Wargaming.net, a strategy game specialist, announces a new release date for its World War II Real-Time Strategy game ORDER OF WAR: Challenge – March 12th. Two additional weeks will be used for optimizing game performance and tense QA work, allowing the company to deliver a more polished product. "We are committed to delivering quality products," says Victor Kislyi, chief executive officer of Wargamig.net", that's why we decided to give Order of War: Challenge some more time that will be spent on enhancing and polishing certain areas of the game. That is the only reason for the delay." About Order of … Continue reading Order of War: Challenge Delayed →

Crisp Thinking has signed deals with 9 more publishers for NetModerator for Kids and Teens, fueling the company's momentum. Looking to provide a safe and secure online experience for children, ZuCamp, Masher Media, WishB, Nemo Enterprises, Webbliworld, Rocket21, SmartBomb Interactive, Talentnation and Flipoutz have joined the likes of Sony Online Entertainment, which announced the company would be incorporating NetModerator protection in the company's successful Free Realms world for children last fall. Crisp Thinking's technology automates the process of identifying and blocking online threats, enabling studios to laser focus the efforts of live moderators on high level threats while providing the … Continue reading Crisp Thinking Signs Nine New Clients →

Wargaming.net announces the company is developing WORLD OF TANKS, a brand-new free-to-play MMO game based on massive numbers of armored battles. In WORLD OF TANKS 30-player teams are fighting action-packed PvP battles. The game features more than 150 armored fighting vehicles from the pre-WW2 era up to the Korean War: light, medium, heavy and super heavy tanks, tank destroyers, self-propelled howitzers and rocket artillery. The game includes American, German and Soviet tanks. Ride the legendary Tiger tank, or choose the fast-and-furious Soviet T-34, practice your sharp-shooting skills with the American 155mm M40 Gun Motor Carriage or try experimental/prototype machines such … Continue reading World of Tanks MMO Announced →

Codemasters Studios, creators of the million-plus selling titles DiRT 2 and Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising and the winner of Develop's Grand Prix Award 2009, is targeting growth through an aggressive recruitment program with a focus on its Guildford studio facility. The New Year has seen key positions open across the Guildford studio's Design, Programming and Art teams. Currently, there are Art positions across Technical, Environment and Animation disciplines, in Programming there are Lead, Senior and Experienced posts open along with Senior Games Designer and Senior Level Designer opportunities. Codemasters Studios Guildford opened in 2007 under the management of Adrian Bolton, … Continue reading Codemasters Expanding Guildford Studio →

2K Play today announced that The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom video game is now available exclusively on Xbox LIVE Arcade for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft for 800 Microsoft Points. Developed by The Odd Gentlemen, The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom is Chronoberry-filled with gamer goodness that includes a refreshing storyline drizzled with crisp puzzles, a savory score and a decadent art style harkening back to the silent film era. Set in a world made famous by keystone cops, theater organs and pie-in-the-face slapstick, The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom presents the comical escapades of the portly … Continue reading Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom Hits Xbox Live →

2K Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), today announced that Sid Meier's Civilization V, the newest entry from the genre-defining strategy-based franchise, is currently in development at Firaxis Games for PC. Civilization V reinvigorates the classic turn-based strategy genre with an astonishing new engine built from the ground-up for this flagship edition of the Civilization franchise. Players are introduced to an entirely new combat system, deeper diplomatic interactions and a cavalcade of expanded features that deliver a fully immersive experience providing hours of entertainment as players build and defend their empire on their quest to … Continue reading Civilization V Announced →

iEntertainment Network today announced WarBirds' Dogfights – the latest release in the successful WWII aerial combat WarBirds series – flies into retailers nationwide today. Single-player Dogfights presents player pilots with fast-flying combat contests across the embattled skies of Europe and the Pacific. WarBirds' Dogfights: Mass Aircraft Battles and thousands of unique combat missions. Dogfights is filled with player choices. Players can choose among 100 historically accurate aircraft to battle an armada of incoming aircraft in thousands of unique combat mission combinations. With Dogfight's dynamic game engine, no two air battles will ever be the same. Imagine a dogfight with you … Continue reading WarBirds Dogfights Takes Flight →

Based on the "Blade Kitten" comic book series by creator Steve Stamatiadis, Krome Studios is bringing bounty hunter Kit Ballard to digital life with the Blade Kitten downloadable videogame. The action adventure game, developed by Krome Studios, is set for release on the PlayStationNetwork from PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system in Spring 2010. "Blade Kitten is a brain child of mine that originated as a comic series," said Steve Stamatiadis, Krome co-founder and creative director, who also created the multi-million selling "TY the Tasmanian TigerTM" series. "Bringing Kit's anime-inspired universe to life is a milestone for us, and we're excited … Continue reading Blade Kitten To Hit PS3 Network →

Scheduled for release this March, the seventh expansion to the successful Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game from LucasArts and Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) brings the ability to boost your light or dark side deck with all-new special-forces themed cards, as well as all- new Bith and Duros avatar race cards. Experience ten new story scenarios surrounding the Conqueror, the Empire's massive, newly outfitted Star Destroyer capable of demolishing entire planets. Help the Alliance Renegade Squadron gather intelligence and locate the massive ship before it and its ferocious captain, Victor Strang, are unleashed. Or, take the side of the … Continue reading Star Wars Galaxies Card Game Expanding →

Fighter jocks, prepare for action – DarkStar One – Broken Alliance is coming! Kalypso Media is pleased to announce a planned summer 2010 release of the space combat/adventure game for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. In DarkStar One – Broken Alliance, players will explore the vast reaches of space, encountering, battling and trading with six mysterious alien races in a quest to unravel the mysterious death of the protagonist's father. Players can create their own career paths – be it brigand, mercenary, privateer, merchant or whatever mix they please – while buying (or capturing) alien … Continue reading DarkStar PC Game Coming To Xbox →