GameCock Tappin’ GameTap

Don’t blame us, with a name like Gamecock, it’s incredibly hard writing a title without introducing sexual innuendos…Anyway, Gamecock, after partnering with Steam, is now giving some love (god damn it, again!) to GameTap.

Press Release:

Video game publisher Gamecock Media Group announced today that it has finalized a new partnership with GameTap, the Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS, Inc.) network that is a leader in digital game distribution and broadband entertainment. The partnership includes the rights for the publisher’s titles to be available for digital download in GameTap’s online store, as well as for subscription and ad-supported play. Read more

Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir Announced

Atari, Inc. , one of the world’s most recognized brands and a third-party video game publisher and distributor, alongside Wizards of the Coast, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE: HAS) announced today that Neverwinter Nights^TM 2: Storm of Zehir is currently in production. Developed by Obsidian Entertainment, one of the premier independent development studios in the world, the second expansion to Neverwinter Nights 2 will deliver an engrossing DUNGEONS & DRAGONS^® experience in the tradition of the Neverwinter Nights franchise and is scheduled for worldwide launch Q4 2008. Read more

JoWooD Announces Second Add-On for Guild 2

Until now, only the cities of Germany, England and other Nothern regions were part of the successful The Guild series. JoWooD Productions is now working on the new Add-on for The Guild 2 which will take the player to the most fascinating city of the 15th century: Venice. Built on more than hundred islands and popular for the gondoliers with their famous songs Venice is still the pearl of the Adria. Read more

Atari, Inc Logs On To Steam

Atari, Inc. , one of the world’s most recognized brands and a third-party video game publisher and distributor, brings a variety of PC games from the Atari catalog to Steam. Starting today, gamers in North America may add the following Atari titles to their Steam games library: Read more

Largest Shareholders of Take-Two Slash Stakes

The two biggest owners of shares in Take-Two Interactive Software Inc said on Monday they drastically cut their stakes in the video game publisher. U.S. mutual fund company Oppenheimer Funds, Take-Two’s biggest shareholder, halved its holdings to 8.8 million shares, or 11.5 percent, down from the 23 percent stake it held previously, according to U.S. regulatory filings. FMR LLC, the parent company for the Fidelity mutual funds that was the second-largest owner of Take-Two shares, also reported that it had slashed its stake to 2.75 percent from 14.7 percent. Read more

Damnation - Mod Turned Full Retail Game - Announced

Codemasters, a leading video game publisher, and US creative studio Blue Omega Entertainment today announced Damnation, a new videogame franchise set to come leaping onto the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system and Games for Windows this winter.

Evolving the shooter genre with its unique and exhilarating combination of fluid action and combat, Damnation will feature huge, open environments, frenetic combat, daredevil acrobatics and high-octane vehicle-based stunts. Presenting players with an intense test of reflexes, quick thinking and rapid-fire conflict, Damnation will feature vast, breathtaking landscapes, each covering miles of distance and thousands of vertical feet.  Read more