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Genre: Role-Playing
Theme: Fantasy
Developer: BioWare
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Modes: Single Player
ESRB Rating: M for Mature
Release Date: Nov 3, 2009
Also Available On: Xbox 360, PS3
Basic Plot/Storyline
Dragon Age: Origins is a fantasy computer role playing game that takes players on a journey across the Kingdom of Ferelden on the continent of Thedas. After many had thought them extinct, Dragons have reappeared in the World. Dragon Age: Origins, as the title suggests, has an over arching story/plot surrounding this new “Dragon Age” which is intertwined differently depending both on the type of character being played and the actions players take throughout the game. This gives the opportunity for Dragon Age Origins to have a different ending and story each time it’s played.
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Genre: Real Time Strategy
Theme: Sci-Fi Developer: Crytek Black Sea
Publisher: Playlogic International
Modes: Single player, multiplayer ESRB
Rating: T for Teen Release Date: Nov 10, 2009
Basic Plot/Storyline WorldShift is a sci-fi/cyber fantasy real time strategy game that was released in Europe last year and is now being released in the US. WorldShift is set 1000 years in the future that has humans living in one of five mega cities after the outbreak of a devastating plague. Earth is now populated by three different races the humans, plague infected humans and an alien race know as the cult. Game Play There are three playable factions in WorldShift, the humans, plague infected humans known as the tribes, and the alien faction know as the cult. The game has a simplistic design in order to make game-play quick and easy to learn. There are no complex technology trees to advance the factions but units can find all sorts of special items throughout the game that can increase their power or advance the faction. Units also have unique abilities such as spells and special attacks that can aid in combat.
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Following the news that Infinity Ward’s Modern Warfare 2 for PC would not support dedicated servers, the studio’s creative strategist Robert Bowling tried to clarify some issues — but many PC gamers are still unhappy.
“Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is actually the biggest investment Infinity Ward has ever made into the PC version of our games,” Bowling wrote in a Tuesday blog. “It’s also the most feature-rich PC version we’ve ever made.”
Bowling explained in more detail how Infinity Ward’s multiplayer backend, “IWNet,” is intended to make matchmaking smoother on PC, allow for playlists and private matches, and facilitate cheat- and hack-free games.
He confirmed that there will be “no more browsing through a server list for a server with the settings/ping you want among other things,” and acknowledged that the news “sent shockwaves through the hardcore PC community.”
The community manager hoped his explanation would dispel misunderstandings about IWNet’s implementation in the PC version of Modern Warfare 2: “IWNnet adds a load of new features that the PC version of our games have never had before and allows us an infrastructure to continue to update and improve on the game post-launch,” he argued.
But comments in response to his blog indicate that PC gamers are still unsatisfied with the explanation of IWNet. For many commentators, only the option to have dedicated servers will make them happy.
“You have got to be kidding me,” one response reads. “What you’ve described above is right out of a console and doesn’t prove that the system will be better at all. I like how you try to say this is going to be better for clans, right, sure it is. … This is fail.”
With no dedicated server support for PC, gamers in the PC community will not be able to run Modern Warfare 2 on dedicated servers that they may rent, as they are able to with previous Call of Duty games. Other concerns that PC gamers have expressed on message boards and blogs regarding no dedicated servers include possible lag issues, no mod support, and unsatisfactory match-making. The community of many PC games is structured around the flexibility provided by dedicated server support, extending the life of a given game.
PC gamers objecting to Infinity Ward’s decision are signing a petition, which listed 108,000 names as of press time. Addressed to Activision-owned Infinity Ward, the online petition’s goal is to “Get Infinity Ward to review their decision not to allow fully dedicated servers for their forthcoming game release CoD:MW2. Remember that this Call of Duty was made popular by PC gamers who have supported the series throughout.”
League of Legends, the persistent online multiplayer battle arena action game based off the popular Warcraft III Defense of the Ancients mod. Players take on the role of Summoners, powerful spell casters that can invoke champions to fight for them in battle across the world of Valoran in large arenas known as Fields of Justice. More than thirty separate champions can be summoned to the battlefield, each with their own unique abilities that can be used in battle to defeat your opponents.
With the game scheduled to be released next week, we thought we’d highlight five new champions to the League of Legends universe, providing additional information on their background as well as their abilities. While four of these characters have been in the beta, we’re going to kick off this feature by exclusively reveal details about the newest character, Nasus.
