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Konami Absorbs Hudson Soft. in Game News Stardock Forums

Konami and Hudson Soft. announced in a joint press release that Konami will be taking Hudson on as a subsidiary. Yesterday's press release states that Konami will purchase an additional 3 million shares of Hudson stock, making Konami the new majority shareholder. The purchase shall put about $13 million into the pockets of Hudson to finance a restructuring in the company. Upon completion, the long standing developer of the Bomberman series will beco

Ubi Soft Opens New Studio in Game News Stardock Forums

French publisher, Ubi Soft, opened a new studio yesterday in Quebec City, Canada, to much fanfare including the city's mayor. The new studio will start off with around 200 designers, animators and programmers in an attempt to reach a goal of 1,000 employees by 2010. The project has the same beginnings as the opening of their Montreal studio in 1997 and will be backed with $21.5 million over the next five years. Ubi Soft is credited as being one of t

Dungeons & Dragons Online Rolls Alpha in Game News Stardock Forums

Turbine Entertainment has announced that the alpha stage of Dungeons & Dragons Online will begin in "the near future." D&D Online is to be the first MMORPG based directly on the fantasy game from TSR and Wizards of the Coast, and is set for release in the later half of the year. Atari will handle the publishing in North America and Europe while Turbine gets the task of localization for Asia. Li

EA Strikes Again in Game News Stardock Forums

EA has officially grabbed another exclusivity contract for football, chalking up its third. The College Licensing Co. has signed a six-year exclusive agreement with Electronic Arts, making it the only company allowed to use NCAA schools, stadiums and teams starting with the upcoming "NCAA Football 2006." Since EA has already gained the exclusive contracts for both the NFL and Arena Football, many had expected Take-Two to do their best to obtain the N

Games Get Ads - Brought to You by Pepsi in Game News Stardock Forums

It is now official, video games are the next portal to the advertising giants that splash TV and Movies. Massive Inc. has launched a network to place ads within games. Massive already has such heavy hitters as Coke, Paramount and Intel, and promises to have 40 games out with infused advertisements by year's end. The addition of in-game ads has been in "beta" testing since last year, and with publishers having little to no work to incorporate th

Half-Life 2: Expanded in Game News Stardock Forums

PCGamer UK comes out with the not so shocking news that Half-Life 2 will have an expansion. The expansion pack, dubbed Half-Life 2: Aftermath will again feature Gordon Freeman and his sidekick Alyx and has tentatively been slated for a "Summer" release by PCGamer UK. The scoop comes from the May issue's top article, a chat between PC Gamer UK, Valve designer Robin Walker and writer Marc Laidlaw and contains few actual game details. One interesting t

Phantasy Star Universe Dated in Game News Stardock Forums

After SEGA announced Phantasy Star Universe last month, many gamers not from the realm of Japan began wondering if it would make it across the Pacific. Fear not, for today SEGA officially announced PSU for American & European gamers. The new incarnation of the long running series will offer a fully offline mode for a single player storyline that should run about 40 hours. There will also be an online mode

Godfather Disrespected in Game News Stardock Forums

Francis Ford Coppola, the man mainly responsible for the classic Godfather, has spoken out against Paramount Pictures' decision to sell the movies rights to Electronic Arts. After viewing an early build of the game, which sports the voice talents of Robert Duvall, James Caan, and the late Marlon Brando, Coppola had nothing nice to say. "I knew nothing about it. They never asked me if I thought it was a good idea." Directly after viewing the buil

Young Men Spend More on Video Games than Music in Game News Stardock Forums

A survey conducted by research group Nielsen Entertainment has concluded that men spend more money on video games than all forms of music. The random survey was conducted over January and February and contacted over 1,500 random people for information. Video games have become the second most purchased form of entertainment behind the sales of DVDs. Another interesting figure points out that nearly 25% of gamers are actually over 40 with 23% of gamer

Young Men Spend More on Video Games than Music in Open Talk Stardock Forums

A survey conducted by research group Nielsen Entertainment has concluded that Men spend more money on Video Games than all forms of Music. The random survey was conducted over January and February and contacted over 1,500 random people for information. Video Games have become the second most purchased form of entertainment behind the sales of DVDs. Another interesting figure points out that nearly 25% of gamers are actually over 40 with 23% of games

Reply to PC Gaming Needs an Advocate in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

I have to say I agree with Helix. PC market in my mind is heavily CRUSHED by console due to the casual gamer, theres more of them which is more money...

