John Deere Makes New Games
Bold Games, a division of Destineer Publishing Corp., is once again partnering with Gabriel Interactive to offer two new John Deere games for Windows and Macintosh computers. Bold Games' new Welcome to Merriweather Farm game shows Johnny Tractor and his friends plowing, harvesting, and taking care of the animals on the farm, while Busy Days […]
Matrix Games Visits Board Game Con
Matrix Games will be present at the World Boardgaming Championships 2005 this year in Lancaster, Pennsylvania from August 3rd through August 7th. We will be attending both as gamers and as vendors. If you want to play against us, show up early and seek us out. As the convention progresses, we will have a demo […]
Christian Games Site Launches
TLC Industries is pleased to announce the launch of Christian IGames (http://www.ChristianIGames.com). The website is a channel of NextArcade (http://www.NextArcade.com) featuring a selection of computer games carefully reviewed by an advisory panel featuring clergy, parents, children and game developers. Additionally, the NextArcade Desktop provides features designed to make buying and playing games more fun, safe […]
Tapwave Goes Down
Tapwave Inc., makers of the handheld multimedia game system called the Zodiac, has declared bankruptcy and closed its doors. The Zodiac, of which two versions were produced during the company's lifespan, was able to run all games built for the Palm OS. There were also several games that were created exclusively for the Zodiac platform. […]
Final Fantasy XII Announced
Square Enix Co., Ltd. the industry-leading developer of innovative digital entertainment has announced the Japanese release date of FINAL FANTASY XII for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system. The longawaited role-playing game (RPG) will be released in Japan on March 16, 2006. The European version is scheduled for release later in 2006. Since its debut […]
EA Gets Tolkien Literary Rights
Electronic Arts announced that it has been granted the rights to develop games based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic literary fiction, The Lord of the Rings. Since 2001, EA has developed games based exclusively on New Line’s Academy Award winning theatrical productions of The Lord of the Rings, as depicted by Peter Jackson. The expansion of […]
Konami Gets American Idol Rights
Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., announced a multi-year agreement with FremantleMedia Licensing Worldwide, Americas (FLW, Americas), the U.S. licensing division of Fremantle Media, one of the largest international creators and producers of program brands in the world and the co-producer and licensor of American Idol, that gives the company the exclusive interactive video game rights for […]
Friends Trivia Game In Development
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment will extend the "Friends" franchise to the videogame space with FRIENDS: THE ONE WITH ALL THE TRIVIA for console and PC. Scheduled for nationwide release on Nov. 15, 2005, the FRIENDS: THE ONE WITH ALL THE TRIVIA videogame will launch in conjunction with the final season of the #1 selling TV […]
FlatOut Hits Stores
Get ready to chuck everything you learned in driver's ed out the window" Empire Interactive, a U.K. computer games developer and publisher, today announced that FlatOut is now available at retail outlets nationwide for PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, Xbox videogame system from Microsoft and the PC. FlatOut brings racing mayhem to a new level […]
Webzen Developing PS3 RPG
WEBZEN Inc. (NASDAQ: WZEN), a leading global online entertainment developer, publisher and operator, today announced the company has started development of Endless Saga, a new massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) for the PlayStation 3 (PS3) computer entertainment system. WEBZEN unveiled a first look at the colorful new MMORPG at the Annual PlayStation Meeting hosted […]