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God Of War Hands-On Impressions, Movies, And Interview
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3/4/2005 6:13:00 PM
Greek Mythology has spawned quite a number of games in the past – some good, and some rather lackluster. At E3 2004, we were in awe over our brief gameplay session of SCEA’s God of War. The game had lightning quick, fierce action coupled with some interesting puzzles, and we curiously looked forward to getting our hands on the final version. This week we’ve taken the game through its paces almost entirely, and without a doubt, God of War delivers one of the best – if not the best – action game experiences on the PlayStation 2.
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BioWare To Recruit At GDC
3/4/2005 12:13:00 PM
BioWare Corp. announced its plans today to continue the expansion of its development teams for its future video-game projects. The Edmonton-based company is actively recruiting for a variety of positions across numerous disciplines, and will be taking those recruitment efforts across North America in the upcoming months.
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Imaginary Numbers Announces Tactica Online
3/4/2005 11:58:00 AM
Imaginary Numbers, an independent development studio based in Sydney, Australia, today announced the development of Tactica Online, a fast-moving turn-based strategy RPG set in the conspiracy and intrigue of Leonardo da Vinci's world.
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650,000 DS Units Set To Release In Europe
3/4/2005 10:29:00 AM
650,000 Nintendo DS units and over 2.5 million pieces of software destined for Europe have now rolled off the production line ready for distribution.
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Sony Announces Strong Presence At GDC
3/4/2005 10:23:00 AM
Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. announced today its presence at the 2005 Game Developers Conference, held March 7-11 at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco.
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Atari And Spark Unlimited Enter Into Long-Term Exclusive Deal
3/4/2005 10:20:00 AM
Atari announced today that it has entered into an exclusive agreement with Spark Unlimited for worldwide publishing rights across all media to all future titles developed by the award-winning creative team at Spark Unlimited, the studio behind the recent hit console game Call of Duty:
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VU Games Announces 50 Cent: Bulletproof
3/4/2005 10:18:00 AM
Vivendi Universal Games today announced a deal with multi-million album selling hip-hop superstar and entertainment icon 50 Cent to collaborate in the creation of a new video game that will hit retail shelves in late 2005.
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Mythic Announces Dark Age Of Camelot Roundtable
3/3/2005 6:45:00 PM
Mythic Entertainment, developer and publisher of the critically-acclaimed massively-multiplayer online role-playing game Dark Age of Camelot, today announced that a Dark Age of Camelot "Roundtable" fan gathering will take place in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area this April.
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Capcom Announces Disney's Magical Quest 3 For GBA
3/3/2005 6:41:00 PM
Capcom and Disney Interactive, a publishing label of Buena Vista Games, Inc., today announced Disney’s Magical Quest 3 Starring Mickey and Donald for the Game Boy Advance and Game Boy Advance SP hand-held systems.
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Prototype For World's First GameFilm Announced
3/3/2005 11:31:00 AM
Cecropia, innovators of the world's first filmgame, is today introducing a preview of its first game, called "The Act." The Act is an interactive comedy about relationships, deception, and the pursuit of romance.
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NASA And The Pokemon Trading Card Game Teach Kids Science
3/3/2005 10:14:00 AM
NASA and the Pokemon Trading Card Game have developed an in-school program that incorporates science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) themes into learning activities for K-6 students nationwide.
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ESRB Creates New "10+" Game Rating
3/3/2005 10:02:00 AM
Today the ESRB, or Electronics Software Ratings Board, announced that they've created a new rating for video games.
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ESPN Looking For Developers
3/3/2005 9:58:00 AM
ESPN 360 (ESPN's Broadband service) and ESPN.com are seeking game developers for online-only games with the potential of having ESPN help distribute a sports-based project that represents the spirit of sports, competition, excitement and innovation associated with ESPN.
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Senet To Host Video Game Art Show At GDC
3/3/2005 9:53:00 AM
Senet Entertainment, a provider of premium videogame event services, announced today its participation in the Video Game Art Show. In collaboration with START SOMA, an emerging art gallery in San Francisco, Senet will be offering Internet and videogame entertainment to art patrons and attendees of the Game Developers Conference.
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Alawar Entertainment Unveils Snowy The Bear
3/3/2005 9:52:00 AM
From Mario and Donkey Kong to Spyro the Dragon and Crash Bandicoot, some of the most popular console games in history have featured strong, appealing characters. Now Alawar Entertainment is bringing its own platform-hopping hero to the PC - Snowy the Bear.
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SN Systems/Hudson Enter Deal For DS Development Tools
3/2/2005 5:41:00 PM
SN Systemsand Japanese hardware and software producers Hudson, are pleased to announce a joint partnership to produce official hardware development kits and software tools for the new Nintendo DS handheld console.
