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Shaun White Snowboarding sequel in the works? Not so fast, says Ubisoft

by Jason Townsend-Rogers on Dec 22, 2008 at 10:05 AM

Despite the questionable reception of Shaun White’s initial video game snowboarding venture, he has already expressed confidence in working on a sequel. According to Reuters, “The Flying Tomato” made it clear that the knowledge that he gained with completing his first snowboarding video game will only ensure success with his… Continue Reading »

Olympic Video Games: The not so wonderful world of sports

by Lucy Newman on Aug 24, 2008 at 10:01 AM

With sports fanatics watching the 2008 Beijing Olympics to cheer their favorite teams, gamers can partake in the games via the Beijing 2008 Olympics Video Game for the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC. Released on July 8, 2008, for $49.99, the official game of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games… Continue Reading »

Gamertell Review: Beijing 2008 for Xbox 360

by PJ Hruschak on Aug 21, 2008 at 05:38 PM

Title: Beijing 2008 (aka Beijing Olympics 2008, Beijing 2008 Olympics, Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics) Price: $49.99 ($29.99 as PC Download) System(s): *Xbox 360, PS3, PC/Download (Mobile) Release Date: July 8, 2008 Publisher (Developer): Sega (Eurocom) ESRB Rating: “Everyone” Pros: Includes a lot of events and character graphics are rather impressive.… Continue Reading »

Register now for the OGPlanet Olympics

by Jenni Lada on Aug 20, 2008 at 03:38 PM

OGPlanet.com is going to be fashionably late with it’s free-to-play MMO’s Olympic celebrations. Rather than running its games’ Olympic events at the same time as the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, it is going to be holding events in Albatross18, Cabal Online and Rumble Fighter from September 4 to 14, 2008.… Continue Reading »

Olympic gold medalist Kosuke Kitajima thanks Mario for victory

by Mark Rollins on Aug 14, 2008 at 08:36 AM

With all this coverage of the Olympics, both on television and online, I have seen several sources that have stated that Japanese Olympic swimmer Kosuke Kitajima, after he had won the gold meal for the men’s 100 meter breaststroke, had some very interesting, very videogame-related things to say: See, Mario… Continue Reading »

Join the Project Powder open beta and enter the 2008 Outspark Games

by Jenni Lada on Aug 11, 2008 at 05:29 PM

Outspark’s free-to-play, massive multiplayer online snowboarding gameProject Powder is now in open beta. Take heart, if you were denied entry to the closed beta, for your time has now come. Of course not all the functions are up and running (the ranking feature doesn’t work yet), but they will be… Continue Reading »

Mabinogi celebrates the 2008 Olympics with pandas

by Jenni Lada on Aug 8, 2008 at 04:12 PM

In order to celebrate the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Nexon has added a new pet to Mabinogi - the panda. Rather than just making the panda pet the only way to commemorate the occasion, Nexon is also holding two panda and Olympic related events in the game from August 7-28,… Continue Reading »

Olympic events in Pi Story and Last Chaos

by Jenni Lada on Aug 8, 2008 at 03:07 PM

In honor of the 2008 Olympic Games being held in Beijing, Aeria Games is holding Olympic style events in two of its free massive multiplayer online (MMO) games, Pi Story and Last Chaos. However, while the official Olympic games opening ceremony was today (August 8, 2008), only the Pi Story… Continue Reading »

American Olympic training facility a home away from home

by Jonathan Gronli on Aug 7, 2008 at 01:04 PM

With the start of the 2008 Olympics nearing, the world’s eyes are turning toward Beijing for big displays of sportsmanship and brotherhood to unite the world. While the other nation’s teams are preparing in their own ways, the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) has created a private training facility for… Continue Reading »

International Athletics leaps onto PSP

by Jeremy Hill on Aug 7, 2008 at 08:35 AM

The start of the 2008 Olympic games in Bejing is just days away and the videogame industry is capitalizing on the event as expected. Game publisher Ghostlight brings us one of the first 2008 Olympics-inspired game on handhelds called International Athletics. International Athletics is not directly connected to the 2008… Continue Reading »

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