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Straight from Kotaku.com:

Acclaim plans Closed Beta for end of November with an official release in January 2009

Los Angeles, CA (November 18, 2008) – Acclaim Games officially updates the release schedule for The Chronicles of Spellborn MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game). With additional testing and ongoing game improvements, Acclaim’s release schedule has been updated with Closed Beta testing to begin on November 27 and a new release date scheduled for January 200 . . . Read more

According to GamersDailyNews.com, Ubisoft announced recently that they would be creating a CSI:NY game and that the leading actors from the show will be offering their voices to it.

Golden Globe winner Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Eddie Cahill, Hill Harper, Anna Belknap, Robert Joy and A.J. Buckley will all provide their voices and likenesses to the video game, adding to the authenticity of the interactive adaptation of CBS’s “CSI: NY” television series.

“In . . . Read more

Straight from Variety.com:

Four studios are in a high-stakes bidding battle for rights to a new videogame from Electronic Arts that hasn’t even been publicly announced yet.

Game, which is expected to launch late next year, involves a journey through the depths of hell. EA hasn’t officially titled it yet, though sources said it’s likely to be called "Dante’s Inferno," as it’s a modern interpretation of the epic poem. Publisher has reportedly cleared that title for usage.

EA dec . . . Read more

I've written about how Ubisoft wanted to start putting out more games geared toward girls, so when I read this, I had to comment on it as well.

It seems that some sports games are going to be released on the Nintendo DS for 'tween' girls called Ener-G, which will be a series of games focusing on socialization, and will be about three activites: gymnastics, dancing, and horseback riding, which are supposedly really popular among girls in that age range.

Funny, I don't recall my friends or m . . . Read more

Bungie, the developer behind the best-selling Xbox 360 franchise Halo, has revealed that it is currently hard at work on new IP alongside Halo 3: Recon, and that it is not limited by any agreement with Microsoft in terms of being restricted to particular platforms.

"No, we're not [tied into a specific platform for new IP]," said community and PR director Brian Jarrard, speaking to GamesIndustry.biz at this year's Tokyo Game Show. "We haven't gotten that far yet to be totally honest.

"In th . . . Read more

In a few short weeks, LucasArts and BioWare will finally reveal the secret joint project they've been working on and teasing people about since at least October 2007.

According to the web site Massively, on October 21 at 2PM Pacific Time, the two companies will have a big reveal of whatever game they've been hard at work completing for the past year.

Joystiq opined Tuesday that the game is all but confirmed to be an MMO based on Knights of the Old Republic; while Massively, who obtained th . . . Read more

A new look at the PlayStation Home. Everything from bubble machines and bowling, to a few specifics of the chat (both text and voice) interface and the new BlueTooth wireless keypad for the PS3 controller.

Take a look at the full GameSpot.com preview: http://www.gamespot.com/f…64/index.html?tag=nl.e513

Randy Smith from Edge Online has given us a great piece about the challenges that game designers and producers face in today's demanding market, with studios breathing down their necks about "what's hot" and "what players want." An entertaining piece, and so well written that there won't be a repost here. Just go read the original on Edge Online: http://www.edge-online.co…ficulty-being-open-minded

New global online game publisher True Games Interactive ( www.truegamesinteractive.com) announced today that it has signed an exclusive deal with GOA, Orange's Games Unit. GOA will exclusively publish, distribute and operate True Games' upcoming online title from Petroglyph Studios. In April, True Games announced that it had partnered up with Petroglyph Studios to work on a Free-to-Play micro-transaction based online game for the PC. GOA will manage the launch and all operations for major Europe . . . Read more

This actually started in February, but I'm just now finding out about it, so I'm filling the Rioters in on it now. Basically, an Intel-sponsored PC version of Havoc's award-winning physics and animation products for download at no charge. The products are now available!

