A slice of Hollywood glamour landed in Singapore yesterday, as the film company behind blockbusters Star Wars and Indiana Smith announced plans to set up a production studio here, its first foray outside the US. By early next year, Lucasfilm – headed by the iconic director George Lucas – will set up a digital animation studio producing films, television shows and games in Singapore. It aims to create a new style of animation here by blending East and West. The firm plans to eventually hire up to 300 content producers, directors, artists, designers and story writers here, who will work … Continue reading LucasFilm To Set Up in Singapore →

Legacy Interactive, a leading games developer bringing television's greatest dramas to life on the PC, announced today that beta testing is underway for Law & Order: Justice is Served. Selected from sign-ups on the Legacy Interactive Web site, approximately 50 beta testers will take part in a two week evaluation of an in progress version of the game before it ships to stores. Law & Order: Justice is Served will be distributed by Vivendi Universal Games and is slated to ship September 30, 2004. Based on the Emmy Award-winning TV drama, "Law & Order", Law & Order: Justice is Served … Continue reading Legacy Beta Testing New Law and Order Game →

Altec Lansing Technologies, Inc., the leader in the design and manufacture of Powered Audio products, today unleashed its AHS602 Headset, the most satisfying, pulse-pounding personal audio experience yet for computer game users. The AHS602 plunges the wearer into the middle of the action using two high-performance, 40mm neodymium drivers combined with SRS Headphone technology-a patented 3-D breakthrough from SRS Labs that repositions sound from inside the listener's head to outside the listener's ears, creating a natural, yet awesomely intense audio effect. Altec Lansing's AHS602 is a premium headset for serious gamers. Featuring a noise-rejecting wraparound microphone for hands-free operation, the … Continue reading Altec Ships New Gaming Headset →

Merscom LLC today announced an agreement with CITY Interactive to publish three of the developer’s PC games in North America: Space Interceptor: Project Freedom, a space arcade combat game, Terrorist Takedown, a military arcade shooter, and WWII Fighter Pilot, a flight arcade combat game. All games are value-priced at $19.99 USD and scheduled for Q4 2004 release. "We’re pleased to form this multi-title relationship with a developer like CITY Interactive," said Lloyd Melnick, Director of Merscom. "All three of these games represent what we believe both Merscom and CITY do best — bring to market quality games with across the … Continue reading Merscom, CITY Ink Multi Title Deal →

Gizmondo Europe Ltd, subsidiary of Jacksonville, Florida-based, Tiger Telematics Inc (TGTL: former symbol TIGR), announced today the acquisition of a European leading games developer, Indie Studios. The acquisition further enables Indie Studios to extend its next level gaming under the Gizmondo brand, while providing Gizmondo with secured immediate and future game content and a captive long term creative resource. The deal will be paid for with 1 million shares common stock of the Tiger Telematics, Inc, and a contingent shares to be issued in the event that certain games are completed by Indie in an agreed time frame. The guaranteed … Continue reading Gizmondo Gets New Developer →

Global wireless entertainment publisher JAMDAT Mobile Inc. announced today that "Bejeweled Multiplayer" was chosen as "Best Mobile Phone Game" at "G-Phoria – The Award Show 4 Gamers" – on July 31, 2004 in Los Angeles. Premiering on G4techTV on Friday, August 6 at 8:00 PM ET/5:00 PM PT, "G-Phoria" is a celebration of video game culture that honors special achievement in interactive entertainment. Winning games were determined by nearly 500,000 gamers who voted online. "Bejeweled Multiplayer" is a fast-paced wireless game that allows gamers to engage in exciting head-to-head matches with other players using wireless phones across town or across … Continue reading JAMDAT Gets Award →

Konami Digital Entertainment – America, a division of Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., today announced that it will release a special soundtrack for its highly anticipated video game Silent Hill 4: The Room(tm). The soundtrack will contain 20 vocal and instrumental tracks from the critically acclaimed survival-horror game, including 13 songs available only in the United States. Additionally, the soundtrack will contain a number of special remixes that have been mixed and re-arranged by the series’ renowned producer and talented music composer Akira Yamaoka. A must-have for any fan of the series, Silent Hill 4: The Room’s soundtrack is available as … Continue reading Konami to Release Silent Hill 4 Soundtrack →

Iridon Interactive and XS Games LLC are pleased to announce that Pure Pinball for the Xbox videogame system from Microsoft has shipped to stores in North America. Pure Pinball, the only pinball game on the market for Xbox, will be on store shelves as of August 9th. "Pure Pinball is the only game of its kind for the current generation of console systems," says Iridon CEO Bjorn Larsson. "In terms of quality, this is the closest you can get to pinball without owning an actual pinball machine." "We look forward to seeing how gamers react once they get their hands … Continue reading Pure Pinball Launches for Xbox →

Recognizing the strong worldwide awareness of the Diplomacy and Squad Leader brands, Paradox Entertainment AB today announced that it has licensed the worldwide rights from Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR) and Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE:HAS) to develop and publish new PC games based on the successful Avalon Hill board and video games. The Avalon Hill line of games is managed by Hasbro's subsidiary, Wizards of the Coast. Hailed as two of the best known strategy game brands in the world, Diplomacy and Squad Leader have attracted millions of players in their previous editions. Internal teams at Paradox, known for specializing in the … Continue reading Paradox making Diplomacy, Squad Leader Games →

ShellShock: Nam ’67 to hit retail on Friday 3rd September in Europe and 14th September in North America. Eidos, one of the world’s leading publishers and developers of entertainment software, announces that the highly anticipated ShellShock: Nam ’67T will be released in Europe on 3rd September and North America on 14th September. ShellShock: Nam ’67 is an action game based on the Vietnam War. Developed by Guerrilla, it will be available on PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC. ShellShock: Nam ’67 depicts the reality of the Vietnam War for the first time in a video game. You take on the role … Continue reading Shellshock Gets Release Date →