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Tiger Woods PGA TOUR News Galore

James Fudge — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:25:56 +0000

If there was ever any doubt that EA Sports and Tiger Woods would continue its relationship in the wake of all the controversy over woods’ extramarital affairs announcement should put those doubts to bed. Electronic Arts announced this morning that it has two Tiger Woods games in the works and on the way – one [...]

Tetris Hits 100 Million Paid Mobile Downloads Milestone

James Fudge — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:01:26 +0000

EA announced this morning that that mobile versions of Tetris, a game that it holds the very precious publishing rights to, has been downloaded over 100 million times since its release on various carriers. This figure includes iPhone and iPod tocuh downloads as well, in case you are wondering. Tetris is a game that is best [...]

Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment now on Xbox Live Arcade

James Fudge — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:01:13 +0000

Konami Digital Entertainment has released Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment to Xbox Live Arcade this week. In this tactical role-playing game, two rival kingdoms are on the brink of war on the continent of Sostegaria. Young Tobias Martin, an orphan left alive in the wake of the last Great War deals finds himself caught up [...]

Report: EA in talks with Apple for Tablet Games

James Fudge — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:40:54 +0000

Apple’s Tablet is as real as rain and it will support games, digital newspapers and books according to an interesting report from CNN Money. Several reports that surfaced on the web this week revealed some secret deals Apple has been negotiating with U.S. content publishers, including Harper Collins U.S., The New York Times and Conde [...]

Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable Announced

James Fudge — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:09:26 +0000

Atlus U.S.A., revealed that a PlayStation Portable version of its insanely popular RPG game, Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3, is in development. Aptly titled Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable, the handheld adaptation of one of the company’s highest-rated role-playing games of all time, will be released in North America in July. The “Portable” version of [...]

Halo 3 Mythic 2 Map Pack coming Feb. 2

James Fudge — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:30:21 +0000

The second Halo 3 Mythic Map pack will be released on Xbox Live Feb. 2, Microsoft announced today. The Mythic 2 Map Pack developed by Bungie for Halo 3 consists of three multiplayer maps available previously only on the Halo 3: ODST multiplayer disc, brings the total number of Halo 3 multiplayer maps to 24. [...]

Sony delays PS3 Motion Controller to Fall 2010

James Fudge — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:55:43 +0000

Sony announced today that its PlayStation 3 motion controller would not be released this spring, as was previously announced. The company said that it would now be released sometime this fall, though one would guess it will be in the late fall to take advantage of the 2010 holiday shopping season in the United States [...]

Zynga Players Raise $1.5 Million for Haitian Relief Efforts

James Fudge — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:09:19 +0000

In a mere five days, more than 300,000 players of Zynga’s various social networking games purchased an estimated $1.5 million in virtual goods to support relief efforts in Haiti. According to Zynga, players from 47 countries donated to the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) by buying limited edition items in FarmVille, FishVille, Mafia Wars and [...]

Space Invaders Infinity Gene Lite Released for iPhone

James Fudge — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:27:41 +0000

TAITO has released a free Lite version of its iPhone and iPod touch game Space Invaders Infinity Gene. This release follows a substantial update to the full version of the game which added social networking features using OpenFeint. This allows players to unlock in-game achievements, upload high scores to Facebook and Twitter, and participate in [...]

Majesty 2: Kingmaker Announced

James Fudge — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:15:05 +0000

Paradox Interactive today unveiled Majesty 2: Kingmaker, the first expansion to its fantasy strategy game, Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim. The expansion will bring a new campaign to the game called “Return of Grum-Gog,” where players take on a foe named Lord Blackviper and his army of goblins as they threaten to take over [...]

Rock Band Network Beta Opens

James Fudge — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:39:51 +0000

Harmonix Music Systems and MTV Games have opened the Rock Band Network beta program to the general public, giving artists a place to deploy Rock Band music content for consumers. The network gives artists the tools needed to start authoring and submitting their music into Rock Band. The Rock Band Network, which was announced in [...]

Dark Void in Stores, on Impulse and Steam

James Fudge — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:50:52 +0000

Capcom has released Dark Void for the Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3 and Windows PC. Dark Void is rated T for Teen and will carry a suggested retail price of $59.99 for the console versions and $39.99 for Windows PC. The PC version of the game – in addition to being available at retail – [...]

BioWare reveals The Cerberus Network for Mass Effect 2

James Fudge — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:44:40 +0000

BioWare has revealed The Cerberus Network, an in-game portal in Mass Effect 2 that will serve downloadable content (DLC) and news within the game. ‘The Cerberus Network’ is activated exclusively by original purchasers of Mass Effect 2 through a single-use unlock code that comes included in retail and digital versions of the game worldwide. BioWare [...]

Game Developers Choice Awards Nominees Announced

James Fudge — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:24:21 +0000

For developers by developers is the mantra of the annual Game Developers Awards held at the game Developers Conference in San Francisco every March. this year developers have given nods to Dragon Age: Origins, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Demon’s Souls and many other great games from 2009. In addition to these awards, a special award will [...]

Independent Games Festival Finalists Announced

James Fudge — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:32:14 +0000

F*** Hollywood! You’re all going to San Francisco! The Independent Games Festival has announced the winners of the 2010 IGF Student Showcase, which recognizes outstanding indie game development taking place on school and university campuses around the world. This year’s ten Student Showcase winners include titles such as Utrecht School of the Arts & USC’s [...]

Pocket God Sells 2 Million Units

James Fudge — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:08:14 +0000

Bolt Creative’s Pocket God has now sold over two million copies, becoming the first paid app to cross the two million sales mark. What started as a casual game about being unpleasant to cute and cuddly islanders has evolved thanks to the input of game’s community; some of the most-requested features have been added to the [...]

Crush the Castle iPhone App 1.3 Updated Released

James Fudge — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:51:16 +0000

Armor Games has released a kingdom-sized update for its medieval rock-slinging iPhone game, Crush the Castle. The puzzle-action game challenges players to rain down destruction on increasingly fortified castles armed with a trebuchet – a specialized and highly accurate style of catapult. Using this device players hurl projectiles over and through castle walls to crush [...]

Deathsmiles on Xbox 360 in 2010

James Fudge — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:37:15 +0000

Deathsmiles is coming to North America on Xbox 360 says publisher Aksys Games, Described by the makers of BlazBlue as a Japanese gothic-lolita shmup hit, Deathsmiles for the Xbox 360 will be released. In Deathsmile, players enter the world of Gilverado, a place plagued by monsters and tortured souls. Players choose from one of four angels [...]

Dark Void Zero now available on DSiWare

James Fudge — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:02:40 +0000

Capcom’s Dark Void Zero is now available to download on DSiWare. The never-before-released Capcom classic is hitting one day before its next-generation sequel, Dark Void, arrives on store shelves for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. To commemorate Dark Void’s origins, Capcom set out to recreate the original 8-bit classic, now re-titled Dark Void Zero, [...]

BlazBlue Portable in March

James Fudge — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:44:06 +0000

Aksys Games announced that it will publish Blazblue Portable in March 2010 exclusively for the PSP. The game will be available on UMD at retail and via the PlayStation Store. The PSP version of BlazBlue retails all the flavor of the original 2D fighting game — including all of the console games’ modes like Arcade, [...]