Based on the upcoming DreamWorks Animation film created by Jerry Seinfeld, Bee Movie Game allows players to race, chase, fly and blast their way through the adrenaline-fuelled world from the film, and beyond.
The game offers more than 15 levels, compelling side-quests, amusing multi-player mini-games and a wide variety of content co-created by Activision and DreamWorks exclusively for the game.
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Piñatas are here to stay, and just in time for Halloween! Microsoft Game Studios and Krome Studios announced that Viva Piñata: Party Animals, based on an episode of the critically acclaimed television series, has arrived to stores exclusively for the Xbox 360.
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Cars: Mater-National on the Xbox 360, and a variety of other consoles, shipped to retailers today. Yes, a variety that includes the PS2, Nintendo DS, Windows PC, and of course, the next-gen consoles. However, both the Wii and GBA versions will not be available until November.
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Microsoft has announced that they will expand its selection of family-oriented programming on Xbox LIVE with more than 100 new episodes from popular Warner Bros. and Nickelodeon shows.
More than 50 episodes of the classic Looney Tunes library will be offered for the first time in high definition for on-demand download. Additionally, 10 episodes will be available in Spanish. Nickelodeon will offer three top shows, The Backyardigans, Blue’s Clues, and iCarly. Episodes of the latter will be added to Xbox LIVE immediately after they air on Nickelodeon’s TEENick.
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When Rare announced that they were parting ways with Nintendo, it caused shock waves throughout the gaming world. Let’s face facts, when the creators of Golden Eye and other huge hits decides to leave, it makes news. Then Rare made even more news when they announced that their first game without Nintendo would be for the Xbox family. The rest is old news but after a successful release of Kameo and then of Perfect Dark (while not that perfect), it seemed Rare had left their mark on the Xbox 360.
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CYBERCHASE Invites Mystery-Loving, Puzzle-Solving Kids Everywhere to Enter the Third Annual CYBERCHASE ONLINE CONTEST, September 26 Through October 31
CYBERCHASE Mystery Week on PBS KIDS GO! Brings Five New Episodes, to Air During Monthlong Chance to Win Two Laptop Computers from Intel and Exciting CYBERCHASE Products from Flying Minds.
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Summer is here and the kids are at home. This is a great time to demonstrate how you parents can use the Xbox® video game system to teach your children while they are playing . Yes, that’s right, while they’re playing. Xbox can teach children and entertain at the same time, making it an even more invaluable piece of hardware in your family’s living room.
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Time after time, the Xbox version of a game outperforms the rest of the consoles, and often the PC versions as well. Look in any multi-platform gaming magazine, and you notice that the Xbox versions consistently score higher.
PC games are great, mainly because of all the variables and parameters you can set within the game and the display. But it’s costly to upgrade a PC every year with a new audio card, video card, and monitor in order take advantage of the best of the PC gaming market.
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The Xbox video game system is full of great games for every type of gamer. Hardcore gamers, occasional gamers, laid back gamers: Xbox has you covered.
While you might know that Xbox provides a ton of great games and even gives you the chance to talk and play with others via Xbox Live, you may not know about the Xbox Live Arcade.
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The majority of mothers with children aged 14 and younger regularly censor the television shows, online offerings, and video games their children view, according to a study by Decision Analyst, a leading international marketing research and marketing consulting firm. Read more…
Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest videogame publishers, announces today that it has signed a licensing agreement with DIC Entertainment, a leading children’s entertainment company, to create videogames based on the new, stylish Trollz. The exclusive worldwide agreement covers interactive games based on the tween entertainment and lifestyle property for all existing game formats.
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THQ Inc. and Nickelodeon today announced the release of Blue’s Room: Blue Talks! for the PC. Published by ValuSoft, a division of THQ Inc. and leading global publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment software, Blue’s Room: Blue Talks! is rated “EC” for Early Childhood and will be available at retailers throughout North America for $19.99.
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Electronic Arts and Atomic Toys, LLC released details on a joint partnership today for the creation and distribution of the first Sims toyline to stores this fall. EA, the leader in interactive entertainment software, will provide the art and concept for the toyline while Atomic Toys will produce the actual toys. The Urbz: Sims in the City videogame is scheduled to ship on the PlayStation 2, the Xbox, the Nintendo GameCube, the Nintendo Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS this November under the EA GAMES brand.
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Role-playing games (RPGs) first emerged on the PC, and soon spread their popularity
across to console platforms. The key feature that makes the genre so popular
is its open-ended gameplay. Most RPGs let you create and customize your character(s)
any way you desire instead of having to play with pre-made personalities. Games
such as Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind give you many character customization options,
offering huge worlds to explore with lots of challenges to overcome. As you
take on these various challenges and your character(s) become stronger, you’re
thus able to take on even harder challenges.
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There’s nothing like packs of cars or bikes speeding to the finish line,
each vying for the lead. Such racing games are fun for the whole family. Just
hook up multiple controllers for hours of fun seeing who gets to the checkered
flag first.
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“Finding Nemo” Videogames Finish 2003 as the Best-Selling Family
Game of the Year.
THQ Inc. and Disney Interactive today announced that the videogames based on
the Walt Disney Pictures presentation of a Pixar Animation Studios film “Finding
Nemo” will be added to both the Nintendo GameCubeâ„¢ “Players
Choice” collection and “Family Platinum Series” for the
Xboxâ„¢ videogame system from Microsoft. “Finding Nemo”
is one of the first third-party titles based on a family license to be recognized
on Xbox as a top seller. “Finding Nemo” for Xbox and Nintendo GameCube
is now available at retail outlets across North America for the suggested retail
price of $19.99.
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THQ Inc. today announced that Scooby-Doo! Mystery Mayhem , licensed by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and based on the classic Scooby-Doo! TM television series, is now available for the PlayStation® 2 computer entertainment system, Xbox® game console from Microsoft and Nintendo® GameCube TM at retailers throughout North America. Read more…
While the media and politicians focused on Mature-rated video games in 2003, new data reveals that the percentage of M-rated games sold last year actually declined while the number of Teen-rated games sold rose, according to the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), the U.S. association representing computer and video game software publishers. The data shows that combined sales for computer and video games exceeded $7 billion for the first time ever, and that a record number of console video games sold more than 500,000 and one million units.
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A group of researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and MIT believe
that video games are an effective platform for learning, and have launched
the Education Arcade, an initiative to increase awareness in teachers of the
effectiveness of video games in learning, and to encourage developers to create
educational games. The program began last fall, and was featured in Technology
and Learning magazine as one of the top 10 innovative projects of 2003. Read more…
So, you got your little one a shiny new Xbox game console for Christmas – Good choice! Now what games do ya’ get to go with it?
Xbox Solution and your old pal Elder, have a few age appropriate & kid tested suggestions. The games described below
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