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Iron Lore Entertainment Ceases Development in Game News Stardock Forums

The developer of Titan Quest and Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War – Soulstorm has ceased active game development due to "several unrelated events." The company didn't go into too much detail regarding the closure but they are trying to help their now out-of-work employees find new locations. “While Iron Lore will not continue, the talent of the team is embodied in the individuals now available for other opportunities. If you are a developer or publisher looking to hire top-n

EA Dates 'Dead Space' & PC Edition Of 'Mass Effect' in Game News Stardock Forums

Electronic Arts has dated two of its upcoming properties, Dead Space , and the PC edition of BioWare's critically-acclaimed Xbox 360 title Mass Effect . The sci-fi horror title Dead Space will appropriately be released in North America and Europe on Halloween, or October 31st. Unfortunately, EA specifically mentioned October 31 for the PS3 and 360 versions. As of press time the release date for the PC edition is unconfirmed. “Survival horror is about expe

P2 Entertainment Dead in Game News Stardock Forums

Warcry has cited multiple (unnamed) sources stating the closure of P2 Entertainment, the company formerly known as Perpetual Entertainment , and former developer of Star Trek Online . The closure brings about an end to all current projects, including plans for the developer to go into the casual market sector. No information has come out regarding the company's online technology which is in <a href=”h

'Puzzle Quest' Sequel Coming in Game News Stardock Forums

Infinite Interactive and publisher D3Publisher of America have announced that the world will be seeing more gameplay from the hit Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords game in the near future. The pair will be bringing Puzzle Quest: Galactrix , the sequel to CotW, to the PC, Xbox 360, and Nintendo DS this fall. More as it happens.

'Project Offset' Creators Bought By Intel in Game News Stardock Forums

Offset Software has been purchased by hardware technology behemoth Intel for an undisclosed sum. The official statement from the creators of nothing so far, aside from a glorious tech demo, named Project Offset , have stated via their website that the project is still “going strong” and that the firm is truly “excited about things to come." Currently, Offset Software is an unheard company for many but their technology page can offer a bit more insight into the young firm. The

EA Offers $25, No, $26 A Share for Take-Two in Game News Stardock Forums

Over the weekend Electronic Arts made an unsolicited proposal to Take-Two Interactive offering $25 cash per share to buyout the publisher of Grand Theft Auto , BioShock , All Pro Football and Bully to name a few. EA gave the company until Tuesday to respond but the deal was quickly rejected and then revised to $26 per share bringing the total offered amount to just under $2 billion. Take-Two quickly rejected this offer as well claiming it to be “opportuni

Reply to Epic Games Focusing on Consoles in Game News Stardock Forums

Well the PC market isn't dwindling really, although I do know what you mean by that. There are still way more people with PC than all consoles combined, just many have gone to consoles for their gaming fix. I have always used both to get the best of both worlds. As for your other point about designing for each platform, I could not agree more. I think that developers are realizing this on the console side of things due to the unexpected success of the Wii, hopefull

Turbine Extends LOTR MMORPG License in Game News Stardock Forums

Turbine announces that an extension to their licensing deal with Tolkien Enterprises to continue developing MMORPGs based on The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings trilogy. The Massachusetts-based developer has already had some success with the launch of The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar and have decided to extend the deal to 2014 with options to push it as far as 2017. “We’re thrilled with the global success of The Lord of the Rings Online since its launch in 2007,” s

Calling OpenOffice.org Pro in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

Sorry for not updating recently, I plan to get to drop some more exciting news within a week's time but till then I have an OpenOffice.org question. I am using 2.3 and the latest 2.4 and I have not been able to get this working in either. I am trying to make a chart showing the progression of Intel's stock over the course of 2007 and have not been able to get the X-axis to scale correctly. I only want the month to be shown once, not for every data point which is what

'The Witcher Enhanced Edition' Coming in May in Game News Stardock Forums

CD Projekt RED announces that they will be releasing an “Enhanced Edition” of the critically acclaimed The Witcher coming in May. The new edition will have additional features added, which are outlined via a YouTube video from the company , with the additions focusing on two aspects that the developers thought were lacking. The company believes that one of the major issues affecting The

New 'Neverwinter Nights 2' Adventure Pack Detailed in Game News Stardock Forums

Ossian Studios has answered some questions regarding the latest Neverwinter Nights 2 adventure pack that they are developing. Alan Miranda, CEO of Ossian as well as Producer and Co-Lead Designer, Luke Scull, another Lead Designer and Kevin Smith, Lead Technical Designer all took some time out to detail Mysteries of Westgate . In the Q&A session over at IGN the team discusses a wide range of NWN related information including companion characters, game authentication, AI,

Epic Games Focusing on Consoles in Game News Stardock Forums

Epic Games' Lead Designer Cliff Bleszinski stated during an interview with MTV Multiplayer that the company is now focusing on consoles as their main platform. CliffyB feels that the PC market is in transition from AAA hardcore gamers to more casual players as evidenced by the proliferation of The Sims and various web-based games. Cliff tells MTV Multiplayer that, "I think people would rather make a game that sells 4.5 million copies than a million and 'Gears' is at 4.5 million ri