Nasus, Curator of the Sands Champion Type: Fighter
Unlike some of the other fighters, the champion known as Nasus did not come from Valoran. On a distant desert world, He was the Keeper of the Great Library, a position that allowed him to become quite enlightened. However, Nasus was also a warrior, part of a race of creatures that were rulers and protectors of their people. While a war raged on his world, Nasus was summoned to the League where he discovered his talents were better served on the Fields of Justice.
Nasus wields attacks as strong and brutal as the desert he comes from. His Siphoning Strike attack does damage and if it lands the killing blow against an enemy, it is powered up further. As a way of slowing their enemies in battle, Nasus’ Wither ability decreases his target’s movement and attack speed for three seconds. A third power, Spirit Fire, allows him to set up a trap for enemies to fall into, causing damage and ruining the armor of those that cross its location. Finally, Nasus’ ultimate ability is called the Avatar of Death, which provides him with bonus health and faster attack speed. Nearby enemies have their health sucked away and turned into damage bonuses for Nasus, giving him a powerful way to destroy opponents.
Janna, Avatar of Air
Champion Type: Mage
Once an orphan living on the streets of the city of Zaun, Janna tried to live her life as best she could. However, she soon discovered that she had magical ability that could protect her and raise her out of her troubled circumstances. Learning how to wield air magic and quickly mastering the element itself, Janna quickly left her city in search of a way to right the wrongs of the world, and joined up with the League of Legends to destroy evil.
As a master of Air, Janna can manipulate wind to destroy her enemies. Her first attack, Howling Gale, starts as a small storm that grows after time. By directing it at her enemies, she can cause damage and knock down her foes. Her Zephyr ability increases her movement speed, letting her pass through enemies while causing them damage and slowing them down. To help her allies, Janna’s Eye of the Storm can shield characters from damage while boosting the amount of damage they can cause. Finally, Janna’s Monsoon ability sheaths her in a storm that consistently throws enemies away. The storm also heals nearby allies
Gangplank, the Saltwater Scourge
Champion Type: Fighter
Born the son of the infamous pirate captain Vincent the Shadow, Gangplank grew up in the city of Bilgewater. Becoming the most ruthless and feared child in the town because of his father’s harsh lessons, he exacted his revenge by stabbing his dad in the back and taking his ship. Discovering that the world was quickly turning against pirates, he departed the Pirate Isles and his crew to become the latest addition to the League of Legends.
Gangplank is a dangerous warrior whose pirate inspired abilities potentially give him an edge over some opponents in battle. His Parrrley ability produces a pistol, which Gangplank uses to shoot an enemy. If he kills them with this shot, he receives bonus gold. While a humorous name for an ability, Gangplank’s Remove Scurvy power lets him eliminate any crowd control effects placed on him while healing him at the same time. Gangplank has one rather strange power in the form of Raise Morale, where he kills one of the AI controlled minions. Nearby allies, as well as Gangplank himself, are inspired with faster attack and movement speed after the “volunteer’s” death. Finally, Cannon Barrage allows Gangplank to target an area with his ship’s cannons for ten seconds, causing damage to anything within the area while slowing enemy units.
Malphite, Shard of the Monolith
Champion Type: Tank
A creature of rock from a distant planet, Malphite was once part of a harmonious essence known as The Monolith where everything coexisted as pieces of the entire world. As a being that tried to embody order, Malphite was angered when he was ripped away from his planet and brought to the League. However, after discovering that his new world was completely in disarray, he entered the Fields of Justice to enforce his brand of order against anyone or anything embodying chaos.
Composed entirely of rock, destroying Malphite is particularly difficult. This, coupled with his attacks, makes him particularly formidable. His Seismic Shard attack sends a shard of earth rippling through the earth to his enemies. Not only does this do damage to the target, it slows them down for six seconds on impact. Malphite also packs a powerful punch, thanks to his Brutal Strikes attack. By hitting his enemies with extra force, his blows cause damage to enemies around the target. Malphite’s Ground Slam can send out a large shockwave, slowing the attack speed of enemies for four seconds while causing two different kinds of damage upon enemies in its wake. Finally, Malphite’s ultimate attack, Unstoppable Force, allows him to charge into an area, causing damage to enemies as they’re launched into the air from the impact.
