New Content Added To URU Live
Today GameTap announced "A New Light," the newest episode in "Myst Online: Uru Live." Following GameTap's popularized episodic format, this brand new installment will pick up where last month's "Scars" left off, immersing players in another piece of the adventuresome, puzzle-focused gameplay. "The response to our new episodic model for ‘Myst Online: Uru Live' has […]
Bioware Making Sonic DS RPG
SEGA of America, Inc., SEGA Europe, Ltd., and Canada-based developer studio BioWare Corp. today announced a partnership to create a new video game based on the classic SEGA flagship icon Sonic The Hedgehog. The exact name of the game is undetermined, and it will ship in 2008. "BioWare is one of the hottest names in […]
Eve Online Launches Revelations II
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. […]
Lord Of The Rings Online Celebrates Summer
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 […]
Death Track Getting Resurrected
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 […]
Sam And Max Are Steamed
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 […]
Balderton Buys Out Codemasters Founders
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 […]
Lord Of The Rings MMO Expands
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 […]
New Nancy Drew Game Ships
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 […]
Microsoft Marrying Games And Social Change
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 […]