The Godfather II Announced

EA has officially announced Godfather II. The game will be available on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox360.

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Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) and Paramount Digital Entertainment today revealed the first details of The Godfather® II videogame, the sequel to the 2007 multi-platinum hit. Inspired by the film and Mario Puzo’s Corleone family drama, The Godfather II game goes beyond the film’s story by setting players in the world of organized crime in 1960’s Florida, Cuba and New York. Read more

Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning Coming This September

EA’s long awaited MMO is coming to stores near you on September 18th.

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GOA, Orange’s games unit and Mythic Entertainment, an Electronic Arts Inc. studio (NASDAQ: ERTS), today announced the release date of 18th September 2008 for the eagerly awaited MMORPG, Warhammer® Online: Age of Reckoning™ (WAR), as well as confirming retail launch offerings and subscription fees.

Based on Games Workshop’s epic and longstanding tabletop fantasy war game which recently celebrated its 25th anniversary, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning features a unique Realm vs. Realm™ (RvR) gameplay that immerses players in a world of perpetual conflict. Read more

Mass Effect - DLC Now Available

Mass Effect’s promised “Bring Down the sky” DLC is now available on PC. Unlike Xbox360 version, this DLC is completely free.

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Leading video game developer BioWare, a division of Electronic Arts Inc., has announced that “Bring Down the Sky,” the first piece of downloadable content for the award-winning space epic Mass Effect, is now available for PC gamers to download free1 of charge.

Fully optimized for the PC, “Bring Down the Sky” is the first in a series of planned downloadable content that will further expand the Mass Effect story and universe. It includes a new uncharted world that introduces the deadly Batarian alien race, approximately 90 minutes of new gameplay and an original soundtrack. Instructions on how to download and install the new content is available at http://masseffect.bioware.com/downloadablecontent/. “Bring Down the Sky” is currently available for international languages including English, Spanish, Italian and German, with additional language versions coming soon. Read more

MySims Coming to PC, Screenshots

 

Another annoying Sims game is coming to PCs. This time, it’s a Wii/DS port. Lovely.

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The Sims, an Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) Label, today announced the first details for MySims, made for the PC, coming to stores in October, 2008. MySims first launched on the Wii™ and Nintendo DS in Autumn, 2007 and has been a worldwide hit embraced by players everywhere. Now the game makes its way to the PC with new online features and new characters.

In MySims you can create original characters, build a town, grow a community and discover a world of your own. Start by personalising the appearance of your MySims from head to toe and go on to unlock cool new items as you befriend and build relationships with your neighbours. Make your creations unique when you design your own homes, shops, restaurants and more in this fun, open-ended game. All that you need is a little creativity and some help from the locals! Read more

EA Announces Spore: Galactic Edition

The Spore collector’s edition aka Galactic edition will boast making of DVD, hardback, poster and handbook.

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For the ultimate Spore fan, Maxis, an Electronic Arts Inc (NASDAQ: ERTS) studio today announced the limited Galactic Edition of the highly-anticipated game from the creators of The Sims. This special box will contain the ‘Making of Spore’ DVD, ‘The Art of Spore’ hardback mini-book, a fold-out Spore poster, and a premium 100-page Galactic Handbook. The Galactic Edition will also feature a DVD documentary from the National Geographic Channel called “How to Build a Better Being”. Read more

Take-Two/EA Saga - Part IV

The magical fairy tail of a capitalist corporation hell-bent on swallowing a talented publisher continues…..

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Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTWO) today responded to Electronic Arts Inc.’s (NASDAQ:ERTS) announcement that it is extending for a fourth time its unsolicited conditional tender offer to acquire all of Take-Two’s outstanding shares.

As reported by EA, only 6,139,824 of Take-Two’s outstanding shares, or approximately 7.9% of the total, tendered into EA’s offer as of 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on June 16, 2008. Read more

Crysis Warhead Officially Announced, EXCLUSIVE to PCs

After the teaser site, Electronic Arts have officially announced the sequel to Crysis; Crysis Warhead. In Warhead, players will take charge of Sergeant Sykes aka Psycho (yeah, that annoying British fellow) and the game will take place parallel to events in original Crysis. Warhead will also feature more multiplayer content and will be coming to PCs this Autumn. Press Release and High-resolution boxart after the jump!

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Maximum freedom, maximum explosions and maximum Psycho! Electronic Arts Inc. and award-winning independent studio Crytek today announced Crysis Warhead® – the parallel story to Crysis, one of the most critically-acclaimed first person shooters and PC games of 2007. Shipping exclusively for the PC this autumn Crysis Warhead is the first title to be developed at Crytek´s Budapest studio, and is built on a new, enhanced and optimized version of Crytek’s CryENGINE® 2 technology. Read more

Mass Effect PC Ships to Retails

PC port of BioWare’s successful RPG has shipped to US retails. You can get it for MSRP of $49.95.

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Leading video game developer BioWare, a division of Electronic Arts Inc., has announced that the award-winning space epic Mass Effect for the PC is now available in stores across North America. Rated “M” for Mature, Mass Effect is available at a MSRP of $49.99 at all major retail outlets. Mass Effect is also available for purchase online and can be downloaded from major digital distribution sites including the EA online store at www.eastore.ea.com. Read more

Take-Two responds to EA’s Takeover extension offer

More twists & turns in Take-Two/EA fairytale, Take-Two’s response is still NO.

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Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTWO) today responded to Electronic Arts Inc.’s (NASDAQ:ERTS) announcement that it is extending for a third time its unsolicited conditional tender offer to acquire all of Take-Two’s outstanding shares. As reported by EA, only 6,210,261 of Take-Two’s outstanding shares, or approximately 8.0% of the total, tendered into EA’s offer as of 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on May 16, 2008. Read more

EA Announces The Sims 2: IKE Home Stuff

Sorry for the slow news day, not much going on right now…. Anyway, EA has announced another content update for their life simulator:

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The Sims™, an Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) Label, today announced details for The Sims™ 2 IKEA® Home Stuff. The latest new content for The Sims 2 brings a selection of must-have items from IKEA to key living spaces in your Sims’ home focused on the bedroom, the living room and the home office. Now you can give your Sims’ home a makeover with new furniture and décor based on stylish designs by IKEA! The Sims 2 IKEA Home Stuff Pack ships to retailers everywhere on June 23 in North America, June 27 in Europe and June 20 across the Asia-Pacific regions.

Full press release, screenshots, renders & boxshot after the jump! Read more

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