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News Briefs (11-19-09)

Capcom today announced it will have two downloadable episodes for the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions Resident Evil 5, along with new costumes and a new “Mercenaries reunion” mode with 8 new characters and weapons load outs. These are scheduled to be released in February and March of 2010. Additionally, a Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition will be released which will include all of the downloadable content for $49.99. Previously only seen during cut scenes of ...

Brad Enters The Void

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE Brad Pitt’s production company Plan B Entertainment, under its Creative Partnership with Reliance BIG Entertainment, and Capcom®, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, have come to terms on the film rights relating to Dark Void™, a new property from Capcom. The theatrical version of the Dark Void game is being developed as a sci-fi action franchise and potential starring vehicle for Pitt. Capcom will release Dark Void on the Xbox ...

Commanding March

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE Square Enix, Inc., the publisher of Square Enix® interactive entertainment products in North America, announced today that SUPREME COMMANDER® 2, created by critically-acclaimed developer Gas Powered Games, will be available on PC-DVD March 2, 2010 and on the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft on March 16, 2010. SUPREME COMMANDER 2 is the next installment in the award-winning SUPREME COMMANDER franchise, set 25 years further into the future. Featuring numerous ...

DA:O DLC Coming Soon

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE Leading video game developer BioWare™, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS), announced today that the Return to Ostagar downloadable content (DLC) for Dragon Age™: Origins will be available for the Xbox 360® videogame and entertainment system, the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and PC versions this Holiday season in North America ...

News Briefs (11-18-09)

The full game manual for PT Boats: Knights of the Sea is now available in advance of the game being available. http://www.battlefront.com/index.php?option=com_flippingbook&book_id=14 ………………………………………………………………………… Zombie Driver, an action driving game, will be available at digital distribution and retail this holiday season. Zombie Driver is an alternative for all other zombie themed games with a unique, oldschool, car driving gameplay style. It will be a good "snack" for zombie action fans this holiday. ………………………………………………………………………… Next year to see Kane & Lynch 2: ...

Guybrush Dead?

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE Telltale Games and LucasArts today are reporting the purported demise of Guybrush Threepwood, one of gaming's greatest heroes and the Caribbean's mightiest pirates. Details are sketchy and authorities have not named any suspects, but unconfirmed reports suggest that the recently reformed pirate LeChuck may somehow be involved. Investigators have not been able to locate the former demon pirate, or Threepwood's wife Elaine Marley-Threepwood, for questioning. As the chronicler of Threepwood's recent exploits in Tales ...

A Social Game Punk Bear

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE Gravity Bear, a new breed of social games company, announced today its debut title, Battle Punks, an original game application built for the Facebook® Platform. Battle Punks is the first 3D social game of its kind.  Set against a vibrant tableau of fantasy locations, it combines stellar game design with the latest in social networking technology. Players will take their custom-created avatars on a heroic journey, ...

Uplay Launches

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE Ubisoft announced today that players of Assassin's Creed II on the PlayStation®3 system and Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft will be able to use the in-game interface to connect directly to the Uplay beta. Uplay(TM) will also be available for Assassin's Creed II PC at launch. Uplay is Ubisoft's online destination where gamers are at the center of a connected gaming universe that has been developed around four primary ...

News Briefs (11-17-09)

The Saboteur is now available to pre-order through Impulse. ………………..………………..………………..………………..   The Lair of the Demon Dragon update for Runes of Magic is set to be available Thursday, November 19.   Many high-level players are focused on the exciting adventures which await them in the raid dungeons of Runes of Magic. The ‘Liar of the Demon Dragon’ is the latest and most difficult challenge that the online role-playing game has offered to date. The powerful demon-possessed flame dragon Gestero, held ...

Swarming The Launch

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE       After a successful Beta testing period, Reality Gap, Inc. in association with developer Gameworld Tech Co, LTD, has announced the Commercial Launch of their highly anticipated new online first-person shooter (FPS) vs. real-time strategy (RTS) game Battleswarm™: Field of Honor™ this coming Thursday, November 19th. To celebrate the launch, Reality Gap will be giving away a high-powered Alienware M15x hardcore gaming laptop powered by a 1GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 260M graphics card and thousands of in-game Gift Boxes ...

The Lost Launch

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE       OGPlanet, an innovative provider of high-quality, free-to-play massively multiplayer online games, today announced the launch of Lost Saga. Lost Saga pits players against one another in a battle for the ages. Players face off with heroes from fantasy, science-fiction and history, including everything from boxing champs to iron knights, pirates to ninjas, and even cowboys to dark shamans. Each hero comes with unique skills and abilities, and as players hone their battle skills ...

News Briefs (11-16-09)

A new video for the upcoming Xbox Live Arcade title Things On Wheels is now available.   Things on Wheels – ToW – is a fun and fast remote-controlled car racing game that is playable in single or multiplayer (up to 4 players)! Drive many miniature racers with various features – the agile "Vintage", the powerful "Muscles" or fast "Sports" cars – and compete in dozens of crazy races. The tracks are completely insane, loaded with shortcuts, ...

Another Beta War

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE       Uforia, a new online game publisher specializing in massively multiplayer online games, today announced its third closed beta test for it's highly-anticipated online modern warfare first person shooter Mercenary Wars. The Closed Beta test starts November 16th at 5 PM PST and runs through November 19th 5 PM PST. The third beta test will give new players a look at all the new content including new maps, weapons, new cash shop and ...

