Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) shipped SimAnimals for the Wii and Nintendo DS to store shelves today. SimAnimals challenges you to engage, touch, move and try to control a wide range of wild animals as you journey deeper and deeper into the forest. You control an on-screen animated hand that allows you to reach out and touch, pick up and move everything in the game from foxes and bears to trees and flowers. Cohabitate with these animals in their natural surroundings, and based on how you treat them, the animals will come to know and love – or dislike you! … Continue reading SimAnimals Ships For Wii, DS →

YUKE'S Company of America, a leading video game publisher, today announced that it has officially launched Akinai Games. The new division represents an ongoing, industry-wide shift toward downloadable game platforms, and its main area of focus will be on developing games for this distribution model. Akinai will be developing titles for various online platforms, including Nintendo's WiiWare channel, Microsoft's Xbox LIVE, and Sony's PlayStationNetwork (PSN), while plans for PC and mobile device distribution are under consideration. The first title to carry the new Akinai Games brand will be Evasive Space, the upcoming WiiWare title developed by High Voltage Software, set … Continue reading Yuke's Launches Downloadable Games Division →

OGPlanet, a publisher of massively multiplayer online games, today announced the addition of Player vs. Player (PvP) content in La Tale, its 2D side-scrolling role-playing game. Players can now access the Fight Arena and compete in free-for-all battles that support two, four or eight players at a time. Each player enters the Fight Arena with increased statistics and health for an intensified combat experience. Players gain points for knocking other players out, but they must constantly be ready, as knocked-out players can re-spawn with full health to rejoin the battle. Bonus boxes filled with power-ups add an exciting twist to … Continue reading La Tale MMO Adds PvP →

Today Ubisoft announced that it will publish World in Conflict: Soviet Assault for PC in March 2009. World in Conflict: Complete Edition, the retail version of the much awaited add-on to the critically acclaimed strategy game will include the entire original World in Conflict title, as well as the Soviet Assault add-on and other exciting all-new features. Players that already own World in Conflict will have the option to download the Soviet Assault expansion pack exclusively online. "The teams at Massive Entertainment have worked hard to ensure that they are bringing new original content to the popular World in Conflict … Continue reading Ubisoft To Publish World In Conflict: Soviet Assault →

Six years after the U.S. Army revolutionized military action games with the launch of the free PC game America's Army, the U.S. Army today announced the upcoming release of America's Army 3 (AA3). America's Army 3 is the only free action game that delivers an authentic and entertaining Army experience by reflecting the training, technology, actions and career advancement of a Soldier within a unique exciting game experience. AA3, which will be rated T for Teen by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB), will be released in 2009. As with previous versions of America's Army, AA3 will be constantly updated … Continue reading America's Army 3 Announced →

Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL), an innovative provider of video games for the mass market, today announced that Wonder World Amusement Park for Nintendo DSâ„¢ has shipped to retail outlets nationwide. Developed by Majesco Studios Santa Monica, Wonder World Amusement Park for DS is the portable companion to the Wii title that released last year. Wonder World Amusement Park for DS lets players experience a complete day at the park in the palm of their hands. Using the Touch Screen, players can toss, drive, shoot, whack, fish and spin in more than 30 rides and games throughout five themed zones. … Continue reading Wonder World Amusement Park DS Ships →

Leading video games developer and publisher NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. and Twentieth Century Fox Licensing & Merchandising (Fox L&M) announced today the planned release of DRAGONBALL: Evolution for the PSP® (PlayStation® Portable) system in April 2009. Based on the highly anticipated 20th Century Fox feature film of the same name, DRAGONBALL: Evolution promises to be the perfect companion for the movie by incorporating all of the characters, bone jarring fights and spectacular special abilities that fans have come to expect. "DRAGONBALL has been a cultural icon for over the past twenty years and we're excited to be releasing our … Continue reading Dragonball: Evolution Heading To PSP →

Continuing the expansion of the dedicated Wii accessory range, BLAZE release their Two Player Sports pack. The BLAZE 2 Player Sport pack for Wii is targeted at all two player Wii Sport titles and driving games, including Wii Sports, Mario Kart and more. Containing 2 x Steering Wheels, 2 x Gold Clubs, 2 x Tennis Racquets, and bonus wrist straps, helping users immerse themselves in the action and beat their opponent! The two sets of items are themed either blue or pink, meaning each brother/sister, boyfriend/girlfriend or husband and wife can have their own equipment. The BLAZE 2 Player Sports … Continue reading Blaze Releases Wii Spots Accessory →

D3Publisher announced today that the Coraline videogame, based on LAIKA's exciting new movie – the first-ever stop-motion animated feature to be made in 3-D – will feature the voice talents of Dakota Fanning, Keith David, and Robert Bailey Jr. All three actors will reprise their onscreen voiced roles of Coraline Smith (Fanning), Cat (David) and Wybie Lovat (Bailey Jr.). The Coraline videogame will ship to North American retail stores for the Wii system, Nintendo DS and the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system on January 27, 2009 to coincide with Focus Features' nationwide domestic release of the movie on February 6, … Continue reading Dakota Fanning To Voice Coraline Game →

Valve Corporation and Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) today announce the availability of many SOE Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) titles on Steam, a leading platform for the delivery and management of PC games and digital content with over 15 million accounts around the world. The SOE developed and/or published titles now available include the complete EverQuest (EQ) and EverQuest II (EQII) collections, as well as Vanguard: Saga of Heroes and Pirates of the Burning Sea. To kick off this monumental event, Pirates of the Burning Sea, Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, EQ Secrets of Faydwer and EQII Rise of Kunark are … Continue reading Sony MMOs Spawn On Steam →