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May 10th, 2008

Mike Tyson back in Fight Night Round 4

The Champ Is Back! EA Announces EA SPORTS Fight Night Round 4
Mike Tyson Featured in First Boxing Videogame in Nearly a Decade
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Electronic Arts Inc. (Nasdaq:ERTS) announced today that EA SPORTS™Fight Night Round 4 is in development at EA Canada in Vancouver under the EA SPORTS brand. EA SPORTS Fight Night is back […]

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May 10th, 2008

Spacetime Studios Acquires Blackstar IP from NCsoft

Blackstar is a highly stylized science-fantasy universe from developers of Wing Commander, Privateer, and Star Wars: Galaxies
AUSTIN, Texas - May 8, 2008 - Spacetime Studios, LLC announced today it has acquired the rights to the Blackstar IP from its previous publisher NCsoft. Spacetime Studios, an independent game development studio made up […]

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May 6th, 2008

Avalon Style Licenses Unreal Engine 3

MOSCOW, RUSSIA – May 6, 2008 – Avalon Style Entertainment, one of Russia’s leading developers of interactive entertainment, today announced that it has licensed Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 3 to develop the latest installment in its popular “4×4 Off Road” off-road driving simulation series for PC, Xbox 360™ and PLAYSTATION®3. “4х4 Off Road […]

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April 27th, 2008

Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI Coming to PCs

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 […]

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April 25th, 2008

Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution at May London MCM Expo!

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 […]

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April 18th, 2008

Epic and DC Comics announce plans for Gears of War comics

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 […]

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April 8th, 2008

Stardock and Gas Powered Games partner for Demigod

Stardock and Gas Powered Games have announced today that they have reached a publishing agreement for Gas Powered Games’ upcoming PC game, Demigod.
Demigod is a team-based action game with RTS and RPG elements. Players take control of a massive Demigod with the goal of annihilating their opponent’s position in a given arena while preventing the […]

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April 8th, 2008

Epic and EA announce extension of Unreal Engine 3 Agreement

Redwood City, Calif., April 8, 2008 – Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) and Epic Games, Inc. today announced that they have expanded their current license agreement. Under the terms of the new agreement, EA will have the right to incorporate the Unreal Engine 3 in more than five upcoming titles currently under development. […]

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April 3rd, 2008

Sins of a Solar Empire Expansion Imminent

According to Wired, Brad Wardell, president and CEO of Stardock, has just confirmed an expansion to Stardock’s popular space strategy game: Sins of a Solar Empire. While the Ironclad games developed expansion doesn’t have a release date, it is reportedly coming in the “reasonably near future.”
Wardell said the expansion would feature a campaign mode, something […]

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April 2nd, 2008

Uncover Lost Memories With Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo’s Dungeon

Square Enix, Inc., the publisher of Square Enix™ interactive entertainment products in North America, announced today that it will launch FINAL FANTASY® FABLES: Chocobo’s Dungeon® for the North American market on July 8, 2008. Coming exclusively to Wii, the game brings a loveable cast featuring Chocobo and his friends to the next-generation platform for the […]

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