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VIA Helps Quakecon Get Game On


August 5, 2003 by Chris Grove No Comments divider image

Talk about your global economy. Taipei? Dallas? It’s just a click away. Demonstrating continued support for the gaming community, Taiwan-based VIA Technologies Inc. is again a key sponsor of the this year’s QuakeCon LAN gaming convention, to be held in Dallas, Texas August 14-17. “In its unfailing ability to attract [...]

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Playstation Version of Wiener-Mobile Hits the Road


August 4, 2003 by Chris Grove No Comments divider image

In between rain showers later this month, waterlogged Seattle-ites will have a chance to climb aboard Sony’s 40-foot long PlayStation Patrol vehicle. The PlayStation Patrol wagon features 17 PlayStation 2 interactive kiosks and is set up to play all of the hottest and best-selling video game titles available for PlayStation [...]

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Groovy Baby! Crave Finds its Mojo, Kicks Martian Butt


August 1, 2003 by Chris Grove No Comments divider image

Vid-game publisher Crave Entertainment is releasing three more reasons to stay up until two in the morning when you really should be getting some beauty sleep. The Los Angeles-based company is now shipping three new titles: Mojo! eJay Clubworld and Butt-Ugly Martians: Zoom or Doom for the PlayStation 2 computer [...]

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Ouch! iGames Sinks Teeth into Survival Horror


July 30, 2003 by Chris Grove No Comments divider image

Halloween never gets old, especially for gamer geeks. At least that’s what New Jersey-based iGames Publishing is hoping this year. The company is trying to make Halloween 2003 a little scarier by releasing PAN Vision’s Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malichi, in North America. The first person shooter-survival horror game will [...]

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Two in Three U.S. Households Play Games


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As if network television didn’t have enough to contend with. Now comes along a just released study that says the majority of U.S. households are playing digital games at home more than ever. According to Ziff Davis Media’s videogame survey, Target the Gaming Life: Digital Gaming in America 2003, 63 [...]

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Classic Game Goes Mobile


July 29, 2003 by Chris Grove No Comments divider image

If you aren’t spending enough time disconnected from reality playing games on your PC or Mac, Handmark has announced another reason to keep you from actually getting any work done. The Kansas City-based company is bringing the new Battleship game for Palm Powered and Pocket PC handheld devices to the [...]

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Doom 3 Surfaces at Quakecon


July 25, 2003 by Ryan Ball No Comments divider image

Attendees of QuakeCon 2003 in Dallas next month will get the first opportunity to play the eagerly awaited Doom 3 from id Software and Activision Inc. The multiplayer gaming event will take place at the Adam’s Mark Hotel from Aug. 14-17. Players will go head-to-head in Doom 3‘s four-player Deathmatch [...]

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Slappy Pictures Unleashes Animated Wrath


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To create animated mythological creatures for their upcoming action/strategy title Wrath Unleashed, LucasArts and The Collective commissioned Slappy Pictures LLC. The game is expected to ship in this winter for PlayStation2 and Xbox. Slappy was brought on by developer The Collective to provide CG animation for several of the in-game [...]

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Gotham Practices Tao of Steve


July 24, 2003 by Ryan Ball No Comments divider image

Gotham Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., has shipped The Great Escape, based on the classic 1963 MGM film starring Steve McQueen. The title, which features the virtual return of the late action star, is available for PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC. Just as John Wayne and [...]

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BAM! and Acclaim Form Alliance


July 23, 2003 by Ryan Ball No Comments divider image

BAM Ent. Ltd., a subsidiary of game developer and publisher BAM! Ent. Inc., has entered into a distribution agreement with Acclaim Ent. Ltd, which will distribute certain forthcoming BAM! computer and video game products within PAL territories including Europe and Australia. The distribution agreement covers a wide range of genres [...]

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