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Bejeweled Blitz Goes To Xbox Live

PopCap Games, the worldwide leader in casual games, today officially announced it is bringing the classic gameplay of Bejeweled Blitz to Xbox LIVE Arcade with availability in Quarter 1 2011. Bejeweled Blitz LIVE offers XBLA players the same fast paced 60-second action found in the popular Facebook variant of Bejeweled Blitz, but with all new modes, including 16-player simultaneous Party mode and head-to-head Battle mode over LIVE. Beyond crystal-sharp, high-definition graphics, Bejeweled Blitz LIVE for XBLA boasts two styles of play: classic and an all new twist. In addition to real-time leaderboards driving up-to-the-minute scores from you and your friends, … Continue reading Bejeweled Blitz Goes To Xbox Live

Majesty 2: Monster Kingdom Released

Paradox Interactive, purveryors of damn fine strategy games (as well as being a bit useful at word puzzles) are dancing a jig as their latest expansion for the Fantasy Real-Time Strategy game Majesty 2, Majesty 2: Monster Kingdom, has now released and is exclusively available via digital download for a suggested retail price of $14.99, €14.99 and £9.99. In this third installment, players continue the story from the land of Ardania. Only now the king has been overthrown and has fled the safety of his palace. With only his trusted advisor and his bedclothes to spare his blushes, the unseated … Continue reading Majesty 2: Monster Kingdom Released

Faery Flies To PS3 Network

Faery: Legends of Avalon is available on PlayStation Network! After its release on Xbox LIVE in November, this unique role-playing game opens its doors to PlayStation 3 owners. This is a perfect opportunity to discover a new series of 6 exclusive images, featuring some of the characters, monsters and exotic locales from this unique RPG. Faery: Legends of Avalon is a Role-Playing Game available exclusively for download, packed with unique atmosphere and graphics. Magic, battles against fearsome monsters, original creatures, colorful characters, a great story to support the main quest and many side quests, for 10-15 hours of gameplay. Faery … Continue reading Faery Flies To PS3 Network

Project Blackout, Free MMO, Launches

SG Interactive, a publisher of high-quality online games, today announced the official launch of free-to-play online FPS Project Blackout. Players interested in taking up digital arms in the war-torn country of Korogese can sign up to join the fight at http://pb.sgiwest.com/. "The Open Beta which took place over the holidays was a definite success," said Chris Lee, CEO of SG Interactive. "We’d like to thank everyone who participated for the many bullets they fired over the last few weeks, and hope that many more players decide to start the year off with a bang in Project Blackout!" Project Blackout gives … Continue reading Project Blackout, Free MMO, Launches

eGames Signs New Titles

Casual games developer and publisher eGames, Inc. (Pink Sheets:EGAM) today announced the signing of Nightfall Mysteries: The Curse of the Opera and Nightfall Mysteries: Asylum Conspiracy from developer Vast Studios. "Nightfall Mysteries: The Curse of the Opera and Nightfall Mysteries: Asylum Conspiracy are a great addition to our line-up," said Rich Siporin, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at eGames. "These games have been top sellers on many of the portals and have an eerie excitement to them. We will be bundling these two highly acclaimed titles into a $19.99 box product at retail, which also includes 30 never-before-seen scenes, … Continue reading eGames Signs New Titles

Zumba Fitness Ships 500,000 Units

Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL), an innovative provider of video games for the mass market, today announced that it has sold more than 500,000 units to retailers nationwide of its Zumba Fitness interactive video game for Wii, Kinect for the Xbox 360 and PlayStationMove motion controller. The Zumba Fitness video game has quickly become one of Majesco’s fastest-selling titles, having reached this milestone in less than two months. "We are excited by the sales performance of the Zumba Fitness video game, and are also encouraged by the continued post-holiday momentum for the title", said Jesse Sutton, Chief Executive Officer, Majesco. … Continue reading Zumba Fitness Ships 500,000 Units

Yoostar Signs Navarre For Distribution Servies

Yoostar Entertainment Group today announced that it has partnered with Navarre Distribution Services, the retail logistics arm of Navarre Corporation, to be the exclusive United States distributor for its video game product, Yoostar2 for Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system scheduled to be released in March 2011. Yoostar2 is a revolutionary video game which uses advanced camera technology to place players real-time within famous movies and TV scenes. For the very first time, anyone can become part of their favorite movies or TV show, either acting alongside or replacing Hollywood’s … Continue reading Yoostar Signs Navarre For Distribution Servies

World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm Sells 4.7 Million Copies

Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced that World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, the third expansion for the critically acclaimed massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), has sold through more than 4.7 million copies as of its first month of release, setting a new record for monthly PC-game sales. World of Warcraft: Cataclysm was simultaneously released in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Europe, Russia, Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand on December 7, and became available in Korea and the regions of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau on December 9. With day-one sales topping 3.3 million copies,* World of Warcraft: Cataclysm … Continue reading World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm Sells 4.7 Million Copies

Lara Croft Getting PS3 HD Makeover

Crystal Dynamics today announced that THE TOMB RAIDER TRILOGY pack, exclusive for the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system, will be available for $39.99 on March 22, 2011. The pack will include TOMB RAIDER Legend and TOMB RAIDER Anniversary, both newly remastered in HD quality, as well as TOMB RAIDER Underworld, previously released on PlayStation 3. A number of items were also created exclusively for this pack, including a THE TOMB RAIDER TRILOGY PlayStation 3 theme pack, the official Lara Croft female Home avatar outfit, the Viking Thrall male Home avatar outfit and a collection of "making of" trailers in HD … Continue reading Lara Croft Getting PS3 HD Makeover

Funcom and EA to co-publish The Secret World MMO

Funcom, the award-winning game developer responsible for titles such as ‘Anarchy Online’ and ‘Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures’, and EA Partners, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS), today announced their agreement to co-publish Funcom’s highly anticipated modern-day massively multiplayer online game ‘The Secret World’. Hundreds of thousands of gamers have joined the ever-growing community surrounding the game, and have – even before launch – become active members in the game’s secret societies: the Illuminati, the Dragon and the Templar. "We are thrilled to have the opportunity to work with Funcom, one of the world-leaders in the development of massively … Continue reading Funcom and EA to co-publish The Secret World MMO