Lady Blues To Open NCAA Tournament FridayTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 11:37PMThe No. 7-ranked Washburn Lady Blues open NCAA-II South Central Regional play as the No. 2 seed on Friday at 2:30 p.m. against the No. 7 seed Central Missouri in a rematch of the MIAA tournament championship game.
On Location: Final Fantasy XIII Midnight ReleaseTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 6:49PMI like to get my games as soon as possible, especially when it’s a huge release like Final Fantasy XIII. Plenty of like-minded gamers convened around local video game shops last night to grab Square-Enix’s biggest title of the last four years. Game Informer attended one such midnight launch to see how many hardcore Final Fantasy fans turned out, ask them to sound off on the game, snap some ...
EA Signs Publishing Deal with 38 StudiosTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 9:00AMREDWOOD SHORES, Calif.----Electronic Arts Inc. today announced an agreement with 38 Studios, LLC to publish the company’s first video game, an epic single-player role-playing game codenamed ‘Project Mercury’. 38 Studios is the creative enterprise of World Series MVP and avid gamer Curt Schilling. ‘Project Mercury’ is being developed at Big Huge Games, a wholly-owned subsidiary of 38 Studios ...
Best of FingerGaming: From Radio Flare Redux to Astro RanchMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 5:35PM[Every week, Gamasutra sums up sister iPhone site FingerGaming's top news and reviews for Apple's nascent -- and increasingly exciting -- portable games platform, as written by editor in chief Danny Cowan and authors Mathew Kumar and Jonathan Glover.] This week, FingerGaming covers the rhythm-based shooter Radio Flare Redux, the space-themed farming title Astro Ranch, and the closing of THQ's ...
Mytheon: Meet Poseidon!Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 2:42PMPetroglyph's upcoming online micro transaction game, Mytheon, will feature many ancient mythological creatures as enemy bosses, and amongst them the Greek god Poseidon. Info and a look at the mighty master of seas after the jump! Comment | View Article
Mabee a chance for EastMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 2:40AMMuskogee coach Terry Scott is glad that the Class 6A and 5A state high school basketball tournaments are back in Tulsa this week for the first time since 2006.
Senior-led Kansas back at stateMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 2:40AMKansas' girls basketball team has become a Class 3A powerhouse with 11 consecutive 22-win seasons and trips to state in nine of the last 11 seasons.
W. Basketball. UCF Opens C-USA Tourney Monday against MarshallSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 9:31AMLive Audio Exactly one year to the date of cutting the nets down and claiming the title at the 2009 Conference USA Women's Basketball Championships, the UCF women's basketball team will begin its pursuit of the 2010 crown on Monday afternoon in Tulsa. As the eighth seed, UCF (10-15, 7-9 C-USA) will play ninth-seeded Marshall (14-15, 6-10) at 1 p.m. EST at the Donald W. Reynolds Center in Tulsa.
Saling The World: Bad Company 2 Leads U.S. Multiplatform SalesFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 8:37AMGamasutra's weekly column, "Saling The World", covers the top five sellers for every available platform in the United States, Japan, and Europe, providing an important update of sales patterns worldwide. This week's charts, with data taken from March 4th, 2010, find Battlefield: Bad Company 2 heading Xbox 360 software sales in North America and the UK, as God of War Collection overtakes Heavy ...
NWF State to meet Broward in state semifinalsThursday, March 4, 2010 @ 8:14PMNICEVILLE — As a season filled with small steps toward a much larger goal reaches the home stretch, those steps are starting to get much bigger and the goal is in sight. The No. 5 Northwest Florida State College men’s basketball team is now two...
Nexon America launches $1 million indie game publishing effortThursday, March 4, 2010 @ 8:05PMFiled under: Biz , Contests , FPS , Multiplayer , RPG Publishers seem to be getting more and more eager to find and fund the development of indie games. Last month Activision announced plans to hold a indie game development contest. Now Nexon America , who publishers online free-to-play games like Combat Arms and Dungeon Fighter Online , has just announced plans for The Nexon Initiative where ...
GoG.com adds Return to Krondor to game line-upThursday, March 4, 2010 @ 5:35PMFiled under: Downloads , RPG The DRM-free web site GoG.com has continued to add classic PC games to their library of titles that are owned or were published by Activision . Today the site has added a game originally published by Sierra Online back in 1998. It's the fantasy RPG Return to Krondor that was developed by the now defunct dev studio PyroTechnix. The game is actually a sequel to the ...
