Two games industry experts, Oliver Neupert and Wolfgang Duhr, launch "bitComposer Games," a new publisher based in Eschborn near Frankfurt, Germany. bitComposer Games is an independent PC and computer games publisher founded in March 2009, with its head office in Eschborn, Germany. The experienced core team focuses on the international commercialization of promising titles. Along with the classic PC, console and handheld platforms, bitComposer Games is forging ahead in the area of digital distribution and browser gaming to anticipate the imminent market shift in this sector. bitComposer Games works closely with expert development and service teams worldwide to develop in-house … Continue reading New Publisher, BitComposer Games Launches →

MumboJumbo, a leading developer and publisher of casual games, today launched Midnight Mysteries: The Edgar Allan Poe Conspiracy, a hidden-object adventure game that challenges players to solve the 160-year-old mystery surrounding the death of one of America's most famous writers. The seek-and-find PC title is the first installment in the newly launched Midnight Mysteries franchise, and it is available exclusively through BigFishGames.com and mumbojumbo.com. "Everyone loves a great mystery-the intrigue, the conspiracy theories, the whole unknown," said Mark Cottam, CEO of MumboJumbo. "In Midnight Mysteries, players can enjoy great hidden-object game play, solve puzzles and interact with characters to crack … Continue reading MumboJumbo Announces Edgar Allen Poe Game →

Today Ubisoft and CBS Consumer Products announced an all-new video game based on the world's number one television franchise CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. In CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Deadly Intent, players help solve Las Vegas' most gruesome crimes with the brand new characters and cast from the latest season of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. The video game features five shocking cases written with CSI: Crime Scene Investigation television writers and the game will be available in Fall 2009 for the Wii(TM) system from Nintendo, Nintendo DS system, the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PC. Exclusive … Continue reading UbiSoft Making New CSI Game →

Codemasters' Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising, the tactical shooter set to take players as close to war as they'll ever want to get, will be shipping on October 6th in North America and releasing on October 8th through EPAC territories with an October 9th street date in the UK. A truly explosive ‘Armory' video, available today at www.flashpointgame.com, showcases the devastating effects of the authentic modern weapon systems which players can deploy in Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising's uniquely intense battles. In the video, infantry move in formation and engage in lethal fire-fights with weapons rendered with unprecedented accuracy and featuring full … Continue reading Flashpoint: Dragon Rising Gets Ship Date →

Keen on its pursuit of constantly having fresh and easily customizable products for their community, Shapeways has expanded its creator series and introduced their new Stylus Creator. With your very own personalized stylus you can say goodbye to the boring grey factory standard stylus that is packaged with your everyday on the go portable electronics devices such as handheld video game machines, tablet PCs and PDAs. Now with the Stylus Creator you can have within the palm of your own hand, a stylus that lives up to its very own name. Unique and 100% personalized, you can own a one … Continue reading Shapeways Releases Gaming Styluses →

Artix Entertainment, with over 85 million gamer accounts for their four game titles, today announced the launch of WarpForce, its fifth game and first AE expansion. "WarpForce is our first expansion," said Tony Deller, Project Lead, WarpForce. "Just like AdventureQuest, this is a single-player, turn-based, Flash-animated experience. We are taking the humor and action of the original AdventureQuest and moving it out into space, building on the mythology of AdventureQuest's first major story arc (called the Devourer Saga). Monsters, space battles, and puns will abound!" WarpForce is a massive single-player storyline about the people of Lore (Elves, Dwarves, Humans, and … Continue reading Warpforce RPG Launches →

Bolt Creative, the independent development studio behind the iPhone sensation Pocket God, today released sales and ranking data that sheds light on the game's path to success. As one of the first apps to surpass more than 1,000,000 units sold, Pocket God presents a valuable case study for developers and businesses looking to find success on the platform. Pocket God, which launched in January 2009, enjoyed widespread appeal as it vaulted to the top of the App Store, reaching the #1 spot by March. The game enjoyed the top position for nearly a month, and has consistently held a place … Continue reading Bolt Explains Million Selling iPhone Game →

Darkfall Online, the groundbreaking real-time MMORPG just launched its North American Server. The highly anticipated launch went very smoothly and thousands of players are already enjoying the game. The North American launch includes Darkfall's first free expansion which features the highly requested player housing, Darkfall's village control system, character specialization system, the dynamic weather system and much more. More on the expansion here: http://www.darkfallonline.com/expansion/ Darkfall's European server has been up since February 25th 2009, and has been hosting the largest battles ever seen in a MMOG of this type featuring thousands of participants on each side fighting on land and … Continue reading Darkfall Online Hits North American Market →

Playbrains, an independent game development studio specializing in the digital download arena, are excited to announce that their pride and joy, the love-child of their silicon loins, Madballs in…Babo:Invasion (MiBI), will finally be available for excitable gamers everywhere to purchase and download from Xbox LIVE Arcade on Wednesday July, 15th. Following on from highly successful US and UK media press tours, the gaming journalistic community have lavished Madballs in…Babo:Invasion with a rarely seen level of praise for a debut title from a new development studio. Universal in their undiluted acclaim, The Koalition.com had no hesitation in claiming that "…this will … Continue reading Madballs In Babo Launches →

NaturalMotion, the animation technology company behind the euphoria engine, today announced that morpheme, the company's animation engine and graphical authoring tool, is being used in Activision Publishing, Inc.'s (Nasdaq: ATVI) upcoming Tony Hawk: RIDE, developed by Chicago-based Robomodo. morpheme is robust animation middleware designed to give developers and animators unprecedented creative control over the look of their final in-game animation by allowing them to author and preview blends, blend trees and transition graphs in real time. "Tony Hawk: RIDE's groundbreaking skateboard controller offers gamers a uniquely realistic experience," said Christian Staack, Vice President of Sales for North America at NaturalMotion. … Continue reading Morpheme Engine Picked For Tony Hawk: RIDE →