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Majesco Sued in Game News Stardock Forums

Majesco has another problem besides its falling stock price and a vacant CEO position. Shareholders have decided to sue the game publisher, hitting Majesco with four class action lawsuits. The lawsuits stem from comments made by then CEO Carl Yankowski such as: "We are entering the second half of our fiscal year with confidence that we are well positioned to achieve our objectives for full year 2005" and "we remain focused on global growth, both orga

Acclaim Name Lives in Game News Stardock Forums

Acclaim has risen from the dead, the recently bankrupt and liquidated game maker has had its trustee strike a deal to sell its name to Central Investment Holdings Llc. New York Newsday also reports that along with the sale of the name has come a tentative agreement for the sale of two of Acclaim's unsold franchises, the Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX series and the ATV Quad Power Racing series. Crave Entertainment has managed to lay the groundwork for the acquisit

25 to Life Pushed Around in Game News Stardock Forums

Eidos has delayed yet another of its high profile titles, 25 to Life. The game has players set amidst an urban combat environment that allows them to choose which side of the law to live on and is modeled after the cops and robbers setting. Players can choose which side they wish to play and then take advantage of that side's abilities, such as the fuzz using helicopters to track down gang members. The already controversial game has slipped from an Augu

Everquest II Expansion Sign-Ups in Game News Stardock Forums

Beta sign-ups for the upcoming EverQuest II expansion, Desert of Flames, are now available. Desert of Flames will open the Desert of Ro to players of level 45 or higher, but Sony Online Entertainment will accept applications of lower level characters to test out the player versus player combat in Arena Champions. To sign-up, players should login to the Station account that has the character they wish to use in the beta and then click the link below for regis

Reply to Friday the 13th Journal Entry!!!!!!! in GalCiv Journals Stardock Forums

I wish I could draw my ideas, I could nail that circle in the middle perfectly, aside from that...stick figures!

Get Wild! in Game News Stardock Forums

BluesNews has caught word that Frontier Developments has begun the second expansion for the popular RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 series. Hot off the release of the first expansion, Soaked!, Frontier has decided to go a different route by developing a safari themed expansion. Wild! will feature lions, tigers and bears that players can incorporate into their park designs. Along with a host of new rides, players will be able to create animal shows, petting zoos and s

Electronic Arts Snags Half-Life 2 in Game News Stardock Forums

Electronic Arts and Valve have announced that EA will take over publishing for Valve. In the aftermath of the publishing dispute between Valve and VU Games, EA has wisely decided to take up where VU Games left off. The deal has EA publishing the soon to be released Xbox version of Half-Life 2 as well as a "Game of the Year" edition for the PC which will include Counter Strike: Source, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch and Half Life: Source and is due out this

The Godfather Delayed in Game News Stardock Forums

CNN/Money has received word that Electronic Arts has delayed the launch of The Godfather, which is based on the book and movie of the same name, until the first quarter of 2006. The game was originally slated for a 2005 holiday release but has been pushed back because the "open world" element that allowed characters to move freely was not "quite ready." The title recently made the news when it was <A href="http://tgnforums.stardock.com/?ForumID=141&AID=8

Reply to Hot Coffee Mod Unlocks Existing Code in Game News Stardock Forums

I still can't believe they haven't attacked the game Ethnic Cleansing, I mean that game is way worse than anything Rockstar has even thought of putting out...

Eidos Delays Two in Game News Stardock Forums

Gameindustry reports that Eidos has delayed the next games in its main franchises, Tomb Raider and Hitman. Tomb Raider: Legend and Hitman: Blood Money have both been delayed to early 2006 as part of the Eidos restructuring plan since they were purchased by SCi Entertainment Group in May. This is the first announcement since the acquisition and was implemented to "maximise their hit potential." The announcement was expected since SCi had pla

Reply to New Sci-Fi Friday Starts Tonight in Open Talk Stardock Forums

I haven't been able to watch Sci-Fi channel because my cable company doesn't carry it as part of its basic service Its been two years without out but one network isn't worth an extra $35/month. Plus with Macgryver gone I don't know if I would watch the show, like when the X-Files lost Mulder...

Hot Coffee Mod Unlocks Existing Code in Game News Stardock Forums

Gamespot has been able to confirm the existence of a sexual mini-games in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas without modifying the game at all. Gamespot took it upon themselves to try and prove or disprove the claims by Rockstar that the Hot Coffee mod was adding in new code and not unlocking hidden information as Rockstar claimed . With the use of a shrink wrapped G

Reply to John Romero Jobless in Game News Stardock Forums

Get with the program been there since 2003!

