CCP Games, one of the world's largest independent game developers, today announced the release of EVE Online: Revelations II, an expansion to the three-part Revelations series. Revelations II sets the stage for the third chapter of Revelations to be released later this year and will feature enhancements for the most experienced players to the newest. It will introduce major challenges and complexities to the game, enabling players to engage in even more strategic warfare, providing significantly expanded content for exploration and offering more possibilities for sophisticated corporation and alliance management. In addition, it will include enhancements to EVE Online's core … Continue reading Eve Online Launches Revelations II →

Today, Turbine, Inc. and Codemasters Online Gaming announced the details of the first annual Summer Solstice Festival in The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, the hit MMO that has taken North America and Europe by storm. The Summer Solstice Festival, the first of many planned seasonal celebrations in Middle-earth, will offer players a variety of quests, vendors and events to highlight this special time of year. The Lord of the Rings Online has been enthusiastically received by many gaming critics, including The New York Times, USA Today, Yahoo!, PC Gamer, GameSpot and Game Informer in the US … Continue reading Lord Of The Rings Online Celebrates Summer →

Leading Eastern and Central European publisher 1C Company and Skyfallen Entertainment are proud to announce the development of Death Track: Resurrection – the successor to the legendary Deathtrack, a game which is considered by many the founder of the modern combat racing genre. Death Track: Resurrection is a combat racing title that plunges players into the not too distant future when the world is in chaos. The population is tired of traditional sports. Replaced by far more aggressive, violent and thrilling types of entertainment the public screams for more. The attention of Earth's population is drawn to a new event, … Continue reading Death Track Getting Resurrected →

Interactive entertainment pioneers Telltale Inc. and Valve today announced that Sam & Max: Season 1, Telltale's flagship episodic series, is now available on Steam, a leading online platform for the distribution and management of PC games. Sam & Max: Season 1 is a story-driven game series starring a dog and rabbity-thing detective duo that dishes out their own brand of justice. Over the last two decades, the self-proclaimed Freelance Police have appeared in a number of formats, including independent comics penned by Steve Purcell, an interactive PC adventure game, a Saturday morning cartoon, a web comic, and now Telltale's innovative … Continue reading Sam And Max Are Steamed →

Balderton Capital, the leading venture capital firm, has acquired the remaining stake held by the founders of Codemasters, the largest independent videogame developer and publisher in Europe. Balderton, formerly known as Benchmark Capital Europe, first invested in Codemasters in 2005 taking a 40% stake and bought a further 30% in 2006. It has now bought out the remaining interest of the founders, David and Richard Darling and their father Jim. The Codemasters acquisition follows Balderton's strategy of taking large stakes in technology and media companies with very superior growth prospects. Other Balderton investments include stakes in Bebo, Betfair, MySQL and … Continue reading Balderton Buys Out Codemasters Founders →

Turbine, Inc. released the first free update for subscribers to The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar. Book 9: Shores of Evendim, the first of many planned free updates to the world of Middle-earth, introduces an entirely new landscape region, over 100 additional quests, the battle for Helegrod raid, nine new monsters, and major enhancements to monster play and the music system. As the Fellowship prepares to leave Rivendell, Aragorn must re-forge Narsil, the Sword of Elendil. Gandalf has asked for help in Aragorn's search of the lands of Evendim for an ancient jewel that once belonged in … Continue reading Lord Of The Rings MMO Expands →

The summer renaissance of Nancy Drew begins in earnest this month with the launch of the latest PC game in Her Interactive's award-winning series, Nancy Drew: The White Wolf of Icicle Creek. As previously announced, Her Interactive is teaming up with Cotton Incorporated and Warner Bros. for a 15-stop, national mall tour from May 21 to June 17 featuring the game as a sales incentive during the promotional time period and as part of an overall sweepstakes prize package. "The qualities that have historically made Nancy Drew such an icon for generations of women – smart, gutsy, and resourceful – … Continue reading New Nancy Drew Game Ships →

Microsoft Corp. and Games for Change (G4C) today announced a joint commitment to explore new ways to bring together the world of digital gaming with the world of social change at the fourth annual Games for Change Festival at Parsons The New School for Design. As part of the announcement, Microsoft outlined an all-new socially minded global gaming competition, Xbox 360 Games for Change Challenge, to drive awareness for games based on social themes. This worldwide competition, set to launch this summer to participants in more than 100 countries, will challenge college students to come up with the best game … Continue reading Microsoft Marrying Games And Social Change →

Today, id Software unveiled their never-before-seen next-generation game engine technology, id Tech 5, running on a Mac at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference. This revolutionary new technology will power the studio's internally created new game property and will be available for licensing to third parties. Previous iterations of id technology have powered games with worldwide retail sales totaling more than $1 billion, cementing id's status as the premier technology provider for the industry. id Software's co-founder and technical director, John Carmack, demonstrated id Tech 5 during the keynote address and commented, "Since many developers at id have made the switch to … Continue reading iD Shows Off New Game Engine →

Cartoon Network New Media is expanding its games distribution to videogame consoles through an innovative browser application developed at AFI's Digital Content Lab. Launching in late 2007 to early 2008, the new multi-platform window called "MEGA Series" delivers an interactive video and gaming experience to broadband-enabled consoles. Additionally, the application can be adapted for distribution to a broad array of devices. Cartoon Network is the first television network to use Flash to uniquely reach the massive console audience. Compatible with PLAYSTATION 3 (PS3) and Wii, MEGA Series may be delivered via the broadband connection of each console and is accessible … Continue reading Cartoon Network To Deliver Digital Games To PS2, Wii →