Game Industry Launches Political Outreach Program
The Video Game Voters Network (VGVN) today launched a new program to engage students at colleges and universities around the United States. The VGVN Ambassador Program will introduce students to important civic and political issues surrounding the entertainment software industry and empower them to get involved. VGVN Ambassadors will be the driving force of the […]
Namco Bandai Launches Sky Gamblers For iOS5 and iPhone 4S
Leading video game publisher and developer NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc., today announced that Sky Gamblers™: Rise of Glory, developed by Revo Solutions, is now available on the App Store, coinciding with this week’s release of iOS 5 and iPhone 4S. Taking advantage of the newly released features of iOS 5 and soon to be […]
Chrome Browser Game Going 3D
Spacetime Studios has ported their mobile 3D MMO game, Star Legends, to Native Client (NaCl) open-source technology thus enabling PC and Mac players to join Android and iOS players for the first time in gaming history. Pocket Legends, Spacetime Studios’ flagship title, was the world’s first mobile 3D MMO. It was also the first global, […]
Hackers Hit PSN Again
Sony has confirmed that its PlayStation Network, alongside the Sony Entertainment Network and Sony Online Entertainment, has been attacked by hackers for the second time. Around 93,000 accounts have been compromised, putting it on a much smaller scale than the PSN hack earlier this year. According to Sony, no credit card data was stolen and […]
Microsoft Acquires Gunstringer Dev
Indie studio, Twisted Pixel is the latest to join the Microsoft fold, in an acquisition that’s focusing on Kinect and Xbox Live. Based in Austin, Texas, Twisted Pixel is best known for Splosion Man and most recently, The Gunstringer. The studio will "drive further innovation around Kinect and Xbox Live", according to Phil Spencer, corporate […]
Crazy? Or Crazy Like A Fox? Insanity Pre-order for $1?
The developers of Indie title Afterfall:Insanity have launched a marketing ploy to draw attention to their game, which releases in the same month as the big AAA holiday titles. The offer is as follows: Pre-order the game for just $1 and receive the full game plus the official soundtrack on the release date IF the […]
Betabrand Presents Couch Commandos Pants
The U.S. military includes more than 1 million active duty personnel. But that number is dwarfed by America’s at-home army of first-person shooters, numbering in the millions, and only impacted by the weather and what’s on TV. Now, an online clothing company based in San Francisco is aiming to outfit this massive fighting force. With […]
Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster Ships For Kinect
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announces the launch of Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster, an innovative, engaging and humorous, new controller-free video game on Kinect for Xbox 360. Players can interact with popular Sesame Street characters as well as make new monster friends in a journey of learning, discovery and fun. Developed by award-winning Double […]
Get Your Castle Ready Stronghold 3 Goes Gold
7sixty is pleased to announce that Stronghold 3, the medieval castle building simulation developed by Firefly Studios, has gone gold and is ready for worldwide release on October 25th – almost exactly 10 years since the release of the first entry in the multi-million selling series. Stronghold 3 is the true sequel to the much-loved […]
Ace Combat Assault Takes Flight In North America
Today NAMCO BANDAI Games America, Inc. is proud to announce that ACE COMBAT ASSAULT HORIZON is now available in stores across North America for Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system for the suggested retail price of $59.99. Developed by the Project Aces team at NAMCO BANDAI […]