Beginning today, D3Publisher is reducing the price on downloadable versions of its classic games for the PSP system by as much as 50%! Gamers can enjoy savings on fan-favorite games such as WTF: work time fun, Dead Head Fred, Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords and more via download through the PlayStationStore. D3Publisher's PSP system downloadable line-up includes: WTF: work time fun – Players will test their skills and earn cash with 40 whacked-out mini-games and unlock useful "real world" tools for their PSP system like the Restaurant Bill Splitter, World Clock, Ramen Timer, Flashlight, Eye Spy and more. WTF: … Continue reading D3 Publisher Dropping Prices →

The EA Play Label of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) announces the celebration of the ten year anniversary of The Sims, the groundbreaking game that allowed players to create and live a virtual, simulated life on a computer. Since the original The Sims debut on February 4, 2000, the unstoppable, award-winning franchise has produced three core games – The Sims, The Sims 2, and The Sims 3 – supported by dozens of expansion and stuff packs with lifetime unit sales eclipsing 125 million worldwide. As the best-selling PC game in nearly every major video game market worldwide, The Sims has … Continue reading The Sims Turn 10 →

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announces that after winning more than 50 awards, Scribblenauts for Nintendo DS has reached blockbuster status and sold in more than one million units worldwide. Launched in September 2009, the groundbreaking game, appealing to all skill levels of players, quickly became one of the hottest games of the holiday season. Created and developed by 5TH Cell, Scribblenauts is an innovative game which allows players to write anything and solve everything. Players can combine countless objects to create wildly original scenarios. "We are extremely pleased with the sales of Scribblenauts and credit the game's innovation and wide … Continue reading Scribblenauts Breaks A Million Sales →

Square Enix, Inc., the publisher of Square Enix interactive entertainment products in North America, announced today that their upcoming Action-RPG NIER for PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, will be available at North American retail outlets on April 27, 2010. The latest offering from the RPG masters at Square Enix, NIER is a unique "Action-RPG" that blends traditional RPG gameplay mechanics with intense, bloody combat and powerful magic to create an action-packed single-player experience where players explore and discover a future lost to a shadowy past. Developed by cavia Inc, … Continue reading April Launch For Neir →

Turbine, Inc. today released the third update to Dungeons & Dragons Online: Eberron Unlimited (DDO Unlimited), the world's best free-to-play massively multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG). Following on the news that it has been named the Best Free-to-Play MMO of 2009, DDO Unlimited's newest update rewards players for their support with several new free high-level dungeons, two new in-game events, the introduction of the new Casual playing mode, and the removal of leveling sigils to allow players unrestricted access all of the free content throughout the game. "2009 was a phenomenal year for DDO. We launched successfully to critical … Continue reading DDO Adds Content, Removes Free Level Restrictions →

Last Straw Productions announced today the first annual Last Straw MMO Developer Awards. The world's first award show designed specifically for massively multiplayer online games will be given at the Looking For Group Expo coming this June to Minneapolis, Minnesota. Winners are chosen by a board of media partners and by votes from players at the official LFGX site at www.lfgexpo.com. Last Straw Productions will be unveiling the awards over the coming weeks starting with: MMO of the Year, Best Game Design, Best Artistic Design, Outstanding New Content, Best Sound Design, Independent Game of the Year, Best Cinematic, and Best … Continue reading Last Straw Show Announces MMO Awards →

In the aftermath of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the surrounding area known as the Zone has seen widespread health problems, especially among those too poor to afford the more expensive anti-radiation medications. Vodka has been lauded in recent years as the poor man's alternative to high-end pharmaceuticals, and is a favorite among the STALKERs who roam the Zone in search of radioactive anomalies. The evidence suggesting Vodka actually combats radiation poisoning is at this moment only anecdotal, and is quickly writing its way into the annals of folklore – alongside the story of Grigori Rasputin having outlived cyanide poisoning after … Continue reading New S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Combines Alcohol, Violence →

D3Publisher (D3P), a publisher and developer of interactive entertainment software, together with its parent D3, Inc., today announced a worldwide publishing agreement with Universal Partnerships & Licensing for video games based on Universal Pictures and Chris Meledandri's Illumination Entertainment's inaugural 3-D CGI feature, Despicable Me, the studio's first from Meledandri (Ice Age, Ice Age 2: The Meltdown, Horton Hears a Who!), who produces through his Universal-based family-entertainment company. The film follows Gru (voiced by Steve Carell), one of the world's greatest super-villains, as he uses his arsenal of shrink rays, freeze rays and a small army of minions to pull … Continue reading D3 To Publish Games Based On Despicable Me →

Valve today announced extraordinary 2009 growth data for Steam, a leading platform for PC games and digital entertainment, with major increases in accounts, concurrent players, unit sales and more. The year also marked tremendous adoption of the Steamworks suite of publishing services in the tangible and electronic versions of many of the year's biggest releases. During the last calendar year the platform surpassed 25 million active accounts, up 25% from the prior year. Of the 25 million accounts, over 10 million of those have profiles in the Steam Community. In addition to the millions of new accounts created during the … Continue reading Steam Declares Huge 2009 Growth →

Leading videogame publisher, SouthPeak Games, today announced that Blood Bowl for Windows PC and the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft have shipped to retail shelves throughout North America. With the big game right around the corner, there's no better time to brush up on your football tactics and skills. With the unlikely forefather of American football and inspiration from the fantasy universe of Warhammer, Blood Bowl is an ultraviolent team sport. Assemble a team of Orcs, Lizardmen, Goblins and many other fantasy creatures and enter the bloodiest arena ever! For every great play, there's an equally … Continue reading Blood Bowl Ships →