Gaming News Archives: Page 5

CNet Launches Fee-based Gaming Content (June 21, 2002): CNet Networks, a provider of technology news and information, has added fee-based gaming content with the launch of GameSpot Complete, a premium add-on to its free GameSpot website.

60,000 Attend E3Expo 2002 Gaming Trade Show (May 29, 2002): The gaming industry boom continued at the eighth annual Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3Expo).

Columbia Acquires Rights to Deus Ex PC Game (May 29, 2002): Columbia Pictures has optioned the rights to develop a science-fiction action-adventure franchise based on the PC game Deus Ex.

IGN Publishes Monthly Online Game Review Magazine (May 24, 2002): IGN Entertainment (formerly Snowball), home to IGN.

New Independent Video Game Production Company Launches (May 13, 2002): Capital Entertainment Group, Inc.

Prima Games Inks Exclusive Agreement With Electronic Arts (April 26, 2002): Prima Games, a division of Random House Inc.

Gaming Veterans to Launch Gaming Trade Publication (April 23, 2002): Two gaming journalists have joined forces to launch an international gaming trade publication, Global Gaming Business magazine.

Comcast To Launch 24-Hour Gaming Television Network (April 16, 2002): Comcast-owned G4, a new 24-hour television network dedicated to the world of electronic games, has unveiled its slate of original programming.

Winners Announced at Independent Games Festival (March 28, 2002): The 4th Annual Independent Games Festival (IGF) announced top honors during the awards ceremony at the Game Developers Conference in San Jose.

Game Developers Choice Awards Recipients Named (March 28, 2002): The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) has announced the recipients of the 2nd Annual Game Developers Choice Awards.

Nominees Named for Game Developers Choice Awards (February 18, 2002): The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) has announced the nominees for the annual Game Developers Choice Awards.

Del Rey To Publish Books Based on Xbox Games (February 7, 2002): Ballantine Books, a division of Random House, Inc, announced the creation of a major new joint book development agreement with Microsoft's Xbox video game system to create a fiction publishing program.

Ziff Davis to Launch Xbox Nation (December 14, 2001): The Ziff Davis Media Game Group announced the launch of their upcoming magazine, Xbox Nation, a publication covering Microsoft's new gaming platform, the Xbox.

Ziff Davis Announces Game Magazine For Teens (August 15, 2001): Ziff Davis Media Game Group announced a new editorial product, GameNow, a video game publication aimed at the teen market ages, 10-16.

Gaming Industry Booming According to Survey (August 8, 2001): Forty-two percent of all video gamers plan on buying at least one of the new wave of gaming consoles due out by Christmas of 2001, according to the ``Digital Gaming in America Survey,'' a comprehensive look at the demographics and psychographics of the gaming market.

Infogrames to Acquire Hasbro Interactive and Games.com (December 8, 2000): Infogrames Entertainment SA and Hasbro, Inc.

Electronic Arts To Create Harry Potter Games (August 11, 2000): Electronic Arts, an entertainment software company, has announced that it has been awarded the exclusive worldwide interactive rights to develop, publish and distribute computer and video games based on the popular Harry Potter book series.

theglobe.com Acquires New Gaming Content (January 14, 2000): theglobe.

Midnight Cafe LLC. Acquires Gamers Depot (January 3, 2000): Midnight Cafe LLC.

Cabot, Kelly Named New Editors of Gaming Law Review (July 28, 1999): Anthony Cabot, a partner with the law firm of Lionel, Sawyer & Collins in Las Vegas, Nev.