Band-specific rhythm game gets simultaneous worldwide launch; North America-exclusive premium edition gets DLC voucher, free song export. In 2009, Green Day confirmed ( twice ) that there would be a stand-alone Rock Band game devoted to their music View original post here: Wii | Green Day: Rock Band tour kicks off June 8 Bookmark It Hide Sites  Read More →

Though Final Fantasy XIII didn’t release in the West until this week, Square Enix has already shipped five million copies of the highly anticipated RPG worldwide. The publisher shipped three million of the game’s PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 copies to North America, Europe, and Australia. In Japan, where Square Enix released Final Fantasy XIII last December exclusively for PS3, the company... 

European and North American first run shipment crosses the three million mark. Go here to see the original: Final Fantasy XIII Shipments Top Five Million Bookmark It Hide Sites  Read More →

Jeff Rubenstein of SCEA explains why the North American Playstation Store updates so slowly every Thursday. Read the original post: SCEA explains the slow Playstation Store updates Bookmark It Hide Sites  Read More →

Hooked Gamers writes: “Kalypso Media, a global publisher of award-winning PC and console games, is pleased to announce an agreement with game developer and publisher Akella that grants Kalypso Media the rights to market and publish Disciples III: Renaissance in North America, Western Europe and Asia Pacific territories.” Link: Disciples III: Renaissance coming to North America, Western... 

Some of the leading talent behind Pandemic’s most successful hits including Mercenaries, Star Wars Battlefront and Destroy All Humans have been signed by Globex Studios to open a new LA-based development house. The company already has studios in China and Taiwan, but this move marks a significant expansion into the North American market, with plans to offer direct-to-consumer games for online... 

burda:ic expands its alaplaya gaming platform in Europe and North America with the autumn release of online RPG Forsakia. The rest is here: burda:ic Announces Browser-Based MMO Forsakia: The Lost Clans for alaplaya Bookmark It Hide Sites  Read More →

[UPDATE] Publisher states “exceptional demand” on new Online Services Platform prevents game buyers from playing Windows version of single-player action adventure; denial of service attack blamed. Ubisoft offered the first word on its new PC digital rights management method in late January, and many gamers were less than enthused about the news. The game piracy prevention method requires... 

Gamasutra’s regular round-up of worldwide video game releases, “Release This!”, takes a look at every game title we know to be shipping to stores this week, in a custom compiled list. See the original post here: Release This: Final Fantasy XIII, Yakuza 3 Arrive Stateside Bookmark It Hide Sites  Read More →

NG writes: “The Assassin’s Creed 2 forums are slowly filling up with angry Europeans unable to play their single player game. The cause? Ubisoft’s have-to-be-online-to-play DRM servers are having a bad Sunday. Within a week of the game coming out in Europe and with only two days until its North America release, the server issues could hardly have come at a worse time. Yet somehow,... 

We take a look at this upcoming action-adventure game going into GDC 2010. Get information on Magicka in our preview here, and watch an exclusive video demonstration of the game on Saturday’s episode of Today on the Spot . [ Watch Video ] Watch Magicka in motion in this gameplay video. Comment on this video Watch this video in High Def While the hack-and-slash of action role-playing games like... 

Although Japan has already received Square Enix’s latest installment in the Final Fantasy series, North America and Europe gamers can now be excited as Final Fantasy XIII will finally hit our retail stores in just a few short days. Here is the original post: IGN: Final Fantasy XIII Review Reception Bookmark It Hide Sites  Read More →

Activision slots in Bizarre Creations’ car-combat racer for later this spring on Xbox 360, PS3, PC; beta sign-ups now available. Activision currently has its hands full with the PR fiasco surrounding the dismissal of Infinity Ward cofounders Vince Zampella and Jason Ward . The publisher would undoubtedly prefer to keep eyes on its games, however. See the article here: PlayStation 3 | Blur... 

Gamasutra’s weekly column, “Saling The World”, covers the top five sellers for every available platform in the United States, Japan, and Europe, providing an important update of sales patterns worldwide. This week’s charts, with data taken from March 4th, 2010, find Battlefield: Bad Company 2 heading Xbox 360 software sales in North America and the UK, as God of War Collection... 

IGS is looking for international talents of Tech Artist who will create and manage all aspects of Visual Effects. More here: Tech Artist – IGS (International Games System,Co., LTD) Taipei, Ta, TWN Bookmark It Hide Sites  Read More →

Former EA, Papyrus and Hasbro man Ed Martin assumes executive VP of North America role Read the original: Eutechnyx hires industry veteran Bookmark It Hide Sites  Read More →