Ndoors Interactive today announced the launch of a second closed beta for their new MMORPG, WonderKing. The second beta will give new players a chance to enter the world of WonderKing before the game's official launch and see for themselves what over 20,000 other players have already had a chance to enjoy. The second beta also serves as a period of fine-tuning for the gameplay and back-end which will ensure the highest quality experience at launch. "Over 20,000 players spent nearly half a million hours playing WonderKing in the first closed beta," noted Peter Kang, CEO of Ndoors Interactive. "We … Continue reading WonderKing Enters Closed Beta →

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announces TouchMaster 3, a puzzle compilation game for Nintendo DS and Game Party 3, a social party game for the Wii system. TouchMaster andGame Party are multi-million unit selling franchise additions to the company's casual and family line-up scheduled to launch in fall 2009. TouchMasterand Game Party are fan favorites, with Game Party selling more than three million units worldwide and TouchMaster selling more than one million units worldwide. Appealing to players of all ages and abilities, both titles offer casual and family gamers a fresh take on the popular Game Party and TouchMaster franchises, incorporating … Continue reading WB To Publish Two New Casual Games →

Ubisoft today announced that it has partnered with actress, comedienne, host and best-selling author Jenny McCarthy for Your Shape featuring Jenny McCarthy, a ground-breaking new fitness title that leverages the technological advances of an entirely new, revolutionary camera for the Wii system from Nintendo. Scheduled to be released worldwide this Holiday 2009, Your Shape featuring Jenny McCarthy is the first fitness video game that enables people to work-out controller-free. Your Shape featuring Jenny McCarthy comes with a camera peripheral that features Ubisoft's proprietary motion tracking technology, which provides a completely personalized and interactive work-out by scanning players' bodies, assessing their … Continue reading Ubisoft And Jenny McCarthy Working On Your Shape →

With classic video game arcades facing the ultimate "game over," the makers of STRIDE, The Ridiculously Long Lasting Gum, want to do everything they can to help keep the elbows bumping and quarters flowing. Enter Save the Arcades – a nationwide campaign to stop the disappearance of this beloved and endangered form of gaming. Last week, STRIDE discovered that a Philadelphia-area arcade called Challenge Arcade was within days of closing down, so they decided to help. By providing $10,000, STRIDE ensured that Challenge will stay in business and continue to offer gaming goodness, world record events and tournaments to the … Continue reading Stride Trying To Save Arcades →

NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. today announced that ACTIVE LIFE: Extreme Challenge has shipped to retail stores throughout North America for Wii. Fun for families and gamers alike, ACTIVE LIFE: Extreme Challenge combines the motion-sensing Wii Remote with an original mat controller that lets players use their whole body to participate in 15 fun extreme sports activities. Following up on its wildly successful predecessor, ACTIVE LIFE: Extreme Challenge reintroduces the Active Life mat, a durable eight button peripheral that lets players control the on-screen action with their hands and feet when used in conjunction with a Wii Remote. Created with … Continue reading Namco Ships Active Life For Wii →

Mplayit (formerly Mpowerplayer), the leading provider of online mobile game discovery and merchandising solutions, announced today the launch of the Mplayit Mobile Arcade application for Cellcom, Israel's premier mobile operator. "This is an important milestone for Mplayit. Cellcom is our first international carrier partnership, and we're looking forward to working with them to continue to drive the take up of mobile games and applications in the Israeli market," said Michael Powers, CEO of Mplayit. The partnership was facilitated by Logia Group, a world leader in providing innovative mobile content solutions and the exclusive games service provider for Cellcom. With Mplayit's … Continue reading Mplayit Expands To Israel →

Multiple Grammy Award winner, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and legendary singer-songwriter Johnny Cash will be introduced to an all new audience this fall as he makes his video game debut as a playable character in the highly anticipated Guitar Hero 5. Cash's virtual image will live on as Guitar Hero players can rock out on any instrument controller to "Ring Of Fire," and even unlock the ability to strum and sing along as the "Man in Black" himself in the all-new Electric Honky Tonk Bar venue. Cash joins the ever-growing list of playable in-game artists announced for … Continue reading Johnny Cash To Debut On Guitar Hero 5 →

The battle has begun. Paradox Interactive has released the third installment of its popular World War II strategy series, Hearts of Iron III. Featuring in-depth simulations of World War II battles, veteran soldiers and new recruits alike will find much to satisfy their appetite for strategic planning in Hearts of Iron III. Set in the wartime period of 1936-1948, Hearts of Iron III retains the popular core gameplay of previous installments in the series, and adds brand new features such as a huge game map with more than 14,000 land and sea provinces. Battle it out and take the reins … Continue reading Hearts Of Iron III Ships →

AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced immediate availability of two new dual-core, 18W TDP processors for the highly-scalable ASB1 BGA embedded client platform. The AMD Turion Neo X2 processor Model L625 and the AMD Athlon Neo X2 processor Model L325 deliver PC-caliber performance in a very low power envelope and with an embedded-friendly ball grid array (BGA) package. This embedded client solution is ideal for traditional embedded applications such as single board computing and thin client systems, as well as markets for self-service kiosks, point of sale machines and digital signage. The ball grid array (BGA) package helps alleviate potential reliability … Continue reading AMD Announces New Processors →

The consumer demo for Batman: Arkham Asylum, co-published in North America by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Eidos Inc., is now available for Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION 3 entertainment system and Games For Windows LIVE. The demo is being offered on Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360 and PlayStationNetwork for the PLAYSTATION 3. Fans can visit www.batmanarkhamasylum.com for details on how to download the Games For Windows LIVE version. Batman: Arkham Asylum has been rated "T" for Teen by the ESRB in North America and will be available beginning August 25.