News Briefs (11-13-09)

PC download destination Impulse has a number of items on sale this weekend. First up is Demigod, which is half price. Better hurry, this sale ends November 15. Other titles on sale:   Titan Quest: $11.25 from $14.99 Hacker Evolution: Half off! $12.50 from $24.95 Children of the Nile: $12.99 from $19.99 ………………..………………..………………..………………..   Star Trek: D-A-C is now available via PlayStation Network. ………………..………………..………………..………………..   GamersGate has added developer Runic Games to its roster. This means Torchlight is now available for download through the online ...

New City Coming

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE     ohai, developer and publisher of the first true massively multiplayer online (MMO) games for social networks, has revealed its plans to make truly multiplayer, synchronous online games available to everyone through a Flash innovation that turns the web plug-in into a robust online game platform.  Helmed by venture capital veteran and virtual goods pioneer Susan Wu, ohai has multiple titles in development.  The company’s first showcase, City of Eternals, a vampire-themed, web-based casual ...

News Briefs (11-12-09)

Hotel Dash: Suite Success is going to be available for the PC November 24   Players helps Flo launch Quinn’s new travel business by running themed hotels, managing the flow of new & familiar guests, and fulfilling their unique needs & requests – in order to earn tips to refurbish hotels.  Starting with a ramshackle DinerTown™ hotel, players jump into a time management puzzle that sends them up and down the elevator, with a goal of keeping ...

Epic Battle Beta Ready

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE       True Games, an international publisher of multi-player online games today announced that it has launched an open beta test for Warrior Epic: Battlegrounds, the game's first expansion with a vast amount of all- new content (www.warriorepic.com). The expansion includes brand new PVP gameplay, an all-new HUB City, a New Region (Trogken Swamps), dozens of new items and much more. This new expansion marks the first project for True Games Interactive's new development studio ...

More Zombie Photos

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE       Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (Half-Life, Portal, Team Fortress, and Counter-Strike) and leading technologies (Steam and Source), today announced the sequel to its Zombie Photo Contest that ties into the out of home advertising campaign for its upcoming Xbox 360 and PC thriller, Left 4 Dead 2.             Like last year's contest, gamers are challenged to take a creative photograph of themselves in front of one of the outdoor media placements in New ...

News Briefs (11-10-09)

  Good Old Games now has the classic Sanitarium available DRM free for $9.99.   Sanitarium is a point-and-click psychological-horror adventure game. The player controls Max Laughton, one of the patients in a bizarre, medieval-styled asylum. Max suffers from amnesia after a car accident, and he's trying to find out what happened and how he ended up in this creepy place. The game takes the player on a journey through the asylum and its surroundings, as well as ...

Shots For Charity

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE       San Jose-based online game publisher, GamesCampus.com (www.GamesCampus.com, run by OnNet USA), announced today that it has partnered with Children's Miracle Network (www.ChildrensMiracleNetwork.org) to host an online golf tournament called "Shot-Online For Miracles" in GamesCampus' popular golf simulation game, Shot-Online. Players can sign up for the tournament starting today at http://shotonline.gamescampus.com. The online tournament kicks off November 10, 2009 and features exciting prizes including tickets to Disney World in Orlando, Fla., unique Golf Gear ...

News Briefs (11-9-09)

Your Shape featuring Jenny McCarthy, previously announced for the Wii, is headed to the PC by the end of the year. ………………..………………..………………..………………..   Hello Kitty Party for the Nintendo DS is announced to arrive November 23.   In Hello Kitty Party, players help Hello Kitty and SANRIO friends - including Keroppi, Badtz-Maru, My Melody and others - plan and throw a super fun party. Players can send out personalized party invitations; design and iron the perfect dress; shop for party ...

Social Aquisition

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE       Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced it has acquired Playfish™, a leading creator of social network games. The acquisition accelerates EA’s position in social entertainment and strengthens its focus on the transition to digital and social gaming. Playfish will operate within EA Interactive, a division of EA focused on the web and on wireless. EA has acquired Playfish for approximately US$275 million in cash and approximately $US25 million in equity retention arrangements. ...

News Briefs (11-5-09)

Downloadable content for Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising will be available tomorrow for the PC, with Xbox 360 and PS3 versions to follow.   The ‘Skirmish’ DLC features four new multiplayer maps and two new Fire Team Engagement (FTE) missions featuring both solo and four player co-operative play. Hunt down SAM launchers hidden in the sprawling complex of R16;LumberyardR17; and assault dug-in PLA forces and fight room to room in ‘White Fang’, two tense new R16;InfiltrationR17; multiplayer maps. ...

New Auditorium

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE     Zoo Games, a publisher of casual and family-friendly video game titles, has inked a publishing deal with Cipher Prime, an independent, Philadelphia-based studio, for their award-winning title Auditorium. William Stallwood and Dain Saint, the creatives behind Auditorium, won the first 2BeeGames.com Indie Game Competition in July, winning the grand prize of $10,000 and a newly signed worldwide multi-platform publishing contract. Early next year Auditorium will be available on Xbox LIVE® Arcade, PlayStation®Network, ...

New Mass Edition

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE     Recruit your crew and fight for the lost! Leading video game developer BioWare™, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced that the internationally acclaimed Shooter RPG Mass Effect™ 2 will also be released as a Collectors’ Edition in limited quantities.  Available on January 26 in North America (Jan 29 in EU) alongside the standard edition, the Collectors’ Edition of Mass Effect 2 comes in a premium, tin case and ...

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