Reuters – Media company Marvel Entertainment Inc signed a worldwide agreement with Gazillion Entertainment to allow the videogame publisher to make multiplayer online games based on Marvel’s characters.
AFP – Videogame startup Gazillion Entertainment Inc. announced an agreement with Marvel Entertainment on Tuesday to develop online videogames featuring iconic superheroes such as Iron Man and Wolverine.
Reuters – Media company Marvel Entertainment Inc has reached an exclusive 10-year agreement with Gazillion Entertainment to allow the videogame publisher to make multiplayer online games based on Marvel’s characters, the Wall Street Journal said.
AP – Video-game combat has come a long way since the turn of the century. In the 1990s, 3D shooters like “Doom” and “Half-Life” were aimed at the PC audience, with the occasional gem (like “Goldeneye 007″) popping up on a console. All that changed in 2001 with the release of Microsoft’s “Halo,” which became the Xbox‘s flagship game.
PC World – A judge in the U.S. state of Texas has thrown out a lawsuit filed against Nintendo and Microsoft that alleged the two companies infringed on a patent covering an interface for joysticks.
AFP – A video game called “House of the Dead: Overkill” has been named the most profane ever by Guiness World Records, a spokesman said Monday.