Playboy.com Moving To PSP
Playboy.com today has announced its next step in delivering digital and downloadable beauties with the launch of its newest feature "PlayboyStation Portable." Given the tremendous popularity of the new Sony PlayStation Portable, Playboy.com has created a sci-fi themed pictorial of the Cyber Girl of the Year 2005 Amy Sue Cooper that was photographed and formatted […]
Got Game Launches Squad Assault
Got Game Entertainment LLC today announced that it has reached a co-publishing agreement with Merscom LLC to bring World War II real-time strategy game "Squad Assault: Second Wave" for PC to North American retail. The game is a significantly updated, enhanced, and expanded release of the critically-acclaimed "Squad Assault: West Front", with even more new […]
GameStop To Buy Electronics Boutique
GameStop announced today that it has a definitive merger agreement to purchase Electronics Boutique. A joint statement outlined the deal which will create the largest game-selling company in the world. Electronics Boutique reported $1.94 billion in sales last year. GameStop reported $1.84 billion in 2004. According to the agreement, GameStop will pay $38.15 in cash […]
UBI Opens New Quebec Studio
Today Ubisoft, one of the world's largest video game publishers, announced the creation of a new videogame development studio that will employ 200 designers, animators and programmers in Quebec City. This announcement is part of the recently announced project to create 1000 new jobs by 2010 in Quebec, thereby bringing its total number of employees […]
Foundation 9 Buys Pipeworks
Foundation 9 Entertainment, Inc., North America’s largest independent developer, today announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Pipeworks Software, an independent studio focusing on development of entertainment software titles for major software publishers. After the transaction is completed, Pipeworks will continue to develop video games for the Sony PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, […]
Vindigo Enters Mobile Games Market
Vindigo, a leading mobile media company, today announced its entry into the rapidly growing mobile games market. Vindigo will release a broad selection of adventure and casual games in 2005, beginning with a fantasy graphic adventure game based on the bestselling Shadowgate franchise. The award-winning Shadowgate from Infinite Ventures has sold more than one and […]
Jakks Brings Mortal Kombat To Contoller TV Game
Mortal Kombat TV Games controllers are portable gaming units that contain the original arcade version of the first videogame in the series, Mortal Kombat from Midway, and is the newest title from JAKKS Pacific, Inc.'s (Nasdaq: JAKK) award-winning TV Games line. All that is needed are batteries and a TV — no videogame consoles are […]
Double Shot Signs With Matrix
Matrix Games (www.matrixgames.com) and Double Shot Design (www.doubleshotdesign.com) today announced an agreement to publish the first of a series of black powder-era wargames. Black Powder Wars: Battles Of Napoleon will cover Napoleonic-era tactical combat with full multiplayer and scenario editor support. David Heath, Director of Operations at Matrix Games, said, "We are on a Napoleonic […]
Telltale Releases Texas Hold'Em
Telltale Inc, today announced the worldwide launch of its character based poker game Telltale Texas Hold'Em! In this hilarious new game the player squares off against four wacky characters, all with their own individual playing styles. The engaging PC title is unique among video poker games, focusing on the characters more than the cards. "Texas […]
Part Two Being Called To Duty
Attention soldiers! Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) and acclaimed developer Infinity Ward are back in action with Call of Duty 2(tm), an all new epic title which delivers an unparalleled portrayal of the chaos and intensity that was World War II. The sequel to the award-winning Call of Duty(tm), Call of Duty 2 is powered by […]