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Grease: The Game Dances Onto DS & Wii
Global video game publisher 505 Games and Paramount Digital Entertainment today announced that Grease: The Game will be available for the Nintendo DS and Wii from tomorrow, Friday 27 August. Based on the original high school musical that first hit cinemas in 1978, Grease: The Game will ignite Grease fever by giving fans hours of [...]
Continue reading...DJ Hero 2 Uncrates 105 of the Hottest Hits and Biggest Anthems
Friday, August 27, 2010
Songs Being Mixed for the video Game Soundtrack Spin to the Tune of over 1.5 Billion Online Video Views “Name That Mix” Challenge Debuts on DJ Hero Facebook Page Today Testing Fans Knowledge of Music to Discover and Reveal the Game’s Mixes for the Chance to Win a Host of Great Prizes Currently Available for Pre-Order at [...]
Continue reading...Ex-Disney Animators Color Up iPhone Apps
Friday, August 27, 2010
An animation studio based in Sydney, Australia has hit the global iPhone market with its release of two colourful apps aimed at children. Tui Studios’ directors Jonathan Dower and Kelly Baigent worked for Disney Toon Studios Australia as animators before it closed its doors in 2006. Inspired to work on their own projects they opened Tui Studios [...]
Continue reading...Dragon Quest IX is School Holidays Hit
Friday, August 27, 2010
Dragon Quest, the video game sensation that became a phenomenon in Japan, has been the summer holidays hit for school children in the UK. The Nintendo DS role playing game was launched at the start of the school holidays with a major fanfare at London’s Westfield shopping centre featuring Britain’s Got Talent winners Diversity. Since then it [...]
Continue reading...Freddy Krueger is Back!
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Freddy Krueger Slashes His Way Back to Halloween Horror Nights as Universal Studios Hollywood Presents ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street: Never Sleep Again!’ an All-New Horror Experience for 2010 Freddy Krueger, the iconic undead dream stalker whose burned, disfigured face, tattered green and red sweater and four-bladed glove has been the searing central figure of nine [...]
Continue reading...Plants vs. Zombies Adds Steam Cloud Support
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Valve and PopCap Games today announced a Game of the Year Edition of PopCap’s hit video game title Plants vs. Zombies is now available via Steam, a leading platform for PC and Mac games. The GOTY Edition adds support for Steam Cloud, which allows players to store and access game data from any computer, and introduces [...]
Continue reading...Halo 2600: Master Chief in Pixels
Friday, August 6, 2010
It is said that if one does not learn how to look backwards and study the lessons of the past, one can’t get forward. That is also the case when it comes to video game development. Recently during the Classic Gaming Expo, a “new” old-looking game was sent to lucky participants. It was, for all [...]
Continue reading...Rock Band Adds New Singles, Six New Artists
Friday, August 6, 2010
Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that singles from a smattering of stars, including Blondie, La Roux, The Decemberists and more will be available next week in the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and Wii. With more than [...]
Continue reading...Call of Duty Map Packs Surpass 20 Million Units
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Activision Blizzard, Inc. today announced that during the quarter ended June 30, 2010, life-to-date map packs for the Call of Duty® video game franchise surpassed 20 million units. Call of Duty remains the #1 best-selling first-person action franchise in the U.S. and Europe, according to The NPD Group, Charttrack and GfK, and has consistently raised the [...]
Continue reading...Soundgarden and Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Telephantasm – First New Soundgarden Album in Over 10 Years – to be Bundled with 1 Million Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock Launch Units Telephantasm to be Released as Downloadable Content Day and Date with the Game this September New Single ‘Black Rain’ to Debut Exclusively in Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock Hot on the heels of their [...]
Continue reading...Cellcraft – Video Game for Microbiologers
Monday, August 2, 2010
Video Game That Teaches Microbiology Wows Hardcore Gamers, Earns Top Reviews A team of scientists, middle-schoolers and software developers have partnered with Wake Forest University to create an educational video game that has gone toe-to-toe with some of the best shoot-’em-up games out there, winning rave reviews from gamers worldwide. Within 10 days of release, CellCraft has [...]
Continue reading...Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty out July 27! Watch the Trailer Here
Friday, July 23, 2010
Finally, the long wait is over for Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty. All those geeks and fans of the cult classic video game Starcraft of Blizzard can review the mythology and prepare for some serious real-time strategy action game. Activision Blizzard has released a trailer of the game and if you haven’t seen it, our [...]
Continue reading...Halo: Reach Action Figures
Friday, July 23, 2010
Square Enix, Inc., the publisher of SQUARE ENIX® interactive entertainment products in North America, revealed today a series of premium-quality action figures based on characters from the video game HALO®: REACH. Developed exclusively for Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft by acclaimed developer Bungie, HALO: REACH is the blockbuster prequel to the [...]
Continue reading...Autodesk Acquires Illuminate Labs – Maker of Lighting Technology for Games
Friday, July 23, 2010
Autodesk, Inc. has acquired Illuminate Labs, a privately held maker of lighting technology for video game development. Illuminate Labs’ Beast middleware solution and Turtle plug-in forAutodesk Maya software enable faster iteration on a game’s creative intent, and more realistic in-game lighting. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. “We welcome Illuminate Labs customers and employees to [...]
Continue reading...Rock Band 3 Pre-order Campaigns
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
MTV Games, a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), and Harmonix Music Systems Inc. today announced consumer pre-order opportunities with major North American retailers GameStop, Wal-Mart and Amazon for the highly anticipated video game Rock Band 3. With more than 30 awards and nominations following its impressive E3 2010 debut, including multiple Best Music [...]
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Buy the Katakune DVD!
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Friday, September 3, 2010
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