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Video games have produced a lot of iconic characters over the years, but one that almost anyone who played games on the first PlayStation is fond of is Spyro the Dragon. The friendly creature has enjoyed quite a lot of popularity in the late '90s and at the beginning of 2000, but slowly entered a cone of shadow.... |
10 August 2009
16:01 GMT |
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Video games have produced a lot of iconic characters over the years, but one that almost anyone who played games on the first PlayStation is fond of is Spyro the Dragon. The friendly creature has enjoyed quite a lot of popularity in the late '90s and at the beginning of 2000, but slowly entered a cone of shadow.... |
7 August 2009
15:21 GMT |
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Video games have produced a lot of iconic characters over the years, but one that almost anyone who played games on the first PlayStation is fond of is Spyro the Dragon. The friendly creature has enjoyed quite a lot of popularity in the late '90s and at the beginning of 2000, but slowly entered a cone of shadow.... |
6 August 2009
16:01 GMT |
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Video games have produced a lot of iconic characters over the years, but one that almost anyone who played games on the first PlayStation is fond of is Spyro the Dragon. The friendly creature has enjoyed quite a lot of popularity in the late '90s and at the beginning of 2000, but slowly entered a cone of shadow.... |
5 August 2009
16:01 GMT |
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After we've reported that the Activision shareholders have approved the merger with Sierra Games, we're getting info that the entire process which was initiated last December is now complete. Activision Blizzard is officially the newest and biggest videogame developer and publisher in the world.The process ... |
11 July 2008
02:32 GMT |
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Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Conspiracy is now transformed into a mobile game, thanks to Vivendi Games Mobile, the well-known French-based developer and publisher, and it's released across Europe. Revolving around Jason Bourne, the fictional character created by the American writer Robert Ludlum, the new m... |
3 July 2008
11:00 GMT |
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Vivendi and Polarbit (creators of Raging Thunder for iPhone) have announced their collaboration to release Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D for Apple's iPhone. The new racing title will be made available on the App Store as soon as it's done.According to touchArcade, Vivendi describes the smartphone version of... |
3 July 2008
04:15 GMT |
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Activision has announced that on July 8 its shareholders will vote on and, most likely, approve the merger with Vivendi games, and that will result in arguably the biggest videogame publisher and developer in the world. Michael Patcher from Wedbush Morgan has announced that he expects the newly formed company to sell... |
12 June 2008
05:14 GMT |
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After being announced last fall, in a move that completely surprised the videogame industry, the merger between Activision and Vivendi Games is now one step closer to becoming a reality. One clear indication of that is the fact that Activision stockholders have received an e-mail invitation to a vote regarding the me... |
10 June 2008
18:06 GMT |
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Prototype, in development at Radical Entertainment and to be published by Vivendi Games, is one of those games that offers freedom, an open world experience. The player is cast in New York, playing a character with limited to no memories of his past, that has the ability to steal the identities of people around him a... |
22 May 2008
05:34 GMT |
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The Entertainment Software Association, the trade body that reunites major game publishers in the United States with the purpose of representing them and their interest, has been dealt a few pretty major blows lately. First Activision and Vivendi Games, which will soon merge to create the single largest game publishi... |
21 May 2008
18:06 GMT |
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LucasArts, the publisher and game developer branch of the extensive George Lucas entertainment empire, has apparently opted out of its membership with the Entertainment Software Association. Rich Taylor, vice president of communications at the ESA, stated that "we can confirm that one of our members, LucasArts, has d... |
19 May 2008
14:16 GMT |
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Two days ago, we talked about the financial results of Electronic Arts, which surprised most people by selling more games but recording a loss, rather than a profit. Yesterday we talked about the financial results the PlayStation 3 maker Sony has posted for the fiscal year of 2008. And today, in other fiscal news, we... |
16 May 2008
18:11 GMT |
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Publisher Warner Bros. Interactive, part of the Warner Bros. Entertainment consortium, stated that it has hired a new president in the person of Martin Tremblay, who has previous experience as president of Vivendi Worldwide Studios and, before that, as head of the Ubisoft Montreal game studio.The main task of the new... |
7 May 2008
03:24 GMT |
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E3 was the behemoth of games shows. It was big, it was loud and ultimately some thought it served no real purpose other than to attract media attention to games, videogames companies and gamers themselves. After the last loud hurrah of the 2006 edition E3, which is organized by the Entertainment Software Association,... |
5 May 2008
16:21 GMT |
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Vivendi Games Mobile announced the release of Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart and Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D, two new games for mobile devices, the first being created for the Java platform while the 3D one is made for Symbian handset. Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart is the newest mobile title from the famous Crash Bandicoo... |
30 April 2008
17:06 GMT |
