Category: Games

Flashpoint Academy students just created JUGGLE MANIA, an online Flash-based video game using assets from the EDGAR & ELLEN special "Nobody's Fools" provided by Star Farm Productions.

The fan-inspired EDGAR & ELLEN series airs on Nicktoons. JUGGLE MANIA debuted on the EDGAR & ELLEN website on April 1 and has already had international entries from the United Kingdom, Sweden, Norway, Holland, Belgium, Finland, Ireland and Canada.

JUGGLE MANIA was designed for children ages 6-12 and will be on the EDGAR & ELLEN website (www.edgarandellen.com) all through April.

Explore the question that has been bugging us, our parents and even our grandparents: where does that one sock go when it gets lost in the dryer?!

When you see the premiere episode of SOCKVILLE, "A New Pair Of Socks," you will finally get that age-old question answered.

Fueled by the imagination, SOCKVILLE is a happy place for socks to live. There are socks of many different colors, shapes, and sizes all working together to make SOCKVILLE a better place.

Eidos Interactive announced GAUNTLET, a classic action role-playing game, will be coming to the Nintendo DS.

"Eidos is proud to revitalize the iconic GAUNTLET franchise from Midway by offering a totally revamped iteration of the classic multiplayer action RPG to the Nintendo DS," said Robert A. Lindsey, Executive VP of Sales and Marketing for Eidos

"GAUNTLET pushes the technology behind the DS by introducing VoIP as well as offering gamers an in-depth competitive multiplayer experience never before explored in the GAUNTLET universe."

Nickelodeon announced they are ramping up their online presence with the development and production of additional virtual worlds, building on the success of its existing Neopets and Nicktropolis sites.

An entire virtual world based on hit SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS will have games, avatars and a strong social network component is expected next year, as well as an original site called Monkey World, a social networking and massive multiplayer game.

Warner Bros. Interactive Ent. has pulled the veil on a collection of all-new images and footage from PROJECT ORIGIN, developer Monolith Productions' sequel to the critically acclaimed supernatural first-person shooter F.E.A.R.

PROJECT ORIGIN once again throws players in a near-future cityscape saturated with conspiracy, high-tech combat and the supernatural. Players will face tense and highly kinetic combat against human adversaries and unknown paranormal forces in a desperate struggle to stop Alma, a girl with immense power and a thirst for revenge.

Nickelodeon is expected to announce today they are ramping up their online presence, per THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER.

An entire virtual world based on hit SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS will have games, avatars and a strong social network component is expected next year, as well as an original site called Monkey World, a social networking and massive multiplayer game.

TurboSquid, home to the world's largest marketplace of royalty-free 3D models, is pleased to announce a newly-formed relationship with VastPark, a highly interactive platform geared toward the easy creation of games and virtual worlds.

Disney-ABC Television Group and MobiTV, the leader in mobile and broadband entertainment services, announced a content licensing agreement under which MobiTV will offer Disney Channel to MobiTV service subscribers.

The same content and programming as seen on cable and satellite television is now available to MobiTV service subscribers on their enabled wireless handsets via MobiTV's carrier partners.

Darrell Rodriguez has been named president of LucasArts, the videogame division of Lucasfilm Ltd., it was announced today by Lucasfilm President Micheline Chau.

He replaces Jim Ward, who stepped down in February.

"Darrell is the ideal person to run LucasArts," Chau said. "Having worked at both Electronic Arts and Disney Imagineering he brings the perfect blend of production, operational, and creative expertise. For a games company such as LucasArts with its roots in film, this is an electric combination."

The launch of the new SOUTH PARK IMAGINATIONLAND mobile game was announced Tuesday.

Based on Comedy Central's hugely popular SOUTH PARK IMAGINATIONLAND trilogy, in which the doors of the world's imagination are thrown wide open and the boys of SOUTH PARK are transported to a magical realm in their greatest odyssey ever.

The mobile game will be available cross carrier and on a variety of handsets including the Apple iPhone, and various Windows Mobile and Blackberry mobile devices.

Dark Horse Comics has announced that the popular ALIENS, PREDATOR, and AVP comics series are now available for digital download on IGN Entertainment's Direct2Drive.

For $1.99, customers can now purchase digital copies of individual ALIENS, PREDATOR, and AVP comics that virtually mimic the first run of each issue by featuring the original cover art and trade dress.

Fans of these comics can now enjoy classic stories by the likes of industry luminaries Mark Verheiden, Mike Mignola, Chris Claremont, and Andrew Vachss from the comfort of their own computers.