Games Convention Online brings in 43000 offline visitors
The revamped Leipzig games convention, now Games Convention Online, welcomed 43000 attendees in its inaugural year.
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Games Convention Online logs into existence today in Leipzig
The Games Convention Online kicks off today in Leipzig, a mere shell of the once mighty Leipzig Games Convention that was previously held in the location. The new show is designed for online games , featuring browser, mobile and MMO …
Downloadable Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games get physical Club …
A few lucky Japanese WiiWare shoppers who pick up the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games next week will get limited-edition gifts from Club Nintendo. Fifty people who buy at least two of the three WiiWare roguelikes will get this pop-up book …
G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra infiltrates PlayStation Home
For a limited time only, PlayStation Home users will be able to download a set of four costumes based upon G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra, the upcoming flick that will likely ruin their childhoods. Costumes for Storm Shadow, Duke, The Baroness …
Deering: Blockbuster games should be £70
Modern Warfare 2 and the UK have been strange bedfellows in the media lately, with news that Activision will raise the price of the game to £54.99 (nearly $90). According to game industry mogul (and former Sony Europe boss) Chris …
MotorStorm races Home
It may be nearly a year since the release of MotorStorm: Pacific Rift, but that’s not stopping Sony from creating a brand new Home Space for the franchise. MotorStorm content will be appearing “over the coming weeks,” beginning with the …
Fat Princess Home space arrives tomorrow, Trophy list arrives now
First it’ll invade the PlayStation Store, then it’ll invade PlayStation Home and then, finally, the game will invade our hearts. The European Home Events space will be decked out with Fat Princess characters and you will be tasked with …
Myst novel optioned for film
No, this isn’t one of the huge stories of the day, but we thought you might like an update after our post from March of 2008 about Myst nuts Patrick A. McIntire and Adrian Vanderbosch trying to turn the game into a film .
China goes gangbusters on games (literally)
The Chinese government is cracking down on those darn computer games and intertron sites, Rueters reports, with a focus on those that feature gangs or ganglike stuff. While the situation has yet to reach Shark or Jet-sized proportions …
MySpace looks to games as 'missing piece of the equation'
“None of the traditional media conglomerates are also significant video game players, so to speak, and I think that that’s the missing piece of the equation, particularly when you see how much time is spent playing games online,” Miller …