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Major Publishers Talk Ideas For In Game Advertising

Backstage WWE locker rooms – A THQ rep pointed out that any backstage brawl depicted in a “WWE Vs. Smackdown” game presents an ideal opportunity for presenting ads. Attendees were …
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Celebrity presenters and attendees announced for Spike VGAs

Host: JACK BLACK

Live Musical Performers: 50 CENT LL COOL J

Discretionary Honoree: WILL WRIGHT

Presenters/Attendees: ELIZA DUSHKU RASHAD EVANS FORREST GRIFFIN NEIL PATRICK HARRIS TONY HAWK RAMPAGE JACKSON KEVIN …
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New Wii Drive To Prevent Mod Chips

What they have done is combine the old D1A and drive controller chip in to one which is now called the GC2-D3, as you …
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Ubisoft brings fun home with Family Fest

SAN FRANCISCO – December 9, 2008 – Today Ubisoft announced Family Fest(TM), a new brand of games designed exclusively for the Wii(TM) home video game system from Nintendo. Available in …
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GameStop Best Sellers

GH On Tour (DS) $49.99 COD: World at War (360) $59.99 GH World Tour Kit (Wii) $189.99 Left 4 Dead (360) $59.99 Kingdom Hearts Chain (PS2) $29.99 Gears of War …
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Retro fun from the 80’s: The Great Giana Sisters return – Jump’n’Run debut on Nintendo DSTM

Hamburg, December 09th, 2008 – It was a little bit more than 20 years ago when a game was born that still is a synonym for a whole gaming genre: The Great Giana Sisters made Jump’n’Run gaming available for home computer users all over the world. In 2009, the blondes finally return – and with that, they make it all the way to Nintendo DS for the first time.

Back in the late 1980’s, there was literally no chance to play Jump’n’Run games on home computers like Commodore 64, Amiga or Atari ST. Until 1987, when a small German development team released The Great Giana Sisters.

Their father, Armin Gessert, let them become stars of the genre over night. The Great Giana Sisters was a Jump’n’Run that had everything home computer gamers back then only could experience on video game consoles: A fantastic game world on many different levels, that challenged the players’ hand eye coordination skills to their maximum to jump over deep canyons, collect bonuses and succeed when fighting enemies just by jumping on their back.

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