UBI To Publish Political Machine
Ubisoft, one of the world’s leading videogame publishers, today announced that they have signed a deal with Stardock Entertainment to publish The Political Machine, a strategy game where players take on the role of campaign manager for a presidential candidate. Players must raise money, take out advertisements, win endorsements and appear on popular TV news […]
Sony Chair to Speak at IEMA
The IEMA (Interactive Entertainment Merchants Association), the trade organization representing the video and computer game industry’s category-leading retail companies, today announced that Yair Landau, the vice-chair of Sony Pictures Entertainment and President of Sony Pictures Digital, will deliver the keynote address at the 2004 IEMA Executive Summit – the association’s annual conference. "Many of the […]
Nvidia to Sponsor CPL Event
DreamCatcher Games and the Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL) today announced NVIDIA Corporation as the title sponsor for the $25,000 NVIDIA "Painkiller" 1-on-1 Deathmatch Tournament at the upcoming Cyberathlete Extreme World Championships in Dallas, Texas. Overwhelming demand prompted an increase in number of competitors, bringing the final number to 64 and 5 additional waiting list spots. […]
O~3 Sings New Talent
Fresh off a successful Electronic Entertainment Expo, O~3 Entertainment announced today that they have signed the following independent game developers: The Behemoth, Espaço Informática, SyberSoft, Virtual Toys and XPEC Entertainment to publish games on multiple platforms. "Our experience enabled us to hit the ground running, so it's no surprise that we're fairly far along in […]
Hitman Contracts Soundtrack Released
Jesper Kyd the electronic and symphonic composer of the Hitman series, today announced he has partnered with Nile Rodgers' Sumthing Else Musicworks record label and Sumthing Distribution to market and distribute the original soundtrack for Eidos' No.1 selling Hitman: Contracts. The album is released today at music retailers including Amazon, Best Buy, CDNow, HMV, Musicland, […]
VU Gets New General Counsel
Vivendi Universal Games (VU Games) today announced the appointment of Terri Durham as Executive Vice President and Global General Counsel effective immediately. Ms. Durham will oversee all aspects of VU Games’ legal affairs on a global basis reporting to CEO Bruce Hack. Most recently, she served as Vice President and Counsel for VU Games’ parent […]
Infinium Labs Hires New VP
Infinium Labs, Inc. (OTC BB: IFLB) has added Michael L. Whitaker as vice president of operations. Whitaker will oversee operation of the data center and consumer support call centers, distribution of hardware from factory to retail and internal corporate IT, leading up to the launch of the company’s flagship offering, the Phantom Gaming Service, the […]
Brave Dwarves: Back for Treasure Ships
GameOver-Games proudly announces the release of Brave Dwarves – Back for Treasures, the sequel to the critically acclaimed hit Brave Dwarves. In this superb adventure epic of good versus evil, you must rescue the subterranean world of dwarves from raging Evil and drive it back to its cave. As you go through underground passages, you […]
China Bans Hearts of Iron
China has banned a Swedish-made computer game for "distorting history and damaging China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity," the Ministry of Culture (MOC) for China said Friday. The PC game, "Hearts of Iron", was accused of distorting historical facts in describing the Fascist regimes of Japan, Germany and Italy during World War II. Moreover, "Manchuria", "West […]
Sumea Puts Survivor on Nokia Phones
Sumea Interactive today announced the launch of the Survivor mobile game, based on Castaway Television Productions’ international hit TV show Survivor. Castaway has granted Sumea exclusive rights to Survivor-branded mobile games throughout EMEA, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Sumea’s Survivor mobile game includes the all-embracing adventure aspects of the Survivor format, featuring exceptionally smooth gameplay […]