National Geographic Looking For Most Amazing Pet
National Geographic Kids magazine is celebrating its special pet issue by searching for "America's Most Amazing Pet." The three-month-long contest kicks off in the March issue of the magazine, on newsstands now. Kids throughout the United States are invited to participate by submitting a one-minute video, color photograph or comic creation and a 50- to […]
Vivendi Buys Largest Chilean Game Firm
Vivendi Games today announced the acquisition of Wanako Games, based in Santiago, Chile. Wanako is the largest game development studio in Latin America. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition underscores the commitment by Vivendi Games' Sierra Online division to enhance its internal product development capabilities in the fast growing console download […]
Oblivion Designer Joins Big Huge Games
Ken Rolston, the Lead Designer of smash hits Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind and Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion has joined Big Huge Games to create a to-be-announced role-playing game (RPG). Rolston is a 25-year industry veteran, whose extensive game credits also include pen-and-paper RPGs such as Paranoia and RuneQuest. "Ken's addition marks a bold new direction […]
Holly Hobbie Coming To DS
Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL), an innovative provider of digital entertainment products and content, today announced Holly Hobbie & Friends for the Nintendo DSâ„¢. Developed by Frontline Studios, Inc. and scheduled to launch this fall, Holly Hobbieâ„¢ & Friends features the girl with heart, Holly Hobbie, and her best friends Carrie and Amy, as they […]
Lost Planet Is Top Monthly Seller
Capcom's Lost Planet: Extreme Condition was the top-selling console video game in January 2007 according to market research firm NPD. Lost Planet, which carries a "T" rating for teen audiences by the ESRB (Entertainment Software Rating Board), is currently on retail shelves around the world. Lost Planet is an epic gaming masterpiece combining a gripping […]
Eidos Opens Montreal Studio
The Minister of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade, Raymond Bachand, accompanied by Frank Zampino, President of the executive committee, City of Montréal, Julien Merceron, Chief Technology Officer of Eidos, Bill Ennis, Commercial Director of SCi Entertainment Group, Stéphane D'Astous, Managing Director of Eidos Montréal and Jacques Daoust, President and Chief Executive Officer of Investissement […]
Neurok Optics, Chi Mei Launch iZ3D
Neurok Optics, LLC, a US-based 3D technology developer and marketing company and Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO), a Taiwan-based leading worldwide TFT-LCD manufacturing company, announced they have formed a new joint venture company. The new company, iZ3D, LLC, will be based in San Diego. It will develop and market iZ3D products for the electronic entertainment market […]
GarageGames Releases Torque Game Engine
GarageGames, the leader in powerful, affordable game development tools, is pleased to announce the long-awaited release of Torque Game Engine Advanced. The 3D Torque Game Engine Advanced (known throughout development as Torque Shader Engine) takes full advantage of modern hardware technologies. Features include: TorqueNet: Strong multiplayer networking foundation built into the code. TorqueNet uses both […]
Samurai Warriors 2 Goes Gold
KOEI, recognized worldwide as the premier brand of strategy and action games, today announced that SAMURAI WARRIORS 2 EMPIRES has reached gold status. The Tactical Action game set in Feudal Japan will be available for both the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system. Consumers can […]
GameTap Gives Uru Live New Life
GameTap, the first-of-its-kind broadband entertainment network from Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS, Inc.), today announced that "Myst Online: Uru Live" will officially open its doors tomorrow on Thursday, February 15. Published by GameTap and developed by Cyan Worlds, "Myst Online: Uru Live" is the most recent addition to the GameTap Originals label. This latest installment […]