by Rainier on March 5, 2007 @ 12:44 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Giving game developers the opportunity to create visions in a world where they make the rules, shape the characters and create the evolution of the story, Microsoft kicked off the Dream-Build-Play game development contest, offering a $10,000 USD grand prize and the opportunity for a winner’s game to be published on Xbox LIVE Arcade.
by Rainier on Jan. 29, 2007 @ 8:58 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Nobilis Group and Lighthouse Interactive have been working together for some time on distributing French versions of the Lighthouse catalogue in the Benelux. Now they have jointly announced that they will extend their co-operation, so that Nobilis Benelux will now also distribute, PR and market the English and/or Dutch versions of Lighthouse games in the Benelux.
by Rainier on Dec. 28, 2006 @ 3:54 a.m. PST | Filed under
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After a few weeks of deliberation and voting, our top games of 2006 are finally being unveiled! We're starting with titles that garnered honorable mentions; these nominees received a significant amount of votes but fell just short of making the cut. Come back tomorrow for the top handheld titles, which will then be followed by the top console/PC offerings. Once that's out of the way, we'll start the countdown of the top 20 titles, including what WP considers to be the best game of 2006. Read more for the final results!
by Rainier on Dec. 4, 2006 @ 8:48 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Take-Two and independent in-game advertising company Double Fusion, today announced that the companies have entered into a multi-title agreement (up to nine titles) for the sale of in-game advertising opportunities in a selection of 2K and 2K Sports titles.
by Rainier on Nov. 17, 2006 @ 5:11 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Take-Two announced that is has 20 games in development for the PS3, with more than seven titles from Rockstar Games, including Grand Theft Auto IV, scheduled in North American for Oct. 16, 2007 and Europe on Oct. 19, 2007. Additional Rockstar Games products include new original titles such as L.A. Noire, as well as extensions of blockbuster Rockstar Games franchises.
by Katarani on Nov. 8, 2006 @ 12:31 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Juka, a young Alchemist, must use his power of potion creation, and master the ancient art of The Sound Staff if he is to make his way through the many quests, puzzles, and Menace Machines that he will encounter while trying to free the land of Obla from the evil Monophonic Menace.
by Rainier on Nov. 7, 2006 @ 6:48 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Namco Bandai has signed a Hellgate: London co-publish agreement with EA for Europe and North America. Hellgate: London is an RPG with immersive first-person perspective set in a completely randomized demon-ridden world where the last survivors of the human race must meld science and magic to survive.
by Rainier on Aug. 31, 2006 @ 6:23 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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EA today signed agreements for in-game advertisement with not one, but two agencies. The deal with Massive Incorporated covers four titles, X360 and PC, starting with Need for Speed Carbon, while the IGA Worldwide contract covers at least 3 titles, starting with Battlefield 2142.
by Rainier on Aug. 3, 2006 @ 9:55 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Rochester Institute of Technology student Micah Ernst has become $100,000 richer by emerging from a field of over 6,000 registrants to win Verizon's first online gaming competition, the Verizon FiOS Grand Tournament.
by Rainier on July 27, 2006 @ 9:02 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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IGA Worldwide has signed an exclusive multi-title, multi-platform agreement for a range of key titles from Codemasters, starting with Brian Lara International Cricket 2007 and DIRT: Colin McRae Rally OffRoad.
X-Men: The Official Game ties in with the upcoming movie X-Men: The Last Stand and provides the backstory. The new X-Men game, written by screenwriter Zak Penn and comic book writer Chris Claremont, lets you play as either Wolverine, Nightcrawler, or Iceman.
by Rainier on June 22, 2006 @ 2:11 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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The all-new Championship Manager 2006 offers a wide range of innovative new features and is the most realistic version to date, offering the player a true taste of football management. This patch #2 adds new features, various game tweaks, updates the GUI, match engine, fixes various bugs and crashes, and plenty more ..
by Rainier on June 19, 2006 @ 3:26 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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German developer Joylabs announced that it has halted development on its alternative reality FPS Das Reich 2005. Originally scheduled for last year, it now turns out the project has been put on ice, thus postponed indefinitely. In the game you support different factions in order to destroy the Nazis and fight for a free world without totalitarianism!
by Rainier on June 12, 2006 @ 1:08 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Verizon's FiOS Grand Tournament has broken new barriers, becoming one of the largest video game tournaments to ever hit the Web. More than a month before finals, over 5,000 people have already signed up in an attempt to win $100,000.
by Rainier on June 7, 2006 @ 8:42 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Left Behind Games has signed an in-game advertising deal with Double Fusion for its upcoming RTS. Set in New York City, Left Behind: Eternal Forces is a RTS game based on the Left Behind book series, about life before and after the Apocalypse.
by Rainier on June 2, 2006 @ 3:38 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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The all-new Championship Manager 2006 offers a wide range of innovative new features and is the most realistic version to date, offering the player a true taste of football management. This patch adds plenty of new features, various game tweaks, updates the gui, match engine, fixes various bugs and crashes, and plenty more ..
by Rainier on May 22, 2006 @ 3:50 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Netamin today announced its first pay-to-play tournament and the launch of Tournaments PRO, where teams compete for cash and other prizes. The inaugural Tournaments PRO event, $5 entry fee, will award each member of the winning team with a PSP.
by Rainier on May 5, 2006 @ 4:16 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Atari Europe today announced a partnership deal with Namco Bandai to co-publish a range of handheld titles in Europe. This agreement will see Atari publish 5 GBA and one NDS title which were previously released in North America and are now coming to Europe for the first time.
by Rainier on April 20, 2006 @ 8:40 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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CDV USA has signed a co-publishing agreement with Buka Entertainment that will cover multiple titles to be released in the United States, Canada and Mexico for the next five years. The first two titles to be released under this agreement will be Pacific Storm and Hard Truck Apocalypse.
by Rainier on March 21, 2006 @ 2:05 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Acclaim and Massive Incorporated todah signed a multi-year partnership to bring multiple Acclaim titles into the Massive Network, starting with its free action-themed multiplayer online game BOTS.
by Rainier on March 15, 2006 @ 3:32 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Konami announced today that Yu-Gi-Oh! Ultimate Masters – World Championship Tournament 2006 for the GBA has shipped to retail stores nationwide, featuring a host of new cards as well as all new game modes in which to enjoy the game’s fast-paced tactical card action.
by Rainier on Feb. 16, 2006 @ 2:16 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Valve and in-game advertising firm IGA Worldwide Inc. today announced an amicable resolution of differences regarding in-game advertising in Counter-Strike. This amicable resolution also absolves IGA's advertisers and IGA's advertising agencies from any liability.
by Rainier on Nov. 11, 2005 @ 3:06 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Activision and Marvel Entertainment jointly announced today that the companies have expanded their long-term, broad-based strategic alliance by signing a multi-year extension to their current video game licensing agreements for the Spider-Man and X-Men franchises through 2017.
by Rainier on Oct. 28, 2005 @ 3:08 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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KOCH Media announced today a further co-publishing deal has been signed with JoWooD for Panzer Elite Action, in addition to the contracts already signed for the games Gothic 3, SpellForce 2 and The Guild 2. KOCH Media has the exclusive licensing and distribution rights for Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the UK and Italy.
by Rainier on Oct. 26, 2005 @ 11:32 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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EA today announced the Best of the Battlefield tournament with a grand prize of $250,000 for the winning team. The online tournament will challenge gamers to rule the battlefield in Battlefield 2: Modern Combat available now for the PS2 and Xbox. Gamers can
register for the online tournament beginning Tuesday, November 1st.