X2 Ships For Mac
It's a dangerous universe, but someone has to kick its butt! From the freezing hell of the prison world of Artur to the pirate filled space-lanes of the deep black, X2: The Threat will take you as far as your ambition will carry you. Command a freighter and trade your way to wealth and power, […]
Women's Game Conference Names Director
The Game Initiative, a leading producer of conferences and events for professionals in the computer and video game industry, today announced Suzanne Freyjadis-Chuberka is the new Conference Director for the Women’s Game Conference (WGC) taking place October 26-27, 2005 in Austin, Texas. Additionally The Game Initiative announced that WGC proposals for consideration for speaker panel […]
SAG To Vote On Game Actors Contract
The national board of Screen Actors Guild (SAG) today voted to send members who work in the video game industry a referendum on the proposed Interactive Media Agreement. The referendum will also be available to any paid-up SAG member in good standing who requests a ballot. The referendum will be mailed out on July 13 […]
EverQuest II Launches Splitpaw Saga
Sony Online Entertainment Inc. (SOE), a worldwide leader in massively multiplayer online (MMO) gaming, yesterday released The Splitpaw Saga, the second exciting adventure pack for EverQuest II. Available via digital download for US $7.99, The Splitpaw Saga gives players hours of new story-rich content to explore. "We enjoy making sure that EverQuest II has new […]
I-Play Buys Ditto Studios
I-play, the mobile games company, today announced the successful completion of its acquisition of British mobile games porting specialist and developer, Ditto Studios. This strategic acquisition will enable I-play to deliver its products to market more quickly, through Ditto's proprietary technology that accelerates the process of providing mobile games to the hundreds of different handsets […]
ESA Celebrates Court Ruling
Responding to the Supreme Court’s ruling today in the case of MGM v. Grokster, the Entertainment Software Association’s President, Douglas Lowenstein, issued the following statement: "We are heartened by the Supreme Court's resounding decision and are hopeful that it will put an end to the efforts of those who for the last several years have […]
Summit Charts Industry Course
Games industry senior executives, decision makers and researchers gathered in London last week for the ELSPA International Games Summit, with the market’s thought leaders taking this valuable opportunity to share their vision, their strategies and their concerns as the industry sits on the cusp of the next-generation transition. The annual event continues to grow from […]
European Superheroes To Compete
NCsoft Europe today unveiled its exciting plans for the largest tournament that the City of Heroes community has ever seen. Taking place over several months and involving players from all over Europe, the Super Summer Slam Spectacular (S4) offers something for players of all persuasions. S4 will take place over three separate stages. The initial […]
SAG Considering Deal
Screen Actors Guild (SAG) announced today that SAG President Melissa Gilbert and National Executive Director/CEO Greg Hessinger will convene a special meeting of the national board on Wednesday, June 29, to consider the tentative Interactive Media Agreement with video game companies that was rejected this past Tuesday by SAG's National Executive Committee. "When the NEC […]
Splinter Cell Sneaks Onto DS
Today Ubisoft, one of the world's largest video game publishers, announces that Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory for the Nintendo DS system has shipped to retailers across North America and will be available June 28, 2005. Key features of Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory for Nintendo DS include: • All the new moves […]