Bungie has announced on its website that Halo 3: Recon has officially been named Halo 3: ODST. The ‘ODST’ is an acronym for “Orbital Drop Shock Trooper.” The title is still expected to drop in stores next Fall, while the Halo 3 Mythic Map Pack will be arriving on the Xbox Live Marketplace early in [...]

Who would have thought that such a simple game concept today could turn into a big thing for gamers around the world. That’s exactly the case with the Geometry Wars franchise, as Bizarre Creations announced today that there are over one million online leaderboard entries for both Geometry Wars 1 & 2. The numbers don’t [...]

Black Box, an Electronic Arts Inc. studio (NASDAQ:ERTS) announced today that Skate 2, the sequel to the genre-defining original game will hit retailers in North America on January 21st, 2009 and worldwide on January 23rd, 2009 – making it one of the first must-have games of 2009. Players that can’t wait until January can indulge [...]

Silicon Knights, one of the world’s largest independent developers, has just announced that the “Too Human” soundtrack is now available for purchase. This haunting musical CD, which was just nominated for “Best Original Video Game Score” by the Hollywood Music Awards, features tracks from the game, such as “Relic”, “Path to Attrition”, “The World Tree” [...]

SEGA® of America, Inc. is happy to announce that Sonic Unleashed™ for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft is officially in stores across North America. Sonic Unleashed is an action-packed adventure filled with classic fast-paced gameplay and beautiful internationally-inspired locations taking full advantage of the newly developed proprietary Hedgehog engine built [...]

Following the highly-anticipated launch of the Community Games channel as part of the New Xbox Experience on Nov. 19, Microsoft today announced that it will open up the service to even more developers around the world to create their own games for Xbox 360 and share them with millions. Beginning on Dec. 15, independent, student [...]

The epic journey begun in Fable II, the fastest selling RPG on Xbox 360, is not over. Starting mid-December 2008, fans will be summoned back into Albion’s service with the release of the Knothole Island downloadable content pack. The remote island of Knothole is dying: its golden sands and lush vegetation are covered with snow, [...]

Massive Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft Corp., and a leading network for video game advertising, and THQ Inc. today announced a global, multiyear deal naming Massive as the exclusive, dynamic, in-game advertising partner for THQ’s upcoming game titles on the PC and the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system.
Massive’s collaboration with [...]

Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) announced today that a free* downloadable demo for the award-winning videogame Dead Space™ will be launched on November 25th. The stunning demo showcases the critically acclaimed combat and strategic dismemberment of the epic sci-fi action game. The demo comes just in time for holiday gift buyers to get a taste of [...]

Harmonix and MTV Games announced today the addition of nine new tracks to the Rock Band® Music Store catalog of downloadable content including brand new material from The Killers’ soon to be released album Day and Age. On the day of the album’s release Rock Band fans will be able to purchase the band’s new [...]