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Supermarket Mania 2 Ships

G5 Entertainment, known for its best-selling iPhone, iPad, PC and downloadable console games like Stand O’Food, Mahjongg Artifacts and Virtual City today announced that Supermarket Mania 2 for PC is now available at www.g5e.com. Two years in the making, Supermarket Mania 2 is the highly anticipated sequel to one of the best-selling time management games ever. In addition to the full version of Supermarket Mania 2 available for $9.99, fans will also find a free trial version of the game at http://pc.g5e.com/try_84/. Supermarket Mania 2 is an entirely fresh experience with new graphics, new music, new customers, new devices, new … Continue reading Supermarket Mania 2 Ships

US Military Gets Gaming Training Site

Let the game downloads begin. The U.S. Army Combined Arms Center-Training’s National Simulation Center and the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) today officially launched an expansion to the MilGaming Portal. The website connects military leaders and units with the best gaming technology for training, supporting all services for full spectrum operations. The online portal, located at https://milgaming.army.mil, allows all Active Military, Reserves, National Guard, Department of Defense civilians and eligible DoD contractors to access training tools and materials using their DoD Common Access Card (CAC). Hosting the military’s ‘Games for Training’ software suite, … Continue reading US Military Gets Gaming Training Site

City Interactive Gets New UK Studio

City Interactive, one of the fastest-growing interactive entertainment publishers, today announced that it has established a new, in-house development studio in London, England, and has named industry veteran, Stuart Black as Creative Director of the new venture. A 16-year veteran of the video game industry, Black has worked on an impressive variety of best-selling video game properties, including the award-winning, first-person shooter (FPS) Black, and its highly anticipated, spiritual successor, Bodycount. "We continue our strategic expansion of resources and capabilities and are excited to have Stuart lead our new product development team," said Marek Tyminski, CEO of City Interactive. "Having … Continue reading City Interactive Gets New UK Studio

Disney Epic Mickey Ships For Wii

Disney Interactive Studios today announced that critically acclaimed Disney Epic Mickey exclusively for Wii is now available at retail stores across North America. Disney Epic Mickey ushers in an innovative approach to gameplay as players assume the role of the iconic Mickey Mouse and are given the power to wield paint and paint thinner to dynamically change the world while determining Mickey’s path to becoming an epic hero. The Disney Epic Mickey launch is being celebrated today at the Disney Store in Times Square from 7:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. ET, where fans will have the opportunity to be the … Continue reading Disney Epic Mickey Ships For Wii

French Armor Joins World Of Tanks

Wargaming.net is glad to announce the release of a new development tank tree for its highly-anticipated massively multiplayer online game World of Tanks. The development tree illustrates level-up paths for each of the five classes of French vehicles available in the game including some prototype models and provides an overview of premium and captured tanks. French roster features a unique mixture of slow but powerful heavily-armored pre-war vehicles and fast maneuverable but rather vulnerable wartime machines offering an ample array of gameplay styles and tactics to choose from. "With French vehicles we are going to take another step further in … Continue reading French Armor Joins World Of Tanks

Fallout New Vegas Tops October Sales For PC, Consoles

According to recently released NPD data for October, Fallout: New Vegas was recognized as the month’s best selling console title as well as the best-selling title for the PC. NPD reports that robust sales of Fallout: New Vegas made it the highest grossing title in October, measured by dollars, across all platforms. "We recognize that there are many high-quality games that come out during this time of year," said Vlatko Andonov. "We couldn’t be more pleased at how well the game has been received and we want to thank our fans for their overwhelming support of the game." Fallout: New … Continue reading Fallout New Vegas Tops October Sales For PC, Consoles

Red Dead Redemption DLCs Added To Single Disk

Rockstar Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), today announced that the Red Dead Redemption Undead Nightmare standalone playable disc is now available at retailers in North America for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system. It will be available in Europe on November 26, 2010. "Undead Nightmare makes an entirely new game from Red Dead Redemption’s amazing open world," said Sam Houser, Founder of Rockstar Games. "The Western frontier is completely transformed into a classic zombie-horror fight for survival." The single, standalone Undead Nightmare disc … Continue reading Red Dead Redemption DLCs Added To Single Disk

Shrapnel World Supremacy Launched

It is the beginning of the end. Crushed beneath government issue boots the white dove of peace spasms its last movements in a pool of crimson. Across the land jet engines spool up, shells are chambered in turrets, and the target coordinates for nuclear missiles are programmed. War has come to the world and when all the radioactive dust settles there will only be room for one superpower. Welcome to World Supremacy, the latest game from Malfador Machinations, developer of the acclaimed Space Empires series! Released today by Shrapnel Games, World Supremacy is available for Windows XP, Vista, and 7 … Continue reading Shrapnel World Supremacy Launched

Wildlife Refuge Game Launches On Facebook

Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) today announced Wildlife Refuge, a new game playable on Facebook that immerses players in the heart of Africa as they set out on a mission to help build a refuge and care for exotic animals. In the game, players customize their own refuge as they discover new breeds and protect this habitat from poachers and other dangers that threaten their existence. Wildlife Refuge also offers players the opportunity to make a difference in real life as SOE will donate a percentage of the proceeds generated from the sale of select virtual items to the Cheetah … Continue reading Wildlife Refuge Game Launches On Facebook

FF XI And XIV Creator To Talk At GDC China

Square Enix senior vice president Hiromichi Tanaka is set to give a keynote at the third annual GDC China on building Final Fantasy XI and XIV, as the latter is poised to become the first-ever official Final Fantasy title to debut in China. The three day event will take place December 5-7, 2010 at Shanghai International Convention Center in Shanghai, China. Following the recent news that leading Chinese MMO operator Shanda Games and Square Enix have announced partnership to bring Final Fantasy XIV to the region, Tanaka becomes the second keynote for the Shanghai event. In the keynote, ‘Final Fantasy … Continue reading FF XI And XIV Creator To Talk At GDC China