Ultimate video game mashup site launched

Blockade Entertainment and GorillaSpot recently announced the launch of Mashade.com, a video game mashup site that will allow fans the opportunity to create and share their own personalized video mashups using footage from the official trailers of today’s hottest video games. Using GorillaSpot’s intuitive and robust video editing technology, Mashade.com will provide a new experience ….

First arcade-style racing game for the iPhone

Handmark announced the release of GTS World Racing for iPhone and iPod touch users. It is immediately available through the Apple App Store. GTS World Racing offers a unique mobile gaming experience utilizing the iPhone built-in accelerometer feature. Players can accelerate, brake and steer the car by moving and turning the device itself. The game ….

Veteran swimmer to be new face of veteran game character Lara Croft

Eidos Interactive revealed yesterday, that seasoned gymnast Alison Carroll will be the new face of famed videogame character Lara Croft. The company also released the attached photos of Carroll in her new role. Carroll will portray the internationally recognized heroine for the next year, with her first appearances to be made promoting the latest installment ….

Madden Mania events at GameStop

GameStop announced that it will host Madden Mania events this Monday, August 11, 2008, at over 3,000 of its U.S. stores for the launch of Madden NFL ’09. The festivities mark the beginning of the NFL video game season and celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the game with Madden NFL ’09 tournaments, tailgate events and ….

Frank Caliendo and Jay Mohr join Midway’s Blitz 2 roster

Midway Games announced yesterday that Frank Caliendo, host of Frank TV and known for his impressions of legendary football broadcaster John Madden, President George W. Bush and Al Pacino, and actor and comedian Jay Mohr, have been recruited to join Lawrence Taylor in the upcoming release of Blitz: The League II. The voice talent and ….

Alienware Area-51 m15x first 15-inch notebook to feature NVIDIA Quadro GPU

Alienware has announced that the Area-51 m15x notebook, already a favorite of gamers and entertainment enthusiasts, now offers the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M GPU, redefining graphics performance on a 15.4-inch notebook to best address the needs of on-the-go digital content professionals. As the only 15.4-inch notebook equipped with the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M, the Alienware ….

Documentary on professional gaming offers free screenings and launches online store

Independent producers Cohesion Productions recently announced that FRAG, a documentary on professional video gaming will be released August 1st through online distribution. Professional video gaming, cyberathletes and eSports are new concepts for many of us and never before in history has anyone conquered the controversy and corruption seen in this industry. FRAG sheds light on ….

Resident Evil: Degeneration trailer and official website

Seven years after the destruction of Raccoon City, the war against the zombies rages on in Resident Evil: Degeneration, a co-production of Capcom and Sony Pictures Entertainment, based on the popular video game and film franchise. Making its theatrical debut this fall in Japan and coming to DVD, Blu-ray High-Def and PSP in North America ….

Watchmen downloadable console game coming in 2009 with feature

Warner Bros. Interactive will publish Watchmen in 2009, an episodic downloadable game based on the upcoming film, for the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and Windows PC. The game captures the action and intrigue of the Watchmen film directed by Zack Snyder. The screenplay for Watchmen is by David Hayter and Alex Tse, based on the ….

FireSky teams with MGM to bring Comic-Con fans the Ultimate Stargate Experience

FireSky, the new game designer that is publishing the online game Stargate Worlds, is teaming up with MGM to bring fans at Comic-Con the ultimate Stargate experience. Stargate Worlds is the massively multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG) based on MGM’s award-winning Stargate franchise and will be officially launched in 2009. At this year’s Comic-Con, ….

The Weinstein’s bringing Frank Darabont, Thomas Jane, a new Halo Board Game and the Suicide Girls to Comic-Con

The Weinstein Company is bringing cast members from many of their upcoming DVD releases to Comic-Con, plus highlighting an assortment of hotly-anticipated and fan-favorite movies. At their booth, fans will find details on Dimension Extreme DVDs including horror titles Feast 2, Wizard of Gore, Zombie Diaries, Pulse 2, Rogue, Dario Argento’s Mother of Tears and ….