Category Archives: News and Industry Happenings

Study Plots Digital Game Market To $53 Billion

The global digital games market will more than double over the next five years to be worth $53 billion in 2016, according to Ovum. In a new forecast, the independent telecoms analyst predicts that revenues will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 17 per cent from $24 billion at the end of 2011. Digital games include those that are played online (on PCs or game consoles) or on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Ovum analyst Mark Little said that the explosive growth of casual games – simple games, such as Angry Birds, with mass-market appeal … Continue reading Study Plots Digital Game Market To $53 Billion

Vancouver Film School Holding Game Expo

Vancouver Film School (VFS), Canada’s premier entertainment arts institution and one of the most distinguished worldwide, announced today that the sixth annual Game Design Expo will be taking place on January 21-22, 2012. Game Design Expo is a unique weekend of presentations and networking, beginning with Industry Speaker Day on Saturday, January 21. This year, seven presenters in total from Canada and the U.S. will take the podium, including keynote speaker Bruce Nesmith, Director of Design at Bethesda Softworks and one of the minds behind the multi-award-winning Fallout 3 and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and Emmanuel Lusinchi, Associate Lead … Continue reading Vancouver Film School Holding Game Expo

Pac-Man Party 3D Ships

Leading video game publisher and developer NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. announced today that PAC-MAN Party 3D is now available throughout North America for the Nintendo 3DS system. Set across multiple themed parties, PAC-MAN and his friends star in an adventure packed with dozens of mini-games, challenges and surprises. With something for the entire family, PAC-MAN Party 3D provides exciting and fun challenges for up to four players across unique virtual game boards. PAC-MAN Party 3D continues PAC-MAN’s pop culture legacy by offering a game that captures the spirit of the franchise and the hearts of its players. Featuring more … Continue reading Pac-Man Party 3D Ships

World of Football Looking For Alpha Testers

Big Bite Games are proud to announce the Alpha launch of World of Football: a 3D Synchronous Multiplayer Football Game on Facebook. World of Football is an arcade style football game that enables you to play real time football matches with up to 19 other players at the same time. The game is Free to Play and is launching an invite-only Alpha version on Facebook in November, followed by a Closed Beta, before launching in Open Beta in early 2012. Be the first to try the game, by signing up at http://apps.facebook.com/worldoffootballgame The first wave of invites will be sent … Continue reading World of Football Looking For Alpha Testers

The Kore Gang Ships For Wii

Atari, one of the world’s most recognized publishers and producers of interactive entertainment today announced that The Kore Gang is now available exclusively for the Wii™ system at retailers nationwide. Developed by Pixonauts, The Kore Gang is an action platformer which brings to life the exploits of three intrepid adventurers: Pixie, an acrobatic thrill-seeker who craves excitement; the not-so-agile, MadBoy, who has a big heart and even bigger fists; and, their pal Rex, a tiny yet fast chihuahua with a very big bark. The Kore Gang finds our heroes in Manhattan when the city is attacked by the evil subterranean … Continue reading The Kore Gang Ships For Wii

Orcs Must Die DLC Ships

Robot Entertainment has announced the release of Lost Adventures, the second DLC pack for their critically acclaimed action strategy game Orcs Must Die! For a limited time, you can return to the dead world beyond the rifts for 20% off! Download the "Lost Adventures" DLC Pack here: http://store.steampowered.com/app/102623 Conquer a new series of five challenging fortresses. In Lost Adventures you’ll travel from the depths of the Pit to the narrow passages high over the Great Gorge. The Lost Adventures are five of the most deadly rift assaults the War Mage has ever faced. Developers: Robot Entertainment, Runic Games Platforms: Mac, … Continue reading Orcs Must Die DLC Ships

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Deploys Worldwide

After a year of anticipation, after the breakout success of the first-ever Call of Duty XP live fan event, and after pre-order numbers that toppled even those of 2010’s mega-seller Call of Duty: Black Ops, the ultimate shot has at last been fired. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is now available at retail worldwide. Also launching today alongside MW3, is the revolutionary new social gaming network Call of Duty Elite, conceived expressly to help Call of Duty’s 30 million devoted fans Play Together Better. Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 kicked off its worldwide invasion at midnight as … Continue reading Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Deploys Worldwide

Neowiz Games Picks Xaitment For AI

Xaitment, the creators of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) software for video game and simulation developers, today announced that one of the largest and most successful game developers and publishers in Korea, NEOWIZ GAMES, has signed a new licensing agreement to use xaitment’s pathfinding and movement module, xaitMap, in the development of a new, undisclosed MMO title. NEOWIZ GAMES is one of the largest game publishers and developers of games in Korea. The Company sells a range of online games through its successful gaming portal, Pmang. NEOWIZ GAMES is currently working on a new MMO, and has turned to xaitment and … Continue reading Neowiz Games Picks Xaitment For AI