NCsoft Europe can today reveal the dramatic pricing structure for City of Villains subscription rates. Purchasers of City of Villains and City of Heroes will be able to play both games for the price of one subscription fee – £8.99 (€12.99) per month. Existing City of Heroes subscribers will therefore just need to purchase City of Villains to get complete access to both games’ worlds. For those who aren’t already playing, City of Villains or City of Heroes can be purchased and played alone – but as soon as one game is subscribed to, access to the other is for … Continue reading Villains Europe Pricing Announced→
Publisher and developer Paradox Interactive announced today the PC game DIPLOMACY has shipped to stores across North America, with Europe to follow later in October and November. The game has a suggested retail price of $39.99 and is rated E for Everyone. DIPLOMACY is under license from the Hasbro Properties Group, the intellectual property development arm of Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE: HAS). "The classic board game has been around for a long time and the concept isso ingenious that it will surely continue to be one of the more popularboard games in the world," says Fredrik Lindgren, Director of Publishing atParadox … Continue reading Diplomacy Ships To US→
Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) has rounded up some of Hollywood's top talent to lend their voices to its upcoming action adventure game GUN. Developed by Neversoft Entertainment, GUN takes gamers to the untamed West of the late-1800s where greed, lust and murder are rampant. Legendary actors include leading man Thomas Jane as vengeful gunslinger Colton White; Kris Kristofferson as Colton's mountain man father, Ned; Tom Skerritt as Resistance Fighter Clay Allison; Brad Dourif as evil preacher Josiah Reed; Ron Perlman as Mayor Hoodoo Brown of Empire, New Mexico; and Lance Henriksen as the obsessive tyrant Thomas MacGruder. "This amazing cast … Continue reading Stars Line Up For GUN Game→
NCsoft Europe would like to invite players to sign up for the City of Villains Beta as the final touches are made to Cryptic Studios’ hotly anticipated lawbreaking title. Set to arrive at the end of October, City of Villains is the companion and stand-alone sequel to the award-winning City of Heroes. "We’re looking for megalomaniacs, masterminds and even genuine gamers to help us push the servers to capacity in this final run-up to launch," said Stephen Reid, Content and Community Manager, NCsoft Europe. "Plus, It’s an excellent opportunity to see City of Villains early, and get in on the … Continue reading NCSoft Europe Looking For Villains→
NCsoft (KSE: 036570.KS), the world's leading developer and publisher of online computer games announces yet another milestone for its top-selling competitive roleplaying game, Guild Wars, from ArenaNet studios. More than one million units have been purchased since the game launched on April 28th of this year, and the numbers are increasing. "We reached this lofty goal in an extremely short period of time," said Robert Garriott, president of NCsoft's North American business. "We launched the game in late April and throughout the notoriously slow summer buying season, account activations just continued to grow. Our business model, which does not require … Continue reading Guild Wars Sells Million Copies→
Eidos Interactive, one of the world’s leading publishers and developers of entertainment software, today announces that the third person action adventure title Total Overdose: A Gunslinger’s Tale in Mexico has shipped to stores and is now available in North America. Developed by Deadline Games, the game was created for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, Xbox video game system from Microsoft and PC. "By combining open-ended gameplay and innovative, freestyle combat moves, Total Overdose provides a refreshingly witty adventure to the action shooter fan," says Jefferson Dong, Eidos Brand Manager for Total Overdose. Additionally, Eidos has included a separate bonus … Continue reading Total Overdose Ships→
"State of Play III: Social Revolutions" is the third annual State of Play: Law, Games, and Virtual Worlds conference on the future of cyberspace. This year, the focus of the conference is social relationships in the metaverse and how to build vibrant, flourishing, creative places. The conference is convened by the Institute for Information Law & Policy at New York Law School, the Information Society Project at Yale Law School, and the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School. The conference will be held on October 6-8, 2005 at New York Law School in New York City. … Continue reading State Of Play III Set For N.Y.→
Game industry veterans Greg Costikyan and Johnny Wilson announced today that they are joining forces to launch Manifesto Games, a new venture to build a strong and viable independent game industry. Its site will offer independently-developed games for sale via direct download–a single place where fans of offbeat and niche games can find "the best of the rest," the games that the retail channel doesn’t think worth carrying. Three types of games will be offered: truly independent, original content from creators without publisher funding; the best PC games from smaller PC game publishers, including games in existing genres like wargames, … Continue reading Manifesto Games Founded→
Today Ubisoft, one of the world's largest video game publishers, announced that Far Cry Instincts has shipped exclusively for the Xbox video game system and entertainment system from Microsoft. Developed by Ubisoft's Montreal Studio, Far Cry Instincts is a technically advanced gaming experience built from the ground up using the kind of cutting-edge technology that Far Cry fans will recognize from the award-winning PC title. Far Cry Instincts has an ESRB rating of "M" for Mature and a MSRP of $49.99. "The launch of Far Cry Instincts kicks off what we believe will be one of the best new franchises … Continue reading Far Cry Instincts Invades Xbox→
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