Dr. Mundo, Madman of Zaun
Champion Type: Tank
The mysterious man known as Dr. Mundo was born in the city of Zaun, and from a young age wanted to inflict pain through experimentation on anything he could get his hands on. Whether animals, his parents or others, he constantly tried to conduct his experiments to gain a better understanding of pain itself. After being acquitted of 38 murder charges by the time he gained his medical license, he was recruited to fight within the League of legends, where he’d find plenty of new specimens to experiment upon.
As a devotee of pain, Dr. Mundo’s abilities revolve around dealing pain to himself or others. He wields a large cleaver, which he can throw with his Infected Cleaver ability, causing a significant amount of damage and slowing them down for a while. Dr. Mundo’s Burning Agony ability decreases any stun or slow effects that he might be suffering from, but as a side effect, he also does continual damage to nearby enemies. Mundo can trigger his Masochism ability, increasing the damage he causes for five seconds. On top of this, each percent of health that he’s lost further boosts his damage as this skill is in effect, making him rather dangerous when he’s low on health. Countering this ability is his Sadism skill, letting Mundo sacrifice some of his health for faster movement speed and increased health regeneration.
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Comicon 2009 a most wretched hive of geeks and nerdidude. I had not been to Con in quite a while and honestly was not really prepared to go to the show. I had not reviewed the program ahead of time so I kind of when in blind just to see what was out there.
Thursday afternoon was pretty good the show floor was crowded but not too bad. Alot of great costumes the watchmen was very popular there were some good ones. Crimewars was demoing their MMFPS. I had a brief look at it at E3 and it looks like they have put a bit more polish on it and looks very fun. Most of the video game section as taken up by Console games which looked very nice. Dante’s Inferno and Brutal legend were really nice looking sarkstriders looked good too. Cmon guys where’s the PC love. There a bunch of the Free to play mmo space there sony had Free realms and there were a few other ones. One fun Browser based one that can be found at www.thekingdomofloathing.com is stick figure mmo and strangely addictive. Overall i enjoyed my few hours with the comicon and it was not the hell that made me swear off that con forever. Mebbe next year will be fun too
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MMORPG Atlantica Online Heads to ijji.com
Premier Hardcore Gaming Portal Boasts Addition of Ninth Multi-player Title
IRVINE, CALIF. – June 6, 2009 – ijji.com continues its quest to bring first-rate, hardcore interactive entertainment to its free-to-play online gaming portal through a partnership with online game publishing giant NDOORS Interactive, the U.S. subsidiary of Korea-based NDOORS Corporation. ijji.com community members can now add the seven world wonders, among other locations, to their playing experience as they navigate the popular massively multi-player online role-playing game (MMORPG), Atlantica Online.
“Atlantica Online is an immersive, award-winning MMORPG that incorporates both mythological and real-life locations, and a great fit for the ijji.com community,” said Philip Yun, CEO, NHN USA. “In our mission to further ijji.com as the premier free-to-play portal for hardcore gamers, we seek out games like this that effortlessly draw players deep into alternative worlds. NDOORS is a seasoned leader in online entertainment and we are thrilled to partner with them to increase the monster quotient of our portal.”
Atlantica Online is a strategic turn-based MMORPG that combines innovative combat with profound character and party development, as well as city and country management. Players take on the physically and mentally demanding quest to destroy the Oriharukon, a powerful energy source from the lost civilization of Atlantis. This dangerous element survived the demise of the “Lost City,” and its rampant spread is quickly endangering humanity. The epic journey takes players to some of the most historic and exotic locations around the globe, such as the Great Wall of China and the enormous pyramids of Egypt, in addition to places long lost in mythology. Along the way, they will come face-to-face with vicious monsters ripped from history and lore, such as the ruthless Egyptian Pharaoh, Khufu, and Transylvania’s bloodthirsty villain, Dracula.
“You can’t help but want to get involved with an online gaming portal like ijji.com that immediately puts a game in front of 8 million avid fans,” said Peter Kang, CEO, NDOORS Interactive. “We are committed to expanding our community base and implementing powerful partnerships like this one with ijji.com in order to continue our aggressive expansion plans.”
To check out Atlantica Online or obtain additional information, please visit http://atlantica.ijji.com.
