August 18, 2009 – Atari and Cryptic Studios today announced that their highly anticipated Super Heroic MMORPG Champions Online™ has now gone into open beta. The open beta, hosted by FilePlanet.com, runs from today until Wednesday August 26th and is open to gamers in Australia and New Zealand. The site will be giving away 50,000
Aion goes gold – countdown begins for the most anticipated MMO of the year
Sydney Australia – 18 August 2009 – Today, NCsoft, the world’s premier publisher and developer of MMOs, confirmed that Aion has been released to manufacturing. Aion is the highly anticipated game that has already taken Asia by storm and has quickly become one of the world’s largest MMO franchises ahead of its release in Australia
Get Interactive with “Lips: Number One Hits”
SYDNEY AUSTRALIA – AUGUST 18, 2009 – Start warming up your vocal cords for the performance of your life, as “Lips: Number One Hits” is ready to hit the stage this spring with exciting new features sure to get any party jumping. The newest game in the Xbox 360 exclusive franchise takes fun to a
SPORE FRANCHISE LEAPS ONTO NINTENDO PLATFORMS
18 August 2009, Australia– Get ready for heroic battles, vibrant worlds and boundless creativity! Maxis™, an Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) studio, today announced that Spore™ Hero and Spore™ Hero Arena will be available at Australian retailers from 8 October 2009. Built from the ground up exclusively for the Wii™ and Nintendo DS™ platforms, Spore
Manaccom and Content Watch help fight cyber bullies and internet predators…
Brisbane, Queensland, 18 August, 2009: Content Watch and Manaccom – one of Australia’s longest established software suppliers – have released new Windows and Mac versions of Net Nanny in Australia and New Zealand aimed at targeting cyber bullies and internet predators. Manaccom Deputy Chairman, Ian Mackay explained, “Due to increased internet usage, cyber bullying is
CCP Unveils DUST 514
CCP (http://www.ccpgames.com), the developer and publisher of EVE Online, today announced DUST 514, a console-based hybrid MMO/FPS set within the EVE universe. The announcement was made during a keynote address by CCP CEO Hilmar Veigar Petursson at the Game Developers Conference in Cologne, Germany. DUST 514, featuring first-person shooter and RTS-style gameplay, will interact directly
ID SOFTWARE’S WOLFENSTEIN™ NOW AVAILABLE
Sydney, Australia – August 19, 2009 – Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) and id Software announced today that the highly-anticipated Wolfenstein™ is now available nationwide for the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and PC. Developed by Raven Software, Wolfenstein is rated “MA15+” (Strong Violence) by the
Fujitsu Supports Windows® 7 Upgrade Program
Sydney, Australia – 19 August, 2009 – Fujitsu today announced that the Windows® 7 upgrade software is available for selected Fujitsu notebooks that are preinstalled with qualifying Windows Vista® software (versions stated below) in Asia Pacific (excluding Japan and Korea). Limited quantities are available and registration can be done online at http://hk.fujitsu.com/windows7_upgrade. The upgrade options
DICE delivers BEST OF BREED MULTIPLAYER ACTION ON MARCH 11, 2010 with Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Sydney, Australia – August 19, 2009 – Get ready to storm the battlefield! DICE, an Electronic Arts Inc. studio (NASDAQ: ERTS), today announced that Battlefield: Bad Company™ 2 will be available March 11, 2010 in Australia. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 will deliver a level of destruction, vehicular warfare, squad play and open world environments never
Visceral Games ANNOUNCES FEBRUARY RELEASE DATE FOR DANTE’S INFERNO
Sydney, Australia– August 19th, 2009 – Visceral Games™, award-winning creators of Dead Space™ and a studio of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS), announced earlier today at EA’s GamesCom press conference in Cologne, Germany the release date for the highly anticipated action adventure game Dante’s Inferno™. The blockbuster adaptation of part one of Dante Alighieri’s epic