Category Archives: News and Industry Happenings

Dragon’s Dogma To Get Demo

A playable demo of Capcom’s forthcoming open world action-RPG, Dragon’s Dogma, will be available to download globally via Xbox LIVE Marketplace and the North American PlayStation Store from Tuesday, April 24 and on the European PlayStation Store the following day, Wednesday April 25. With your party of three Pawns, the demo allows you to experience the different styles of two of the game’s character classes in two challenging encounters. A melee specialist skilled in both attacks and counterattacks, as the Fighter you will make your way through underground tunnels and chambers before taking on the deadly Chimerain a Prologue quest, … Continue reading Dragon’s Dogma To Get Demo

Rival The Skywalker Family With Star Wars Online Update

Create a family legacy that can rival the Skywalkers! BioWare, a Label of Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) and LucasArts today released Game Update 1.2: Legacy, the highly anticipated content update for Star Wars: The Old Republic. This massive update delivers an incredible amount of new high level gameplay content for players and also includes the evolution of the Legacy System, a feature that ties all of your characters together into one family, regardless of class or faction, and allows them to unlock custom new abilities. Game Update 1.2 will also include some of the communities’ most sought-after game enhancements including … Continue reading Rival The Skywalker Family With Star Wars Online Update

Hunger Games Game Gets New Chapter

Funtactix, a worldwide developer and publisher of social games based on the world’s premier entertainment brands, today announced in partnership with Lionsgate that the latest chapter in The Hunger Games Adventures has launched. Fans can now journey to the Capitol, taking players outside of District 12 as the universe of the game expands in the first step toward unveiling the rest of Panem. Mirroring the success seen at the box office, fans have been flocking to The Hunger Games Adventures in droves since the game opened to the public two weeks ago. Fans have been eagerly devouring the new story … Continue reading Hunger Games Game Gets New Chapter

Sam And Max Hit The iPad

Episode 4: Chariots of the Dogs is now available for iOS from Telltale Games! Based on the best-selling addle-brained musings of noted aliens-made-all-our-stuff theorist Erich von Dannyohday, ‘Chariots of the Dogs’ will have Sam & Max tracking down Bosco when he disappears from the face of the Earth. What they find along the way is so mind-boggling, you’ll have to see it to believe it! Take the Freelance Police with you on the go when Sam & Max are hired by Flint Paper to find the missing owner of Bosco’s Inconvenience. A universal app for both iPhone and iPad, the … Continue reading Sam And Max Hit The iPad

Stellar Impact Lands

The intergalactic battle lines have been drawn and the time for action is now as North American publisher Meridian4, together with developers Headup Games and Tindalos Interactive, today announced the arrival of their online tactical strategy game, Stellar Impact. Now available on Steam and other top distribution channels, Stellar Impact puts players in the Commander’s chair, devising strategies and dictating the orders that will lead their space armada to victory. "In addition to building a strong community for the game, our beta program for Stellar Impact has enabled the development team to fine tune in-game features, implement enhancements and line … Continue reading Stellar Impact Lands

Men of War: Condemned Heroes On The March

Leading Eastern and Central European publisher 1C Company is excited to announce that Men of War: Condemned Heroes is available in all major digital stores. Men of War: Condemned Heroes tells the story of one of the infamous Soviet penal battalions during the WWII. These battalions are famous for being formed under Stalin’s "No step back!" order #227. They consisted of court-martialed officers that were given a chance to redeem their crimes, or incompetence, in blood by serving as the lowest enlisted rank in a battalion that was assigned the most dangerous tasks. These battalions’ images are surrounded by many … Continue reading Men of War: Condemned Heroes On The March

Anime One Piece: Pirate Warriors Game Developing

Leading video game publisher and developer NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. today announced ONE PIECE: PIRATE WARRIORS exclusively available as a digital title on the PlayStationNetwork for the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system. ONE PIECE: PIRATE WARRIORS is developed by Omega Force / TECMO KOEI GAMES CO., LTD., and brings together the world’s most popular manga franchise with non-stop action of the DYNASTY WARRIORS franchise to create a ONE PIECE perfect storm. ONE PIECE: PIRATE WARRIORS will be available in North America in 2012. The first nautical outing for the ONE PIECE series on the PlayStation 3 system, ONE PIECE: … Continue reading Anime One Piece: Pirate Warriors Game Developing

Hitman: Absolution Professional Edition Announced

Square Enix, Inc., the publisher of SQUARE ENIX interactive entertainment products in the Americas, today announced the HITMAN: ABSOLUTION PROFESSIONAL EDITION is now available for pre-order. The professional edition includes a premium hardcover art book with a foreword from Game Director Tore Blystad, and an exclusive behind-the-scenes "making of" video. All packaged up in a clamshell box that looks as sharp as Agent 47 in his suit, the Professional Edition is the ultimate way to experience the living, breathing world of HITMAN: ABSOLUTION. The Professional Edition also includes advanced access to a range of in-game Agency weapons, giving the original … Continue reading Hitman: Absolution Professional Edition Announced

Star Conflict MMO Looking For Testers

On the eve of World Cosmonautics Day Gaijin Entertainment is especially glad to announce the launch of the closed beta test for Star Conflict, an upcoming game developed by Star Gem, Inc that created one more present for players – it’s hidden in the game. First warriors of the intergalactic battle gained an access to dozens of combat spaceships and hundreds of modules for their upgrade – the variety of available items and equipment will continuously increase to provide players with new surprising technologies, inventions, and skills. Even though the project is still in development, the combat, character, and equipment … Continue reading Star Conflict MMO Looking For Testers

Naval War: Arctic Circle Launch Movie

After months of anxious waiting in the cold of the North Atlantic, two great fleets now sit ready to answer your every command. An energy-starved world takes advantage of the melting ice caps and races to claim the bounty of the sea. Paradox Interactive and Turbo Tape Games are proud to announce that Naval War: Arctic Circle has been released! Paradox Interactive and Turbo Tape Games give you the opportunity to decide the fate of the world in two scenario-driven campaigns – play as either the NATO forces pulled together to combat a rising threat or as the Russian Navy, … Continue reading Naval War: Arctic Circle Launch Movie