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  • MMO Calendar 2010 On Sale Now
    26 Oct 09

    It is officially that time of year again. The 4th annual MMO Calendar is now on sale!

    MMO Calendar is an annual, non-profit fund-raiser for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

    With the help of amazing developers we have put together another one-of-a-kind calendar featuring original artwork from some of your favorite MMO's.

    MMO Calendar 2010 includes:

    • Age of Conan
    • Dungeons & Dragons Online
    • Eve Online
    • EverQuest II
    • Free Realms
    • Guild Wars 2
    • Lord of the Rings Online
    • Runes of Magic
    • RuneScape
    • The Secret World
    • Warhammer Online
    • World of Warcraft®

     
  • Dragon Age: Origins Wardens’ Quest Competition Announced
    26 Oct 09

    BioWare announced today the Dragon Age: Origins Wardens’ Quest, a 24 hour gaming event for the upcoming dark, epic fantasy Dragon Age: Origins. To celebrate the launch of this award winning new game, BioWare is inviting gamers and press from North America and across Europe to put their skills and endurance to the test as they embark on a tense, epic journey of discovery. On October 28, at 10:00 AM GMT, ten teams of four players each will live, fight and explore the game as the drama unfolds in their 24 hour quest to claim the grand prize. Each winning team member will receive $12,500. Official rules can be found at http://www.wardensquest.com

     
  • Killing Floor "Level Up" Launch Trailer Released
    26 Oct 09

    To celebrate the launch of the free Killing Floor “Level Up” content pack last week, Tripwire Interactive and Iceberg Interactive have released a brand new trailer to showcase the new features and content added in the pack. We have noticed a staggering climb in players over the demo-weekend and the new content seemed to go down very well. If you didn’t grab your chance yet, watch this new trailer now and enter the engrossing world of Killing Floor. The trailer can be found on GamesPress, the Iceberg Interactive website or the official Killing Floor website: www.killingfloorthegame.com

    The details for the Free Content Pack:

    • 3 New maps: Bedlam, Wyre and Waterworks.

     
  • Matrix Games to Publish Armada 2526
    24 Oct 09

    Matrix Games (www.matrixgames.com) and Ntronium Games (www.ntronium.com) have announced that they have reached a publishing agreement for Armada 2526, a space-based blend of addictive turn-based strategy and intense real time space battles. Matrix Games is particularly excited to be working with founder and director of Ntronium Games, R.T. Smith. Mr. Smith has been creating strategy games for more than 20 years, including the original 4x space classic Armada 2525. Most recently he was the project director and lead designer for Medieval 2: Total War, having earlier served as designer and programmer on the previous Total War games.

     
  • Dragon Age Journeys Now Available
    24 Oct 09

    BioWare today announced that the first chapter of Dragon Age Journeys, a free* to play browser based game set in the Dragon Age world, is now available. Dragon Age Journeys puts players in the role of a hero exploring the underground dwarven kingdom of Orzammar. Players will uncover a dastardly plot that threatens to unleash a great evil that won’t stop until it destroys all living things. Based on BioWare’s upcoming dark fantasy epic Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age Journeys, sets a new standard of quality for browser-based games with addictive combat mechanics and fluid gameplay. Players of Dragon Age Journeys will have the chance to earn exclusive in game content for Dragon Age: Origins on the day of its release.

     
  • Fort Zombie Teaser
    21 Oct 09

    Kerberos Productions is one of those idie game companies that enjoys a rabid following of fans. I mean, have you tried Sword of the Stars?  Have you?!? Trust me, it is a 4X strategy game that gets in you blood (see our review here)!

    The quality gameplay found in SotS is the reason why so many people are eagerly anticipating Fort Zombie, Kerberos’ foray into the world of zombie survival.  Even though it is being billed as a “lil game”, knowing Kerberos, it will probably be packed with big entertainment values.  Count me in!

    Here’s a new teaser for Fort Zombie:

     

     
  • Panzer General Allied Assault Now On Xbox Live Arcade
    21 Oct 09

    Today, Ubisoft announced that Panzer General Allied Assault is available on Xbox LIVE Arcade, exclusively for the Xbox 360TM video game and entertainment system from Microsoft.

    Panzer General Allied Assault takes place during the last months of World War II, when the Allies were pushing the Germans back to their lands. In this unique turn based strategy game, with its own personalized deck of 60 cards, the player recreates history by fighting this world’s most famous battles: Utah Beach, Operation Market Garden and even the Battle of the Bulge.

