and the United Kingdom alone in the first 24 hours of its release, as compared to last […]
Shogun 2: Total War Announced
SEGA of America, Inc. is pleased to announce the release date for Shogun 2: Total War. The next installment in The Creative Assembly’s award-winning PC strategy series will hit retail shelves globally on March 15, 2011. Shogun 2: Total War will feature enhanced full 3D battles via land and sea, which made a name for […]
GameForAGame Trading Site Goes Live
GameForAGame.com, the new game trading website that allows for straight trades with other gamers, is now live. Providing free lifetime membership those who sign up now, GameForAGame.com offers gamers a venue to trade games with one another without worrying about monetary value, trade in points or game depreciation. Gamers simply sign up, list the games […]
Majesty 2: Kingmaker Expansion Ships
You overcame the minions of villainy in Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim! You kicked the butt of Lord Blackviper and his army of evil goblins in the first expansion Majesty 2: Kingmaker! Now, the ultimate challenge awaits (well, until the next expansion anyway) as Majesty 2: Battles of Ardania has released today, alongside a […]
Could Games Be Regulated?
The Supreme Court could finally declare that video games are an art form worthy of protection, or set us on a path that could kill our beloved industry.