Leading social, mobile, web games company MindJolt today announced mobile veteran Ulf Waschbusch will lead internal social mobile game development under the SGN studio. An expert in the mobile space, Ulf has held senior mobile product roles for Google, MySpace and T-Mobile, most recently serving as Chief Product Officer at Garena, one of the largest gaming community platforms with more than 60 million registered users. Ulf has won several awards including the IBM Leonardo Da Vinci Award, which named him the Best Programmer of Germany beating out more than 7500 entrants. Ulf received his MBA in Stanford in 2006, and … Continue reading Industry Veteran Ulf Waschbusch To Lead Mobile Development At MindJolt→
Experience a taste of Raven’s Cry now at www.ravenscry-game.com to watch the mature rated teaser trailer and a look into the backstory of Christopher Raven himself. TopWare Interactive and Octane Games will be releasing a game that finally doesn’t paint pirates as the funny and playful ones we have to come to accept in pop-culture, but rather the ruthless and blood thirsty portrayal of historical relevance. With the announcement of the release of TopWare’s next big title, Raven’s Cry, even real pirate fans will be shaking in their buckled boots. This 17th century Caribbean adventure will not be starring a … Continue reading TopWare Unveils Adult-Themed Pirate Game→
White Wolf is celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Vampire: The Masquerade with an extremely special edition of the role-playing game’s rulebook — Vampire: The Masquerade – 20th Anniversary Edition. The special edition is a limited run and will ONLY be made available to pre-order before July 8, 2011 at 5pm EST for $99.99. The Vampire: The Masquerade – 20th Anniversary Edition release coincides with The Grand Masquerade 2011, a gala fan convention that blends together glamour and style with the historic intimacy of the world’s most iconic vampire epicenter, New Orleans French Quarter, September 15-18. Events will include elaborate live … Continue reading Vampire: The Masquerade Special Edition For Sale→
CrowdStar, one of the leading social games companies in the world, backed by Intel Capital and Time Warner, is looking to take social ladder climbing to a new level with its first mobile-only title, Top Girl. The game, now available for free download here, is the latest title from the company- living up to its promise of targeting mobile social gaming this year. Top Girl is a completely new mobile title that targets the female gamer interested in shopping, fashion and modeling themes. The game, which is unconnected to the CrowdStar’s Facebook game It Girl, leverages on the experience and … Continue reading CrowdStar Gets Into Mobile Gaming→
Valve, creator of best-selling game franchises (such as Half-Life, Portal, Left 4 Dead, and Counter-Strike) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source) and popular recording artist The National, today announced a music video making contest based on The National’s song "Exile Vilify" which is featured in Valve’s best-selling game, Portal 2. Starting today and running until midnight July 15th, the contest asks the community to make a music video for the song "Exile Vilify" using whatever visuals they choose. Once aspiring video directors have completed their work, they may submit their videos on YouTube using the tag PORTAL2NATIONALEXILE. After … Continue reading Portal 2 Music Video Contest Announced→
2K Games and Gearbox Software are proud to announce the legendary Duke Nukem Forever has arrived and is now available in North America on the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and Windows PC. For over 15 years, fans have waited in video game purgatory for the launch of the mythical Duke Nukem Forever, and now June 14, 2011 will forever mark the day that the magnificent King triumphantly returned to kick alien ass and chew bubblegum. "June 14 in North America will forever be celebrated as the day that the legendary … Continue reading Duke Nukem Forever Ships→
The Spanish police said on Friday that they had apprehended three men suspected of computer hacking in connection with recent attacks on Sony’s PlayStation Network as well as corporate and government Web sites around the world. The National Police identified the three as the local leadership of the shadowy international network of computer hackers known as Anonymous, which has claimed responsibility for a wide variety of attacks. Anonymous is composed of people from various countries organized into cells that share common goals, the police said, with activists operating anonymously in a coordinated fashion. One of the three suspects, a 31-year-old … Continue reading Spain Detains 3 in PlayStation Cyberattacks→
Konami Digital Entertainment Inc. today announced a series of announcements relating to the famed and frightening survival horror franchise, Silent Hill. Today’s announcements, ranging across multiple skus and consoles, will ensure fans will be trembling with fear from their favorite sleepy town in quite some time! Silent Hill Downpour It has been revealed that Silent Hill: Downpour will be enhanced with 3D functionality. This added treatment of the highly anticipated game will further immerse players into the malevolent and terrifying world of Silent Hill. Also announced for Silent Hill: Downpour, platinum selling rock band KORN will lend their sound and … Continue reading Konami Beefing Up Silent Hill Franchise→
"Strangerous" for Nintendo DS/DSi is a puzzle and adventure story based around Emily the Strange and her missing kittens spanning 6 chapters and over 60 puzzles! Emily the Strange "Strangerous" is set to expand the range of games for girls in the puzzle/adventure game genre on Nintendo DS/DSi by offering female gamers the unique opportunity to play through over 50+ hours of puzzles and riddles while navigating the world of Emily. Emily the Strange "Strangerous" brings together the strengths of the Emily brand and builds upon the established puzzle/adventure games format. Emily the Strange has been an iconic character since … Continue reading Strangerous Ships For DS And DSi→
Telltale Games, the leading independent publisher of cinematic adventures and the pioneer of episodic content delivery, today announced that the highly-anticipated Puzzle Agent 2, the sequel to the smash hit game Puzzle Agent, will be available for purchase on June 30. Puzzle Agent 2 for PC and Mac can be pre-ordered at the discounted price of $8.99 from www.telltalegames.com, and as a special bonus, includes the original Puzzle Agent game for free. Touch screen players are not left out of the action either as Puzzle Agent 2 will also be available on iPad and iPhone. For series newcomers, the original … Continue reading Puzzle Agent 2 Announced→
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