About ijji.com
ijji.com (www.ijji.com) is the leading portal for hardcore online gaming. Owned and operated by Irvine, Calif.-based NHN USA, Inc., ijji.com launched in 2006 and now boasts more than eight million unique registered gamers. The portal hosts a diverse suite of hardcore, fast action free-to-play online games, each with an optional micro-transaction model. ijji.com’s extensive game portfolio includes GUNZ The Duel®, SOLDIER FRONT™, GUNBOUND® Revolution, DRIFT CITY™, LUMINARY Rise of the GoonZu™ and MINING BOY™, and will soon include the highly-anticipated Unreal Engine 3-based MMOFPS game Huxley: The Dystopia and the fantasy MMORPG Soul of the Ultimate Nation.
About NDOORS Interactive
NDOORS Interactive is the U.S. subsidiary of Korea-based NDOORS Corp., which develops and publishes online games. NDOORS’ other popular online games include the political and economic MMORPG, ‘Luminary: Rise of the Goonzu’ and the time traveling strategic RPG, ‘Time N Tales.’ More information is available at http://www.ndoors.com.
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ijji.com, Mana Energy Potion Blur the line between
Virtual, Real Worlds
Leading Online Hardcore Gaming Portal and Unique Energy Drink Partner to Boost Player Stamina On- and Off-line
IRVINE, Calif. and SANTA MONICA, Calif. – June 30, 2009 – Cheers to gamers and characters, alike. ijji.com, the premier 8 million members-strong online destination for hardcore gamers, has partnered with Harcos to bring Mana Energy Potion, the energy shot created for gamers by gamers, to players in both real life and online. Players in ijji.com’s anime-influenced massively multi-player online role-playing game (MMORPG), Lunia, can now purchase virtual bottles of Mana Energy Potion to boost their stamina in the game. After imbibing the digital versions of the energy elixir, an actual case of Mana Energy Potion will be delivered – free of charge – to players, further eliminating the line between virtual and actual worlds.
“We long admired Harcos for its creative twist on energy drinks for gamers, and are thrilled to partner with them in such a unique way,” said Philip Yun, CEO, NHN USA, host of ijji.com. “This could very well be the first time a product found in game can be purchased and consumed in the real world. Lunia, with the addition of Mana Energy Potions, will change the way online games are played, allowing users to connect with their virtual persona like never before.”
With its mystical forests and fearsome monsters, Lunia provides an appropriately mystical setting for the magic-inspired, fast-acting energy liquid. Mana Energy Potion delivers up to eight hours of enemy-crippling power and comes in a whimsically-shaped 1.69 fl oz spherical potion bottle, and will appear exactly the same in the game. Vitamin-packed and sugar free, it doesn’t come with the cruel crash often associated with sugary energy drinks. In-game and in real life, Mana Energy Potion helps gamers and their characters alike stay alert as they battle relentlessly through marathon gaming sessions.
“As a unique product on the gaming market we are excited to align ourselves with ijji.com, the largest hardcore gaming portal in the world,” said Aaron Rasmussen, co-founder and vice president of marketing, Harcos. “Mana Energy Potion speaks to all the real gamers out there who ever wondered what it would be like to emulate their characters in real life.”
This unique pairing will be the first such collaboration for both companies. Players can purchase virtual Mana Energy Potion in-game at Lunia’s premium item shop for 29 G coins, ijji.com’s in-game currency, per 10 units and 128 G coins per 50 units. Once players purchase 100 units of Mana Energy Potion in-game, they are entitled to a four-pack of the real life Mana Energy Potion – completely free of shipping and handling charges.
Players can also buy Mana Energy Potions through various retailers, which will be bundled with ePins, redeemable for in-game currency, for access to product in Lunia, such as Mana Energy Potions. Players will be drinking Mana Potion right alongside their virtual counterparts in the forests of Lunia.
To purchase your first virtual bottle, and for additional information about Lunia, please check out the following site: http://lunia.ijji.com.
About ijji.com and NHN USA
ijji.com (www.ijji.com) is the leading portal for hardcore online gaming. Owned and operated by Irvine, Calif.-based NHN USA, Inc., ijji.com launched in 2006 and now boasts more than eight million unique registered gamers. The portal hosts a diverse suite of hardcore, fast action free-to-play online games, each with an optional micro-currency model. ijji.com’s extensive game portfolio includes GUNZ The Duel®, SOLDIER FRONT™, GUNBOUND® Revolution, DRIFT CITY™, LUMINARY Rise of the GoonZu™ and MINING BOY™, and will soon include the highly-anticipated Unreal Engine 3-based MMOFPS game Huxley: The Dystopia and the fantasy MMORPG Soul of the Ultimate Nation.
About Harcos, Inc.
