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Archive for the ‘Press’ Category

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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March 25th, 2008

NCsoft Announces Unreal Engine 3 License for Two Upcoming Projects

SEOUL, KOREA (March 25, 2008) – NCsoft® Corporation, the world’s leading developer and publisher of online computer games, today announced that it has reinforced its relationship with Epic Games, Inc. by licensing Unreal Engine 3 to develop two unannounced, top-tier massively multiplayer online games. NCsoft has achieved spectacular results working with the Unreal Engine over […]

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March 7th, 2008

Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 3 gone gold

Santa Clara, Calif., (March 5, 2008) – Leading video games developer and publisher NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc., announced today that NARUTO™: Ultimate Ninja® 3 has gone gold for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system. Based on the popular NARUTO™ animated series, from VIZ Media, this fighter steps it up a notch and delivers new innovative […]

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March 5th, 2008

THQ Ships Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War Soulstorm Expansion

AGOURA HILLS, Calif.-THQ Inc. (NASDAQ:THQI) today announced that Warhammer® 40,000™: Dawn of War® – Soulstorm™, the next hybrid standalone expansion in Relic Entertainment’s critically acclaimed Dawn of War Real-Time Strategy (RTS) franchise, has shipped exclusively for Windows PC to retail outlets worldwide. Featuring an intense interplanetary campaign along with the debut of air units, Warhammer […]

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February 27th, 2008

Disgaea 3 US release date

Disgaea 3 is coming to the US in August 2008 for the Playstation 3.
Santa Ana, CA – NIS America announced today that Disgaea®3 is heading for the PlayStation®3 Computer Entertainment System this summer. Much loved by hardcore gamers around the world, Disgaea®3 makes a bold new step towards the next generation console with a whole […]

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February 19th, 2008

IGA Worldwide Partners with id Software on Forthcoming QUAKE LIVE title

San Francisco, CA- February 19, 2008 -IGA Worldwide Inc., the leading independent in-game advertising network announced today from the 2008 Game Developer Conference that it has partnered with id Software to manage all advertising, sponsorship and creative branding opportunities within the forthcoming QUAKE LIVE web site and free-to-play version of the popular action series.
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February 18th, 2008

Scaleform and Epic Games announce Scaleform GFx integration for Unreal Engine 3

GREENBELT, MD and CARY, NC (February 18, 2008) – Scaleform Corporation and Epic Games, Inc. today announced that Scaleform GFx, the industry’s leading user interface (UI) production tool for hardware-accelerated scalable vector graphics, is now integrated with Epic’s Unreal Engine 3 (UE3), the number one game engine for cross-platform game development. As a […]

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February 15th, 2008

DragonFly licenses Unreal Engine

SEOUL, KOREA (February 15, 2008) – Dragonfly announced today that it has licensed Unreal Engine 3 from Epic Games, Inc. for an unannounced project. Dragonfly has developed distinguished games in Korea including the online first-person shooters “Karma Online” and “Special Force.”
“Unreal Engine 3 is the right game engine for us,” said Park Cheol Seung, […]

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February 12th, 2008

2K Games Licenses Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 3

It looks like more and more developers are going to be using Epic’s Unreal Engine 3. I just hope they actually improve upon the base engine (or tweak it as what MistWalker did for the gorgeous 360 game Lost Odyssey) as the Gears of War look isnt for every game. Does this announcement pave the […]

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