Jade Empire To Ship April 14
Microsoft Game Studios today announced the release date for BioWare's upcoming martial arts masterpiece, Jade Empire. The epic action-RPG game, exclusively for Xbox, is set in a world inspired by the myths and legends of ancient China and will leap into stores across North America starting on April 14, with worldwide distribution occurring shortly thereafter. […]
UBI To Publish Puzzle Pirates
Ubisoft, one of the world's largest videogame publishers, today announced it will publish Puzzle Pirates, the first pirate-themed online game. In Puzzle Pirates, players play fun puzzle games to earn status and prestige. Developed by Three Rings Design, Inc., Puzzle Pirates is playable on PC, Mac and Linux. Puzzle Pirates is slated for release in […]
Gumby To Get First Game
Global video games publisher, Namco Hometek Inc. announced today that Prema Toy Co., Inc. has awarded Namco the exclusive interactive entertainment publishing rights to the classic children's entertainment property, Gumby. The deal allows Namco to create video games for all game systems, featuring Gumby and all related characters, such as Pokey, Prickle, Goo and the […]
Death Jr. Coming To PSP
Konami Digital Entertainment – America, a division of Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., today announced plans to publish Death, Jr., one of the most highly anticipated titles for the forthcoming PSP handheld entertainment system. Already creating a buzz in the video game industry for its surprising amount of visual effects, including a unique particle-effect system and […]
Dance Game Tops A Million Sales
Konami Digital Entertainment – America, a division of Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., today announced that cumulative sales in 2004 of its groundbreaking music game, Dance Dance Revolution (DDR), reached a staggering 1.2 million units in North America. This brings the total sales of all DDR products in North America to more than 2.5 million since […]
Prima Strategy Guides Available Online
IGN Entertainment, a leading Internet media company serving the video game and entertainment enthusiast markets, and Prima Games, the world’s leading publisher of official game guides for computer and console games, have signed an agreement for IGN's Direct2Drive digital retail store to offer downloadable versions of Prima Guides for computer and console games. "Partnering with […]
Game Sales Reach 7.3 Billion
Computer and video game software sales set a new record in 2004, reaching $7.3 billion, according to final data compiled by the NPD Group and announced today by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA). The industry's impact is illustrated further through other data showing that Halo 2®, one of the best-selling titles of 2004, took in […]
Sony, Ubisoft Ink Multi-title Deal
Today, Ubisoft, one of the world's largest videogame publishers, announced an exclusive multi-title licensing agreement with Sony Pictures Consumer Products (SPCP) to develop and publish games based on "Open Season" and "Surf's Up," the first two feature-length animated films from Sony Pictures Animation. This collaboration represents Ubisoft's first venture into adapting CGI films for the […]
New Oddworld Game Ships
Rustle up some "live" ammo and head out to Dead Hen’s Pass for some serious bounty hunting!…Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS), the world’s leading interactive entertainment software company today announced that "Oddworld Stranger’s Wrath," the latest chapter in the critically acclaimed Oddworld series, has begun to ship to retail outlets for the Xbox video game system […]
Fight Night 2 Ships With Punch-Out
Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) and Nintendo announced today that the popular boxing title, Super Punch-Out!! for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, will be included exclusively in the Nintendo GameCube version of EA SPORTS Fight Night Round 2. Shipping on March 1, 2005 under the EA SPORTS brand, the newest addition in the award-winning EA SPORTS […]