Hotspot Makes Presidential Race Game
Hotpot Software today announced the release of President Forever, the latest version of a highly acclaimed presidential election game/simulator for Windows 98/Me/2000/XP, available immediately for $12 (USD). With its in-depth and realistic play experience, President Forever lets you master political intrigue and election struggle while taking your candidate all the way to the White House. […]
Postal Goes Linux
POSTAL 2: Share The Pain will be released for Linux through the Linux Game Publishing retail channel in May 2004. "My development guys wanted to finish animating Quentin Tarantino’s sequel to The Passion first," said former alter boy and RWS CEO Vince Desi, "but when I told `em this project was for the Linux community, […]
LucasArts Gets New President
Jim Ward has been named president of LucasArts, the video game entertainment division of Lucasfilm Ltd., it was announced today by Lucasfilm Chief Operating Officer Micheline Chau. In addition to his new role at LucasArts, Ward will retain his duties as the head of marketing and distribution for Lucasfilm. "Last year, we unified our four […]
True Crime PC Goes Gold
Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) announced today True Crime(tm): Streets of L.A.(tm) for the PC has gone gold and will soon be shipping to retail. The new version takes the driving, fighting and shooting action to a new level with sleek new PC graphics, new weapons, unlockable characters, and all-new multiplayer features. Building on a slammin’ […]
Shrek 2 Ships
Consumers can experience the humor, magic and fun of DreamWorks' highly anticipated "Shrek 2" feature film with the release of the Shrek 2 video game from Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI). Gamers can now immerse themselves in the epic adventure by playing as the film's main characters Shrek, Donkey, Princess Fiona and Puss-in-Boots, as well as […]
O~3 Entertainment Founded
Today game industry veteran Bill Gardner revealed the formation of his new publishing and distribution company, O~3 Entertainment. The company intends to bring high caliber independently developed games to a variety of gaming platforms, including PC, Playstation 2, Xbox, GameCube and WiFi/mobile through a unique game publishing model. O~3 Entertainment will seek out titles from […]
Everquest II Beta Begins In June
Sony Online Entertainment Inc., a worldwide leader in massively multiplayer online gaming, today announced that Beta sign-ups for EverQuest II will begin in May and the Beta testing program itself will begin in June. EverQuest II will be available at retail in North America after the Beta program is complete later in the year. "We’ve […]
Mary-Kate And Ashley Olsen Sue Acclaim
Lawyers for Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen have filed a suit in Los Angeles for breach of contract and lost royalty fees against Acclaim Entertainment. Acclaim had agreed to develop and publish a line of games based on the adventures of the Olsen twins. However, with sales of the game lagging behind their other projects, like […]
Bungie Founder Makes New Company
Wideload Games, Inc. (www.wideload.com), unveiled itself to the world today as a new development studio dedicated to making hit video and computer games by injecting a unique blend of their visionary development model, creative gameplay and oddball humor into the computer and video games industry. Wideload was started by Alexander Seropian, industry veteran and founder […]
Konami Working On Dance Revolution 2
Konami Digital Entertainment – America, a division of Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., today announced that Karaoke Revolution Volume 2, the follow-up to last year’s critically-acclaimed music game, will hit the stage this July for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system. Building on the success of Karaoke Revolution’s groundbreaking and innovative karaoke video game experience, this […]