Microsoft Game Studios today announced that Halo 2 for Xbox, the most-anticipated video game of the year, has gone gold and will ship simultaneously over three days to 27 countries in eight languages. Halo 2 will be available on November 9 throughout North and South America, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. The sequel to the award-winning Halo: Combat Evolved, will be available in France, Belgium and Switzerland on November 10, as well as in Japan and the rest of Europe on November 11. Halo 2 is being localized in eight languages including English, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (traditional), Spanish, French, German … Continue reading Halo 2 goes gold →

Midway Games Inc. (NYSE: MWY), a leading software industry publisher and developer, announced today that Mortal Kombat : Deception, the latest entry in the company's best-selling Mortal Kombat franchise, has shipped more than one million units to retail stores across North America. Slashing its way to an amazing start at retail, Mortal Kombat: Deception is the fastest selling game in the history of Midway outselling even its highly-successful predecessor, Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance, by more than 35% in its first week of release. Mortal Kombat: Deception is available for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system and the Xbox video game … Continue reading Mortal Kombat: Deception his million sales →

Thrustmaster has today announced a new addition to its line of audio accessories with the T510 Dolby Digital 5.1 Decoder + Dolby Headphone, the first portable decoder and headphone set with Dolby Digital, Dolby Pro Logic II, and Dolby Headphone technologies. The three major gaming consoles – Playstation 2, Xbox, Gamecube – all support this product. This portable unit is also PC and DVD player compatible. The T510 headphones deliver crystal clear surround sound, placing you right in the center of amazing audio action, without disturbing the neighbors or keeping family members awake late at night. Stunning 5.1-channel sound is … Continue reading Thrustmaster and Dobly Team Up →

Whiptail Interactive, a cutting-edge game publisher with titles such as Postal 2 and Gangland (among others) already under its belt, announced today that it will publish PsychoToxic in North America and several European territories. Developed by NuclearVision Entertainment GmbH, Psycho Toxic shipped earlier this year in Germany where it enjoyed a warm reception from both press and consumers alike. The gritty First-Person title will ship in the US late in the first quarter of 2005 for the PC. "We're very excited to be working with NuclearVision to present PsychoToxic to gamers worldwide," said Joe Muoio, Managing Director of Whiptail Interactive. … Continue reading Whiptail to publish PsychoToxic →

On October 5th Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude shipped for PC, PS2 and Xbox nationwide. That's right! The best-loved adventure game franchise of all time is back! Except these aren't dot matrixed boobies from the 80's. Larry just got an upgrade. To help celebrate, Sierra and Vivendi have added copies of the new game to the Game Industry News Prize pool. Each and every subscriber to GiN's free newsletter now has a chance to win Larry each week! Click on the Win Prizes link at the top of the page to check it out, and good luck! College is … Continue reading Leisure Suit Larry Added to Prize Pool →

Telltale Games, a new development studio in Northern California today outlined the company’s plans to re-energize the Adventure Game category from their San Rafael headquarters. Founded by industry veterans Dan Connors, Kevin Bruner, and Troy Molander, Telltale Games will focus on the under represented adventure game market. Other key members of the team that was developing Sam and Max: Freelance Police for LucasArts Entertainment Co. have joined them. "When it comes to storytelling in games, we see a solid foundation provided by the high quality adventure game legacy of Infocom, Sierra, and LucasArts," says CEO Connors. "Our goal is to … Continue reading Telltale Games Forms →

With the purpose of continuing the efforts to consolidate and further propel the Mexican digital entertainment industry, Oelli announces the third edition of the Electronic Game Show (EGS 2004), to be held from October 22nd to October 24th, at the World Trade Center’s Maya ballroom in Mexico City. The Mexican digital entertainment industry is reaching a new point in its development. An evidence of this is the confirmed attendance of three major videogame console manufacturers (Xbox, GameCube and PlayStation), a first for any event aimed to the end user in Latin America. Also participating, will be the world´s leading publishers, … Continue reading Mexico Hosting Game Trade Show →

Vivendi Universal Games (VU Games) today announced the sale of its Knowledge Adventure educational software business, including its titles JumpStart, Mathblaster and others, to Knowledge Holdings, Inc., a company formed by Azure Capital Partners and Telesoft Partners, two Bay Area venture capital firms. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. VU Games will continue global sales and distribution responsibilities for Knowledge Adventure titles. "The divestiture of these educational software titles is part of VUG’s strategy in the U.S. to focus our business on games," said VU Games CEO Bruce Hack. "The agreement with Azure and Telesoft is positive for … Continue reading Vivendi Sells Off Knowledge Adventure →

A federal district court in St. Louis, Missouri has found that members of the BnetD project violated Blizzard Entertainment's End User License Agreements (EULAs) and Battle.net Terms of Use (TOU), as well as the provision of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) that prohibits the circumvention of anti-piracy technology and trafficking in such technology. "We consider this ruling to be a major victory against software piracy," stated Mike Morhaime, president and co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment. "By ruling in our favor on every count, the court is sending a clear message that creating unauthorized servers which emulate Blizzard's Battle.net servers is … Continue reading Blizzard Wins Anti-Piracy Server Case →

Electronic Arts (Nasdaq: ERTS) announced today that FIFA STREET is scheduled for release next year under the EA SPORTS BIG brand. The game is being produced by Electronic Arts Canada, the studio which also is home to the industry-leading FIFA Soccer videogame franchise. FIFA STREET is a highly-anticipated combination of arcade action blended with the culture of freestyle street soccer. By removing the rules from the simulation soccer experience, FIFA STREET exposes the heart of the world's beautiful game, on-the-ball flare and individual style. Leading this movement are the worlds top professional players, showing off their skills and individual style … Continue reading FIFA Street Gets Release Date →