As the holidays approach, Albatross18 players have even more to celebrate. Albatross18, OGPlanet's ground-breaking fantasy golf game, is entering its fourth year. To celebrate the anniversary and the holiday season, OGPlanet is proud to offer players a host of events and prizes, starting with a 20% coupon that may be used on items throughout the store. Additionally, from Dec. 18 – 24, players can win special prizes by finding the Albatross18 Santa. Santa will be hiding in Psquares (the game's social areas) and the players that manage to hunt down the jolly man in red will receive a prize for … Continue reading Albatross18 Celebrates Fourth Year →

As temperatures begin to fall and the holidays are fast approaching, it's time to start thinking about your summer vacation to the THE must-attend gaming event of the year – QuakeCon 2009! id Software and the QuakeCon organization has just announced that QuakeCon 2009, the world's ultimate video game festival and party, will take place August 13 – 16, 2009, in Dallas, TX at the Hilton Anatole Hotel. As always, the event is FREE to all attendees thanks to the support of id Software, the QuakeCon volunteer staff, and the 2009 event sponsors and exhibitors. QuakeCon will once again host … Continue reading QuakeCon 2009 Announced →

SEGA of America, Inc. today announced the return of Outrun, the classic arcade racing game. Developed by acclaimed Sheffield studio Sumo Digital, OutRun Online Arcade has been updated for the 21st century in stunning high-definition and will be available in January 2009 via Xbox LIVE Arcade for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. Dodging opponents at full throttle, players will be overcome with nostalgia as they rediscover the 15 glorious OutRun2SP courses. From hilly streets to sunny beaches, the game offers mile after mile of unrelenting acceleration, thrills and action. The draw to the open road … Continue reading Outrun Arcade Announced →

Valve today announced Spore, Spore Creepy & Cute Parts Pack, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, Mass Effect, Need for Speed Undercover and EA SPORTS FIFA Manager 2009 are available now to gamers in the United States and Canada via Steam, a leading platform for PC games and digital content with over 15 million accounts around the world. In the coming weeks, Mirror's Edge(tm), Command & Conquer(tm) Red Alert 3, and Dead Space, will be added to the catalog of EA's titles available via Steam. "EA is one of the industry's largest publishers," said Gabe Newell, co-founder and president of Valve. … Continue reading Steam Adding Top New EA Games →

Gamer Geeks Todd Hargosh and Kelly Adams have posted a new episode featuring all the games that rock this holiday season. You can click on the big link on the left, or go directly to the show here: http://www.garageband.com/user/BARN1/podcast/GamerGeeks Not being held up with the launch of the New Xbox Experience (NXE,) Todd and Kelly give their insights of how this will change the face of the 360, as well as providing their takes on Fable 2, Fallout 3, and Guitar Hero World Tour. SPOILER WARNING: Kelly provides her theory on the ending for Gears of War 2 and what … Continue reading New Gamer Geeks Holiday Episode Posted →

Carnegie Mellon University will host the second annual Game Education Summit, a conference focused on improving academic training for tomorrow's video game professionals, June 16 – 17, 2009 at the Entertainment Technology Center (ETC) at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Penn. Organized by Game Path, the Game Education Summit brings together academics offering university-based game education programs and executives from the video game industry to address the development of courses and curriculum that will better meet the critical and growing, skill shortage facing the game industry. "Academic institutions of all kinds are rapidly compiling courses offering a variety of qualifications … Continue reading Carnegie Mellon To Host Game Education Summit →

Perfect World Entertainment Inc. ("PWE" or the "Company"), a wholly owned US subsidiary of Perfect World Co., Ltd., today announced the Company has integrated Slacker Personal Radio into its Free-to-Play MMORPG "Perfect World International." "Perfect World International" is the English-based, international version of Perfect World II. With millions of players worldwide, the game has been heralded as one of the most successful 3D MMORPGs in tens of countries. Now players of "Perfect World International" will be able to utilize an in-game radio function that allows them to access Slacker's Radio Stations. Slacker Personal Radio, available online at www.slacker.com, enables listeners … Continue reading Perfect World MMO Adds Slacker Radio →

InComm, a leading provider of prepaid transaction processing and electronic point-of-sale (POS) distribution solutions, has announced the lineup of speakers for its Online Gaming Panel at the 2009 InComm Partner Alliance. The Partner Alliance facilitates networking and strategic planning opportunities for over 26 of InComm's key online gaming partners and serves as an important conduit into the $8 billion online gaming industry. An ongoing conference favorite, this year's panel will include Joe Hyrkin, Vice President of Sales and Business at Gaia Online; Min Kim, Vice President of Marketing at Nexon America; Stefanie Schwartz, Vice President of Marketing and Operations at … Continue reading InComm Speaker Lineup Announced →

Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. today announced that the company will be releasing mobile games for the iPhone and iPod touch based on four of its top-selling franchises in North America. Metal Gear Solid Touch, Silent Hill: The Escape, DanceDanceRevolution S Lite and Frogger will all be specifically designed to take full advantage of the iPhone's unique touch screen capabilities. "Konami Mobile offers gamers nothing but the best by developing high quality, big-name titles with unparalleled mobile entertainment experiences," said Anthony Borquez, Vice President of Konami Mobile and Online. "We are extremely excited to be working with Apple to introduce North … Continue reading Konami Bringing Titles To Phones →

Meridian4 (http://www.meridian4.com) is thrilled to announce that GameFocus.ca has awarded two of our titles prestigious Game of the Year awards. Space Trader from Hermitworks and Tank Universal from Dialogue Design have won Indie Game of the Year. "Each of these titles brought something new, unique to their genres and best of all solid fun gameplay. Every PC gamer needs to check out these games for them selves and they will find a hidden gem." said GameFocus. Space Trader also won the dubious award of Best Game No One Played, but we hope that will change once people see what an … Continue reading Meridian4 Picks Up Two Canadian GOTY Awards →