The Adventure Company, the world's leading PC adventure game publisher, today announced that Sentinel: Descendants in Time, a thrilling real-time 3D Sci-Fi "Mind Game" Adventure, is available now for Windows at retailers across North America. The Tastan people surrendered to extinction many years ago; their only legacy being the legendary Tastan Tombs. Much speculation surrounds the tombs; some say they hold invaluable treasure, while others believe great wealth may be attained through the technology left behind by this advanced race. As Beni, players enter the Caverns on a dangerous quest for riches. Along his strange journey, he encounters a sentinel … Continue reading The Adventure Company ships Sentinel →

Electronic Arts has cornered the market on PC and console football games with one swift stroke of the pen. It was announced today that EA has been awarded the exclusive rights to players, teams and stadiums of the NFL for the next five years. The move all but assures that the Madden NFL series will be the only game in town. "We are excited about the opportunity to further enhance our relationship with the NFL and Players Inc." said Larry Probst, Chairman and CEO of Electronic Arts. "The five-year agreements will usher NFL fans through the console technology transition with … Continue reading EA Gets Exclusive Rights To NFL →

The Matrix Online, a massively multi-player online game co-published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and SEGA of America, will now ship in Spring 2005. Previously slated for a January 2005 launch, the game will expand its beta program while the overall game experience is being enhanced. "We are committed to quality games and making this the best possible experience for players," said Jason Hall, Senior Vice President of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. "Since this is our first MMOG, we are taking measured steps to ensure it will be polished and are investing additional resources into our community oriented initiatives." The … Continue reading Matrix Online Delayed →

Speedco Shooting Sports, Inc. is pleased to report the release of its second game, NRA Varmint Hunter. This simulator-style computer game features all the real-world elements of an actual varmint hunt. Players can shoot both eastern and western varmints (ground hogs, prairie dogs and an occasional coyote) in their natural terrains. Be it the open fields of the Midwest or the rolling hills of Pennsylvania, the locations featured in NRA Varmint Hunter are true representations of the actual hunting locations found across the U.S. With the help and close cooperation of The Varmint Hunters Association, the game is as realistic … Continue reading NRA Releases Shooting Game →

The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS), the professional organization dedicated to the advancement and recognition of interactive arts, has announced some of its speakers and panel topics for the 2005 D.I.C.E. Summit (Design, Innovate, Communicate and Entertain.) Addressing the industry's most essential topics for 2005 such as IP piracy, predicting a successful game, taking risks in development and successful branding, this three-day conference will be held January 31 – February 2, 2005 at Green Valley Ranch Resort in Las Vegas, NV. The D.I.C.E. summit provides an outlet for the top video game designers, developers from around the world … Continue reading AIAS Announces DICE Speakers →

If we don’t get banned somewhere each week, I start to feel that maybe we aren’t doing our job," Vince Desi, head of RWS once admitted to a reporter regarding the POSTAL videogame franchise. By those standards, the creators of POSTAL, Running With Scissors have had an incredible week. The company that brought us the famous ‘1984’ Superbowl commercial has obviously become Big Brother," remarked Desi. "The Mac market is regarded as the most mature, sophisticated demographic in the home computer world. But Apple obviously doesn’t feel its users should be able to make their own choices when it comes … Continue reading Postal 2 Moves To Mac →

Paradox Interactive has given GiN readers the chance to win a cool t-shirt to support the pending launch of their strategy title Hearts of Iron II. The t-shirts are black with red lettering. Each week, one lucky GiN subscriber will be able to win one of the shirts. The game will be released in North America, Scandinavia, Russia, France, the UK, Belgium, the Netherlands, Australia, Poland, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Portugal and Mexico and available in stores in the beginning of 2005. In Hearts of Iron 2, you are the supreme leader of a country of your choosing during … Continue reading Hearts of Iron II Shirts Added To Prize Pool →

TOKYOPOP Inc. and Gravity Interactive are teaming up to provide fans of the hit manga series Ragnarok the chance to play Ragnarok Online free for 15 days. A Ragnarok Online complimentary game CD will be bundled with select volumes of the Ragnarok manga series at Barnes & Noble, the United States largest bookseller with more than 600 stores nationwide. The Ragnarok manga features a shifting ensemble of swordsmen and sorcerers in a quest to change the world inspired by Norse mythology. Since its inception, Ragnarok has become one of the top-selling manga series of all time. The series achieved a … Continue reading Ragnarok Demos Hit Barns and Noble →

Merscom LLC today announced an agreement with book publishers McFarland & Company for inclusion of a chapter from their book "Patton's Vanguard: The United States Army Fourth Armored Division" in Merscom's upcoming military arcade-style action game for PC, "WWII Tank Commander". An electronic version of the vividly detailed chapter will be included as a bonus in the game where players take command of a Sherman tank in General Patton's elite Fourth Armored Division. The game is being developed by Sylum Entertainment and is slated for a February 2005 release. With its stirring accounts of the legendary campaigns of the United … Continue reading Patton Book Makes Game Chapter →

Got Game Entertainment LLC today announced that "Bad Mojo" for PC and Mac has begun shipping to retail across North America. The unique adventure, which finds you in the curious role of a cockroach navigating the eerie and intricate world of a dilapidated San Francisco building, scurries onto retail shelves by this weekend, just in time for those who might be dreaming of things more deliciously disgusting than sugarplum fairies. If you survive your journey, creating makeshift bridges over deadly insect traps, fending off spiders with smoldering cigarette butts, dodging the perilous volcanic spew of a boiling pot of chili, … Continue reading Got Game Ships Bad Mojo →