ZeniMax Media Inc., the parent company of Oblivion developer Bethesda Softworks, today announced it has begun direct publishing operations in Asia with the establishment of its Tokyo-based subsidiary, ZeniMax Asia K.K. ZeniMax Asia will be publishing titles throughout Asian territories under the Bethesda Softworks brand.
Burlingame, CA – April 23, 2008 – KOEI, recognized worldwide as the premier brand of strategy and action games, announced today that the Historical Simulation game, Romance of the Three Kingdoms®XI (RTK XI) is coming to Windows-based PCs for gamers throughout North America on July 29, 2008.
“Following KOEI’s successful launch of Warriors Orochi for Windows-based PC earlier this year, the response to bringing more of KOEI’s popular franchises to the platform has been overwhelming,” said Amos Ip, Senior Vice President at KOEI Corporation. “For PC releases, the Romance of the Three Kingdoms series has always been at the top of …read more
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One of my awaited games, Operation Darkness, has finally released a demo on XBL. Better start downloading turn based strategy fans!
RVINE, California. – April 24, 2008 – Atlus U.S.A., Inc. today announced the launch of the official Operation Darkness demo on Xbox LIVE Marketplace. This epic fantasy WWII turn-based strategy game demo features one mission, offering a variety of attack options and access to some of the more unique spells in the game (werewolves, anyone?).
Operation Darkness is currently scheduled for release on June 24 for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft.
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2K Games is proud to announce that Sid Meier’s Civilization® Revolution™, the latest entry in the award-winning Sid Meier’s Civilization® franchise, will be available in shops on June 6, 2008. Developed internally at 2K’s world-renowned and award-winning Firaxis development studio, Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution will be available for Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and Nintendo DS™.
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Ubisoft’s sales jumped nearly 37 percent during their latest fiscal year, which ended last month, skyrocketing from $1.07 billion to $1.46 billion over the year, the company announced during their annual call today.
The rise was mostly due to Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 and Assassin’s Creed doing better than expected, they said. Vegas 2 sold close to 2 million, while 6 million copies of Assassin’s Creed were sold. Ubi said they were also happy with their Games for Everyone brand, which includes titles like My Word Coach and My French Coach and brought in $361 million.
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In an interview with IGN, Mike Capps, President of Epic Games, has publicly stated his disdain for Nintendo’s hit console. You might have read about other Epic executives saying not so good things about the Wii and this time is no different. God, I wish Miyamoto would shut these guys up for a change.
After Electronic Arts lowered its offer to acquire Take-Two from its original offer $26 per share to $25.74, Take-Two still has rejected the offer.
“[EA's proposal] undervalued the company at $26 per share, and it certainly undervalues Take-Two at $25.74,” chairman Strauss Zelnick, said in a statement Friday following the revised offer.
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New York, NY – April 18, 2008 – DC Comics, the largest English-language comic book publisher in the world, in partnership with Epic Games, Inc., announced plans today to publish a comic book series based on the hugely popular action video game franchise Gears of War. The series is slated to debut from DC’s WildStorm publishing imprint in October. More details about the series, including the creative team, will be released at a later date.
Variety is saying that the first week of Grand Theft Auto 4 will come close to matching the biggest box office 6 day haul of $404 Million by Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End. This will make Grand Theft Auto 4 the biggest debut for a videogame surpassing even the mighty Halo 3, which raked in $300 Million in sales in its first week.
When it comes to boffo openings, forget “Pirates of the Caribbean” — think “Grand Theft Auto IV.”
And think $400 million for the first week, a record for vidgames and possibly the biggest debut ever for an …read more
Square Enix announced the final Japanese release date of July 17,2008 for the DS remake of Dragon Quest V. The game will carry a tax inclusive price point of 5,490, making it a few bucks higher than most DS titles. This is predicted to be another successful gme in the DS line of Dragon Quest games. The Dragon Quest IV remake, released back in November, was one of Japan’s top ten titles for the year and has, according to numbers released today by Square Enix, crossed the 1.15 million mark in domestic sales.
Not bad, Square Enix. Now, how about that …read more
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