The much awaited demo for the Batman: Arkham Asylum was released on August 7 2009 for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. Batman: Arkham Asylum is an upcoming title of the action-adventure stealth genre from Rocksteady Studios and is based on DC Comics' Batman. This title in which most of the game is played from Batman's perspective through an over-the-shoulder, third person perspective, is slotted for a September 2009 release for PC and a late August release…
Immortal Cities - Nile Online the new browser based MMO themed on Egypt from Tilted Mill Entertainment is now out of Beta and is available for playing. This online MMO will be very much enjoyed by city-building simulator fans with an inclination for building Pyramids and Monuments. Players will start off by building a small city with local resources and build up trade with other cities along the Nile valley. This title is available for free online…
Egosoft, a German development company, and Deep Silver, a distribution label, have today announced a partnership for the upcoming release of a new edition of the game X3: Gold Edition. As specified by the two companies, the agreement will cover the whole world except for USA, Mexico, Canada and Caribbean. This Edition will have X3: Reunion, X3: Terran Conflict and X3: The Aldrin Missions and will be available by June 2009.
According to Japanese Newspaper Sankei Shimbun, the Japanese Association of Psychiatric Hospitals has asked Gamecock Media Group - the developer of Dementium: The ward game title – via it’s distributor InterChannel to pull this Nintendo DS title off the store shelves. This survival horror FPS depicts the tale of a man who is trapped in a derelict hospital that is frozen in time. He has to fight for his life against deadly…
TNA impact, the upcoming professional wrestling game for PS2, PS3, Wii and XBOX 360 by Midway Studios based on TNA has been delayed a month. It is the Wii version which is now delayed, but the portables for other consoles are right on schedule and is expected to meet the 9th September 2008 release date.
After taking the console world by storm and after a Guinness record breaking sales performance GTA IV, the sandbox-style action-adventure third-person shooter video game developed by Rockstar North is going to take it’s avatar on Windows machines. Rockstar Games made an official announcement today – 6th August 2008 – regarding this. The PC version is expected to be out in the markets by 18th November 2008 and 21st November 2008…
APB or All Points Bulletin, the upcoming Massively Multiplayer Online Crime title, is expected for a very sooner release. This was confirmed by Colin Macdonald – Realtime Worlds Studio Manager. Speaking at Develop in Brighton he indicated that the launch of this highly anticipated MMO is closer than many thought.
All demolition derby fans watch out, as the third title in the Flatout demolition-racing franchise - Flatout: Ultimate Carnage - is getting ready for its PC Avatar. Empire Interactive, has announced that the PC version of this title – which was released for XBOX 360 in last year – will be out in the European markets August 2008. The American release is set for the first quarter of next year. The game is expected to be out in the Windows…
This will thrill all the Wii fans to the core as they are in for an overdose of Zombies, Psychopaths and survival horror experience as Dead Rising – the capcom title which had its life on the XBOX 360 in 2006 – is coming to the Nintendo Wii Plaform. Famitsu – the Japanese gaming bible – has revealed that Dead Rising, which is an action adventure title with a survival horror theme, is being ported to the Wii but further information…
In an Interview Cesar Stastny –the PC Version chief of the upcoming FPS shooter from Activision – pointed out that the PC version of the much anticipated Call of Duty 5: World at War will be at par with the Console Avatars of the same title. He commented that with a gaming PC with enough juice to churn out the required polygons the game will look cool enough with higher resolutions and will produce console like experience. He also commented…
PC World - Microsoft is researching how gadgets like the company's Xbox game machine, surface computers and accelerometers in mobile phones could be used to improve health care.
AFP - An Australian man has agreed to pay Nintendo 1.3 million US dollars for illegally uploading a game to the Internet six days before its global release, the firm said Tuesday.
AFP - US videogame giant Electronic Arts was unable to fight its way out of the red over the Christmas holidays, and has posted a net loss for the 12th consecutive quarter.
Reuters - Electronic Arts Inc warned that fiscal 2011 earnings would miss Wall Street expectations as it grapples with a lack of blockbuster new games after a succession of missed targets and restructurings.
AP - A disappointing outlook from Electronic Arts Inc. sent shares of the video game publisher sharply lower Monday, a sign that significant cost-cuts and layoffs have not ended the company's slump.
AP - Electronic Arts Inc. reported fiscal third-quarter results on Monday. The company's forecast for the current quarter was below expectations, sending shares lower after hours. During a conference call with analysts, CEO John Riccitiello discussed gamer behavior and whether people are spending less time with video game consoles like the Wii, the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
AFP - Thousands of US videogame shops will be open the instant Tuesday arrives for expected hordes of "Bioshock" fans eager to return to the grim, morally-tattered undersea world of Rapture.
PC World - Peter Molyneux says he's terrified Fable-series fans will balk at radical changes to Fable 3, changes he'll apparently reveal this week at Microsoft's Xbox-oriented X10 gaming event.
