Allegations that a popular online game, Elf Bowling, is a computer virus have been squashed by leading virus detectors. McAfee, Norton and Symantec have confirmed that N Vision Design's Christmas-themed game is not malicious, despite the millions...
French company Hava Interactive, a subsidiary of Vivendi, has acquired US American games company, Prize Central. Joly claimed the site will have four million users in 80 countries, generating 8.9 million hours of viewing time and offering more than...
Xbox Live will play six games at launch: Sega's NFL2K3 and NBA2K3 sports titles; Infograme's Unreal Tournament and UbiSoft's Ghost Recon shooting games; Microsoft's NFL Fever football title; and jump-and-run game Whacked.
IBM is supporting several other projects aimed at the online game industry, including Butterfly.net, an effort to apply grid computing techniques to hosting online games. IBM is set to release on Tuesday an early version of software intended to...
Microsoft last week introduced a subscription-based online game service for MSN Messenger, while AOL launched a new version of its ICQ instant messenger that offers a more personalised touch. The service also has folded in features pulled from...
Sports games are a particularly tough market to crack, given the dominance of Madden NFL and other titles from leading publisher Electronic Arts, which made peace with Microsoft earlier this year by agreeing to support the Xbox Live online game...