Dragon's Lair 3 Ships Today
Digital Leisure will ship "Dragon’s Lair 3," the epic all-new adventure of Dirk the Daring, this month in DDVD and CD-ROM formats. The game includes improved graphics, utilizing Toon Shading technology, as well as new characters, challenging levels and three never-before-played bonus scenes. Dirk the Daring, the brave yet bumbling knight, is ready to venture […]
NCSoft Announces Promotions
NCsoft Corporation, the world's leading developer and publisher of online computer games announces two promotions within its North American business team. Jeremy Gaffney has been named vice president of product development and Dorothy Ferguson has moved into the role of vice president of sales for NCsoft North America. Gaffney was heading up the company's third […]
Merscom Partners With 10tacle
Merscom LLC today announced a publishing and distribution agreement with 10tacle Studios for the developer's racing game "Michael Schumacher's Kart Challenge 2005". This ultimate 3D kart racing simulation for PC, endorsed by Michael "Schumi" Schumacher, winner of seven Formula 1 titles, lets you go head-to-head and bumper-to-bumper against "the world's fastest driver". For a total […]
Vampire: Bloodlines Ships Nov. 16
The bloodletting begins on November 16, 2004 with the shipping of Activision, Inc.'s (Nasdaq: ATVI) Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines for the PC. An all-new RPG adventure, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines is filled with rich character development, an intriguing storyline set in White Wolf's World of Darkness, and mind-blowing graphics powered by Sourceâ„¢ – […]
Day One Halo 2 Sales Top $125 Million
Halo 2 broke entertainment retail records in its first 24 hours on store shelves. Microsoft Game Studios today announced that the highly-anticipated game sold through 2.4 million units in the U.S. and Canada, driving cash register receipts to the $125 million mark. "EB Games had a record-breaking day as gamers across the country lined up […]
Fluent Gets Crusty Demons License
Fluent Entertainment, an international publisher, developer and distributor of entertainment software, announced today that it has acquired the Crusty Demons license from Fleshwound Films, LLC for use in the creation of console video games. A Crusty Demons freestyle motocross game will be based on the popular ‘Crusty Demons of Dirt' videos, which is the largest-selling […]
EverQuest II Ships
Sony Online Entertainment Inc. (SOE), a worldwide leader in massively multiplayer online (MMO) gaming, today announced that EverQuest II has shipped to North American retail stores. EverQuest II is the highly-anticipated follow-up to Sony Online Entertainment's EverQuest, the most successful and longest-running 3D MMO role-playing game in North America. More than 100,000 people have already […]
England Awards Golden Joysticks
Future Publishing has revealed the results of the Golden Joystick Awards 2004 at a lavish ceremony held today at the Park Lane Hotel. The industry gathered to see Little Britain star Matt Lucas reveal the verdict of a record-breaking 200,000-plus consumers, who’d been voting for their favourite games and hardware released between November 14th 2003 […]
GTA: San Andreas Takes England Sales Crown
ELSPA has announced today that GTA: San Andreas has become the fastest selling video game of all time, smashing all previous records and selling a staggering one million units in the UK after a mere nine days on sale, according to official ELSPA figures, sourced from Chart-Track. Roger Bennett, director general of ELPSA, said: "This […]
The Urbz Are Out
Electronic Arts (Nasdaq: ERTS) today announced that The Urbz: Sims in the City has shipped to retail outlets worldwide under the EA GAMES brand. Following the record-setting launch of The Sims 2, the development team at the celebrated Maxis studio today launched The Urbz: Sims in the City, the newest entry into the award-winning franchise […]