Reuters - China's third-largest online game operator NetEase.com said it has suspended new user registration for World of Warcraft (WoW) in China and will reapply for a license to operate the expansion pack of Activision Blizzard's hit game.
PC World - The China operator of World of Warcraft, one of the world's biggest online games, said Sunday it will seek new government approval for the game, dragging it further into a turf war between two Chinese regulatory agencies.
AP - Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. reports its fiscal third-quarter results after the stock market closes Monday, the day after running its first-ever Super Bowl advertisement.
PC World - Some thing aren't built to last, but it might surprise you to find out Microsoft's Xbox LIVE online gaming service turns out to be one of them.
PC Magazine - Microsoft has decided to stop supporting first-generation Xbox games and consoles on its Xbox Live service, Microsoft disclosed on Friday.
Newsarama.com - SEGA made it very clear at a press event in New York that they're well aware the first Iron Man game tied to the blockbuster movie fell into a lot of the movie-game traps. "Not to speak ill of the dead, so-to-speak, but there were a lot of bad choices," said Creative Director Kyle Brink. This is good news for fans of the armored Avenger, as the new game makes a lot of changes and moves the Shellhead into an all-new adventure.
Reuters - As top athletes from around the world gear up for the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, video gamers can also lace up the skates or strap on the snowboard in a trio of titles bringing winter sports to life.
AP - Shares of THQ Inc. jumped Thursday after the video game publisher predicted it would break even in its fiscal fourth quarter, better than the loss analysts expect.
Reuters - Video game makers should begin to emerge in 2010 from one of their worst industry downturns on record, but investors remain cautious about a sector that has been plagued by bad news.
PC World - We've long argued that the improved Sony PlayStation 3 is a great buy for its combined gaming and Blu-ray capabilities. And it just got even better at Dell's Website, which is featuring the 250GB PS3 for $325 with free shipping.
Activision announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire video game publisher RedOctane, the publisher of the popular Guitar Hero franchise. This acquisition will provide Activision with an early leadership position in music-based gaming, which the company expects will be one of the fastest growing genres in the coming years.
Lara Croft has garnered a Guinness World Record as the most successful human video-game heroine of all time, according to Eidos Interactive, publisher of the "Tomb Raider" franchise. Guiness awarded the recognition because Croft has transcended the boundaries of video games, Guinness noted.
Battle of Europe is a fully 3D arcade action game. Taking place in the skies over Europe, players are taken through breathtaking terrain modeled for London, Norway, Dunkirk, and Berlin.
No surprise, despite Microsoft's promise of impenetrable security, the Xbox 360 has been hacked. Xbox-Scene has video proof and a detailed text description of the hacking process.
The Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess will have special, unique controller functions when played on Nintendo's upcoming console, codenamed "Revolution."
Sony's launch of the PS3 console could be delayed if industry specifications for some of its technology are not finalized soon, although it is still aiming for a spring rollout. Visit the PS3 forum for complete details.
THQ announced a deal with developer People Can Fly to bring their forthcoming title to consumers. Through this strategic relationship, People Can Fly joins THQ's studio system, which includes 12 internal studios and more than 25 independent development teams.
Microsoft has upgraded the Dashboard operating system that controls many of the Xbox 360's functions. The update fixes a few key quirks, adds a few small features, and is rumored to smooth out in-menu performance.
SCE delivers six new PSP titles. The upcoming titles span across multiple genres and will provide innovative, exciting entertainment content to gamers of all ages, continuing the momentum for the PSP system post-holidays. Visit the PSP forum for the latest details about these 6 games.
Ubisoft announced it has signed a licensing agreement with Sonnori of Korea to publish Astonishia Story worldwide excluding Korea and Japan. Astonishia Story is a role-playing game for the PSP. The game will first be available in North America in March 2006.
Microsoft expects to ship some 5 million plus units of the Xbox 360; long overdue to meet exceeding demand. Visit the Xbox 360 forum for latest news and releases.
Take-Two said net income for the quarter ended October 31 fell to 27 cents per share on net sales of $308 million. Its net income for the year-earlier quarter was 91 cents per share.
Night At The Museum 2, the sequel to the 2006 ‘Night At the Museum’ portrays the happenings in the life of Larry Daley played by Ben Stiller. After his adventure in the first movie where he thwarted the ploy of 3 night guards to steal The Tablet from the museum, Larry is now the head of his own company. Upon visiting he finds that the American Museum of Natural History is closed for upgrades and renovations, and some of the museum pieces are being replaced by interactive holograms due to budget costs. The actual exhibits are due to be moved to the Federal Archives at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC.
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Night At The Museum 2, the sequel to the 2006 ‘Night At the Museum’ portrays the happenings in the life of Larry Daley played by Ben Stiller. After his adventure in the first movie where he thwarted the ploy of 3 night guards to steal The Tablet from the museum, Larry is now the head of his own company. Upon visiting he finds that the American Museum of Natural History is closed for upgrades and renovations, and some of the museum pieces are being replaced by interactive holograms due to budget costs. The actual exhibits are due to be moved to the Federal Archives at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC.