PlaySpan Buys PayByCash
Silicon Valley based PlaySpan Inc. (www.playspan.com) has acquired PayByCash (www.paybycash.com) the leading alternative payment system for online games, virtual worlds and social networks. Together PlaySpan and PayByCash create one of the fastest growing commerce and payment service companies supporting game publishers' need for a complete commerce and payment platform in the rapidly growing market of […]
BigWorld Expands To Japan
BigWorld has recently expanded its presence in both the Japanese and South Korean markets. Gavin Longhurst, BigWorld VP for Business Development, announced that this move bolsters BigWorld's ability to provide direct sales and support to the increasing number of game developers using the BigWorld MMO engine in the region. Longhurst said that BigWorld has appointed […]
Texas Governor Rick Perry Speaking At E3
The Honorable Rick Perry, Governor of Texas, will speak at the 2008 E3 Media & Business Summit on Wednesday, July 16, the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) announced today. In addition, the ESA today released the official Summit exhibitor list, stating that the event's exhibit space is expected to sell out shortly. The 2008 E3 Media […]
Ubisoft Announces I Am Alive Game At E3
Today Ubisoft announced an edgy new survival-adventure intellectual property, I Am Alive, will be released on current generation video game consoles in spring 2009. When Chicago is left in ruins and the cause of the devastation is unknown, players will be challenged to think, react and take risks that will directly affect themselves and those […]
Disney Unveils Sing It Game
Disney Interactive Studios today announced Disney Sing It, the only karaoke video game that challenges players to out-sing friends with songs and authentic videos from favorite Hollywood Records artists, Disney Channel Original Series and Disney Channel Original Movies. Fans of all ages can discover their inner performer by belting out hits from Camp Rock, High […]
Deep Silver And Apogee Partner For Duke Nukem
Deep Silver and Apogee Software today announced an agreement to co-publish the Duke Nukem Trilogy episodes for the Nintendo DS and Sony PSP (PlayStationPortable) systems in North America and Europe. The Trilogy is comprised of three new episodes, released sequentially, beginning in the Summer of 2009: Critical Mass, Chain Reaction, and Proving Grounds. The Trilogy […]
Come On Down: Price Is Right Game News
Today Ubisoft announced that it has partnered with FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) to publish THE PRICE IS RIGHT for the Wii home video game system from Nintendo, the Nintendo DS system, PC, and Mac. Developed by Ludia and FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME), The Price is Right video game is based on the longest running game show in […]
GTA: Chinatown Wars Announced
Rockstar Games today officially announced Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, a Nintendo DS game developed by Rockstar Leeds in conjunction with series creators Rockstar North. With the use of the DS touch screen, players will navigate their way through the streets as they uncover the truth behind an epic tale of crime and corruption within […]
E3 News: Eternal Sonata Announced for PS3
Leading video games publisher and developer NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc., today announced Eternal Sonata for the PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system. An award-winning role-playing game inspired by the life of legendary composer Frederic Chopin, Eternal Sonata is set to arrive on the PLAYSTATION 3 system this fall with new quests, new playable characters, new […]
Rock Band 2 Wows Crowds At E3
Harmonix, the world's premier music video game development company, and MTV Games, a division of Viacom's MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), along with marketing and distribution partner Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS), today revealed at the 2008 E3 Media & Business Summit new features for the next evolution of the groundbreaking music platform, Rock Band […]