Hit PSN Game “Magic Ball” Re-branded as “Magic Orbz”; Patch and New Add-On Pack Available January 7th in Europe, 14th in North America

Best-selling brick-breaker game Magic Ball will be renamed Magic Orbz. A patch will be available for download, along with a new Winter Theme Pack Add-On, on the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system on Thursday, January 7th in Europe and January 14th in North America.

Army of Two: The 40th Day Salem and Rios cause carnage in London - with video

Salem and Rios, stars of action/shooter Army of Two: The 40th Day, have caused chaos in London during a promotional stop-off to promote the game’s upcoming release.

Bohemia Interactive Community Awards 2009 update!

Bohemia Interactive together with NaturalPoint and RockPaperShotgun.com today announces the end of the nomination stage of the “2009 Community Awards”. The Bohemia Interactive Community Awards is an event which invites the extensive ARMA and ARMA 2 community to nominate and vote for their favorite fan made content.

The nomination phase officially ended at midnight on the 31st December. Each category now has its five finalists:

ICS Mobile 2009 Best Ever iPhone App Nominee 'Navy Patrol: Coastal Defense' Records 100,000 Christmas Week Downloads

iPhone Application Studio, ICS Mobile Inc, announces a record Christmas week for its critically acclaimed Navy Patrol: Coastal Defense Zero.The application,launched on December 23rd and recently nominated for the 2009 Best App Ever Award (http://bestappever.com/v/stgm/324167933), has clocked nearly 100000 downloads and counting becoming by far the studio's biggest application debut. Initially scheduled to be free for the holiday break only, the studio recently opted to maintain the application live in the App store indefinitely.

Gameco Studios announce 'SLetter' video game on iPhone.

GAMECO Studios, an independent developer based in Paris announced the release of its first iPhone game: Sletter.

SLetter is now available on the App Store:
http://itunes.apple.com/app/sletter/id347001078?mt=8

Play one of the most addictive words game on iPhone.

Accessible from a very young age in the easy mode, Sletter offers a real challenge to the most experienced in the highest difficulty mode.

Eurogamer Appointments Strengthen Industry Dream Team

Eurogamer, Europe’s leading independent games media specialist, is thrilled to announce games industry veterans Chris Buckley and Catherine Channon have joined the company’s expanding team.

Chris joins as Advertising Sales Manager for GamesIndustry.biz and Cat is appointed as Publisher heading up a new, as yet, un-announced project for the business. Between them they have over 30 years experience in the games industry.

'Fast Draw Showdown' Video Game Available Today on WiiWare

Digital Leisure Inc., a leading developer and publisher of interactive video-based titles and console games, announced today the launch of Fast Draw Showdown, designed exclusively for Nintendo’s WiiWare game service.

When it comes to fast draw there’re only two types of people: the quick…and the dead! Now you have the chance to find out where you stand, or lie, as the case may be. You’ll go up against the best quick draws in the business, including one of the world’s fastest, Wes Flowers.

Super Happy Fun Fun Starts the iPhone New Year with video game 'Star*Burst'

Super Happy Fun Fun, creators of the smash iPhone hit Big Buck Hunter Pro, today announced the release of their latest touch-screen title, Star*Burst for iPhone and iPod touch. Star*Burst is a new generation of match-three puzzle gameplay, designed by the creator of popular 90s arcade game KLAX. With Star*Burst, Super Happy Fun Fun serves up a clever combination of engaging, fast-paced action, classic puzzle heritage and fresh social features—complete with dazzling 3D graphics, animations and effects.

Kaotik Puzzle video game launches on Xbox LIVE

Kaotik puzzle is an action-puzzle videogame for up to two players versus, in which you win by filling your opponent screen with blocks. You will receive blocks from your opponent. When there is no free space in you screen you lose. You can defend yourself by arranging the blocks to make them disappear, so you make more free space. When you make disappear your blocks creating chain reactions, you will send attacks to your opponent.

Get married in your video game world as GodsWar Online intoduce Marriage system

GodsWar Online are celebrating 2010 with the introduction of a marriage system to the game.

Here's how to get married in Pan's Labyrinth:
The couple have to apply to cupid and travel through Pan's Labyrinth hand-in-hand for the love testament.

No more 'gore games' for Nintendo Wii say Sega

It looks like disappointing sales of games Dead Space Extraction, Madworld and House of the Dead: Overkill have caused second thoughts for Sega on the mature game market for Nintendo Wii games.