Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) and Marvel Entertainment (NYSE: MVL) announced today that Neil Patrick Harris will reprise his role as Spider-Man in Activision’s upcoming Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, which is currently being showcased at San Diego Comic-Con. In the game, players traverse through four unique worlds from Spider-Man lore and take on the role of four distinctly different Spider-Men – Amazing, Ultimate, Noir and 2099 – which will be brought to life by Neil Patrick Harris along with Josh Keaton, Christopher Daniel Barnes and Dan Gilvezan, respectively. Additionally, legendary creator and comic book icon Stan Lee will guide players through … Continue reading Neil Patrick Harris To Play Spider-Man In New Game →

Bolt Creative today announced that comic lovers everywhere will be able to get their hands on issue #1 of the Pocket God comic book come August 3, 2010. This new endeavor for the popular iPhone game turned franchise, will be available first in a digital version through iVerse Media, a digital distribution partner of Ape Entertainment, with a print version to be made available in late summer. The first issue of Pocket God will be one of four in a full color mini-series based on the best-selling iPhone app. Created in just a week by developer Dave Castelnuovo and graphic … Continue reading Pocket God Comic Shipping Aug 3 →

Maid Marian Entertainment Inc., the one-man team behind the cult hit, Sherwood Dungeon (www.sherwooddungeon.com), announces a major update to its free-to-play, browser-based MMO game that all bow loving players will appreciate. As a completely new addition to Sherwood Dungeon, players will gain access to Bow & Arrows at level 21. Players will earn two additional equipment slots for these items, as well as the ability to purchase magic arrows (Fire, Ice, Poison, Night) from the local weapons merchant. In addition to the new weapons, this update includes numerous changes such as AI improvements, economy and item rebalancing, and a complete … Continue reading Sherwood Dungeon Updates →

When the party starts this October, budding beat chemists, singing sensations and all of their friends will fire up two turntable controllers and a microphone, and spin, scratch and battle with the legendary turntablist DJ Qbert in Activision Publishing Inc.’s (Nasdaq: ATVI) DJ Hero 2. A defining member of DJ culture, having been crowned the best in his craft in multiple world championship competitions and revolutionized turntablism, DJ Qbert joins the distinguished rank of playable characters that will appear in-game, including Deadmau5, David Guetta and others, and will deliver two scratch intensive mixes to the best soundtrack in entertainment. "I’m … Continue reading DJ Qbert Joining DJ Hero 2 Cast →

Emergent Game Technologies announced today the availability of the beta version of the upcoming Gamebryo LightSpeed 3.2 release on its worldwide collection of source code distribution servers. The upcoming 3.2 engine release features an extensible new Terrain Editor deeply integrated into LightSpeed’s content creation toolset, along with powerful new high-level runtime debugging tools and a host of performance improvements. Emergent’s newly deployed worldwide Subversion servers give Gamebryo LightSpeed source code licensees unprecedented access to early releases and in-development versions of LightSpeed tools and features. With this inaugural preview version deployment, Emergent is further tightening its relationship with its customers by … Continue reading Emergent Announces Gamebryo LightSpeed 3.2 Beta →

Today, MumboJumbo, a leading developer and publisher of premium casual games, unveiled its upcoming retail lineup. With titles launching at Wal-Mart, Best Buy and Target, the casual game company is filling the retail channel with premium content that ranges from $4.99 to $19.99. The innovative MumboJumbo 6 Pack, which contains The Secret of Margrave Manor, Samantha Swift and the Hidden Roses of Athena, Nancy Drew and the Secret of the Scarlet Hand, Slingo Quest Hawaii, LUXOR MahJong and 7 Wonders II, leads the way with retailers this quarter. The six-game pack will be available at Wal-Mart and Best Buy for … Continue reading MumboJumbo Unveils New Gaming Lineup →

Rush, one of the most influential rock bands in history, have joined together with Activision Publishing, Inc.’s (Nasdaq: ATVI) Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock to bring their seven-part suite from their classic 2112 album to the game’s all-new, story-based Quest Mode this September. For the first time ever, Guitar Hero fans will embark on an epic voyage playing as eight Guitar Hero characters that transform into rock warriors who must join together to use their unique, game-changing powers to help the Demi-God of Rock take down "The Beast" to save rock. "The music, the story and the journey of 2112 … Continue reading Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock Partners With Rush →

After 9 years on-line, Time of Defiance will be shutting down forever on the 28th July 2010 in preparation for Nice Technology’s new title, Picaroon, due for release this winter. Time of Defiance is a massively multi-player real-time strategy game that has been playable in one form or another since the summer of 2001. With just medium warships, a coloniser, three buildings and a hand-crafted map, the three founding members of staff fought for an entire afternoon and forgot to get any work done. Time of Defiance was born. Time of Defiance has been free-to-play for some time now and … Continue reading Time Of Defiance Shutting Down →

Now consumers can sharpen their professional edge and virtually experience the life of a salon professional! An industry first – Redken teams up with Game Publisher, Little Orbit LLC on Busy Scissors, a hairstyling and simulation video game scheduled for release on Nintendo Wii and DS in North America and Europe. Wii Style Hair! Get ready to color, shampoo, cut, blow dry, and style hair with the Wii remote. Players earn reputation and advance their career in a Hollywood based salon by meeting the demands of their glamorous and eccentric clientele. The game progresses as they help unlock each client’s … Continue reading Redken Busy Scissors Game Announced →

Tor Books, an imprint of Tom Doherty Associates, LLC-the largest publisher of science fiction in the world is excited to announce that Karen Traviss, who has penned number one bestselling novels in the Star Wars universe, as well as bestselling novels for the Gears of War franchise, will be writing the successor novel to Halo: Ghosts of Onyx in the first part of a multi-book deal to explore the Halo Universe in the wake of the final events of Halo 3. Halo novels published by Tor have sold over a million combined copies to date, and in 2010 Tor will … Continue reading Tor Announces New Halo Books →