Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard, spoke with CNBC last week while at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. During the interview in which he discussed several economic points regarding the video game industry, Kotick made mention of the fact that he company is working on a title called DJ Hero.   "We have the product called DJ Hero that's coming out later this year which is a turntable that you can actually play competitively and spin discs and mix songs."   FreeStyleGames, was purchased by Activision on September 12, 2008 to help produce downloadable content for games in the Guitar Hero series and are set to develop the game. Read More...

Online Free To Play MMORPG, Rohan: Blood Feud, get its new Katar Chronicles update. Included in this new update is a brand new dungeon, entitled the Fire Temple Garden. Designed for Level 80+ characters, you will journey through sixteen newly added quests, which span across four new regions.  Also included in this update is Molly, a cute, new sidekick that will heal and protect your character when summoned. The higher the level you are, the more she will be able to heal you. Also available is a free Rohan: Blood Feud wallpaper calendar for the month of January, which you can download here. Read More...

Sure, we are finally seeing a small break in the ridiculous gas prices but that doesn't mean anyone in their right mind would turn down free gas. EA games hears your plea, they care, they really do. That's why they are putting on an event called "Petrol for the People". Petrol for the People is a a promotional event for the game Mercenaries 2. Starting at 6am tomorrow morning at the Mobil station on 8489 Beverly Blvd and until the tanks are empty you can get free gas. The attendants will even be dressed as Mercenaries. Read More...

American McGee's Grimm: A Boy Learns What Fear Is I know I like free stuff. I also like vidja games. What could be better than Free Vidja Games? Right? Well I guess ones about a twisted version of the fairy tales we all grew to love. Even though the originals were twisted in the first place, but I digest... It would seem that today marks the first release of the new American McGee game, Grimm. You may know his work for twisting up Alice in Wonderland a few years back. Read More...

Spore Creator Contest Do you like creating new creatures with Spore? I'm sure most of you do. If not, then where is your god complex? Everyone needs one of those. Here is you chance to get the complex together and win a few great prizes. At least if you are a competent god, instead of a just god. Remember to have a sense of humor about things. Watch Dogma if you need to see why. Read More...

Guitar Hero Expert Beats Dragonforce Record Score You have no clue how hard it was not to use the line from South Park for the title of this news article. No clue at all. But I figured I would get a bunch of hate PMs or The Hammer dropped or be called a Hater. :) (Search the blogs for the reference there. :) ) So yea, lets get on with this shin dig. Even though I have voiced a preference for Rock Band over Guitar Hero, it does not stop me from giving credit where credit is due. Read More...

The Savage 2: A Tortured Soul Forum has news that the online FTS/FPS hybrid is having a free weekend where all demo accounts will have full access to the game and the opportunity to win cash prizes: Starting May 23rd at 12 noon (-5 GMT) and running through May 26th at 11:59pm (-5 GMT) all demo accounts will have full unlimited access to Savage 2. During this same time frame we will be creating a new experience ladder with prizes for the top TOTAL experience earners as follows: 1st place: $250 2nd place: $150 3rd place: $100 250th place $75 500th place $50 Everyone is eligible for the cash giveaway and awards will be based on total experience earned during the above timeperiod. Payments will be sent via Paypal or Amazon E-Giftcard, recipients choice. Read More...

      This may be fairly old news to any of you hardcore Battlefield fans, but for those of you who haven't heard, the EAD.I.C.E. team behind Battlefield 1942™ and Battlefield 2™ has developed a new cartoon shooter: Battlefie ld Heroes. Set to be released for XP/Vista users this summer, Battlefield Heroes is EA's first title that's completely free to download and play. It will be funded through advertisements on the game's website and on the start menu of the game; no longer will we be bothered with obnoxious in-game ads! Every map will be ad-free. Read More...