Dragon Age Producer: Expansion Strategy Driven By FansThursday, March 4, 2010 @ 4:33PMLater this month, BioWare will release Dragon Age: Origins -- Awakening, a full-scale expansion pack for last year's already-massive original fantasy roleplaying game. And unlike most post-release content these days, which is frequently sold in small downloadable chunks, Awakening is a $40 retail package, with SKUs for PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 as well as a PC downloadable version ...
Star Trek Online trailer explores new content and find the BorgThursday, March 4, 2010 @ 1:35PMFiled under: Downloads , MMO , RPG , Trailers , Star Trek Online Download HD Video Later this month, Star Trek Online will be releasing new content for players to dive into, including Special Task Forces where groups of captains come together against overwhelming odds. Challenging 5-person away missions will also be part of the mix. Of course, what dangerous encounter would be complete without ...
EA Partners and Hothead Games Team up to Deliver DeathSpank in 2010Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 11:15AMREDWOOD SHORES, Calif.----EA Partners, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. and leading independent developer Hothead Games announced today an exclusive publishing agreement that will bring DeathSpank to Xbox LIVE® Arcade and PlayStation®Network in 2010.
This Week in ImportsWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 7:43PMSgt. Frog RPG, .hack//Link and Bioshokku Tsu lead the way in Japan this week.
Week of Final FantasyWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 5:53PMThe RPG holds a special place in gamers’ hearts, and with good reason; epic, sweeping stories filled with interesting characters draw the player in and get combined with magic-filled battles against towering monsters and villainous cads.
Review: Star Trek OnlineWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 3:10PMFiled under: Features , MMO , RPG , Opinion , Star Trek Online After the phenomenal success of last summer's Star Trek movie, there's never been a better time to boldly go online to explore new worlds and discover alien civilizations. Star Trek Online ( STO ) steps in to fill that need and gives fans a chance to captain their own vessels across the universe in search of adventure. Players enter ...
True games looking for mythical loving beta playersWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 11:21AMStaring out of the window? Wondering how to fill your day? Wonder no further. Mytheon, the much anticipated online, multiplayer RPG from True Games Interactive and developer Petroglyph, is beckoning all true adventures to help beta test the game. The companies have begun distributing closed beta keys and are inviting Mytheon fans to join in. “We [...]
War Rock Wins Over GermanyWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 8:00AMGamersFirst’s Premier FPS Named #1 Action Game
Meaningful state trip for BoyntonWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 2:34AMThe future of Boynton-Moton's schools is uncertain because of budget cuts, so the high school's girls basketball team is trying to make the most of its run to the state tournament this season.
Raiders open quest for NJCAA tourney bid todayTuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 9:58PMNICEVILLE — It’s been a week and a half since the Northwest Florida State College men’s basketball team cut down the nets at Raider Gym to celebrate their Panhandle Conference championship. Since then, the Raiders have had time to rest...
Lunar: Silver Star Harmony Now ShippingTuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 5:39PMLunar: Silver Star Harmony (PSP) XSeed Games shipping regular edition and Limited Edition to retailers across the country.
M. Basketball. Santa Clara plays San Diego in WCC Tournament First RoundTuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 4:07PMSanta Clara travels to Las Vegas for the West Coast Conference Championship this weekend. No. 7 seed Santa Clara will play No. 6 seed San Diego on Fri., March 5 at 8:15 pm in the Orleans Arena. It is the second straight year the two schools will meet in the WCC Championship (last year it was the quarter-final game). In last year's tournament, Santa Clara defeated USD, 80-69, behind John Bryant's ...
Aggies Close Out Home Schedule Against Oklahoma StateTuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 2:29PMThe Texas A&M men's basketball team will close out the home portion of their schedule Wednesday night when they host Oklahoma State at Reed Arena.
W. Basketball. USC Women Close Regular Season With Arizona, ASUTuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 1:20PMUSC wraps up the regular season at home this week, hosting the Arizona schools in the final push for strong seedings in the coming Pac-10 Tournament. USC's Galen Center will be home to Pac-10 hoops for the next two weeks, as the host site for the Pac-10 Tournament running March 11-14. But first, the Women of Troy (16-11, 10-6 Pac-10) take aim at Arizona (13-14, 6-10) in a 7 p.m. game on Thursday ...
