Pitchfork Media Making Music For Baseball 2K
2K Sports, the sports publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), announced today a partnership with renowned and influential music outlet Pitchfork Media in support of the highly anticipated title, Major League Baseball 2K8. Pitchfork has made a name for itself since its inception in 1996 as the de facto online source for […]
Major League Eating Game In The Works
Video game publisher Mastiff announced today that their upcoming title, Major League Eating: The Game, will makes its debut as an exclusive on WiiWare, Nintendo's new downloadable game service for the Wii console, which launches May 12 in North America. The game will make extensive use of the Wii Remote(tm) to simulate the fast and […]
Slave Circus Entertainment Formed
Slave Circus Entertainment Inc, opens its doors in Brampton, Ontario. Slave Circus management brings extensive experience and support to independent game developers worldwide. Providing valuable experience and service to developers in the fields of game publishing and distribution. Slave Circus was founded by a dynamic sales and management team from such notable companies as Wal-Mart […]
GuildWars Hits 5 Million In Sales
NCsoft and ArenaNet have announced that the Guild Wars franchise of online roleplaying games has surpassed five million units sold in North America, Europe, and Asia. Published by NCsoft and developed by ArenaNet, the Guild Wars franchise consists of the original Guild Wars, Guild Wars Factions, Guild Wars Nightfall, and the recently released expansion, Guild […]
Valkyria Chronicles Coming To PS3
SEGA of America, Inc. and SEGA Europe Ltd. today announced that Valkyria Chronicles a fresh new take on the traditional role-playing genre, is coming exclusively to the PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system. Valkyria Chronicles combines strategy elements of conventional tactical role playing games with real-time action sequences. The game takes place in beautiful 3D environments […]
Deadly Fishing Game Coming To PC, 360
Battle 40-foot waves, storms, ice and a nearly 100-percent crewmember injury rate in the dangerous hunt for undersea riches on the Bering Sea with the new video game Deadliest Catch Alaskan Storm, to be launched on the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PC in April 2008. The game was inspired […]
Microsoft Joins Indy MMO Conference
Microsoft joins growing list of sponsors for the Indie MMO Game Developers Conference 2.0 set for March 29th and 30th, 2008. Joining Areae, Multiverse, IndieZen and others, Microsoft joins the IMGDC family of supporters helping ensure Indie's have a voice in a world dominated by billion dollar companies. "Companies of all sizes both in and […]
Electronic Arts Trying To Buy A Resistant Take-Two
The Board of Directors of Take-Two Interactive on Friday rejected a bid of $26 per share from Electronic Arts to buy the company, which would have amounted to about $2 Billion in cash. Undaunted, EA on Monday took their offer directly to Take-Two's investors, saying that with the company trading at $15.83 per share as […]
Ultizen To Create World of Bunco
The World Bunco Association, owners of the Bunco trademark, announced today they have chosen Ultizen Games Ltd., a game development and outsourcing company, to create "World of Bunco", a social gaming network scheduled to debut this summer. Bunco is a dice game played by an estimated 17 million people around the world who organize Bunco […]
PlaySpan Picks IBM For E-Commerce
PlaySpan, a leading provider of integrated and publisher-sponsored commerce for games and virtual worlds, is working with IBM (NYSE:IBM) to bring a fully integrated, cross platform commerce service to the games and interactive entertainment market. Gamers increasingly want to enjoy buying and selling goods with their peers without leaving the game. Many gamers also have […]