Jan 05

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec 05, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATVI) is making wishes come true this holiday season with games for kids of all ages and interests from the top brands in interactive entertainment including Call of Duty(R) 4: Modern Warfare(TM) and Guitar Hero(R) III: Legends of Rock to games based on such blockbuster movie hits as “TRANSFORMERS,” Sony Pictures Entertainment’s Columbia Pictures’ and Marvel Studios’ “Spider-Man 3,” and DreamWorks Animation’s “Bee Movie(TM)” and “Shrek the Third(TM).”
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Jan 05

Jury of Previous IGF Winners, Leading Game Journalists and Game Industry Veterans Select Finalists from Record Number of Entries to Compete for $50,000 in Prizes

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 04, 2007 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — The Independent Games Festival (IGF) has named the main competition finalists for its historic tenth annual set of awards, celebrating the most ground-breaking creations to come out of the independent game community this year.
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Jan 05

It’s end of year again, and we’ve been blessed with some great titles. So over at 1UP network, they’re announcing their annual Game of the Year nominations. There’s plenty of time as voting ends 31st December. We’ll be holding our own review of the year soon, so watch this space. Here’s the release:

1UP Network, widely recognized as the authority in video game industry news and content, today announced the nominations for the 5th annual 1UP Awards, honoring the year’s most popular games. Voting is open to the gaming public ( http://bestof2007.1up.com) now through Dec. 31, 2007. Award winners will be announced at a special ceremony on February 20, 2008.
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Jan 05

While we were having fun, chilling, bird watching or doing whatever one does on the weekend, some gargantuan changes were taking place in the gaming heavens. Yes things will never be the same, as Activision and Vivendi have now decided it would be in their mutual best interests to join forces. What will this mean for us? Cheaper or more expensive games? One thing for sure, there should be a whole lot more coming off the production line. Here’s the blurb:

Vivendi and Activision to Create Activision Blizzard - World’s Largest, Most Profitable Pure-Play Video Game Publisher
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