BVS Development Corporation has released BVS Solitaire Collection 5.5 with 395 multi-featured, very different solitaire card games to play. You’ll be able to learn solitaires not found elsewhere: Topsy-Turvy Queens, Twelve Sleeping Maids, Steeplechase, Braid and many others. It also includes all of the most popular solitaire card games such as Spider, Freecell, Klondike, Golf, Bisley, Carpet, Forty Thieves, Monte Carlo, Russian Solitaire, Flower Garden, Golf, Cruel, Accordion, Pyramid. The "Options/Modify Rules" command provides you with the ability to customize rules of almost any of the included games. You can change, for example, number of redeals, tableau/foundation building direction etc. … Continue reading BVS Solitaire Collection Ready →

Cinemaware, a brand of eGames, Inc. (OTCBB: EGAM), today announced the launch of Cinemaware Marquee, an affiliated label that will specifically showcase groundbreaking content by independent game developers from around the globe. "Cinemaware Marquee is the equivalent of an independent film label featuring innovative titles with truly compelling gameplay," said Lars Batista, Vice President, Development of eGames. "Our goal is to deliver consistently incredible and epic games. There are many extremely talented developers making amazing titles in Europe, Asia, and elsewhere. Many of these games never make it to the North American market, so we are aggressively seeking out and … Continue reading Cinemaware Announces Marquee Brand →

Matrix Games and Playnet are pleased to announce that Battleground Europe (www.battleground-europe.com) is now available to North America for the first time via the Matrix Games Online Store as a digital download, with boxed copies to follow next week. Take control of a soldier fighting in World War II in a persistent massive multiplayer world of first-person combat with infantry, tanks, planes and ships. This full release in North America provides the latest version and goodies that were included in the European release last month. Enjoy a huge variety of extras, such as a 150-page game manual in electronic form, … Continue reading Matrix Releases Battleground Europe →

Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced that World of Warcraft, its massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), has surpassed five million customers worldwide. The subscription-based MMORPG launched approximately one year ago in North America, Australia, and New Zealand and has since released in multiple countries throughout Europe and Asia. This latest milestone comes on the heels of Blizzard Entertainment's recent announcement of a World of Warcraft expansion, World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, which will push the boundaries of the game and offer even more content and features for players. "World of Warcraft's growth continues to exceed all our expectations," said … Continue reading World Of Warcraft Hits Five Million Players →

CCP Games, an independent developer and publisher of massively multiplayer online games, announced today the triumphant launch of "EVE Online: Red Moon Rising", a new content upgrade to its highly successful and fast-growing Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG) "EVE Online: Exodus". "We are delighted with how smoothly this update went through" said Magnus Bergsson, CMO of CCP Games. "EVE Online has become the most massive and dynamic playground on the market today with over 100,000 active players all on the same server, so updating such an enormous game universe is no small feat." In EVE Online: Red Moon Rising, … Continue reading Eve Online Expands With Red Moon Rising →

Today Ubisoft, one of the world's leading video game publishers, announced that it has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with Taito Corporation of Japan to publish and distribute three video game titles in 2006. Under the terms of the agreement, Ubisoft will distribute the Taito-developed games in North American and European territories. The first title to be released by Ubisoft will be Exit, a puzzle action game for people of all ages, exclusively for the PSP (PlayStationPortable) system in February. "Exit's unique graphics and fluid style make this yet another innovative puzzle game in Ubisoft's arsenal," said Jay Cohen, vice … Continue reading UBI, Taito Ink Deal →

Today the Casual Games Association announced that Casuality Europe: A Conference for Casual Game Developers, Publishers and Distributors is now accepting submissions for Minna Games, a collection of pre-release and finished games looking for feedback, publishing or distribution. The Minna Games CD will be distributed to everyone attending Casuality Europe, which includes representatives of all the major publishers and distributors of casual game content in the United States and Europe. "RealArcade is looking to expand content acquisition efforts to form direct relationships with game development and publishing companies in Europe" said Daniel Prigg Sr Manager Developer Relations at RealNetworks, "We … Continue reading Casual Games Europe Looking For Games →

A unique short film entitled "The French Democracy," created using Activision (Nasdaq: ATVI) and Lionhead Studios’ game The Movies(tm), has attracted international media attention since its release on November 22, 2005 on the game’s website, www.themoviesgame.com. The film, made by French designer Alex Chan, is a commentary on the social situation which led up to the recent riots in Paris and other French cities. First written about in The Washington Post, "The French Democracy" has since been featured on MTV.com, Business Week, and 20 Minutes — a French newspaper with a circulation of over 800,000. Commenting on the media attention … Continue reading The Movies Game Films Making News →

After earning four out of five GiN Gems in a recent review, copies of Chrome have been added to the weekly prize pool. Click on the Win Prizes Link to find out more. The game is set in a close future. At a time when the rapid advancement of technology allowed man’s common dream of colonizing distant planets to become reality. However. The Federation’s bureaucratized structures, which oversee the process of colonizing the universe, limit themselves to selling terraforming permits. This led to a situation where powerful mega corporations held an authoritarian rule on their very own "private" planets. The … Continue reading Chrome Added To Prize Pool →

The fan-driven campaign to save King’s Quest IX has been successful. On Friday, Vivendi Universal Games announced that they have agreed to allow the fan-made game "King’s Quest IX" to be released, under the new title of "The Silver Lining." The group making the game will be granted a fan license. "We are so thrilled with this news," says Matt Compton, one of the members of the Save King’s Quest IX campaign. "We were very hopeful that if we organized the fans of the King’s Quest series, we would be able to get Vivendi’s attention. It feels so good to … Continue reading Fans Allowed To Finish King's Quest Game →