It’s time once again for ‘Gleeks’ to dust off their microphones, crank up the volume and rock out, as the McKinley High GLEE club is back by popular demand with an all-new lineup of their greatest hit songs! Today, Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. and Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products announced Karaoke Revolution Glee: Volume 2, is now available in retail stores nationwide on Wii. Following up the original smash hit success, Karaoke Revolution Glee: Volume 2 features an all-new musical lineup with 20 of GLEE’s greatest hits and show moments from part two of Season One. Players will return to … Continue reading Karaoke Revolution Glee: Volume 2 Ships For Wii→
Crisp Thinking’s groundbreaking community management platform has, this week, been integrated into leading Tween virtual world Woozworld. The unique automated safety solution operates in Woozworld’s bi-lingual environment alongside human moderators to ensure the highest possible standards of online safety. Woozworld is a virtual world and a social network for Tweens with more than 3,8 million avatars globally. Encouraging kids and teens to explore their own creativity in a fun environment, Woozworld users can create their own universe and network, safely playact teen and young adult roles, conduct business, take part in social games and activities and remain connected with online … Continue reading Crisp Keeping Teens Safe Online→
Jirbo Inc., a leading social entertainment and media company at the forefront of iPhone development since 2007 and backed by Insight Venture Partners, announced today that marketing and interactive entertainment veteran Will Kassoy has been named Chief Executive Officer. In this role, Kassoy will oversee Jirbo, Inc’s operational management including their app gaming division, Jirbo, which has over 32 million downloads including 48 titles breaking in to the top 1% of Apple’s All Time Most Popular list. His responsibilities also include overseeing the recently-launched premium advertising network called AdColony. AdColony delivers high definition video ads to millions of app consumers, … Continue reading Will Kassoy Is New CEO of Jirbo→
SEGA of America, Inc. announced that today is "opening day" for MLB Manager Online, its free-to-play, browser-based, baseball game-available at mlbmanageronline.com -in which players compete in real online baseball leagues. Players will compete in online league play with a fantasy team based on active Major League players-over 900 players representing all 30 teams. Users will scout, trade, train, and manage their professional squads as they compete for a championship. Through the MLB Manager Online community users will be able to perfect their teams, set up trades, and talk baseball with in-game chat features. MLB Manager Online is designed for year-round … Continue reading Major League Baseball Online Opens→
Viximo, the world’s premier cross-network social games and apps platform and operator, has added Orkut, Brazil’s top social site, to Viximo’s growing global network of social sites. Viximo will launch three games on Orkut, counting Ravenwood Fair by LoLApps, Backyard Monsters by Casual Collective and Resort World by Game Insight. Orkut’s highly engaged game players can look forward to running a fair, creating monsters for battle, and building their virtual vacation worlds this week. "We are looking forward to launching Resort World on Orkut, and thanks to Viximo, we are able to do it easily and efficiently," said Alisa Chumachenko, … Continue reading Viximo Partners With Orkut In Brazil→
Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL), an innovative provider of video games for the mass market, announced today that BloodRayne: Betrayal will be released as a full-scale digital game on Xbox LIVE Arcade for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStationNetwork this summer. Based on the best-selling vampire game franchise, BloodRayne: Betrayal stars the beautiful yet lethal dhampir anti-heroine as she fights and feeds in a bloody new hack ‘n slash adventure. The game is being developed by WayForward, the award-winning team known for bringing franchise favorites back to audiences in exciting new ways. "It’s been … Continue reading BloodRayne: Betrayal Announced→
Funcom and NVIDIA have announced that Funcom’s proprietary Dreamworld 2.5, a leading game engine for massively multiplayer online games (MMOs), is the first game to incorporate server-side NVIDIA PhysX. This unique implementation into the Dreamworld engine results in more than a doubling in the speed-of in-game physics processing vs. traditional client-side PhysX technology, delivering realistic collision effects within the online gaming environments. Dreamworld currently powers two of the world’s most popular massively multiplayer online games: ‘Age of Conan’ and ‘Anarchy Online’, with a third, ‘The Secret World’, currently in development. The updated Dreamworld Engine 2.5 with server-side PhysX is now … Continue reading Age Of Conan Adds Server-Side Physics→
Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) today announced that Free Realms (www.FreeRealms.com), the popular free-to-play, family-friendly virtual world game, is now available as a free download on the PlayStationNetwork. Free Realms, originally launched in 2009 for the PC and in 2010 for the MAC computer, has quickly grown into an online community of nearly 17 million registered players! Free Realms comes as SOE’s second massively multiplayer online game on the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system, following DC Universe Online’s PC and PS3 release this past January. At launch, Free Realms is also the first free-to-play MMO and the first family-friendly MMO … Continue reading Free Realms Moves To PlayStation Network→
THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) today announced that WWE All Stars is now available at North American retailers for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation 3 system, PlayStation 2 system, PSP (PlayStationPortable) system and the Wii system from Nintendo. Offering a unique, bold and energetic gameplay experience packed with an incredible roster of legendary talent and current-day WWE Superstars, WWE All Stars is rated "T" for Teen and is available for the suggested retail prices of $59.99 (Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 system), $49.99 (Wii) and $39.99 (PlayStation 2 and PSP system) in the United States. … Continue reading WWE All Stars Ships→
Building upon the successful launch of one of the nation’s first undergraduate degree programs in interactive media and game development (IMGD), Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) will begin offering a master of science degree in this burgeoning discipline in the fall of 2011. The interdisciplinary graduate program will be one of only a handful in the country to incorporate a strong emphasis on design as it engages students in technical, serious games, and management focus areas. The program will prepare graduates for advanced positions in one of the nation’s fastest-growing industries, according to Mark Claypool, professor of computer science at WPI … Continue reading WPI Offering Masters Degree In Game Design→
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