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Warner Bros. Announces Mobile Version Of Constantine
3/2/2005 5:38:00 PM
Warner Bros. Online today announced that Constantine, a new mobile adventure game that thrusts players into a battleground between heaven and hell, will launch on wireless handset platforms in the U.S. this May.
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Ubisoft To Acquire MC2-Microids
3/2/2005 5:29:00 PM
Today, Ubisoft announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire MC2-Microids’ (Microids Canada) Canadian development operations and integrate them into its Montreal studio.
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New DS Colors Announced...For Japan
3/2/2005 11:55:00 AM
While gamers are eagerly waiting for March 24th in North America for the PSP launch, Japanese people still in need of a Nintendo DS will have their choice of a few new colors. Today, Nintendo unveiled 2 new colors that will be available on March 24th in Japan - black and white, and on April 21st two other colors will be available - turquoise and pink.
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Microsoft Game Studios: The Shane Kim And Ken Lobb Interview
3/1/2005 5:56:00 PM
Thanks to stellar sales of Halo 2 and Fable, Microsoft Game Studios is on the top of world. But according to MGS Managing Director Shane Kim and Microsoft Studio RX Director Ken Lobb, there are plenty of surprises still left for the Xbox.
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New THUG 2 Remix Screens And Video
3/1/2005 5:21:00 PM
Tony Hawk is about to gleem your PSP, and we've got a few new screens and movies showing off the new levels including Santa Cruz, Las Vegas, Kyoto, and Atlanta.
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New Stolen Screens
3/1/2005 4:32:00 PM
Hip Games just released new Xbox screens of their upcoming third-person stealth action game, Stolen.
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RedOctane Announce In The Groove
3/1/2005 3:39:00 PM
RedOctane announced today it has signed an agreement with developer Roxor Games, Inc. to release In the Groove, a dance game designed from the ground up by hardcore dance gamers. In the Groove will be the first-ever published video game for RedOctane and will be available exclusively on the PS2.
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Bandai Announces The Formation Of Bandai Games Inc.
3/1/2005 3:35:00 PM
Bandai today announced the introduction of the recently formed corporation, Bandai Games Inc. The new videogame company, which was incorporated on January 3, 2005, will be a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bandai America Incorporated. Previously, the videogames sector of Bandai America was a division within the organization but will now be an independent company. BGI also announced that their new company tagline is “Playing is Believing.” The company says that the tagline reflects the company’s dedication in creating new videogames that will take players out of the real world and immerse them into a spectacular gaming experience that transcends players into a new fantasy world which seems real as they play.
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Sony To Have One Million PSPs Ready For North American Launch
3/1/2005 3:23:00 PM
Sony Computer Entertainment America today confirmed its plan to increase the initial launch shipment of the PSP. handheld entertainment system to one million units. A global high demand had the company making an upward revision in preparation for its North American launch on March 24. This figure is part of the company's overall three million-unit worldwide shipment estimate by the close of its fiscal year ending March 31.
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Full Spectrum Warrior Goes Platinum, PS2 Version $20
3/1/2005 11:24:00 AM
THQ today announced that Full Spectrum Warrior is being re-released today as a part of the Xbox Platinum Hits series. and will now be available at the suggested retail price of $19.99. On top of that THQ also announced today that Full Spectrum Warrior for the PS2 will debut this spring at the suggested retail price of $19.99.
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Fable Soundtrack Available Today
3/1/2005 11:20:00 AM
Sumthing Else Music Works through its licensing relationship with Microsoft Game Studios, today announced the Fable Original Soundtrack featuring the “Fable Theme” by Danny Elfman and musical score by Russell Shaw. The soundtrack has been released today to US retail outlets through Nile Rodgers’ Sumthing Else Music Works label - http://www.sumthing.com.
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Rayman DS Development Now Complete
3/1/2005 10:05:00 AM
DC Studios is extremely happy to announce that it has completed the development of the Nintendo DS version of the latest installment of Ubisoft' s hugely popular Rayman franchise. Rayman DS has been developed in the company's Montreal Studio.
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Ubisoft Aquires Microsoft Game Studios Sports Titles, Company To Develop Own Sports Titles
2/28/2005 12:30:00 PM
Today Ubisoft announced that it will be developing a series of sports titles, making its debut as a publisher of sports videogames. Its entrance will be propelled by several worldwide licensing agreements and acquisitions. Ubisoft has signed an exclusive license with Vijay Singh, the No. 1 ranked golfer in the world, to produce a Vijay Singh-titled golf game. The company has also acquired the sports assets from Microsoft Game Studios, including NHL Rivals, NFL Fever, NBA Inside Drive, and MLB Inside Pitch.
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Nintendo Begins DS Download Service
2/28/2005 10:11:00 AM
Nintendo announced recently that they've begun a preliminary test of a new download service for their recently released DS handheld system.
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