Online Games

A new online gaming experience is happening right here at WND, with the launch of NOW PLAYING: THE NEWS, a web-based platform that mixes evening headlines with fantasy sports and introduces web-based interactive gaming elements to news readers.  

Brett Myers buzzed through the New York Mets' lineup, pitching eight dominant innings and leading the Philadelphia Phillies to a 3-0 victory Friday night that cut their NL East deficit to two games.  

Roy Halladay pitched seven innings to win his fifth consecutive start as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays to extend theirwinning streak to six games.  

More than 4,000 athletes are set for the opening Saturday of what promises to be a dazzling Paralympics, with the head of the international movement predicting a "fantastic" Games.  

The first basketball games in the new Lucas Oil Stadium will be a Dec. 6 doubleheader featuring Gonzaga and Notre Dame. Organizers said Friday that Gonzaga will play Indiana in the first game of the Hartford Hall of Fame Showcase, followed by a Notre Dame-Ohio State matchup.  

HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- Defending Big Sky Conference champion Portland State and Montana State have been chosen to participate in the seventh annual ESPN BracketBusters basketball games in February.  

Midway Games has hired digital advertising agency Ralph to produce an interactive online challenge promoting TNA iMPACT! - a hotly-anticipated World Champion Wrestling game.  

– Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) and PopCap Games®, Inc today announced that they have extended the licensing agreement for Bejeweled® which grants EA Mobile™ the exclusive worldwide mobile publishing rights to Bejeweled and Bejeweled 2 through 2010.  

Deep Silver, the games label of Koch Media, a leading producer and distributor of digital entertainment products, and leading game publisher and developer NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. today release five screenshots for Warhammer: Battle March for the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment...  

Opening day is the most serious time for upsets. Everyone knows that because I just made it up myself. The only form chart is what's been scraped together from the results of the exhibition games. No one knows whether or not the hotshot rookies can really play, or if they've just been making...  

Harmonix and MTV Games announced today the addition of up and coming rock band Locksley to the Rock Band™ Music Store catalog of downloadable content.  

The NFL suspended Minnesota left tackle Bryant McKinnie for four games without pay Friday for violating the league's personal conduct policy, a blow to the protection of Vikings quarterback Tarvaris Jackson's blind side.  

20th Century Fox and The Multiverse Network announced today that they are working on a Buffy the Vampire Slayer Massively Multiplayer Online game. Jon Landau, Academy Award-winner for visual effects and Advisor to Multiverse made the announcement in his keynote speech at the Virtual Worlds...  

- San Jose-based online game publisher, Gamescampus.com ( www.gamescampus.com, run by OnNet USA), announced today that is has officially launched Asda Story, its free to play exciting fantasy-style anime 3D MMORPG game. The client is available to download at http://asdastory.gamescampus.com/.  

New global online game publisher True Games Interactive (www.truegamesinteractive.com) announced today that it has signed an exclusive deal with GOA, Orange's Games Unit. GOA will exclusively publish, distribute and operate True Games's upcoming online title from Petroglyph Studios. In April of...