| EA targets women with iVillage deal
Electronic Arts has signed a deal with NBC Universal to supply games for iVillage, a leading online destination for women. EA's Pogo.com will be the exclusive supplier of casual games to iVillage's 16 million members. "This relationship will allow us to reach even more women than before," commented Nancy Smith, executive vice president of Pogo.com. "Not only do we share an audience demographic, but we share a passion for women's issues and a belief that interactive entertainment is a great way to stay connected, stay sharp and keep a healthy mind." As well as access to a range of titles including Word Whomp, Poppit and Hearts, iVillage will host monthly game nights and offer members a free two-week pass to sample the premium gaming service at Club Pogo.
Review: Video Games Built for More Than One
Video games are usually a solitary pastime. But that doesn't mean that gamers are anti-social misfits, any more than readers, knitters or crossword solvers. We have friends, siblings, spouses and kids, and when we're not off saving the world on our own, we enjoy playing games with our loved ones. No one has emphasized the social aspect of gaming more than Nintendo. The company named its new machine "Wii" (as in "we") to emphasize "this console is for everyone," with the double-i meant to symbolize "the image of people gathering to play." - Click here to visit FOXNews.com's Video Gaming Center. Wii games like "Wii Sports," "Rayman Raving Rabbids" and "Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz" are undeniably more fun to play with a crowd. That's not to suggest that the Wii has a stranglehold on multiplayer action.
Gate.com Achieves Strong Viral Following Through Successful Online ...
Affinity Internet, the leading web site, ecommerce and online marketing service provider for web professionals and small businesses, today announced the grand prize winner and overall success of its advergame – ServerMechanic (www.ServerMechanic.com). ServerMechanic is an online competitive flash game created to build brand awareness of Gate.com. The free IT-focused casual game tested players’ technical prowess in a four-level online competition and even offered a 2-player option. Players vied for an array of big prizes, including the coveted Xbox 360, the popular Gears of War game, free domain names, free hosting and a grand prize of an LCD flat-screen HDTV. The competition ran from Oct. 16 to Dec. 15, 2006, during which Affinity Internet awarded a total of 216 prizes and gained a strong viral presence on the Web.
New Transformers The Game Image
Based on TRANSFORMERS, DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures upcoming live-action feature film due out July 4th, and produced in association with Hasbro, TRANSFORMERS: The Game lets gamers control the outcome in the battle for Earth as they choose to protect it as AUTOBOTS or destroy it as DECEPTICONS. Players will also experience the unstoppable power and massive scale of their favorite ROBOTS IN DISGUISE such as BUMBLEBEE, BARRICADE and others. KEY FEATURES: Protect Or Destroy The Earth As the TRANSFORMERS robots war comes to Earth, gamers make the choice to join the AUTOBOTS in protecting our planet or to join the DECEPTICONS in destroying it. With dual campaigns, the fate of the world is in players hands. MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE Instantly change from a larger than life robot to a high-powered vehicle such as a sports car, fighter jet or helicopter.
More Game Systems Allowing Access to the Internet
Both the Nintendo Wii and the Playstation 3 are changing what many people think about video games. But, some parents may not be keeping up with their children on knowing what those game systems are capable of doing. Everybody seems to know what they are. Nelson: "What's a Nintendo Wii system?" "It's a game system that they hold in their hand." Nelson: "What's a Playstation 3?" "I guess it's the next improvement above a Playstation 2." But, not everyone knows what it can do. Nelson: "Can you look up the Internet?" "I don't know. I honestly don't know that. "PS3, I believe yes, and I don't know about the Wii." "I don't know about that." Actually you can look up the Web on both systems, and you can find anything, including, you guessed it, porn.
Retro Roundup 2/26: Ocarina of Time, Q*Bert, Chew Man Fu
Good news, everyone! The Retro Roundup has moved to Mondays. That means when you go home tonight to browse Nintendo's weekly releases, credit card in hand, you won't have to flail blindly as you scroll through a handful of context-free titles you may or may not have heard of. Now you have our handy guide to lead you through the cold and frightening land of retro pay-for-play. And you can watch the latest Retronauts Bonus Stage while you're waiting on the files to download. (Admittedly, this will come in handier for PlayStation Network than with Virtual Console.) This week's main release is a doozy, an adventure often called the greatest game ever. That's probably overstating the case a bit, but there's no question that The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is a heavy-hitter, a landmark game whose influence is felt powerfully in contemporary software.
Saturday Scorecard: Is Ahman Green headed out of Green Bay?
Ahman Green is testing the free agent market this weekend and Packers fans don't seem worked up about the prospect of him playing for another team next season. That's not altogether surprising. Though he has been a durable, dependable performer for most of his time in Green Bay, Green, who needs 46 yards to break Jim Taylor's franchise rushing record of 8,207, has never quite achieved fan-favorite status. We're not sure how to explain this phenomenon, but we have some theories: For starters, Green has always been overshadowed by Brett Favre, the franchise icon and future Hall of Famer. He's also taken a bit of a backseat to Favre's favorite targets, such as Donald Driver. In part, that may be caused by Green's somewhat icy relationship with the local media.
'Idol' game for online version
The rhythm-based Web browser game features licensed cover songs from the Fox show, including "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," "The Greatest Love," "Lady Marmalade" and "I Want You Back." Shortly after launch, "I'm a Slave for You" will be added, and additional songs will be updated over time. The game will be available through AmericanIdol.com, Yahoo.com and King.com. Multiple versions of each song have been recorded, which will allow the singer to go off-key seamlessly depending on the player. Each player will be judged by and receive comments from generic judges. The game, which is free to play, also will re-create sets from the TV show. "The idea behind the game is to really re-create the experience of going before the 'American Idol' jury," said Robert Norton, vp business development in the U.S.
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