Simulation

09.08.12

With Summit Entertainment’s The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part II bringing the film franchise to a conclusion, fans of werewolves and vampires finally get their videogame. The Maxis Label of Electronic Arts has unleashed The Sims 3 Supernatural Expansion Pack at retailers nationwide and for digital download on PC and Mac. In The Sims 3 Supernatural, players will experience the madness of the werewolves’ full moon, the menace of vampires, the magic of witches, and the mischief of fairies as they explore the new world of Moonlight Falls. Intoxicating magic and spellbinding surprises await players as they fully embody a supernatural life, playing as new types of Sims with mysterious powers and enchanting traits.

09.01.12

World Golf Tour has slowly, but surely, grown its audience of golf enthusiasts over the years. The free-to-play golf game is the most popular online golf game in the world, beating EA Sports and Tiger Woods at their own game. In addition, www.wgt.com, which doubles as a social media destination for golfers, has become the top golf destination online. The gaming site has beaten out PGA.com and Golf.com to win this title. WGT Media CEO YuChiang Cheng talks about how a small start-up has become such a powerhouse in this exclusive video interview below.

08.31.12

Signal Studio, the makers of the hit videogame franchise Toy Soldiers, is bringing the hot free-to-play gaming phenomenon to consoles with the upcoming action RPG, Ascend: New Gods. The new game will be available on Xbox LIVE in early 2013.

08.22.12

America’s favorite cartoon family returns to the exciting world of iOS platform games with The Simpsons: Tapped Out on the iPad available for download from Apple’s App Store. The video game takes the best parts of games like the Sims and SimCity and combines them with a social gaming aspect designed to reward its players and keep them coming back for more. Sprinkle the signature Simpsons’ humor on top and you have a interesting experience resembling that of Homer’s favorite sweet treat. 

08.11.12

Maxis is making Electronic Arts hit PC game franchise The Sims 3 scary. The new Supernatural expansion pack will introduce a brand new haunted world along with plenty of new creatures to play with. Twilight has nothing on this game, thanks to vampires, werewolves, zombies and even fairies. Developer Aaron Conners talks about what’s in store for Sims fans when they explore the macabre in this exclusive video interview below.

08.10.12

Electronic Arts is expanding The Sims 3 yet again. Players can break out prepare umbrellas and prepare for the storm with The Sims 3 Seasons Expansion Pack this November. The Maxis Label of EA is introducing all-new activities, seasonal festivals and celebrations, and dramatic weather effects to the popular simulation game. Developer Graham Nardone details the new gameplay in the exclusive video interview below.

08.05.12

Captain Keith Colburn has starred in three Deadliest Catch video games in recent years, including a pair of console games and an online game. One of the stars of the Discovery Channel TV series, which chronicles the lives of crab fisherman in the deadly waters outside of Alaska, Colburn was on the set of After the Catch in Breckenridge, Colorado to talk about the most recent season of the his show. Colburn took some time to discuss technology and video games in this exclusive video interview below.

08.04.12

Captain Scott Campbell Jr., who goes by Junior, is one of the newer captains on Discovery Channel’s hit TV series, “Deadliest Catch” and “After the Catch.” Junior is a take-no-prisoners captain who doesn't take no for an answer. He'll pull no punches to be the best in the fleet, and he's intent on making his mark on the Bering Sea. Though his father tried to break him of fishing when he was young, Junior kept at it, and earned his way to the wheelhouse as a self-made man at a very young age. He was just 26 when he captained his first boat. Junior, who stars in the Deadliest Catch video games, talks about his video game background and talks tech and crabs in this exclusive video interview below.

08.03.12

Battlefront.com has released Fortress Italy, a new installment to their famous warfare simulation franchise, Combat Mission. Available on PC and Mac OS X, the game initially takes the player trough the World War II struggle in Sicily in a stand-alone version that can be played from the American, Italian or German flank.

08.01.12

News outlets are embracing a growing number of innovative and engaging distribution channels to reach the public in new ways. Most recently, several organizations have begun leveraging the interactive quality of video games to drop players into the day's headlines.

08.01.12

On August 5, NASA's most technologically advanced rover, Curiosity, will make its final descent to Mars' Gale Crater near Mount Sharp, where scientists believe water once flowed. NASA launched Mars Rover Landing, a new video game that allows players to take control of Curiosity's descent to the Martian surface, as an educational tool and to help create excitement around this uniquely challenging mission.

07.10.12

Scott Campbell, who goes by Junior, is a take-no-prisoners captain who doesn't take no for an answer. He'll pull no punches to be the best in the fleet, and he's intent on making his mark on the Bering Sea. Though his father tried to break him of fishing when he was young, Campbell kept at it, and earned his way to the wheelhouse as a self-made man at a very young age. He was just 26 when he captained his first boat. The Captain talks about starring in Discovery Channel’s “Deadliest Catch” and “After the Catch” and going virtual in the crab fishing video games in this exclusive video interview.

07.10.12

At the age of 22, Keith Colburn left behind his life as a Lake Tahoe ski bum to seek his fortune up north. He jumped on a plane with his best friend and landed in Kodiak, Alaska with no experience, a tent and $50. With only a hazy, but romantic vision of working at sea and the rumor of big paydays, Colburn was determined to try something new and exciting. He started as a true greenhorn on the crabber Alaska Trader. These days, millions of viewers know him as one of the captains of Discover Channel’s hit reality series, “Deadliest Catch” and “After the Catch.” The skipper of the Wizard talks about crabbing and video games in this exclusive video interview.

07.04.12

Elliott Neese is the youngest captain in the fleet and one of the most controversial characters in Discovery Channel’s hit TV series, “Deadliest Catch”. While he's been crab fishing for 10 years, this is his only second year as a full-time skipper on the Ramblin' Rose.  Neese talks about crab fishing and living the life of a reality TV star, as well as what technology he uses, in this exclusive video interview from the set of “After the Catch”.