Microsoft announced today that Ninety-Nine Nights will hit store shelves in the United States in August 2006. The Xbox 360 exclusive, developed by gaming luminaries Tetsuya Mizuguchi ("Lumines,""Meteos") and SanYoun Lee (“Kingdom Under Fire”), launched to high acclaim in Japan and Korea earlier this spring.Published by Microsoft and developed by Phantagram and Q Entertainment, “Ninety-Nine […]

Midway sends word that Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War has been released on the PC: Midway Games Inc., a leading interactive entertainment industry publisher and developer, today announced that Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War, the innovative, hero-driven real-time strategy (RTS) game that allows gamers to control history’s greatest generals, has shipped to stores […]

PC World (The magazine, not the shop chain in the UK) has bestowed onto RedOctane praise indeed… RedOctane® is pleased to announce that PC World has honored their videogame "Guitar HeroTM" with a 2006 World Class Award – one of The Best Products of the Year. PC World, the most widely-read computer or business magazine, […]

New maps for PDZ. Play with Ms Dark some more. You know you want to. Microsoft Game Studios and Rare announced that they will be expanding the already extensive and exciting multiplayer experience of “Perfect Dark Zero” by adding four new battleground maps available now for download on Xbox Live Marketplace.The four new maps, Plaza, […]

Hot on the heels of SiN Episodes: Emergence’s release on Steam is the first episodic game from the very operator of the Steam network, Valve Software. As with Ritual, Valve wants to experiment with the concept of putting out multiple short chapters every few months instead of foisting one large lump of gameplay on us […]

Activision sends word that The Movies: Stunts and Effects Expansion Pack has been released for the PC, now you can add huge spaceships and explosions to all your movies! PC gamers can make movie magic with Activision, Inc. and Lionhead Studios’ The Movies: Stunts & Effects Expansion Pack, which ships to retail stores nationwide today. […]

Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion 1.1.511 patch has been released. There are two seperate patches for North America and UK/Europe and Australia. Other countries are not supported at ths time. Grab the patch from: http://www.elderscrolls.com/downloads/updates_patches.htm

Microsoft has sent word that they have released some enhancements for the Xbox 360.  Including up to 6 downloads in the background for HD content, easier menus and even remote control support in the Marketplace. Starting today, Xbox 360 gamers will be able to access a vigorous system-wide update creating a new pinnacle for next-generation […]

If you already pre-loaded Half-Life Episode One, it is time to activate it now!  If you haven’t ordered it via Steam, what the heck are you waiting for?! Valve Launches First of an Episodic Trilogy Valve, developer of the blockbuster series Half-Life and Counter-Strike, announced Half-Life 2: Episode One is now available via Steamgames.com for […]