Johnny Depp To Voice Pirates Game
Bethesda Softworks today announced that award-winning actor Johnny Depp will lend his voice as Captain Jack Sparrow in the upcoming video game, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow. Slated for a June 27 release for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and the PC, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow […]
Hoffman Becomes Screenlife CEO
Dave Hoffman has been named Chief Operating Officer for Screenlife, LLC, the creators of the popular Scene It? The DVD Game. Hoffman has more than 13 years of operational experience in the entertainment industry. He has worked with industry leaders such as Disney, Universal Studios, Sega and Technicolor. Most recently, Hoffman headed up North American […]
Tracy McGrady Gets NBA LIVE 07 Cover
Electronic Arts (Nasdaq: ERTS) announced today that Tracy McGrady, one of the most explosive and electrifying athletes over his nine-year NBA career, has been selected the new face of NBA LIVE 07, scheduled for release this fall under the EA SPORTS brand. The Houston Rockets forward joins an exclusive list of NBA players to be […]
Multiplayer Entertainment Formed
In the rapidly expanding market of HDTVs and recognizing the need for new and innovative evergreen programming created in the true HD format, industry veterans Terry Merrill and Erica Coates have joined forces to form MULTIPLAYER ENTERTAINMENT, INC. The innovative production company was created to produce HD programming for licensing to broadcast, cable, satellite and […]
Guild Wars Sells Two Million Copies
ArenaNet, developer of the world's leading subscription-free online roleplaying games Guild Wars and Guild Wars Factions, and NCsoft Corporation, the world's leading developer and publisher of online computer games, announce today the Guild Wars franchise has sold more than two million units worldwide to date. In further news, sales data from The NPD Group shows […]
Cars Movie Spawns Accessory Line
Just in time for Disney-Pixar's summer film, Cars, Pelican's accessory line for the video game inspired by the film zooms onto store shelves this week with controllers for Sony PlayStation 2 and Nintendo GameCube. There's also a hip line of gadgets including Cars branded Face Armor for the Sony PSP, and a Roadway Kit; complete […]
Rebellion Group Buys Core From SCi
The Rebellion Group has reached an agreement with SCi Entertainment Group plc to purchase the staff and physical assets of Core Design. The deal will see the Rebellion group acquire the Derby studios and staff of Core Design, who will continue to work with Eidos on a new project and will be re-named [Rebellion Derby]. […]
Eve Online Goes Live In China
The first day of EVE Online's open Beta in China resulted in a new world record for the number of simultaneous users playing in the same game world, as more than 30,000 users logged into the game server just hours after opening. CCP Games, an independent producer of massively multiplayer online games and producer of […]
Charles Bellfield Named Capcom VP of Marketing
Capcom, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, today announced that Charles Bellfield has joined the executive management team in the role of vice president of marketing for the USA headquarters. In this capacity, he will oversee the company's strategic and operational marketing efforts including brand and product management, publicity, customer service, e-commerce […]
Cinemaware Releasing Moscow To Berlin
Cinemaware Marquee, an affiliated label of eGames, Inc. (OTCBB:EGAM), today announced that it will release Moscow to Berlin: Red Siege for the PC, to North American retail shelves this June. Experience battles straight from the Eastern Front of WWII in this all-encompassing Real-Time Strategy package. Produced by Paris-based Monte Cristo Games, Moscow to Berlin: Red […]