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Exclusive Steam Item and Localized Version for Turkey Announced REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Feb. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Perfect World Entertainment Inc. is pleased to announce that Blacklight: Retribution Onslaught is now live. Players around the world may visit www.playblacklight.com to experience the largest update ever created for the award-winning, free-to-play, competitive first-person shooter. The Onslaught expansion features new maps, new modes, new weapons, and much more....
FRANKFURT, Germany and AUSTIN, Texas, January 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- - Developer's first North American studio paves the way for exciting new opportunities Crytek GmbH today unveiled their ninth worldwide studio, situated in Austin, Texas, USA. Crytek USA Corp. is the company's first US-based studio and is ideally placed to embrace exciting new game, engine and business development opportunities in North America and beyond. "Crytek has always enjoyed...
SAN DIEGO and NEW YORK, Jan. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE), and Major League Gaming (MLG), the world's largest eSports league, today announced a robust partnership to introduce PlanetSide®2 to MLG's burgeoning competitive gaming audience. The year-long collaboration will span all of MLG's properties including original broadcast programming, online competition and presence at MLG events. Over the next few months, the PlanetSide 2 and MLG teams will...
ISTANBUL and FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany, January 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Crytek GmbH today announced the official opening of Crytek Istanbul, the eighth addition to their worldwide family of studios. The official launch of Crytek Istanbul took place at the city's ÇIragan Palace, with Turkey's Minister of Science, Industry and Technology, Nihat Erguen, in attendence to welcome the announcement. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130117/588953 )...
SALT LAKE CITY and LAS VEGAS, Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Xi3()Corporation today announced a development stage system optimized for computer gameplay on large high-definition television monitors. Housed in the uniquely shaped, grapefruit-size Xi3(®) Modular(TM) Computer chassis, this new development stage product is being showcased this week at the 2013 International CES trade show in Las Vegas, Nevada in booth #20425 in the Las Vegas Convention Center. Xi3's new...
Partnering with Clear Channel Stations in 12 Markets across the Country to Identify Local 501(c)(3) Organizations Supporting Veterans One Winner per Market to Receive $1,000 Grant from the Call of Duty Endowment and Special Edition Dog Tag WASHINGTON, Dec. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Activision Publishing's the Call of Duty Endowment announced today the launch of the '12 Days of Thanks: Endowment Honor Roll' that will recognize one local 501(c)(3) organization that goes...
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today on the Internetz, Industrial Toys announced Morning Star, the first adventure in their ambitious Morning Star universe, set to be released in Spring 2013 for iOS devices. The game is a complete reimagining of the science fiction shooter, combining pillars of the genre such as deep immersion and intense action with controls, community and competitive multiplayer specifically designed for mobile platforms. Morning Star will raise the...
Peter Suciu for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Video games are often compared to movies; both in how the plots shape up and how the numbers add up as in sales vs. box office receipts. This month, Activision Blizzard hit a new milestone when sales of its new Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 video game passed the $1 billion mark only 15 days after release. That is notable, as sales of the game hit a billion dollars two days faster than the Hollywood blockbuster Avatar, which set a box...
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI), announced today that Call of Duty®: Black Ops II has crossed the $1 billion mark in worldwide retail sales, according to Chart-Track retail customer sell-through information and internal company estimates. Illustrating the strong appeal of interactive entertainment to audiences worldwide, the game achieved this milestone in just 15...
FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany and MOSCOW, November 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Crytek's free-to-play shooter continues to expand its audience and wins top award More than five million players across Russia have now signed up for Crytek GmbH's groundbreaking free-to-play FPS, Warface. Published in Russia by the Mail.Ru Group, Warface has amassed an army of avid fans and enjoyed a record-breaking rise to prominence since its...
