Category Archives: News and Industry Happenings

Music Themed MMO, Mixm8, Announced

Mixm8 is a new virtual world aimed at music lovers being developed by Outso. Mixm8 will deliver value to the mp3 experience which has been diminished through piracy and illegal downloads. In Mixm8 you will be able to meet new friends, organise and attend music gigs and create your own apartment to entertain in and share your musical passions. These individual spaces can be personalized with furniture, décor and works of art. Commitment has already been shown to the current prototype by online shops and holders of back catalogues such as Xpressbeats, Ninja Tune and War Child as well as … Continue reading Music Themed MMO, Mixm8, Announced

Paradox Partners With Swedish Game Awards

Swedish Game Awards (SGA) has signed Paradox Interactive as for the 2009 competition run. As Partner, Paradox Interactive will be contributing with a representative in the SGA jury. "As both game developer and publisher, Paradox Interactive is a new type of partner for Swedish Game Awards. We are, with anticipation, looking forward to what their unique knowledge and experience within the gaming industry will bring," says Jörgen Björklund, Project Manager for SGA 09. Swedish Game Awards reaches out to many young and new game developers and programmers. Paradox Interactive wish to be part of this type of creative process and … Continue reading Paradox Partners With Swedish Game Awards

Metal Gear Online Launches: Welcome Rookie

A runaway success with over one million members, Metal Gear Online provided registered members with fun, fresh new content for the online tactical shooter based on the highly acclaimed Metal Gear Solid series. To continue the momentum, Konami has announced the launch of the "Welcome Rookie" Campaign to attract new members to the exciting online phenomenon. The campaign will reward all fans who register the Metal Gear Online retail version between December 24, 2008 and February 16, 2009 with special MGO Codec Pack, that includes special voice content, and 5,000 additional reward points that can be redeemed in the MGO … Continue reading Metal Gear Online Launches: Welcome Rookie

11,000 Attend Online Wedding

Artix Entertainment's MMORPG AdventureQuest Worlds was the setting for the December 29th wedding of longtime Artix gamers Bello and Merca which was broadcast live starting on www.aqworlds.com with over 11,000 gamers in attendance. The bride, who is a retailer, and the groom, who is a pre-school teacher, have been avid Artix gamers for three years. They live in southwestern Missouri and decided to share their union with fellow gamers worldwide. "We thought this was a unique opportunity to do something memorable," said Bello. "We decided to go with AdventureQuest Worlds because we've been playing Artix games for years now and … Continue reading 11,000 Attend Online Wedding

Nobunaga's Ambition: Iron Triangle Is Gold

KOEI, recognized worldwide as the premier brand of strategy and action games, today announced that Nobunaga's Ambition: Iron Triangle has achieved gold status. The historical simulation game set during Japan's Feudal era will ship to North American retailers beginning January 27, 2009. Consumers can pre-order the game now at Amazon, GameStop and GameFly. Nobunaga's Ambition: Iron Triangle is produced by Kou Shibusawa, and is exclusive to the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system.

Kravitz Joins Rock Band Game Music

Harmonix and MTV Games announced today that the inimitable singer-songwriter and producer Lenny Kravitz will bring four of his greatest hits to the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content. The multi-talented Kravitz has sold more than 30 million albums and won four consecutive Grammy awards for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance 1999-2002, setting a record for most wins in a single category. Kravitz' classic rock star style and one-of-a-kind, smooth sound that blends the best of soul, rock and funk have left many to classify him as one of the most regarded rock musicians of his time. The Rock … Continue reading Kravitz Joins Rock Band Game Music

CES News: AMD To Deliver Games Through Supercomputer

Today at CES, AMD (NYSE: AMD) President and Chief Executive Officer Dirk Meyer and OTOY Chief Executive Officer Jules Urbach unveiled a plan to revolutionize the deployment, development and delivery of HD content through the "AMD Fusion Render Cloud", a massively-parallel supercomputer. The announcement took place during AMD's Industry Insider Series keynote at the Las Vegas Hilton Theater, where AMD was joined on stage by industry luminaries such as Lucasfilm, Dell, HP and Electronic Arts. "AMD has a long track record in the supercomputing world. Seven out of 10 of the world's fastest machines, including the fastest two computers on … Continue reading CES News: AMD To Deliver Games Through Supercomputer

Mortal Coils Chapters Released

Mortal Coils, published by TOR, will be available in bookstores on February 3, 2009. According to author Eric Nylund, a summary of the book is: "Nothing exciting ever happened to fifteen-year-old orphans Eliot and Fiona. A chance encounter, however, reveals they are the offspring of a goddess and Lucifer. To settle the epic custody battle between these two immortal families, the gods fashion three heroic trials, while the fallen angels create three diabolical temptations to test the twins…." Nylund is the bestselling author of the the Halo series books. He is also working on the Battlestar Galactica comic series (which … Continue reading Mortal Coils Chapters Released

CES News: GenAudio Releases New 4D Sound Tech

GenAudio Inc., developer of AstoundSound 4D sound localization cue technology and finalist in the CES i-Stage competition, opened the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2009 by officially launching a consumer version of its AstoundStereo technology, the AstoundStereo Expander computer software, and announced the giveaway of 10 million free music downloads of various songs processed and re-mixed using GenAudio's revolutionary professional audio software. AstoundStereo can be experienced through as little as two audio channels, such as any headphones, home theater speakers or laptop speakers. The AstoundStereo Expander software processes audio files on the user's desktop or laptop computer in real-time. This enables … Continue reading CES News: GenAudio Releases New 4D Sound Tech

Macworld Expo: Freeverse Shows The Games

Freeverse is pleased to announce that they are currently showing off four upcoming iPhone and iPod touch games on the show floor of the Macworld Expo in San Francisco. The four titles are SlotZ Racer, Days of Thunder, Flick Baseball, and Roads of Ruin. Freeverse invites everyone to come by their exhibit booth (South Hall 1244, Moscone Center) and see them! SlotZ Racer allows players to relive the happy memories of slot car racing, from designing your own track, to gathering around and racing your family and friends. SlotZ Racer is scheduled to be released in the next few weeks. … Continue reading Macworld Expo: Freeverse Shows The Games