FC Barcelona Further Strengthens its Partnership with Empire of Sports

Posted on Jul 3, 2009 at 2:14 PM

Legendary football club, FC Barcelona today opens its 'VIP Room' inside the virtual world of Empire of Sports. More...

Galaxy Online: PvP Battlefield in Development

Posted on Jul 3, 2009 at 2:07 PM

This summer, the Galaxy Online team will launch a PvP Battlefield. More...

Myth War II Online: Title System- racial titles

Posted on Jul 3, 2009 at 1:59 PM

In Myth War II Online, the innovative title system is more than just words next to a character’s name. More...

Angels Online: Pet Power!

Posted on Jul 3, 2009 at 1:53 PM

In many MMORPGs, pets can be fun and useful to their masters, but in Angels Online, pets are practically indispensible. More...

Nintendo Buys TV Quiz Show

Posted on Jul 3, 2009 at 2:31 AM

Nintendo has reportedly spent £2 million to bankroll a primetime quiz show on UK TV channel Five.

Britain’s Best Brain will see contestants compete in memory, co-ordination, numeracy, recognition and risk tasks.

The platform holder will use the show to promote DS titles, with exclusive sponsorship credits around eight one hour long episodes, reports MCV.

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IGDA Names New Executive Director

Posted on Jul 3, 2009 at 2:31 AM

The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) has appointed Joshua Caulfield as it new executive director.

Described as an avid gamer who has held a number of senior positions in business management and marketing, Caulfield was most recently executive vice president of the American Machine Tool Distributors’ Association.

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Midway Sale Approved By Court

Posted on Jul 3, 2009 at 2:31 AM

Warner’s bid to purchase Midway has officially been cleared following a court hearing.

The majority of Midway’s US assets will now be transferred to Warner within the next ten days.

"We had a court hearing yesterday and the end result of that is the sale was approved and the closing will occur within the next ten days," a Midway representative told Joystiq.

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Xbox Live Patent Infringement Trial Underway

Posted on Jul 3, 2009 at 2:31 AM

Microsoft is currently defending itself in an Xbox Live patent infringement case.

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Review: Monster Hunter Freedom Unite

Posted on Jul 3, 2009 at 2:31 AM

Format: PSP
Release: Out now
Publisher: Capcom
Developer: In-house

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Sony: UMD-Free PSP Was Always Planned

Posted on Jul 3, 2009 at 2:31 AM

Naoya Matsui, the boss of Sony Computer Entertainment"s product planning division, has revealed that the platform holder always planned to release a UMD-free PSP once the digital distribution market had matured.

"We"d planned to release a PSP model without a UMD drive since the very beginning," Matsui told GameBusiness.jp (via Develop).

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