Rockstar Speaks in Game News Stardock Forums

Rockstar Games has finally taken a stance on the controversial Hot Coffee mod created for its top selling game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The publisher has come forth to claim that the mod is "the work of a determined group of hackers who have gone to significant trouble to alter scenes in the official version of the game." Rockstar has kept mum about the controversy for almost two weeks when the supposed hidden code was found in the PS2 version

John Romero Jobless in Game News Stardock Forums

John Romero has announced via his website that he has indeed left Midway and has been gone for about three weeks. Romero, best known for his efforts in id Software with Doom, Doom II and Quake, had taken the roll of Project Lead for Midway's resurrection of the Gauntlet series back in 2003. Romero went on to say that Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows will not be affected by his decision to leave. Romero hasn't announced his next project but said "I'm currently

Australia's Board Jumps on San Andreas in Game News Stardock Forums

Getting bored with the Hot Coffee mod story? Well so are we but here is another piece to the on-going saga. Australia's version of the ESRB, the Office of Film and Literature Classification has decided to launch its own investigation into the mod. The OFLC, much like the ESRB, wants to see if the code for the mini games was in the game they received but not disclosed. In Australia it is required by law to provide the ratings group "with access to all content

Marlon Brando to Sit Out The Godfather in Game News Stardock Forums

The Godfather The Game may not use the original voice of Don Vito Corleone after all. Electronic Arts managed to have a recording session with Marlon Brando, the actor behind Corleone, but the New York Times reports that the audio captured is not game-audio quality. Reporter Seth Schiessel says that Brando was in such bad health during the recordings that he had to breath with the aid of an oxygen tank, the background noise making the recordings unusa

The Fate of Hip Interactive in Game News Stardock Forums

Gameindustry.biz has word that the bankruptcy of Hip Interactive that we reported last night will not hamper Hip Interactive Europe's business. The European division will continue business normally in all of its forms, including the publishing and peripheral arms. Hip Interactive Europe also said that the bankruptcy will have no effect on the release schedules as detailed below

Age of Empires MMO? in Game News Stardock Forums

Ensemble Studios, the makers behind the Age of Empires series, has posted a new job listing calling for "an experienced server architect to assist in creating a world-class massively multiplayer game." With the wild success of Blizzard's RTS to MMO franchise, Warcraft, it is a likely possibility that Ensemble may follow suit with Age of Empires. Nothing official has been announced but we can assume that an MMO is in the works with requirements like,

The Heat is on Rockstar in Game News Stardock Forums

The Hot Coffee mod has caused some more trouble for the Grand Theft Auto publisher Rockstar with the watchdog group The National Institute on Media and the Family joining in on the fight. This marks the third organization or person that has begun to look in on the subject of x-rated mini games that we previously <a href="http://tgnforums.stardock.com/?ForumID=141&AID=80605

Hip Interactive Bites the Dust in Game News Stardock Forums

Hip Interactive has gone belly up after being unable to find help with its financial woes. The publisher had a list of high-profile games soon to be released including George Romero's City of the Dead for PS2 and Call of Cthulhu: Destiny's End for PC, PS2 and Xbox. These games and a large selection of others are now without a publisher as of press time. Hip Interactive warned investors last week that it was in default on its current loan and was looki

Splinter Cell Maps Live in Game News Stardock Forums

Ubisoft has announced that Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory will be receiving new maps by the end of the summer and better yet, that some are already out. Two maps are already available for the PC and will be coming to the Xbox in two weeks. On top of that, Ubisoft will put out another two maps for both platforms for the co-op mode with a new versus map, dubbed Polar Base, to follow later this summer.

Reply to ESRB Strikes Back at Yee & Rockstar in Game News Stardock Forums

Why get a new scapegoat when you can just keep beating the same one so easily?

ESRB Strikes Back at Yee & Rockstar in Game News Stardock Forums

The ESRB has answered Democratic Assemblyman Leland Yee's call for a review of Grand Theft Auto San Andreas. Earlier today we posted a story about Mr. Lee's comments regarding the Mature rating that the ESRB gave GTA:SA. Lee caught wind of the "Hot Coffee" mod that enabled PC players to unlock x-rated mini games that was supposedly buried in the games code and claimed that the

Reply to Elitism in Gaming in Gaming Stardock Forums

Thats a great article but man was the flashing ad they had at the top annoying or what?