Ken Block, the multi medal-winning Subaru Rally Team USA driver and co-founder of DC Shoes, has been signed as one of the key motorsport athletes who will feature in the eagerly anticipated Colin McRae: DiRT 2, Codemasters revealed today with the release of the ‘Ken Block Gets DiRTy Too' feature video, now available from www.dirt2game.com. X Games team-mate of the late Colin McRae, Block is at the forefront of a new breed of pro drivers, competing as Subaru Rally Team USA Driver #43 in the Rally America National Championship and the world-famous X Games. He has also gained notoriety for … Continue reading Ken Block To Be Featured On Dirt 2 →

Discovery Communications and global videogame publisher 505 Games announced today their line of Discovery Kids-branded pet simulation games have shipped to retail outlets nationwide. Exclusive for the Nintendo DS, the new titles include Dolphin Discovery, Puppy Playtime, Pony Paradise and Kitten Corner. All four titles have an MSRP of $29.99 and rated "E" for Everyone. "It is a privilege for 505 Games to work with such a prestigious brand as Discovery Kids," said Adam Kline, president of 505 Games U.S. "Our new line of pet simulation games serves up the perfect combination of entertaining game play and pet-care problem solving … Continue reading Discovery Launches Kitten Corner For DS →

MTV Games, a part of Viacom's MTV Networks, (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), Harmonix, the leading developer of music-based games, and distribution partner Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS), today announced that the Rock Band franchise has officially surpassed $1 billion dollars in North American retail sales in 15 months, according to The NPD Group. In addition, over 40 million paid individual songs have been sold via download through the Rock Band platform furthering its position as the music video game leader in paid song sales and downloadable content with over 600 songs available to date in the Rock Band catalogue. Originally launched … Continue reading Rock Band Sales Pass $1 Billion →

In March 1979, Full Sail (www.fullsail.edu) launched its first educational program for the entertainment media industry, an act that allowed the marking of this year as its 30th anniversary. Full Sail University will celebrate this historic milestone on April 20, 2009 with a series of on-campus events, including the unveiling of the Full Sail University Hall of Fame and an inaugural induction ceremony with six selected Full Sail graduates. Originated as a Recording Arts program, Full Sail was first advertised in the January 1979 issue of Rolling Stone Magazine. Over the last three decades, Full Sail has since grown into … Continue reading Full Sail University Turns 30 →

Muzzy Lane Software, an innovative developer of 3D single and multiplayer games has announced today the next game in its acclaimed MAKING HISTORY Series: MAKING HISTORY II: "The War of the World", created in partnership with renowned economic historian and policy icon Niall Ferguson. MAKING HISTORY II (MHII) lets grand strategy players experience the role of a WWII era national leader embroiled in the toxic mix of waning empires, economic crisis, and ethnic "fault lines" that famously resulted in a global war that transformed the world. Now armchair generals and grand strategy masters can attempt to write their own history, … Continue reading Muzzy Lane's New Making History Game Announced →

Prepare for the ultimate invasion! The most anticipated game of the year and the sequel to the best-selling first-person action game of all time, Infinity Ward's Modern Warfare 2 will strike worldwide on November 10, 2009. Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) will release the newest installment in the groundbreaking and record-setting follow-up to the 2007 blockbuster, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, that has sold more than 12 million copies worldwide, to date. "Everyone on the team is laser focused on making the most gripping experience we've ever created," said Infinity Ward's CEO, Vince Zampella. "No detail is too small … Continue reading COD: Modern Warfare 2 Announced →

Aspyr Media and Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) have teamed once again to rock the computer gaming world with the announcement of Guitar Hero® World Tour for Windows PC and Mac. Transforming music gaming by expanding Guitar Hero's® signature guitar gameplay into a cooperative band experience, Guitar Hero World Tour for PC and Mac offers state-of-the-art wireless controllers to computer gamers for the first time, new online and offline gameplay modes and a Music Studio feature for composing and editing original rock and roll anthems. Guitar Hero World Tour is the most complete music game to-date with 86 on-disc tracks … Continue reading Guitar Hero: World Tour Coming To PC, Mac →

D3Publisher (D3P), a publisher and developer of interactive entertainment software, together with its parent D3, Inc., today announced a worldwide publishing agreement with Cartoon Network Enterprises, the global licensing and merchandising arm of the network, for videogames based on hit action-adventure series The Secret Saturdays. The first game based on The Secret Saturdays is scheduled to be released for console and handheld systems in Q4 2009. "The Secret Saturdays franchise provides everything videogame fans look for, from an exciting cast of heroes they can portray, to fantastic creatures with special abilities they can use, to the most dastardly villain for … Continue reading The Secret Saturdays Show To Get Game →

Universal Pictures Digital Platforms Group and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announces that Wanted: Weapons of Fate, the videogame based on Universal Pictures' action-thriller Wanted, starring James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman and Angelina Jolie, is now available for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION 3 Computer Entertainment System and PC. Published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment in partnership with Universal Digital Platforms Group and developed by GRIN, Wanted: Weapons of Fate is an intense, third-person action-thriller that takes combat to a new level with iconic techniques and moves drawn directly from the film - such as "Curving … Continue reading Wanted: Weapons of Fate Ships →