Nintendo Sweeps MCV Awards
By: Chella Ramanan GiN European Correspondent Nintendo's UK office will be dusting off the mantle piece this morning to make room for four new trophies. Last night, Nintendo swept the boards at the MCV Industry Excellence Awards, which took place at the Brewery, London. The MCV Industry Excellence Awards, founded by MCV, the UK's leading […]
Acclaim Launches Online Dance Game
Acclaim Games today announced the launch of the online game DANCE! Online, a free-to-play multiplayer online dancing game. In an industry first, DANCE! Online will feature top talent and master recordings from Warner Music Group Corp. (NYSE: WMG), making it the first free multiplayer online dance game to feature major label content and artists. With […]
Carcassonne To Conquer Xbox Live
Sierra Online has released the first screenshots from its upcoming Xbox LIVE Arcade game Carcassonne, based on the award-winning board game. Designed for two to five players, Carcassonne is set in a medieval landscape made up of 72 tiles. Players start from a single tile and then draw from a pool of remaining tiles to […]
SEGA Saturn Title Moves To GameTap
The GameTap Online games service continues to add new titles each week, including the classic Wing Commander and Bug, which was a Sega Saturn title. Games added this week include: Wing Commander: Electronic Arts' sci-fi strategy game enlists players in an outer space aerial war to defend Earth from the marauding Kilrathi race. Wing Commander […]
UFO Afterlight Goes Gold
Topware Interactive is proud to announce that UFO Afterlight has officially gone gold today. All Earthlings will now have a chance to help our fellow comrades on Mars through a mixture of advanced tactics, strategy, fighting, and diplomacy. You can still give the game a test drive by downloading the demo from www.topware.com. "We can […]
Red Beard Skins Added To Prize Pool
For those of you looking to add a little spice to your console, GiN has just added skins from Red Beard to the prize pool. Red Beard skins are printed on metallic paper which gives them an amazing look over standard vinyl ones. Also, all Red Beard skins are coated with a 100 percent clear […]
Guitar Hero II Ships For 360
Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) today announced that Guitar Hero II for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft is now available on retail shelves nationwide. Guitar Hero II for the Xbox 360 features an expanded track list of over 70 axe-smashing hits – including 10 tracks exclusive to the Xbox 360 – […]
Crave Bringing Educational Games To PSP Platform
Crave Entertainment, a leading publisher of console videogames for the casual gamer, today announced they will publish Spelling Challenges and More!, a new family game for the PSP (PlayStation(R)Portable) system and for the Nintendo DS handheld system. Based on the growing enthusiasm for spelling bees and brain games, Spelling Challenges and More! offers fun for […]
Charlotte's Web Game Featured On Movie DVD
Planetwide Media announced today Charlotte's Web Storybook Creator is included in millions of Charlotte's Web DVDs. Fans of the Paramount Pictures' motion picture will now be able to create their own Charlotte's Web storybooks with key movie scenes, characters, tag lines, and graphics from the movie. "Charlotte's Web Storybook Creator" is an innovative interactive entertainment […]
Guild Wars To Begin Offering Prize Money
ArenaNet has announced the 2007 $100,000 Guild Wars tournament series. This online tournament series provides high-level, competitive opportunities for individuals and guilds to win their share of over $100,000 in prizes while playing Guild Wars in online events. Starting in May 2007, Guild Wars' automated tournaments will provide players and guilds the opportunity to qualify […]