Based in Santa Monica, Calif., Harcos was founded by two gamer geeks who discovered a niche at the intersection where gaming and consumer products merge with the launch of their first vitamin/energy beverage, Mana Energy Potion. Each magical bottle of Mana Energy Potion looks like it’s straight out of a video game and is filled with a bright blue liquid that adds +160 to mana, packs a powerful dose of vitamins and delivers up to eight hours of smooth energy without sugar or an after crash. The company’s follow up, Health Energy Potion, possesses a mellow apple-cinnamon flavor and is jam-packed with natural herbs, such as elderberry and ginseng, and the vitamins biotin and folic acid, while providing the same 5-8 hours of smooth, powerful energy with no sugar or after crash. Additional information is available at www.manapotions.com.
Filed under: First Person Shooters, PC Culture | Tags: GAMERSGATE, ROCKIN ANDROID, SUGURI
GamersGate, a leading platform for digitally distributed PC games, today announced a distribution deal with indie videogame publisher Rockin Android. GamersGate will offer a lineup of localized indie videogame titles officially licensed from Japan. The first title available will be the Japanese fan-favorite hybrid shoot’em up, fighter SUGURI, scheduled for availability at the end of June. Additional titles from Rockin Android will soon follow. I’m thrilled with this partnership, said Rockin Android President Enrique Galvez. The rock solid reputation and wide-reaching, user-friendly platform of GamersGate will tremendously help to expose some of Japan¹s best indie PC games to an even wider global audience. We have always placed a high importance on offering high-quality indie titles, said Theodore Bergquist, CEO of GamersGate. Rockin Android has made a name for itself by finding some fantastic indie titles and brining them to market. We’re very pleased to help deliver these titles to the GamersGate community.
About SUGURI:
Experience the rush of battle as you wage intensive aerial duels in the fan-acclaimed SUGURI, one of the most unique hybrid shooter/fighter titles ever created by Japan indie game developer Orange Juice. Showcasing beautifully rendered designs, innovative weaponry, rapid-fire combat gameplay action and a cool techno-trance soundtrack, SUGURI is a must-have, must-play indie game.
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MainGear sent us a press release about thier new Living Room Gaming/Media system
hopefully we will be able to get a demo unit for an in depth review.
-Mario Garcia
MAINGEAR Unveils Luxury Gaming PC for the Living Room
Axess HD Gamer combines high performance gaming and media center
capabilities in a low profile design
Union, New Jersey – June 18th, 2009 – MAINGEAR Computers,
award-winning builders of high performance custom computers for PC gamers
and enthusiasts, is proud to announce the Axess HD Gamer, a luxury gaming
PC that brings high end gaming to the living room. Built into a sleek,
low profile, aluminum HTPC form factor with an acrylic trim, the Axess HD
was designed to integrate seamlessly into any home theater set up with
existing A/V components.
The impressive list of hardware for the Axess HD includes a powerful Core
i7 processor combined with dual 9800 GT video cards in SLI to deliver a
stunningly visual1080p experience. MAINGEAR also teamed up with NVIDIA to
integrate GeForce 3D Vision so that gamers with Mitsubishi DLP’s or
Samsung desktop LCDs can experience an unparalleled 3D gaming experience.
MAINGEAR further enhances the luxurious home theater gaming experience by
being the first company to offer the Phantom Lapboard, a unique keyboard
that liberates users from desktop settings through an innovative
360-degree rotating design. The Axess HD Gamer also offers cutting edge
media center capabilities including 7 channel pre amplified audio, Blu Ray
and DVD Movies, Music, Home Videos, HD TV, Internet TV, based on
Microsoft® Windows® Vista Home Premium which also provides access
to Netflix’s online streaming through the Media Center interface.
”The Axess HD Gamer was conceived to deliver unsurpassed gaming
performance fused with advanced media center capabilities all contained
within a low profile case, making it the perfect cornerstone for any home
theater environment” said Wallace Santos, CEO and Founder of
MAINGEAR. “A lot of the media centers currently on the market
don’t specifically address the PC Gamer and we want to give our
customers a solution to game from the comfort of the living room without
sacrificing quality or performance.”
“We’re thrilled that MAINGEAR is providing a Games for Windows solution
that complements the wide range of media functionality that Windows Vista
Media Center already provides,” said Megan Both, Snr. Director of OEM
Sales at Microsoft. “This high performance 3D gaming system combined with
the advanced functionality of Windows Media Center make the Axess HD Gamer
a phenomenal option for the home theater enthusiast as well as the avid
gamer.”