The No-Charge Havok PC download is a binary-only bundle that includes all of the standard features and functionality of both the Havok™ Physics and Havok™ Animation products. The download includes Havok SDK libraries, samp . . . Read more

Daedalic has launched the website for it's soon-to-be-released fantasy adventure. The site contains a bit of information about the game and features the impressive artwork and samples from the soundtrack.

According to AdventureGamers.com, in The Whispered World, a young but sincere circus clown named Sadwick experiences a dream that foretells of the end of the world unless he is able to stop it. Despite the doubts of his family and the potential dangers that await, Sadwick sets out with his . . . Read more

GameStooge.com reports that, at San Diego's ComicCon, Kevin Feige (Marvel Studio's President of Production) responded to a question about a new Marvel Vs Capcom with, "Yes. And maybe sooner than you think."

However, it seems that this could all just be hearsay, although one can expect there will be quite a few (thousand) questions to both companies about whether this game is a soon-to-be-released reality, or if it's just in the planning stage.

There is also the possibility it isn't plann . . . Read more

Ladies and Gentle-Men.
Speaking with G4, writer Chris Morgan stated that the Gears of War movie may detail the question of how Marcus received his scar. Also, we will see chainsawing and blood-on-the-camera goodness. No release date has been set at the time of this writing, however Chris did state that they are shooting for a 2009 launch.
In non-Comic-Con news , two new video games have been announced from the comic magnate DC. One is a fighting game entitled "Mortal Kombat Vs DC . . . Read more

Hellgate: London developer Flagship Studios has announced that it has shut down its servers for MMORPG Mythos, which was undergoing private beta testing. The company did not disclose any details on when this "hiatus" might end.

Mythos' closing comes only two weeks after reports that Flagship had cut a significant portion of its development team. The studio had also reportedly laid off its staff at online services subsidiary and Mythos publisher Ping0.

A Korean news report translated . . . Read more

IBM and Linden Lab have announced that research teams from the two companies successfully teleported avatars from the Second Life Preview Grid into a virtual world running on an OpenSim server, marking the first time an avatar has moved from one virtual world to another.

Read More: http://blog.secondlife.co…operability-announcement/

Ubisoft and TransGaming have reached an agreement to bring a few games to

Mac users. The first set should be out in the fall, starting Mac users off with 'Catz and Dogs' and 'CSI: Hard Evidence.'

Ubisoft's Jay Cohen says, "To expand our business position and serve the growing Mac gaming community, additional key titles will follow later this year, including several day-and-date releases this fall."

Other titles that will be released later in the fall are 'Far Cry 2', 'Tom Clancy's Hawx . . . Read more

Alongside all our favorites like Wrath of the Lynch King, Starcraft 2, and the announcement of Diablo 3, Blizzard said they are working on a new MMO that is sure to cause us to go insane.

http://www.g4tv.com/thefe…eeds&utm_campaign=TheFeed

According to TripleRedX, Glu Mobile has announced that it has struck a deal with Activision to extend the companies' worldwide partnership to include a Call of Duty: World at War mobile edition. Glu will develop and publish this version, which will be released on major wireless services worldwide.

As quoted from Jill Braff, senior VP of Global Publishing at Glu, "We’re excited to extend our partnership with Activision and bring Call of Duty: World at War to mobile gamers worldwide. The Call . . . Read more

According to USAToday.com, indie game developers are starting to be looked to by various consoles for newer games. Young developers such as James Silva, who has been drawing sketches of new levels for games since he was in the second grade, are becoming one-man teams (okay, well...some teams exist) for consoles such as the Xbox 360.

The number of indie developers is steadily growing, and with the help of game box makers over Internet-connected consoles, they are having their games distribute . . . Read more

There's been a lot of buzz surrounding this game, not least because of it being based on the true story of Violette Szabo.

Details from http://games.internode.on…ent.php?mode=news&id=3257

It's been pretty quiet recently with news regarding Velvet Assassin - as you'd expect, it's probably not in the best interests of an assassin to boldly proclaim their presence and intentions. Regardless, we've recently caught a few additions to the file library attempting to sneak by unnoticed, al . . . Read more

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