Leave your packs and bring extra ammo, Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) and Treyarch, announced today that they will be taking Call of Duty players deep into the South Pacific and European theaters this fall for Call of Duty: World at Warâ„¢, a gritty fight that will pit players against enemies that know no surrender and show no mercy. Utilizing the Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare engine, Call of Duty: World at War throws out the rulebook of war to transform WWII combat through a new enemy, new tactics and an uncensored experience of the climatic battles that gripped a … Continue reading Call Of Duty Going Back To WWII →

The Dark Messiah is wreaking havoc on consoles again! Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) announced today that Command & ConquerTM 3: Kane's Wrath has shipped to retail outlets in North America and Europe for the Xbox 360TM video game and entertainment system. The standalone follow up to the award-winning, bestselling real-time strategy game of 20071, Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium WarsTM 2, Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath for the Xbox 360 contains all of the key features from the PC version while adding exclusive enhancements including the revolutionary CommandStick interface, the all-new Kane's Challenge mode and all of the … Continue reading C&C Dark Messiah Ships For Xbox 360 →

Wisconsin's new 25 percent tax credits for the film and television industry contains an innovative component not found in most state's incentives packages – incentives for the video gaming industry. Qualifying game developers can also take advantage of the 25 percent incentives. The incentive includes a 25 percent rebate on qualified production related expenditures plus a 15 percent credit for infrastructure development. With the increased activity in film production in the state the interest in developing infrastructure is growing rapidly with several projects underway. The Milwaukee market recently added both a motion capture system and a major recording studio (Tanner-Monagle) … Continue reading Wisconsin Wants Game Developers →

Children's educational media firm FableVision has unveiled a new book and short animated film to promote understanding and support for young people with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs). Developed in collaboration with the Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center (SARRC), the creative team included noted author and Holocaust survivor Gerda Weissmann Klein and FableVision's founder and best-selling children's book author/illustrator Peter H. Reynolds. Expanding FableVision's growing line of media-based character education products, the Wings of EPOH DVD and book collection tells the story of a young boy with an autism spectrum disorder who is helped by an unlikely friendship with a … Continue reading Autism DVD Released By FableVision →

Disney Interactive Studios announced today the November 2008 release of video games inspired by the upcoming, original feature animation film "Bolt" from Walt Disney Pictures. Bolt will be available for the Wii home game system, Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system, PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, Nintendo DSâ„¢ and Windows-based PC. The latest computer animated film from Walt Disney Animation Studios, "Bolt" tells the story of a canine TV star that is inadvertently shipped from Hollywood to New York City, where he begins a cross-country adventure home and makes the surprising discovery … Continue reading Disney Making Games To Support Bolt Movie →

Playrix Entertainment, developer of such hit games as The Rise of Atlantis and Around the World in 80 Days, announced the official release of its new title – Fishdom. The game was launched on several largest casual games portals and already caught the attention of many online and offline publishers. Fishdom is a unique mix of two very popular casual game genres: sim and puzzle. Players get a unique chance to build up their own dream aquarium and fill it with lovely sim fishies and eye-catching ornaments. To do that they need to progress through challenging boards and solve immersive … Continue reading Playrix Announces Fishdom →

Halifax-based game development and animation studio Huminah Huminah Studios has signed an exclusive five year representation deal with the top flight business management firm FOG Studios. Huminah Huminah Studios is no stranger to the world of game development having previously worked on a number of outsourced development projects for various customers. To date, Huminah's most prominent work has been in providing animated content for some of the world's leading broadcasters and production companies including FOX, MTV and Nickelodeon, amongst others. In response to increased demand for its game development services, Huminah Huminah has opted to create Huminah Huminah Interactive – … Continue reading Huminah Huminah Signs With Fog Studios →

AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the appointment of AMD Senior Vice President Gustavo Arenas to AMD chief sales officer, effective immediately. Reflecting AMD's commitment to re-architect its business for sustained profitability, Arenas' charter includes ensuring coordination and collaboration among the company's regional sales organizations and between those organizations and AMD's global customers. Arenas reports to the Office of the CEO. "In our increasingly global economy, this appointment reinforces our management team in a critical way that will help ensure long-term success," said AMD President and COO Dirk Meyer. "Gustavo brings experience, focus and enthusiasm that will allow him to help … Continue reading AMD Names Arenas Chief Sales Officer →

Ignition Entertainment, a UTV Enterprise and worldwide publisher and developer of videogames, announced today that they have partnered with developer Success to bring Tornado to North America, exclusively for Nintendo DS. Tornado lets players join forces with Toki and the other members of the Cosmic Cleaners as they set out to restore all of Earth's buildings, vehicles, inhabitants and other obscure objects that have been stolen by the envious Prince using his mischievous "Black Hole Device." Using a combination of stylus and microphone activated controls, players will travel across Planet 69 as they level up and max out their "Tornado … Continue reading Ignition And Success To Bring Tornado To US →

Turok, a Sci-Fi First Person Shooter (FPS) game for PC, is being released by Avanquest Software Publishing to retail today. The player takes on the role of Joseph Turok, a former black ops commando, now part of an elite Special Forces squad known as Whiskey Company. Stranded on a dark unforgiving planet, Turok must aim to complete two main objectives whilst using his elite military training to survive his threatening environment. He must take down war criminal Roland Kane who roams the planet with his army and find fellow survivors who were aboard his spaceship before it crash landed. Guide … Continue reading Turok Hits The PC →