Gamers can purchase the Axess HD Gamer at MAINGEAR’s Web site
www.maingear.com or order by phone at (888-MAINGEAR). The base price is
$1,799. Axess HD Gamer comes with MAINGEAR’s standard 14 month
warranty and is backed by the best in-house support team in the country.
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Press release from Zenimax website :
ZeniMax Media Acquires id Software
Brings together two of world’s best game studios
Library of powerhouse franchises will include DOOM, Fallout, The Elder Scrolls, QUAKE, Wolfenstein and RAGE
June 24, 2009 (Rockville, MD) – ZeniMax Media Inc., parent company of noted game publisher Bethesda Softworks, today announced it has completed the acquisition of legendary game studio, id Software, creators of world-renowned games such as DOOM, QUAKE, Wolfenstein, and its upcoming title, RAGE. The acquisition by ZeniMax Media joins together two of the finest, most respected videogame developers in the world, combining the first person shooter (FPS) expertise of id Software with acclaimed role playing game (RPG) developer Bethesda Game Studios – creators of the 2008 Game of the Year, Fallout 3, and the 2006 Game of the Year, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Bethesda Softworks will publish the titles of id Software other than upcoming releases previously committed to other publishers.
Founded in 1991, id Software established itself as an industry leader with some of the best-selling and most critically acclaimed video games of all time. id Software created the original first-person shooter, Wolfenstein 3D, and subsequently set new standards in the genre with the blockbuster releases of its DOOM and QUAKE titles. In addition, id Software developed cutting edge, proprietary technology with the id Tech engine which powers many notable FPS titles, and continues to make great advances in game technology under the direction of John Carmack, one of the country’s technology leaders and a member of the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS) Hall of Fame.
Todd Hollenshead, CEO of id Software, commented on the transaction: “This was a unique opportunity to team with a smart, sophisticated publisher like Bethesda Softworks where the interests of the studio and the publisher will be fully aligned in the development and marketing of our titles. In addition, we will now have financial and business resources to support the future growth of id Software, a huge advantage which will result in more and even better games for our fans.”
id Software will continue to operate as a studio under the direction of its founder, John Carmack. No changes will be made in the operations of id Software in the development of its games. All the principals at id Software have signed long-term employment contracts, assuring they will continue in their roles developing games at the studio.
“This puts id Software in a wonderful position going forward,” said John Carmack, who will continue to serve in his current role as Technical Director. “We will now be able to grow and extend all of our franchises under one roof, leveraging our capabilities across multiple teams while enabling forward looking research to be done in the service of all of them. We will be bigger and stronger, as we recruit the best talent to help us build the landmark games of the future. As trite as it may be for me to say that I am extremely pleased and excited about this deal, I am.”
Robert Altman, the founder, Chairman & CEO of ZeniMax Media stated, “We, along with many others, consider id Software to be among the finest game studios in the world, with extraordinary design, artistic and technical capabilities. They have demonstrated, repeatedly, that rare ability to create franchise properties that are critical and commercial successes. Our intention is to make sure id Software will continue to do what they do best – make AAA games. Our role will be to provide publisher support through Bethesda Softworks and give id Software the resources it needs to grow and expand.”
ZeniMax Media Inc, which is privately held, was founded in 1999 to create quality interactive entertainment products to meet the growing worldwide demand. The Company is headquartered in Rockville, MD and maintains offices in Hunt Valley, MD, London and Tokyo. Among its wholly owned subsidiaries are Bethesda Softworks, a premier publisher of video games, Vir2L Studios which develops games for the casual market, and ZeniMax Online Studios, a studio dedicated to massively multi-player online games (MMOG).
Bethesda Game Studios, the development group at ZeniMax Media, is one of the top video game studios in the world. Its most recent release, Fallout 3, was the 2008 winner of more than 60 Game of the Year awards, including The Associated Press, Official Xbox Magazine, Yahoo, PC Gamer, IGN, Game Critics Awards, Game Developer Choice Awards, and Gamespy. Bethesda also created the 2006 PC and Xbox 360® Game of the Year, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, and the 2002 PC and Xbox® Game of the Year, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. Bethesda Game Studios has created 2 of the 10 best games of all time, Fallout 3 and Oblivion, on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation® 3 platforms, as reported by the industry scoring system found at www.metacritic.com and www.gamerankings.com.
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