    Available for 800 Microsoft points, Panzer General Allied Assault features not only an immersive single player campaign but also an online player versus player mode.

    About Panzer General:

     
  • Payment Model Announced for Action MMO Global Agenda
    21 Oct 09

    Hi-Rez Studios, currently developing the action massively multiplayer online game Global Agenda, announced today that players will be able to experience the major features of the game after a one time purchase via digital download or box sale, with no monthly subscription required. An optional subscription package called Global Agenda: Conquest will be available for those players who wish to participate in the persistent Alliance vs. Alliance territory control game-play and access ongoing major content updates.

     
  • Namco Bandai Announces Inversion
    21 Oct 09

    NAMCO BANDAI today announced INVERSION for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and the PlayStation3 computer entertainment system. Developed by Saber Interactive, INVERSION takes players on a whirlwind journey complete with nonstop firefights, and a suspense-filled storyline. Packed to the brim with action, INVERSION also introduces revolutionary gravity-wielding combat, zero gravity environments, vector changes, and a unique destructible cover system. INVERSION is planned for release in 2010.

     
  • Single Player Demo for Painkiller Resurrection Released
    21 Oct 09

    JoWooD Productions and DreamCatcher Games, leading publishers of interactive entertainment software around the world, today released the Single Player Demo for Painkiller Resurrection. The demo can be downloaded here:

    http://www.jowood.at/?lang=en&site=2&gameid=painkillerRes&iid=Demo

     
  • Frogster America Celebrates Halloween in Runes of Magic
    21 Oct 09

    Frogster America, Inc. today announced its plans to celebrate Halloween in the free-to-play Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG) that is redefining the genre, Runes of Magic (www.runesofmagic.com). Over the next two weeks, the publisher will be giving away Halloween-themed in-game items, holding real world and in-game decorating contests, running special events and selling special Halloween bundles. Runes of Magic has more than two million registered users worldwide and over 750,000 in North America where Frogster America operates the game.

     
  • Smugglers IV - Doomsday Now Available
    20 Oct 09

    Matrix Games (www.matrixgames.com) and Niels Bauer Games (www.nielsbauergames.com) are pleased to announce the release of the turn-based space trading game Smugglers IV - Doomsday on the Matrix Games Online Store.

    Smugglers IV - Doomsday is a fun and challenging turn-based space-trading game where you take command of an advanced space ship amidst a galaxy torn by war and crime! With your ship and skilled crew you can choose to be a greedy trader, ambitious bounty hunter, ruthless pirate, or one of the other professions in your quest for riches, fame, and power!

     
  • Demon’s Souls Sells Out Across North America
    20 Oct 09

    Atlus U.S.A., Inc. today announced that additional stock of Demon's Souls, the newly released award-winning action RPG for PlayStation3 computer entertainment system, will be making its way to stores across North America this week in response to overwhelming demand.

    "We're thrilled at the level of interest and acclaim gamers are showing for Demon's Souls, one of the best reviewed games of the year and one of the highest-rated role-playing games of all time," stated Aram Jabbari, Manager of PR and Sales for Atlus. "We're working quickly to get more copies of the game out onto store shelves. We thank fans for supporting a daring, innovative product, and we ask interested gamers to be patient as stock is replenished."

     
  • The Beatles: Rock Band Debuts as the #1 Selling Music Video Game in the U.S. for September
    20 Oct 09

    Apple Corps, Ltd., MTV Games and Harmonix, the world’s leading developer of music-based games and a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks, today announced The Beatles: Rock Band debuted as the top selling music video game in the U.S. for September. Released simultaneously with the digitally re-mastered Beatles CD catalogue on September 9, 2009, the critically acclaimed game was also the #2 selling title across all genres by revenue in the U.S for the month of September. In addition, over 100K downloads of “All You Need Is Love” were sold in September. The charity single was released exclusively through Xbox LIVE online entertainment network for a limited time with All Apple Corps Ltd, MTV Games, Harmonix and Microsoft proceeds benefitting Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).

     
  • Daemon Moon Shines on Warhammer Online
    19 Oct 09

    Mythic Entertainmenttoday announced that the critically acclaimed MMORPG, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, will host a special live event, Daemon Moon Rising, for a limited time during the 2009 Halloween season. Daemon Moon Rising, will run in-game from October 23rd through November 2nd, and will feature the Daemon Mask event quest, a new Daemonball Rally Public Quest, a special Realm vs. Realm™ scenario, and treats both fair and foul.