MELBOURNE – Thursday 20 August, 2008 – ATOM (the Australian Teachers of Media) is pleased to announce the impressive list of finalists for the 2009 EnhanceTV ATOM Awards, which recognise and celebrated the excellence displayed by Australian and New Zealand productions for the screen. “Despite the doom and gloom of the global financial crisis, it
SECTION 8™ REVEALS NEW X SERVER FOR THE XBOX 360®
– August 19, 2009– Section 8™ developer TimeGate Studios, along with publisher SouthPeak Games, is set to break new ground on the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment platform from Microsoft® by launching X Server, an option for players to run their own dedicated servers. The X Server can handle up to 32 players at
WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT, TT GAMES, THE LEGO GROUP, HARMONIX AND MTV GAMES REVEAL LEGO® ROCK BAND™ FOR NINTENDO DS™ DETAILS
Invite Friends to Rock On-the-Go and Leave the Peripherals at Home! Sydney, Australia. – Aug. 21, 2009 – Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, TT Games, the LEGO Group, Harmonix and MTV Games, a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B), are building an all-new handheld music gaming experience that lets fans of all ages
ACTIVISION’S NEW RACING GAME BLURÔ SET TO BARGE INTO WORLD-WIDE RETAILERS THIS NOVEMBER
Locks In Australian, North American and European Launch Dates Sydney, Australia – August 21, 2009 – Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) confirmed today that Bizarre Creations’ slick, new powered-up racing video game BlurÔ will shock your socks off when it screeches into world-wide retailers this November! Blur, will be available at Australian retail outlets on
IL-2 STURMOVIK: BIRDS OF PREY DEMO SWOOPS ONTO PLAYSTATION NETWORK
Milton Keynes, 22nd August 2009 – 505 Games in collaboration with 1C Company have released the PlayStation®3 single player demo for upcoming flight combat title IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds Of Prey. Gaijin Entertainment’s eagerly anticipated WWII aerial combat title is now available to download from PlayStation Network with the full release hitting Australian shelves on Thursday
The first ever game trailer for James Cameron’s AVATAR is now available!
To view: http://videos.uk.ubi.com/index.php?video=7pubuqyd
WD® Introduces New WD TV™ Mini Media Player with RealVideo™ Support to Play Your Digital Media on the Big Screen
Sydney, Australia – Aug. 24, 2009 – WD® the world’s leader in external storage solutions, today introduced a new version of its popular WD TV media player. The new WD TV Mini Media Player now enables playback of RealNetworks®, Inc.’s RealVideo™ content and provides a more affordable way for consumers to play their stored digital
CALL OF DUTY®: WORLD AT WAR MAP PACK 3 SURPASSES ONE MILLION DOWNLOADS IN FIRST WEEKEND
Sydney, Australia – August 24, 2009 – Call of Duty®: World at War Map Pack 3 from Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) and developer Treyarch topped more than one million paid downloads during its first weekend of availability (August 6-9) on Xbox LIVE and the PlayStation Network. With this latest release, all three map packs
WWE SMACKDOWN VS. RAW 2010 ENTERS THE VIRTUAL RING WITH ANNOUNCEMENT OF KEY FEATURES AND FRANCHISE UPDATES
THQ today announced the first gameplay details surrounding WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010, the 11th edition to the distinguished fighting videogame franchise. Poised to feature the most authentic, entertaining and compelling simulation of WWE programming to date across multiple videogame platforms, WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010 will introduce inspiring creative and online freedom, significant franchise