Turbine, Inc. has launched the official 7-day free trial of The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar. Beginning today, fans in North America, Australia, and New Zealand can play the best online game for free by visiting http://trial.lotro.com. LOTRO has received critical acclaim from around the globe. Since its launch in April, LOTRO has quickly become the second largest MMORPG with an estimated 4 million characters calling Middle-earth their home. The game continues to grow with two massive updates that have increased the world by over 20%: – 10,000,000 square meters of new landscape to explore – Over … Continue reading LOTR Online Announces Free Play Week →

Today Ubisoft, one of the world's largest video game publishers, announced an agreement with Cranium, Inc., five-time Toy Industry Association T.O.T.Y. Game of the Year winner, to create a Cranium video game for the Wii(TM) home video game system from Nintendo. Designed specifically for Wii by Ubisoft's development studios, Cranium Kabookii will be one of the richest Wii gaming experiences to date, bringing friends and family together through an interactive family party experience with something for everyone. Cranium Kabookii debuts worldwide December 2007. "Cranium sets itself apart by creating award-winning games that celebrate natural talents connecting people through laughter and … Continue reading UbiSoft Working On Cranium for Wii →

SEGA of America, Inc. and SEGA of Europe Ltd. today announced Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity, a fast-paced new Sonic racing game for the Wii home video game system from Nintendo and the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system. The game, created by Sonic team, hits stores in February 2008 and takes Sonic into never-before seen worlds with edge-of-your-seat racing intensity and all-new gravity controlling moves. In Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity, Sonic takes on to futuristic-inspired tracks and travels as far as outer space to push the limits of speed even further. Two new unique gravity control moves will allow players to … Continue reading Sega Announces New Sonic For PS2, Wii →

2K Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), today announced that it will publish Mafia 2, a sequel to the original Mafia title that sold more than two million copies worldwide and helped popularize the gangster genre. Featuring a deep mobster-driven narrative packed with both behind-the-wheel and on-foot action, Mafia 2 is the sequel fans have been clamoring for. The game is being developed by Illusion Softworks, developers of the original Mafia title, for next generation consoles and Games for Windows. Like the original Mafia title, Mafia 2 immerses players in the mob underworld of a … Continue reading 2K Announces Mafia 2 →

2K Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), announced today that BioShock is now available in North America for Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Games for Windows, and will be available in Europe beginning August 24. Developed by 2K Boston and 2K Australia, BioShock is a "genetically enhanced" first-person shooter that lets players do things never before possible in the genre. Gamers enter the game as a castaway in Rapture, an underwater utopia torn apart by civil war. Caught between powerful forces and hunted down by genetically modified "splicers" and deadly … Continue reading BioShock Ships →

Wild Hare Entertainment has today announced Instinct PC is shipping to stores. The wait is over; Instinct will be available beginning the week of August 20, 2007, for the suggested retail price of $39.99. Instinct is an action packed first person shooter (FPS) that features High Dynamic Range (HDR) imaging, physics with incredible realism and dynamic lighting and shadows. Instinct is unlike most standard FPS and features a rich, intricate storyline that draws the player into a world where nothing is as it seems and former comrades are now enemies. Shawn Russ, Director of Operations states, "Instinct is intensely addictive … Continue reading Instinct Ships For PC →

Epic Games today announced that it has acquired a majority interest in Warsaw, Poland-based game developer People Can Fly. People Can Fly ("PCF") is best known for creating the hit PC game, Painkiller, but most recently has been collaborating with Epic on the PC version of Gears of War. In addition the two companies are collaborating on a new intellectual property which Epic will be previewing privately to publishers at Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany this week. The relationship began last year when People Can Fly was evaluating Unreal Engine 3 to use for a new multi-platform game project. "PCF … Continue reading Epic Buys People Can Fly →

Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR), one of the world's most recognized brands and a third-party video game publisher, today announced that it will distribute five new titles with 1C including You Are Empty, Death to Spies, Dawn of Magic and Fantasy Wars for Windows PC and Swashbucklers for Windows PC and PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system in the U.S. this fall. "1C has long been known for innovative gameplay and storylines," said Robert Stevenson, Vice President of Business Development, Atari, Inc. "We're thrilled to kick-off our 1C relationship with such compelling and original titles." You Are Empty is an intense FPS … Continue reading Atari Distributing Five Titles Through 1C →

2K Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), announced today the upcoming release of an exclusive EP remixed by Moby and Oscar The Punk for its highly anticipated BioShock video game. The CD will be bundled with the GameStop and EB Canada exclusive Limited Edition version of BioShock when the title launches on August 21st for Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Games for Windows. The CD is also available as a pre-sale gift-with-purchase from video game retailer, Game Crazy. The three remixed tracks on the CD include Beyond the Sea, God … Continue reading 2K To Release BioShock EP →

Evolution Vault announces the release of Galactic Dream: Rage of War. The Full version game features two powerful races that will battle across the galaxy in a epic journey through the stars. For hundred of years we have searched for the answer to an eternal question: "Are we alone?" A terrible menace from the galactic core that could lead to the extinction of all humanity, a mysterious destination, an alien king that will stop at nothing to get what he wants and who keeps a close track on humans, no matter where they go. Two races will battle across the … Continue reading Galactic Dream: Rage of War Released →