Digital Extremes Granted CAD 500,000 in Game News Stardock Forums

The Ontario Media Development Corporation, sponsors of the Video Game Prototype Initiative has granted CAD 500,000 to Canada-based developer Digital Extremes. The Dark Sector creator will be putting the money towards a third-person action title that will feature an "old-school horror theme." DE's currently untitled project will ship for PC, PS3 and 360. "Digital Extremes is honoured to have been chosen to participate in the Video Game Prototype Initiative," said Michael Schmalz, Ch

Cryptic Studios Trying Another MMO, 'Aliens: Colornial Marines' in Game News Stardock Forums

The teaser cover for Game Informer's March edition has revealed the subtitle for the upcoming Aliens game from Gearbox Software. The title is now called Aliens: Colonial Marines and be heading to consoles and PCs in 2009. We also learned the full title of the recently announced Red Faction III will be Red Faction III: Guerrilla . Perhaps the biggest news the teaser had to offer is that a ne

Infogrames Financials Announces New Titles in Game News Stardock Forums

Hot on the heels of Electronic Arts' financial report comes Infogrames' report which also dropped some announcements. First off is news of a title dubbed Airborne Rangers, although no information was given regarding a relation to the 1987 title from MicroProse Airborne Ranger . Next came the announcement of a second Neverwinter Nights 2 expansion with the working title of NeverWinter Nights

Loads of EA News Filters From Financial Statements in Game News Stardock Forums

Electronic Arts has dropped a ton of news in the last two days. We have already reported on plans for an enhanced PC version of Mass Effect , a concrete release date for the highly-anticipated Spore , confirmation of Command & Conquer 3 , and ev

'Marvel Universe Online' Canned in Game News Stardock Forums

Microsoft has confirmed that the Marvel Universe Online MMORPG has been discontinued by all parties involved. The project was originally announced by Microsoft and Marvel in mid-2006 and was being developed by Cryptic Studios for Xbox 360 and Windows Vista. Rumors swirled throughout 2007 about the project's cancellation but it wasn't until this year's DICE Summit that the news was finally confirmed. Microsoft Game Studios head Shane Kim told Gamespot that the project is dead.

'Command & Conquer 3' Confirmed in Game News Stardock Forums

PC Gamer has unveiled Command & Conquer 3 via their upcoming cover for the April edition of the print magazine. Very little information is available in English but any one who can do a good translation of Hungarian is more than welcome to post what juicy details may lie within. Until then we will have to wait for the April edition of PC Gamer to go on sale March 4. A solid guess

'Spore' Given Concrete Release Date in Game News Stardock Forums

Electronic Arts has been kind enough to finally announce a concrete release date for Will Wright's ambitious title Spore . The team-up of Maxis and EA have finally pegged September 7 as a good release date for DS, Mac and PC editions of the title. Wright, whom is also responsible for The Sims and Sim City franchises, has been working on the game for some time. In Spore players are tasked with raising a planet from single-cell organisms to intergalactic travelers

Reply to 'Mass Effect' For PCs Confirmed in Game News Stardock Forums

Too bad I am already 1/2 thru it on Xbox 360. Nice to see that they are gonna re-haul the control scheme, although I do wonder if it will go under the Games for Windows branding. Certain stuff is annoying to do via the standard controller like throwing grenades.

"We at EA blew it" - CEO On Developer Acquisitions in Game News Stardock Forums

CEO of Electronic Arts John Riccitiello spoke about his company's acquisitions as part of his DICE Summit keynote. During his presentation he admitted that his company had failed in successfully integrated many of its earlier acquisitions including Bullfrog Productions and Westwood Studios. "We at EA blew it, and to a degree I was involved in these things, so I blew it," Riccitiello admitted. "The command and conquer model doesn't work," Riccitiello told industry expert

'Mass Effect' For PCs Confirmed in Game News Stardock Forums

Electronic Arts will be bringing BioWare's Xbox 360 hit Mass Effect to the PC in May. The critically-acclaimed title from the makers of Knights of the Old Republic and Neverwinter Nights will bring new features to the PC including redesigned controls for mouse and keyboard and more detailed textures, characters and environments. * Optimized controls designed specifically for the PC. * High resolution visuals – Mass Effect for the PC features highly detailed

Blizzard Worldwide Invitational 2008 Set in Game News Stardock Forums

Blizzard has announced that their 2008 Blizzard Worldwide Invitational will touch down in Paris, France from June 28-29 this year. Those with a memory should recall that last year's event in Korea was huge news with the announcement of Starcraft II . Although it is unlikely for anything of that nature to occur this year, Blizzard has already confirmed some fun activities for participants: * Discussion panels with Blizzard Entertainment developers * Artist and developer signin

Reply to Activision Releases Release Schedule in Game News Stardock Forums

CoD5 and Bond are all that really interest me. Although CoD5's developer has not been confirmed, so it could be another dud. Also, nothing from July-September?!

Activision Releases Release Schedule in Game News Stardock Forums

As part of their quarterly conference call Activision has announced their 2008 and early 2009 release schedule. Probably the most shocking thing about the call is that Activision's Tony Hawk franchise has been re-tooled, most likely due to Electronic Arts entering the lucrative skateboarding market with skate . Mike Griffith, President and CEO of Activision Publishing had the following to say about that re-imaging of the franchise: "Over the past six months, we’ve been wor