By playing audio-based computer games focusing on virtual navigation, individuals who are blind may be able to improve real-world navigation skills, according to a new report published in AER Journal: Research and Practice in Visual Impairment and Blindness. The report's authors question the classically held assumption that individuals who are blind must have difficulty rendering spatial environments because of lack of visual cues. The authors investigated this idea through audio-based virtual navigation in the form of computer gaming. The investigation centered around the use of two computer games and the trial of a third. AudioDoom and AudioMetro aim to develop … Continue reading Audio Computer Games Could Help Blind People →

Deep Silver Inc., a publisher of interactive entertainment software and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Koch Media, today announced the signing of a license agreement with Twentieth Century Fox Licensing & Merchandising (Fox Licensing) regarding the world-wide publication rights to a video game based on the award-winning TV series "Prison Break." "Prison Break", developed by Zootfly, will be released by Deep Silver for next gen consoles and PC. "The ingenious plots and fast action of "Prison Break" thrill TV audiences around the world, and provide the ideal basis for a video game," says Dr. Klemens Kundratitz, CEO of Koch Media. "The … Continue reading Prison Break Game In The Works →

High Voltage Software officially announced today a partnership with Terminal Reality. The two companies signed a long-term agreement with High Voltage Software, purchasing a lifetime license to use the Infernal Engine. "With more than 75 titles shipped, High Voltage Software has a proven track record of developing quality products on all of the current platforms. Through the use of the Infernal Engine technologies, they are now able to extend that remarkable track record into the next-generation platforms." said Joe Kreiner, VP Sales and Marketing at Terminal Reality. In business for more than sixteen years, High Voltage Software has made a … Continue reading High Voltage And Terminal Reality Partner →

Red Lion Interactive has secured an agreement with Liberty Distribution Company, LLC to bring candy, sweets and other impulse items to the video gaming community. The agreement gives Red Lion exclusive distribution rights to deliver a wide variety of snack products to its roster of retail clients, including Play N Trade and many others. Liberty Distribution specializes in the distribution of candy, snacks and impulse items to traditionally non-food retailers. The agreement with Red Lion furthers the company's reach by providing immediate access to video game retailers around the country. Red Lion will offer a vast array of candy and … Continue reading Red Lion Partners With Liberty Over Candy →

Ndoors Interactive today announced the launch of a second closed beta for their new MMORPG, WonderKing. The second beta will give new players a chance to enter the world of WonderKing before the game's official launch and see for themselves what over 20,000 other players have already had a chance to enjoy. The second beta also serves as a period of fine-tuning for the gameplay and back-end which will ensure the highest quality experience at launch. "Over 20,000 players spent nearly half a million hours playing WonderKing in the first closed beta," noted Peter Kang, CEO of Ndoors Interactive. "We … Continue reading WonderKing Enters Closed Beta →

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announces TouchMaster 3, a puzzle compilation game for Nintendo DS and Game Party 3, a social party game for the Wii system. TouchMaster andGame Party are multi-million unit selling franchise additions to the company's casual and family line-up scheduled to launch in fall 2009. TouchMasterand Game Party are fan favorites, with Game Party selling more than three million units worldwide and TouchMaster selling more than one million units worldwide. Appealing to players of all ages and abilities, both titles offer casual and family gamers a fresh take on the popular Game Party and TouchMaster franchises, incorporating … Continue reading WB To Publish Two New Casual Games →

Ubisoft today announced that it has partnered with actress, comedienne, host and best-selling author Jenny McCarthy for Your Shape featuring Jenny McCarthy, a ground-breaking new fitness title that leverages the technological advances of an entirely new, revolutionary camera for the Wii system from Nintendo. Scheduled to be released worldwide this Holiday 2009, Your Shape featuring Jenny McCarthy is the first fitness video game that enables people to work-out controller-free. Your Shape featuring Jenny McCarthy comes with a camera peripheral that features Ubisoft's proprietary motion tracking technology, which provides a completely personalized and interactive work-out by scanning players' bodies, assessing their … Continue reading Ubisoft And Jenny McCarthy Working On Your Shape →

With classic video game arcades facing the ultimate "game over," the makers of STRIDE, The Ridiculously Long Lasting Gum, want to do everything they can to help keep the elbows bumping and quarters flowing. Enter Save the Arcades – a nationwide campaign to stop the disappearance of this beloved and endangered form of gaming. Last week, STRIDE discovered that a Philadelphia-area arcade called Challenge Arcade was within days of closing down, so they decided to help. By providing $10,000, STRIDE ensured that Challenge will stay in business and continue to offer gaming goodness, world record events and tournaments to the … Continue reading Stride Trying To Save Arcades →

The largest event of its kind, BlizzCon is a celebration of Blizzard Entertainment's Warcraft, Diablo, and StarCraft game universes and the global player communities surrounding them. At the closing ceremony on August 22, Ozzy will unleash a thunderous spectacle of rock to put the Lich King in his place and cement his own title as the one true Prince of Darkness. One of the most influential rock musicians of all time, Ozzy Osbourne rose to prominence as the lead vocalist for Black Sabbath before embarking on a multi-platinum solo career. He is also known for putting on the Ozzfest music … Continue reading Ozzy To Play At BlizzCon →

NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. today announced that ACTIVE LIFE: Extreme Challenge has shipped to retail stores throughout North America for Wii. Fun for families and gamers alike, ACTIVE LIFE: Extreme Challenge combines the motion-sensing Wii Remote with an original mat controller that lets players use their whole body to participate in 15 fun extreme sports activities. Following up on its wildly successful predecessor, ACTIVE LIFE: Extreme Challenge reintroduces the Active Life mat, a durable eight button peripheral that lets players control the on-screen action with their hands and feet when used in conjunction with a Wii Remote. Created with … Continue reading Namco Ships Active Life For Wii →