New Solitaire Package Announced
BVS Solitaire Collection is one of the largest compilations of solitaire card games in the entire world, now with 385 games that can be played by a single person. With over 95 variations of the original solitaire games, including the ones not available anywhere else, this collection is refreshingly different form other products available on […]
Vampire Patched
Activision has released a patch for Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines. This patch will update Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines to version 1.2. The patch addresses a number of known issues, including fixes for the Society of Leopold quest, keys and keycards disappearing, the use of Protean (Level 5) and Fortitude at the same time, […]
SNK Changes Name
SNK NEOGEO USA CONSUMER CORPORATION, the US publishing arm of the SNK PLAYMORE CORPORATION, announced today that effective immediately they will be known as SNK PLAYMORE USA CORPORATION to better facilitate worldwide recognition. The name change brings the US division in line with its Japanese parent company, SNK PLAYMORE CORPORATION, which consolidated all of its […]
Foxy Jumper 2 Ships For Holidays
Alawar Entertainment, a leading publisher of casual games, has released Foxy Jumper 2: Winter Adventures. The latest entry in the Foxy Jumper series of arcade platform games, Winter Adventures sends the heroic hoodwinker and his girlfriend on a quest to reclaim presents from an army of thieving brutes. Along the way, they’ll grab powerups, collect […]
Matrix Ships Code Blue and Last Days
Matrix Games and X1 Software announced today that they have completed production on two expansions for the game IL-2 Sturmovik. The new unofficial expansions, Case Blue and The Last Days, both require either IL-2 or IL-2 Forgotten Battles to run and are compatible with the ACE Expansion Pack. Additionally, The Last Days is also compatible […]
CDV Announces Cossacks II
CDV Software Entertainment today announced that Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars, the sequel to their critically acclaimed real-time strategy title, Cossacks: European Wars, is in development and is slated to ship worldwide for the PC in April 2005. Cossacks II will put gamers in control of 19th-century European nations as they wage war, secure alliances and […]
Industry Reacts To Proposed Game Ban
Industry groups are responding today to a proposed ban on violent computer game sales in the state of Illinois. Sean Devlin Bersell, vice president of public affairs for the Video Software Dealers Association, had the following to say.: "It is unfortunate that Illinois Governor Blagojevich has embraced censorship of video games. The portion of the […]
Hip Donates Game Profits To SPCA
Hip Games, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hip Interactive Corp., today announced that it is donating $5,000 in proceeds from its "Dog’s Life" video game to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA). The funds will be used to sponsor the Adoption Central section of the SPCA’s official web site, www.spca.com, which aggregates […]
Extent Launches Games On Demand
Exent Technologies Inc., a global leader in secure digital software delivery technologies, is launching a new content aggregation service for its turnkey customers who provide Games-on-Demand services to consumers. Exent’s content aggregation service will further reduce capital expenditures and time required to launch Games-on-Demand offerings, already minimized by Exent’s turnkey service. Companies using Exent-powered turnkey […]
The Bard's Tale Games Added To Prize Pool
To help celebrate the success of their new game, publisher Vivendi Universal is adding copies of The Bards Tale to the Game Industry News Prize pool. Each week one lucky winning reader can take their pick from the pool. "We always try to make sure the best prizes are available for our readers," said Nate […]