Vivendi Sells Off Knowledge Adventure
Vivendi Universal Games (VU Games) today announced the sale of its Knowledge Adventure educational software business, including its titles JumpStart, Mathblaster and others, to Knowledge Holdings, Inc., a company formed by Azure Capital Partners and Telesoft Partners, two Bay Area venture capital firms. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. VU Games will continue […]
Blizzard Wins Anti-Piracy Server Case
A federal district court in St. Louis, Missouri has found that members of the BnetD project violated Blizzard Entertainment's End User License Agreements (EULAs) and Battle.net Terms of Use (TOU), as well as the provision of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) that prohibits the circumvention of anti-piracy technology and trafficking in such technology. "We […]
FIFA Street Gets Release Date
Electronic Arts (Nasdaq: ERTS) announced today that FIFA STREET is scheduled for release next year under the EA SPORTS BIG brand. The game is being produced by Electronic Arts Canada, the studio which also is home to the industry-leading FIFA Soccer videogame franchise. FIFA STREET is a highly-anticipated combination of arcade action blended with the […]
Wanted: Wild West Adventure Ships
The Adventure Company today announced that WANTED: A Wild Western Adventure for Windows is now available at retailers across North America. "With the recent cancellations of Sam & Max 2 and Full Throttle 2, we thought it important to give adventure gamers what they want and what we think is noticeably missing from genre – […]
Army Heading To Serious Games Summit
The U.S. Army announced today that as a result of the growing interest in America’s Army as a training and homeland defense platform within government, America’s Army game team leaders will play a prominent role in the upcoming Serious Games Summit. The conference will address the use of interactive gaming technology in non-entertainment sectors. The […]
Ministry To Headline Bloodlines Soundtrack
Legendary industrial/metal music guru Al Jorgensen of Ministry creates the headlining soundtrack to Activision’s highly anticipated PC game Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines(tm). Inspired by the dark, menacing undertones of the game, Ministry’s track, "Bloodlines," is one of several popular songs that can be heard in the game, which takes fans into the sinister vampire […]
Caucus Forms To Support Game Writers
A New Media Writers Caucus has been formed by the Writers Guild of America, west to address the professional needs of writers working in this area of entertainment. "There are now three major categories of screen-based entertainment: TV, movies, and games," said WGAw secretary-treasurer Patric Verrone. "We feel that new media writers and writer-designers deserve […]
Soccer Cover Athletes Announced
Electronic Arts (Nasdaq: ERTS) announced today that soccer stars Andriy Shevchenko, Fernando Morientes, and Oswaldo Sanchez will serve as the North American spokesmen for FIFA Soccer 2005, scheduled for release this fall under the EA SPORTSâ„¢ brand. The FIFA Soccer franchise, celebrating its 11th season this year, introduces Sanchez and the entire 18-team Mexican League […]
Mortal Kombat Ships
Midway Games Inc. (NYSE: MWY), a leading software industry publisher and developer, announced today that Mortal Kombat: Deception, the latest entry in the company's best-selling Mortal Kombat franchise, has shipped for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system and the Xbox video game system from Microsoft. The game will be backed by the most extensive marketing […]
Tony Hawk's Underground 2 Ships
Available in retail outlets worldwide beginning this week, Activision Inc.'s (Nasdaq: ATVI) Tony Hawk's Underground 2 catapults players into an all-out skating blitzkrieg led by skateboarding legend Tony Hawk and Bam Margera, the star of MTV's "Jackass" and "Viva La Bam." The game delivers a hilarious new story mode and a classic mode that features […]