Second Life Offers an Alternate Life in Game News Stardock Forums

Too many of us will only ever touch MMOs that are geared towards the game aspect of a world, hardcore or casual, but almost certainly action based. Second Life on the other hand is geared towards social interaction and design. Wired.com shows how the title has been used by a range of people, from players with autisim to abused children, allowing each to rejoin society or enjoy it for the first time. Check out Wired.com's <a href="http://www.wired.co

Lara Croft Reincarnation in Game News Stardock Forums

Eidos has spilled the beans on the latest Tomb Raider game, something that has been hinted at in their financial statements for some time. Following up the previous Angel of Darkness shouldn't be too difficult but the firm, which is currently in buyout negotiations, doesn't plan on letting this one get away. Again CNN/Money's Chris Morris grabs a good scoop including screens. Chris says that the upcoming game will be titled "Tomb Raider: Legend" and

10 Year Old Going to E3 in Game News Stardock Forums

Accoring to CNN/Money's Chris Morris, 3D Realms' "Prey" will be displayed at E3 brought to you by a 3rd party. Originally the story had a Native American battling his way through an alien race but the story line for the revamped version has yet to be disclosed. Why is it the revamped version you ask? Chris Morris claims that when the game was picked up a few years ago the engine had been switched to use Doom 3's technology, and he also claims that i

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Quake IV for QuakeCon X in Game News Stardock Forums

Todd Hollenshead has confirmed that Quake IV Multiplayer will be playable at QuakeCon X. Speaking from the midnight release party of Doom 3 for Xbox and the expansion to the PC version of Doom 3, Ressurection of Evil, Hollenshead also said that id Software would continue to develop and look at consoles for income. Stay tuned for more information from id Software as Hollenshead has also promised "a few other surprises" at QuakeCon X. Sou

The Sims 2 Nightlife in Game News Stardock Forums

As revealed by EA's own production material, The Sims 2 will be receiving its second expansion pack by the fall of 2005. The Sims 2 Nightlife will allow the Sims to enter the mysterious world of the night, going out with friends or just trying to find a little love. The expansion is set to have new dating gameplay "with over 125 new objects including a DJ booth, poker table and all you need to design the ultimate nightclub and VIP lounge" to fill al

Reply to Put a PC inside that Macintosh.. in Macintosh Stardock Forums

It was geared as a budget machine, something the Mac community hasn't seen in quite some time...I would still rather build a new PC or upgrade one for that $500 though, but thats just me.

April Fool's Recap in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

Once again the gaming community abuses the right to do whatever they want on April 1st with numerous developers, publishers and news sites creating their own fools. Blizzard fired up their April Fool's jokes as usual only this time they decided to take a shot at a fellow MMORPG, Everquest 2. As many of us probably remember (and use) the introduction of the /pizza command in Everquest 2 which would bring up a webpage for you to order pizza.

Reply to Greetings Yarlen! in Open Talk Stardock Forums

Guess I should sign this also: John Handcock

Reply to World of Warcraft MMO failure in Multiplayer Mania Stardock Forums

I don't think you realize how difficult running an MMO is. Did you play SWG or AO at their startup? Those setups were unfathomably bad, it was just ridiculous how bad that launch was and they weren't even at full capacity. Blizzard underestimated how popular WoW would be, which I believe is their only downfail, they have doubled their amount of servers since launch and are allowing people to move their characters to lower populated servers. My serv

Ubisoft Announces Heroes of Might & Magic V in Game News Stardock Forums

Ubisoft has finally announced what is to be the first new game in the Might & Magic series since 2002, Heroes of Might and Magic V. Ubisoft purchased the series as part of 3DO's bankruptcy auction and looks to push the series in a new direction by 2006. Few details are known about the game but we do know that it will stick to its roots as a turn-based strategy game with a hint of RPG. Developed by Nival Interactive (Blitzkrieg, Silent Storm, Et