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Asheron's Call 2 developer Turbine has officially announced that the game's service will end.

Artematica sent us a batch of screenshots from Ducati World Championship, a 360 view into the ... Developed with Renderware technology, the game will be available for Xbox and PC.2.7

Play the latest edition of World War II Online this weekend. The developers behind Battlegroud Europe, the game also known as World War II Online , announced a stress test planned for this weekend which would ...2.7

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Developed by the brilliant minds at Cryptic Studios, City of Villains offers yet another unique way to play online simultaneously with thousands of others.2.7

The game was released in Russia on August 18th 2005 and made it to the top spots in the charts in just three days after its release.2.7

Gravity said it would spend $30 million to $50 million over three years to expand its game publishing business.2.7

A player who killed another gamer, claiming the latter had stolen his virtual sword, was recently sentenced to death, the sentence being suspended.2.9

China is one of the fastest growing markets for online games, but like in other parts of Asia many online gamers in China are very much addicted to online games.2.7

Technologies and Mythic Entertainment today announced an agreement in which Mythic can fully exploit the power of AGEIA physX technology in developing its massively-multiplayer online role playing games .2.7

Sony Online Entertainment's Platform Publishing and Disney Online have announced an agreement for SOE to publish Disney's Toontown Online in North American retail stores this Fall.4

Brief: Two-week trial, subscription rate and shots of the slick interface for TBS's broadband entertainment/gaming network is revealed.2.9

A number of online reports have emerged suggesting that the Xbox 360 version of Square Enix' massively multiplayer title Final Fantasy XI will only play on versions of the console which are equipped with the ...2.9

It's a week of very slow and incremental changes in the Australian all-format retail charts; apart from the rising Gran Turismo 4 and the returning Juiced, not a single entry moved more than one position up or ...3.2

"We have seen a large increase in these types of Trojans targeting online gamers, as role-playing games have become a big business," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos.3.2

Korean publisher cashes in on the growing online avatar market; cute characters, casual gameplay, and an easy way to make online purchases drive revenues.2.7

The third Sniper Elite movie is now available for download, offering new footage from this sniper ... Sniper Elite will be published this fall, in North America by Namco, and by Ubisoft in the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and all export territories, for PC, PS2 and Xbox.2.7

Gamasutra is reporting that everyone's favorite Wookiee-based MMO, Star Wars Galaxies, has broken the one million mark for sales.2.7

The exchange student crafted automated characters that would thieve fellow players' goods so that they could be sold at auction.2.7

Top three maintain as several titles see a resurgence of sales. Other Features Comment: Kutaragi isn't mad, he's just walking a tightrope "The father of PlayStation is no fool, whatever else he may be; ...2.7

THIS year is the 20th anniversary of the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life events, in which teams of runners jog through the night at schools, fairgrounds and parks to raise money for the fight against ...2.7

Spiderweb Software, makers of such award winning titles as the Avernum and Geneforge series, recently announced the upcoming release of a new chapter in the Avernum RPG saga.2.7

First event from the "lifestyle content provider" IGN.com today announced the first annual IGN Live event.2.7

Gamers lucky enough to snag a ticket to the first ever Blizzard Games Convention will be collecting big time on some unique Blizzard products that will all be completely free of charge.2.7

Aspiring indie game developers may be interested in a recent feature by Apple, which focuses on game building tools.2.7

Nevrax, the developer and publisher of the online role-playing game The Saga of Ryzom , announced today that, in celebration of Ryzom's first anniversary in September, current players will be awarded a free ...4

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The folks at BoneArtz have let us know that they currently plan on making an OS X version of Bonez Adventures - Tomb of Fulaos.2.7

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC joined the ranks of multinational banks with billions invested in China last week, but the U.K.'s No.4

You can pick up a N-Gage for little money nowadays, and there are some great games for this system! Pocket Kingdom is nicely addictive and has multi-player options.2.7

Todd Fluhr likes a little sex and violence in his video games. "I play a lot of games that are considered adult for the very same reasons I watch an adult movie," Fluhr said.

Paula Hubbs Cohen Special for The Republic Aug. 19, 2005 12:00 AM If your idea of "gaming" is Pong, Frogger or Pac-Man, you're light-years away from technology today.2.9

Ubisoft has released new screenshots from Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood, showcasing the FPS in ... With its headquarters in Miami, Florida Hypernia provides the largest IP backbone dedicated solely to online gaming in the world.2.7

After months searching the country for someone to play the popular character Queen Antonia from its online game "EverQuest II," Sony Online Entertainment has finally made its choice.2.7

Online Gaming Firms NDL and Emergent Merge : Two online gaming infrastructure providers have merged: NDL , the makers of Gamebryo 3D graphics tools and engine, and Emergent Game Technologies will merge into one ...