Category Archives: News and Industry Happenings

Conquest of America Gets DLC

Paradox Interactive and Nitro Games today announced the new DLC pack, Pirate Treasure Chest for Commander: Conquest of the Americas. Discover the infamous pirate island of Tortuga as you explore new quests, locations and treasures. Join the pirates or fight against them, these new pirate captains can become your best friend or your new worst enemy. Pirate Treasure Chest is available today on all leading digital distribution sites. Discover the infamous pirate island of Tortuga where players can purchase items and ships. Choose to hire pirate captains and use their fleets against your enemies without taking blame for their unprovoked … Continue reading Conquest of America Gets DLC

InnerbalancePR Founded

InnerbalancePR, a newly launched Los Angeles public relations and marketing consulting service, announced today that it has opened its doors for business and will focus on promoting socially conscious companies and individuals. innerbalancePR is committed to promoting socially and environmentally responsible products, services, causes and people. innerbalancePR provides strategic guidance to companies and individuals that are focused on developing and sharing products and services that enhance life and benefit the greater good. The company is committed to helping each client create integrated publicity and marketing solutions that improve brand awareness. innerbalancePR is aiming its service at a variety of categories … Continue reading InnerbalancePR Founded

Sony Launching EverQuest II Facebook Game

Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) and Fastpoint Games, a developer of live, data-driven games, today announced the alpha launch of Fortune League (http://apps.facebook.com/fortuneleague/), a fully integrated Facebook game. Fortune League allows EverQuest II (EQII) fans and players to play a casual game through Facebook that players can enjoy and earn rewards for use inside of EQII. The introduction of Fortune League continues SOE’s tradition as an industry leader in online social gaming, bringing a new type of fully integrated MMO title to Facebook; this also marks its fifth release on the platform. "Fortune League invites players to experience a casual … Continue reading Sony Launching EverQuest II Facebook Game

Paradox Interactive Hosting NY Convention

Paradox Interactive today confirmed the line-up for the Paradox Interactive Convention 2011, set to take place this month in New York City. Commenting on the upcoming convention, Susana Meza-Graham, Executive Vice President Publishing said, "The Paradox family has grown immensely over the last year to the point that we’ll have over 16 development teams present at this year’s annual convention. We’d like to think of ourselves as the games industry equivalent of Brad and Angelina, our development teams are our adopted ‘children’ and we love them all! We are looking forward to sharing our passion and their talent with our … Continue reading Paradox Interactive Hosting NY Convention

New Halo Book Series Announced

The New York Times bestselling "Halo" series, based on the hugely successful Halo videogames franchise for the Xbox 360, has sold millions of copies, part of a global phenomenon that has dominated the science fiction landscape over the last decade. Tor Books has proudly partnered with Microsoft and 343 Industries to publish every book set in this iconic universe, and today we are thrilled to announce the publication of the most-anticipated novel in the series yet, the first in a new trilogy from legendary Hugo and Nebula-award winning author Greg Bear: HALO: Cryptum. HALO: Cryptum begins a three-book arc set … Continue reading New Halo Book Series Announced

Digital Development Appoints Paula Cuneo As Director

Digital Development Management (DDM), the world’s leading business and talent agency for video games and digital entertainment, has named veteran video game and interactive entertainment executive Paula Cuneo as Brand Director. Cuneo, who joins DDM after a successful career working in the video game sector for companies such as Microsoft and Activision, starts immediately. The announcement was made jointly today by DDM President, Joe Minton and DDM’s Founder and Managing Partner, Jeff Hilbert. As Brand Director, Cuneo, who will report to Minton, will be responsible for spearheading DDM’s brand business by becoming a direct partner to major brands and agencies … Continue reading Digital Development Appoints Paula Cuneo As Director

Firemint Acquires Infinite Interactive

Games studio Firemint today announced that it has acquired fellow Australian studio, Infinite Interactive. The move further boosts Firemint’s strength in designing and developing original games, while providing the Infinite Interactive team with a channel for independent publishing. Firemint was founded by Rob Murray in 1999. It became a highly regarded work-for-hire mobile games studio before shooting to fame with iPhone hits "Flight Control" and "Real Racing" in 2009. Firemint has recently expanded to additional platforms including Nintendo DSiWare, Sony PlayStation Network, and Steam (PC and Mac). The studio now works exclusively on self-published original games. Infinite Interactive was founded … Continue reading Firemint Acquires Infinite Interactive

World of Tanks Registers A Million Gamers

Wargaming.net announced today that its highly anticipated free-to-play MMO action game World of Tanks has recorded more than one million registrations in America, Europe and Russia. This significant milestone has been reached in less than one year since launching the closed beta in Russia. To handle the rush of players, World of Tanks team is installing additional European servers to the line-up. The steady growth of the World of Tanks’ population will enable Wargaming.net to continuously update and polish the game in the run-up to its commercialization for the Western audience in the first quarter of 2011. "World of Tanks … Continue reading World of Tanks Registers A Million Gamers

Shrapnel Games Offering January Specials

A new month, a new year, and brand new special savings at the Shrapnel Games online store, the Gamers Front. Kicking the new year off we are offering two fast playing, highly addictive games at discounted prices all month long. So whether Santa failed to deliver on the games, or you are simply looking for something to help you through the dark winter, look to January’s monthly specials to help you out. For the month of January both Air Command 3.0 and the award-winning Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space are on sale. Air Command 3.0 is a unique lunchtime … Continue reading Shrapnel Games Offering January Specials

Nintendo Issues Global 3D Games Warning

Gaming in three dimensions may be the latest craze, but Nintendo today issued a warning that repeatedly playing games in 3D can cause permanent eye damage in small children. "For children under the age of six, looking at 3D images for a long time could possibly have a negative impact on the growth of their eyes," Nintendo said on its website. The company recommends that children "take breaks every 30 minutes when playing games in 3-D and stop playing immediately if they feel ill." The warning is significant because the company is moving toward launching the 3DS, a hand held … Continue reading Nintendo Issues Global 3D Games Warning