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It's enough to say Elijah Wood, Gary Oldman, Christina Ricci, Blair Underwood, Wayne Brady and Mark Hamill to understand that The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon, the third chapter in the popular trilogy, is going to be a great title to enjoy on all consoles: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, Nintendo ... |
29 April 2008
12:16 GMT |
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Vivendi Games Mobile has prepared a brand new game for all those who like to play on their handsets, a game called "Wordox: Word Snatcher". As you probably already guessed, the new title is a Scrabble-like game, developed by Vivendi based on the Wordox series for PC which, apparently, was very popular some time ago. ... |
25 April 2008
18:06 GMT |
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The European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union, has given the all clear in regard to the attempted merger between Activision and Vivendi Games, part of the Vivendi Universal conglomerate.The Commission has been investigating the merger on the grounds of its possible impact on the economic competi... |
17 April 2008
03:59 GMT |
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Prison Break, the hugely popular TV series that concluded its 3rd season at the beginning of 2008, will soon be available on mobile phones. Not as a film, but as a game that will try to bring the TV series' intense drama to our handsets. Produced by Vivendi, Prison Break for mobiles is an action game (couldn&#... |
16 April 2008
04:16 GMT |
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Even as the deadline for the Electronic Arts hostile takeover draws near, Take Two seems to have more important issues to deal with. After plans were announced last year regarding a possible move into the South East Asia markets, Take Two has declared that a new Asia division will become active within the company.And... |
15 April 2008
14:06 GMT |
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The mobile division of Vivendi Games recently released a new celebrity-themed game for our handsets: Celebrity Hangman. The game does not allow you to hang the celebrities you dislike, as you might have wished to, but instead it offers you the chance to guess (or not) countless names of famous people, from the world... |
11 April 2008
05:32 GMT |
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Although it was already a well known fact that Google's YouTube is one of the most popular services on the net and the clear leader of the online video sharing industry, a new report published by comScore comes to support this statement: Google's video websites gained the leader chair in US, Canada, UK, Fra... |
10 April 2008
09:14 GMT |
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Creating the biggest game company in the world is no easy thing to do. Even if it was announced last year that Blizzard and Activision would become one body and one soul, the move is set to go through only sometime in June this year. And it costs a lot of money and expertise to pull everything together so that it goe... |
3 April 2008
03:11 GMT |
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When 50 Cent: Bulletproof hit late in 2005, most people said that maybe 50 should stick to music, a game he knows how to play, rather than lend his name to a videogame that made Gamespot create a whole new category, called "Worst Game that Everyone Played," just for it. The game was poorly received by critics and gam... |
27 March 2008
16:06 GMT |
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Movies turn to games, games turn to movies. It's getting really crowded in the crossover market. Most based-on-games movies have bombed at the box office. Does anyone in the audience remember "hits" like Hitman or Doom? Games that are based on movies tend to equally messy affairs, with little actual solid gamepl... |
25 March 2008
05:06 GMT |
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When Activison and Blizzard decided to merge late last year the industry took the news with amazement and with a kind of reserved joy. After all, this was not Electronic Arts gobbling up another independent studio (where are you Bullfrog and Westwood?) just to dismantle it after a few years. Both Activision and Blizz... |
20 March 2008
07:03 GMT |
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The most recent addition to the map load out for Team Fortress 2 on the PC is Badlands and more maps are on the way. Recently, Doug Lombardi, who is vice-president of marketing at Valve, has said that the map packs for the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 versions of the game are not far away. But when questioned on wh... |
4 March 2008
04:35 GMT |
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Vivendi Games Mobile, recently announced the launch of The Spiderwick Chronicles for mobile phones, based on the upcoming theatrical release of the same name by Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies. The Spiderwick Chronicles game for mobile recreates the fantastical world of the Spiderwick film and popular book ... |
13 February 2008
10:13 GMT |
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Vivendi Games Mobile has been awarded "Best Casual Mobile Game" at the 5th Annual Spike TV 2007 "Video Game Awards" for its classic brain teaser The Incredible Machine for mobile. The Incredible Machine was also nominated for "Mobile Game of the Year.""We are extremely honored to once again be recognized for the high... |
4 January 2008
05:07 GMT |
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Vivendi Games Mobile announces the launch of SWAT Elite Troops for mobile phones, the sequel to the award winning SWAT Force mobile game. The SWAT Elite Troops game is now available on mobile phones throughout Europe and will be available in March 2008 in North America.SWAT Elite Troops for mobile is based on the suc... |
7 December 2007
06:29 GMT |
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Vivendi Games Mobile recently announced the European launch of Urban Attack the long-awaited, original and inventive first-person-shooter (FPS) mobile game. Urban Attack for mobile has received rave reviews from the game press and has already collected numerous awards and accolades.Urban Attack for mobile has been in... |
4 December 2007
02:59 GMT |
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Yes, in what looks to be the merger of the century, Activision and Vivendi (owners of Blizzard Entertainment) have announced their agreement to combine Vivendi Games with the aforementioned company, giving birth to Activision Blizzard, who will continue to operate as a public company.Vivendi will own some 52% owners... |
