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Aardman Herds New ‘Shaun the Sheep’ Game
Aardman Digital will release a second installment of its hit online game Home Sheep Home following the huge success of the first game, which reached 100 million plays in just over 18 months. The original Home Sheep Home, which launched in February 2010, registered 880,000 plays in a single day, and [...]
Nicktoons MLB Vidgame Swings into Stores
Gamers can check out the battle between Nickelodeon’s all-star animated team and baseball’s best with Nicktoons MLB game (available for Xbox 360, Wii and Nintendo DS) arriving in stores today. The competition between Nick’s animated all-stars and baseball’s best has been brewing for months and was stoked by a fans-at-home [...]
Ubisoft Reveals More About Tintin Game
Montpellier, France-based Ubisoft has released more information about the upcoming game based on Paramount’s The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn. Based on Herge’s renowned comic-books, the game takes players through the journeys of the globetrotting young reporter as he travels to numerous locations from the film, including [...]
‘Ugly Americans: Apocalypsegeddon’ Release Set
Comedy Central and Spike TV’s videogame banner 345 Games has announced it will release Ugly Americans: Apocalypsegeddon for PlayStation Network on August 30 and Xbox LIVE Arcade on August 31, with a retail tag of $9.99. The game is published by Comedy Central Games and developed by Backbone Entertainment. Based [...]
Supreme Court Backs Video Games’ 1st Amendment Rights
The United States Supreme Court has struck down as unconstitutional a California law restricting the sale and rental of violent video games to minors, granting the medium First Amendment protections. In its 7-2 decision, the court cited many of the same reasons cited by lower courts when striking down this [...]
Trailers for ‘Cars 2,’ ‘Disney Universe’ Video Games
With E3 in town, we’ve all got video games on the brain. So here’s a look at the trailers for two upcoming games based on Disney and Pixar animated properties. Up first, the trailer for Cars 2: The Video Game: And here’s the trailer for the company-crossing Disney Universe: What [...]
Nintendo Unveils Wii U Console, Due Out in 2012
The annual Electronic Entertainment Expo — better known as E3 — is back open for business in Los Angeles and Nintendo has kicked off the video game trade show with the announcement of a new console called Wii U. The Wii U’s most striking feature is a new controller that [...]
‘Angry Birds” Rovio Acquires Animation House Kombo
Rovio, the company behind the smash hit mobile game Angry Birds, has acquired the leading Finnish animation studio Kombo. The deal was made for an undisclosed sum of cash and stock, and Kombo will now work exclusively on Rovio properties. The move is part of Rovio’s efforts to increase its [...]
VIZ Launches Hamtaro Mobile Games
San Francisco-based VIZ Media has licensed the rights for Hamtaro: Little Hamsters, Big Adventures, a video game for Apple iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad to Egg Ball Games. Based on the popular 1997 manga and TV series (more than 350 episodes) which has been broadcast in 40 countries, the Hamtaro [...]
EA’s ‘Alice: Madness Returns’ Ready to Pre-Order
Is the world ready for more insane version of Lewis Carroll’s heroine Alice? Electronic Arts and Spicy Horse are betting good money that their upcoming title Alice: Madness Returns is going to put a big smile on gaming and action-adventure fans when it hits the stores in June 14. This [...]
Jon Vitti to Pen ‘Angry...
Emmy-winning writer Jon Vitti, who has worked on hit toons The Simpsons and...
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+ Canadian indie Guru Studio and publishing partner Immedium have released a...
