EB Games to Acquire The Gamesman New Zealand
03/07/2008
QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA - July 3, 2008. GameStop Corp. trading as EB Games, New Zealand’s largest specialty video game and entertainment software retailer, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase The Gamesman, New Zealand’s largest independent gaming specialist.
The Gamesman operates 8 retail stores across New Zealand and an online retailing website www.gamesman.co.nz. A...
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Vegas 2 – Fan Pack Content!
01/07/2008
June 30, 2008 – Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, today announced the full list for the upcoming release of “Fan Pack” – an all-new downloadable content (DLC) package for Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six® Vegas 2 for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, Windows PC and the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system. Scheduled for release in July via Xb...
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Prince of Persia: The Fallen King
30/06/2008
AUSTRALIA – June 27, 2008 – Today Ubisoft announced Prince of Persia: The Fallen King, exclusively for the Nintendo DS™ system. Developed by Ubisoft’s Casablanca studio, Prince of Persia: The Fallen King complements the highly anticipated version of Prince of Persia coming out this holiday on consoles & PC. Expanding the saga with an independent storyline, Prince of Persia: the Fallen King utilise...
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It's Official: Diablo III Is Coming
30/06/2008
At Blizzard's Worldwide Invitational this morning in Paris, the company revealed that the third installment of its mega-popular Diablo franchise is in development.
Game Informer's Adam Biessener was on hand to see the reveal, which included a half-hour gameplay demo. Here's what we know about the game so far:
Players will be able to play as a Barbarian, who can dual-wield weapons.
There...
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Guitar Hero World Tour Details Galore
23/06/2008
The Basics
Unless you have been living under a rock, you already know that Guitar Hero World Tour is upgrading to a multi-instrument music experience – adding drum and a microphone to appeal to the full spectrum of budding rock stars.
World Tour will feature five career modes: guitar, bass, vocal, drum and band. The career modes no longer force you to move in a linear progression, you can pla...
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Ubisoft Announces New Party Game Label
23/06/2008
Ubisoft recently took a new game label under their wing – Play Zone – with the intention of catering to casual gamers who enjoy accessible games to play with their families on the Wii.
"With our new Play Zone party titles, the Wii gamers who like to spend time with friends and family will have fun with the Wii through innovative and involving mini-games. The Play Zone label will provide them wi...
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Gears Of War Film Director Announced
23/06/2008
It appears that Len Wiseman – most recently known for his work on Live Free or Die Hard and the Underworld series – will be manning the helm for the New Line’s Gears of War movie. He will be working side-by-side with Chris Morgan, the scriptwriter for the upcoming game-to-film adaptation. Morgan most recently worked on the upcoming film Wanted as well as The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.
T...
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Supanova Sydney - A Whole Different Galaxy Of Fun!
19/06/2008
The Dome, Olympic Park, Sydney
June 20 – 22, 2008
Come check out the Sydney Supanova Expo at the Sydney Showgrounds this Saturday & Sunday, for some "Out of this World" fun!
EB Games will be there with our "Mega-Booth" and we will have some red hot deals on the hottest products and heaps of cool competitions for everyone to enter.
Nintendo will be there, showing playable cod...
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More Than 250,000 Creatures Created and shared in the Spore Creature Creator
19/06/2008
Sydney, Australia – June 19, 2008 – We’re not alone in the galaxy! Maxis, an Electronic Arts Inc (NASDAQ: ERTS) studio, today announced that Spore™ fans and the creatively curious have designed and shared more than 250,000 new alien life forms since yesterday’s launch of the Spore Creature Creator – currently more than two creatures are being shared every second! Anyone can download their own c...
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Coldplay To Debut New Single Via Guitar Hero 3
16/06/2008
It was announced this morning that award-winning group Coldplay will be debuting a new single via Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock next week.
The download includes Coldplay’s newest single – "Violet Hill" – and previously released songs "Yellow" and "God Put a Smile Upon Your Face." The track pack will be available starting June 19 via the Xbox Live Marketplace and PlayStation Store. Look for C...
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Civilization IV: Colonization Announced
10/06/2008
2K Games has announced that Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization, the next offering in the Civilization universe, is currently in development at 2K's Firaxis Games development studio. Colonization will be available fall 2008 exclusively for Games for Windows and will not require the original game.
"We've received many requests from fans over the years to bring back Colonization and now see...
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Vader's Apprentice Forces Way Into Soulcalibur IV
10/06/2008
It looks like there's always room for more Star Wars. Namco Bandai has announced that Darth Vader's secret apprentice, from the upcoming game Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, will be popping up as a playable character in Soulcalibur IV. He joins icons Darth Vader and Yoda, who will be available exclusively to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of the 3D fighter, respectively.
It's...
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Crytek Announces Crysis Warhead
10/06/2008
Electronic Arts and Crytek announced a new project in development this morning – Crysis Warhead. The new title is described as a parallel story to Crysis, and is expected to ship exclusively for PC’s this fall. Warhead will follow the story of Sergeant Sykes, also known as Psycho, as he experiences the events that unfolded in the original game. Warhead will feature a brand new single-player campai...
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