THE CRAVE GAMING CHANNELMonday, March 1, 2010 @ 10:21PMI'm starting to gather that my computer bears some kind of digital grudge against me. I spent most of January and some of February going back and forth from Fry's, waiting for them to fix the hard drive and getting my data backed up.
White Knight Chronicles reviewMonday, March 1, 2010 @ 7:35PMJ-RPG to the core. Peasant boys, princesses, short swords and codpieces. And big enemies. Really, really big enemies.
No. 15 Aggies Host No. 11 Sooners In Regular-Season Home FinaleMonday, March 1, 2010 @ 4:59PMThe 15th-ranked Texas A&M women’s basketball team (20-7, 8-6) will host No. 11 Oklahoma (20-8, 10-4) in its regular-season home finale on Tuesday, March 2 at Reed Arena.
15 Reasons Why March Will Be Epic for GamesMonday, March 1, 2010 @ 4:01AM Suddenly we’vebeen bombarded with Bioshock 2 and hellish infernos while we were still trying to figure out how to have all of our crew members survive in Mass Effect. And then there was Mass Effect, and all were satisfied with gaming and were ready for some much needed recovery time...
Borderlands, Mass Effect 2 Talks Showcased As GDC 2010 Deadline NearsSunday, February 28, 2010 @ 11:59PMAs Game Developers Conference 2010's online pre-registration nears its end, GDC organizers are highlighting talks on Borderlands, Mass Effect 2, and Unreal Engine 3's iPhone port, among others. The conference, taking place from March 9th-13th at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, is closing its discounted pre-show registration at 1pm PT on Thursday, March 4th. With nine notable Summits ...
Reminder: Mytheon beta keys still availableSunday, February 28, 2010 @ 12:05PMFiled under: Betas , Contests , Action , RPG Last week, developer Petroglyph Games and publisher True Games Interactive announced the launch of their closed beta test for Mytheon , their upcoming free-to-play online action-RPG game. At the time we at Big Download also launched our giveaway of 250 beta keys for the closed beta test. Well as of this writing we still have some of those beta keys ...
'Contact IED': soldier's death in AfghanistanSaturday, February 27, 2010 @ 2:42PMContact IED... We have a casualty". With these words over the radio, Trooper Pete Sheppard heard of the death of fellow soldier Sergeant Paul Fox.
League of Legends players get in-game rewards if people get hired at developerSaturday, February 27, 2010 @ 10:11AMFiled under: Action , RPG There have been some interesting promotions for give players to get in-game rewards for online games but Riot Games has one that is definitely unique. Their free-to-play action-RTS game League of Legends is doing very well and they are hiring for quite a number of new positions on their team. But here's the kicker: Any League of Legends player can refers someone to Riot ...
EA offers deal on Dragon Age Origins if you buy Awakening expansionFriday, February 26, 2010 @ 7:10PMFiled under: Downloads , Expansions , RPG , Dragon Age: Origins March is going to be one very busy month for PC gamers with a ton of AAA games planned to ship to stores or available via digital download. One of those games is Dragon Age: Origins The Awakening , the expansion pack to BioWare 's hit RPG that's coming out about five months after the release of the original game. Now comes word that ...
3D Dot Game Heroes Hands-onFriday, February 26, 2010 @ 5:12PM3D Dot Game Heroes (PS3) Zelda fans may want to look into getting a PlayStation 3.
iPhone Games of the Week: 2/21 - 2/27Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 4:14PMIt's a well-documented fact that hundreds of apps and games hit the iTunes App Store each week, but how many of these pocket-sized endeavors are worth your hard earned cash? Each week, we pick out the best (or simply the most notable) of the bunch.
Codec Chatter: Battlefield's Patrick BachFriday, February 26, 2010 @ 3:15PMOn the eve of Battlefield: Bad Company 2's highly anticipated launch, we speak with DICE producer Patrick Bach about the studio's long run of success, returning to racing games, and top secret project currently in development. DICE has been in the game development business for almost 20 years now. What has been the secret to your success? The secret is that there is no secret. Honestly, I think ...
What kind of gamer are you?Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 1:23PMJust as obsessive dog owners morph into strange likenesses of their canine friends, hardcore gamers become manifestations of their game collections. The genres we play reveal truths about our lifestyles - the way we dress, the friends we keep, and the music we listen to.
Mytheon Closed Beta Up, Up and AwayThursday, February 25, 2010 @ 4:42PMMytheon has now officially entered into the closed beta phase of testing. Players and fans can obtain a CBT key simply for the asking. Find out where after the jump! Comment | View Article