3 December 2007
03:26 GMT |
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Just a couple of days ago, Switchball was conformed as one of two upcoming Xbox Live Arcade titles. In the meanwhile, Sierra Online has released the new puzzle game for Xbox LIVE Arcade users to download and enjoy. The game won TeamXbox.com's Best Downloadable Game of E3 and Editor's Choice awards, as well ... |
10 November 2007
07:40 GMT |
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Vivendi has just announced that it will support the release of the "Urban Attack" game for mobile phones. This first-person shooter is set to hit the market before the end of the year and make an excellent holiday gift for many people."Urban Attack" follows a plot set in 2046, after the third war, in Ukraine. The Rus... |
9 October 2007
09:09 GMT |
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"The Legend of Spyro" has just won the Best Mobile Video Game Award at the second annual Video Game Festival, in Montreuil, France. The game will be available for mobile players in the near future, continuing the success that it has managed to reach on PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube and Game Boy Advance syste... |
1 October 2007
05:19 GMT |
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Prototype is not the average game. In fact, it's probably the most promising title I've seen at GC 2007 in Leipzig. It may not stand up to Fallout's hype or to the GTA IV's franchise, but when it's going to be released a lot of developers will hide their heads in the sand or utter words of in... |
27 September 2007
03:23 GMT |
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Vivendi, one of the major labels is trying to make some waves by drawing attention to how badly its partner in the digital download business is treating it. Not only did Vivendi call Apple out on its horrible methods, but also announced that they are actively looking for new partners.Vivendi CEO Jean-Bernard Levy ha... |
25 September 2007
10:08 GMT |
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Vivendi Games Mobile and O2 UK will have Stephen Massart from London to star in the new Crash of the Titans mobile game. The man will play the role of Crash Bandicoot's new and menacing foe, DIMBO. What an honor...Few are those who even dare to hope they can make this dream (having to star in a movie) come true.... |
11 September 2007
07:04 GMT |
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Who better to talk about World in Conflict and what it brings in September when it launches, than Vice President of Massive Entertainment, David Polfedlt? The Interview you see below has Polfedlt explaining some of the game's main points of interest such as: storyline, multiplayer, weapons, balancing, accessibil... |
29 August 2007
06:32 GMT |
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As a result of their partnership with Vivendi Games Mobile, Nokia will bring "Crash Bandicoot" on their N-Gage mobile gaming platform. This brings the old fight of good vs evil on the Finnish company's new platform, starting with this fall."Crash Bandicoot" brings fun, action and a crazy marsupial looking to sav... |
28 August 2007
08:46 GMT |
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Sierra Entertainment has proclaimed that World in Conflict has exited the development state and has gone gold. The game will be available for purchase in both Standard and Collector's Edition version beginning September 18th. Martin Tremblay, president of worldwide studios, Sierra Entertainment has stated: "Worl... |
17 August 2007
04:30 GMT |
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Vivendi Games Mobile has announced the release of "The Bourne Ultimatum", a mobile game based on Robert Ludlum's best-selling novel, with the same name. There will also be a movie hitting theaters in North America today, which makes this game release come at an even better time.The company has also released a tr... |
3 August 2007
10:13 GMT |
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One of the most successful computer game series, The Incredible Machine, will be available on mobile phones too from now on. This brain teaser mobile game is expected to have just as much success as previous versions, considering the fact that people can now take their puzzle games anywhere to enjoy. The Incredible M... |
11 June 2007
08:04 GMT |
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The picture to the left was shot during the Rumble Roses XX press launch. What do you think? You'd like to be that guy I'm sure. Well... not if you have a girlfriend. No, wait... yes, you'd want that happening to you even if you do have a girlfriend. Anyway, this scene was declared the most gratuitous ... |
5 June 2007
19:31 GMT |
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Vivendi SA, one of the most famous French media companies, announced its plans to develop a YouTube-like service that will compete with the search giant and target the same segment of users. Obviously, this is not the first time when YouTube is threatened by a similar service, Google managing to remain the leader aft... |
30 May 2007
11:56 GMT |
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So, the PS3 is getting a game... Wow, I can't write 'cause my hands are shaking with excitement...! Sierra Entertainment has just announced today that TimeShift will be available on Sony's PS3 sometime this autumn, having already debuted at Sony's Gamer's Week event in San Diego, California ... |
18 May 2007
06:55 GMT |
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Vivendi is a leader in media and telecommunication, music, interactive games even television film that focuses on mobile telecommunications. Vivendi Games, the subside of Vivendi, is a popular game software developer that offers interactive entertainment. The company proudly announced its fans that it is going to pr... |
18 April 2007
09:18 GMT |
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Vivendi Games Mobile recently announced the forthcoming launch of its new life-based simulation game - Office Wars. Office Wars is a funny office-based sim which takes place in a seafood company populated by employees that should have never met.Choose from 4 sarcastic employees to play with. Each of them has their ow... |
16 March 2007
10:02 GMT |
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