Gareth Von Kallenbach, a longtime Game Industry News Freelancer, has written a new book reviewing games and movies. In addition to all of the reviews, the books contain interviews with interesting people such as Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca), Jeremy Bulloch (Boba Fett), Natalie Portman (Padme), Charlie Hunnam (Cold Mountain), Nia vardols and John Corbet (My Big fat Greek Wedding), Manu I. (Star Trek Voyager), Kevin Smith (Jersey Girl), Chase Masterson (Lyta From Star Trek Deep Space 9), Kerry Conran (Sky Captain) and Stuart Gordon. The book can be downloaded for $3 or a printed copy can be had for $17. Copies … Continue reading GiN Reviewer Pens Book on Games →

Infinium Labs (OTC BB: IFLB) and Limelight Networks, a leading Digital Delivery Network provider, have formed a strategic alliance to deliver content for Infinium’s flagship Phantom Game Service rapidly and seamlessly, via broadband. To expand the service’s content delivery infrastructure, Limelight will provide high-performance, high-integrity back-end technology and local high-speed distribution points for Phantom, the first end-to-end, subscription-based on-demand game service. Infinium Labs will utilize Limelight Networks’ ContentEdge delivery platform and will leverage the company’s globally distributed data and network operation centers, which feature multiple modes of redundancy, real-time traffic monitoring and advanced control systems. "We’re confident that Limelight’s track … Continue reading Phantom Partners with Limelight Networks →

Soldiers"it's time to heed the call and experience cinematic intensity and the chaos of battle as never before with the release of Activision, Inc.'s (Nasdaq: ATVI) Call of Duty: Finest Hour, a gritty new World War II action game for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, Xbox video game system from Microsoft and Nintendo GameCube. Activision is supporting the launch with a multi-million dollar marketing campaign that includes television, print, theatrical and online advertising. Developed in conjunction with Spark, Call of Duty: Finest Hour is currently available in retail stores nationwide for a suggested retail price of $49.99 and carries … Continue reading Call of Duty: Finest Hour Ships →

Video Game publisher Mastiff today announced that they have entered into agreements with Viacom Consumer Products and Titus to re-release games under the Top Gun brand. Under the agreements, Mastiff will publish Top Gun: Combat Zones for PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, Nintendo GameCubeT and Game Boy Advance, and Top Gun: Firestorm for Game Boy Advance. The games will be available at major retailers for a special low price in time for the holiday season. A hip, heart-pounding combination of action, music and incredible aerial photography helped make Top Gun the blockbuster movie hit of 1986. Top Gun takes a … Continue reading Mastiff Gets Rights To Top Gun Games →

WildTangent, the leading online game publisher, today announced a marketing alliance with McDonalds to promote its online downloadable games with MONOPOLY Best Chance Game 2.0.at McDonald's, now available at participating McDonald's until supplies last. The promotion offers consumers the same exciting game as previous years plus a new online version to offer winning players with unlimited play of special McDonald's branded versions of top selling WildTangent games including, Polar Bowler, Polar Golfer, Blasterball, and Shooting Stars Pool, rotating throughout the promotion. This McDonald campaign breaks new ground by connecting traditional game play from its restaurants into a rich and immersive … Continue reading WildTangent Partners with McDonalds →

During his time in the NFL, Buffalo Bills’ star running back Willis McGahee has encountered some of the toughest competitors the gridiron has to offer; but as every Halo fan knows, it takes more than a helmet and some shoulder pads to declare yourself a Master Chief. On Tuesday, November 16, from 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST, gamers will get a chance to challenge McGahee in Halo 2 on Xbox Live in this "Game with Fame" event. Gamers looking to exchange fire with the Bills’ leading rusher will need to keep an eye out for "WMcGahee21" on Xbox Live … Continue reading Willis McGahee Challenges Halo 2 Players →

Black Hammer Game Inc., one of New York's leading independent game developers, has announced that it terminated its relationship with Strategy First Inc. in July 2004. Consequently Strategy First will no longer be publishing its upcoming PC turn-based strategy title "Supremacy: Four Paths To Power". Strategy First is no longer authorized to represent Black Hammer Game, Inc. Supremacy: Four Paths to Power is a unique turn based strategy game of interplanetary combat. The game casts the player in the role of one of four Commanding Officers (COs), each with their own abilities and strategies. No matter which CO is selected … Continue reading Black Hammer Splits from Strategy First →

The University of California, San Diego today announced a gift of more than $290,000 from Sammy Studios, Inc., the Carlsbad, California-based videogame company, a subsidiary of Sega Sammy Holdings, to support UCSD's Experimental Game Lab (EGL) at the Center for Research in Computing and the Arts (CRCA). "UCSD and the Division of Arts and Humanities are enormously grateful to Sammy Studios for this generous gift," said Georgios Anagnostopoulos, interim dean of Arts and Humanities. "It is the start of what we hope will become a long collaboration that will advance this region as a robust base for exploring and developing … Continue reading Sammy Studios Donates to U of California →

Bethesda Softworks today announced that it will release its award-winning RPG, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind Game of the Year (GotY) edition later this month as part of the Xbox Platinum Hits series. This is the second time Morrowind has been released as a Platinum Hits title, the first game ever to accomplish this feat. (The original version of Morrowind was released as part of the Platinum Hits program in 2003.) The Morrowind GotY edition allows gamers to continue their existing games of Morrowind and experience the new quests and areas offered by the Tribunal and Bloodmoon expansions. Platinum Hits … Continue reading Morrowind Gets Platinum Status Again →

Digital Leisure will ship "Dragon’s Lair 3," the epic all-new adventure of Dirk the Daring, this month in DDVD and CD-ROM formats. The game includes improved graphics, utilizing Toon Shading technology, as well as new characters, challenging levels and three never-before-played bonus scenes. Dirk the Daring, the brave yet bumbling knight, is ready to venture back into the Lair in this adventure! The Evil Wizard Mordroc has again kidnapped the fair Princess Daphne and Dirk is her only hope. Save the princess, defeat Mordroc, and watch out for the treachery that lies at every step! "For fans of the Dragon’s … Continue reading Dragon's Lair 3 Ships Today →