Eight months ago THQ announced a deal with Big Huge Games to work on an unnamed role-playing game. The agreement marked a new direction for the Maryland-based independent developer, which has won numerous awards for series of real-time strategy titles. Its critically acclaimed catalog includes Rise of Nations, Rise of Legends, and the expansion pack […]

Reuters - Europe’s online gaming industry filed a complaint with the European Commission on Tuesday, saying Germany’s ban on online gambling breaks EU law on the free movement of services.

In its early stages, Electronic Arts’ forthcoming and much-anticipated game Spore was code-named Sim Everything, a play on its heritage as the newest game by The Sims creator Will Wright. But now, “sim everything” has another meaning for the company: EA is set to announce Tuesday it will release Spore later this year simultaneously for […]

With the impact of Epic Games’ sci-fi shooter Unreal Tournament III on the publisher’s bottom line notwithstanding, the past few months have not been kind on Midway Games. In November, Midway heavily revised its full-year 2007 outlook, from $225 million to $160 million in net revenue. The revision followed a dismal third-quarter showing, which was […]

The North American release of Super Smash Bros. Brawl has been delayed until Sunday, March 9th. The news has been posted on the Smash Bros Dojo, it had been scheduled for February 10th. The Japan release has been moved from January 24th to January 31st.