Tag archive: Sierra Entertainment

Game studio Electronic Arts has announced it has reached a deal for the exclusive game licenses to the works of writer Robert Ludlum, including the well-known Jason Bourne franchise, recently re-popularized in a trilogy of films starring Matt Damon. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but EA has already sent it's first game to be built on the Jason Bourne franchise off to Sweden's Starbreeze Studios for development.… Read More

The latest installment in everyone's favorite purple dragon franchise has just reached U.S. retailers. Sierra Entertainment has announced The Legend of Spyro: Eternal Night is now available for the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo Wii game consoles, as well as the Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance handhelds. A version should be available soon for mobile phones. The latest installment follows Spyro on his mission to default GAul, the Ape King,… Read More

Pipes, light switches, lasers, blimps and candles will all make their return to perform bizarre tasks in the latest iteration of The Incredible Machine. Sierra Entertainment’s creative brain-teaser breakout from the 1990’s makes its return on mobile phones, this time developed by Vivendi Games Mobile. The Incredible Machine franchise challenges players to use an odd assortment of everyday items to achieve a certain task, such… Read More

Sierra Entertainment has announced that its next-generation strategy and combat game World in Conflict has gone gold and will arrive at retailers September 18. World in Conflict is based on the premise that the Cold War didn't end; instead, western bloc and eastern bloc powers are duking it out on completely destructible battlefields around the world with modern weaponry—including nuclear weapons. Developed with Sweden's… Read More

Sierra Entertainment has announced the second installment in the current Spyro the Dragon franchise—The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night. The new game will continue the Legend of Spyro trilogy, and again features the voices of actors Elijah Wood as Spyro and Gary Oldman as Spyro's mentor Ignitus. The game will feature several all new powers, including four new breath attacks, four new elemental melee moves, four new Fury… Read More

Sierra Entertainment has announced it plans to ship World in Conflict for the Xbox 306 “this fall” and for PCs this September, combining elements of strategy and first-person action in a military action game pitting Cold War rivals against each other in completely destructible battlefields. World in Conflict takes place in an alternate-history scenario where the Berlin Wall never fell, and begins in 1989 as the Soviets advance… Read More

Sierra Entertainment has announced it will be offering the hit 2D arcade game Geometry Wars: Galaxies for the Nintendo Wii console and Nintendo DS handheld. “The Geometry Wars: Galaxies video game is an entertaining title blending old-school arcade fun with next-gen gameplay and action,” said Al Simone, Sierra's SVP of Global Marketing, in a statement. “We are excited to bring the Geometry Wars brand to the Nintendo… Read More

The Crash Bandicoot franchise will be migrating to the Nintendo Wii with “Crash of the Titans,” the newest Crash Bandicoot title announced by Sierra Entertainment on Friday. Keeping with the series’ legacy of cross-platform compatibility, the game will also be available for the Xbox 360, Playstation 2, PSP, Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance, and mobile phones. In his latest title, Crash will have to defeat the plot of his… Read More

Although they announced it in August, 2006, Sierra Entertainment has finally shipped the first title in its genre-combining F.E.A.R. (First Encounter Assault Recon) franchise for the PlayStation 3, bringing the games rated-M mix of first-person shooter and horror to Sony's top-of-the-line game console. “The F.E.A.R. franchise has sold over 2 million copies since inception and now PlayStation 3 system users will be the latest… Read More

Sure, Epic Games' Gears of War for Xbox 360 might have sold a million copies in two weeks…and Sierra Entertainment wasn't going to bring it up because it might make other gams, you know, look bad, but they're setting the record straight now. They'd just like people to know that its Scarface: The World Is Yours video sold more than one million copies in October across the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and PSP platforms,… Read More

Sierra Entertainment and GameTrailers have teamed up to launch a user-generated movie contest called “Show Us Your F.E.A.R.” via the official Web site for the upcoming action/horror game F.E.A.R.—First Encounter Assault Recon, due to ship in November 2006. In the contest, users submit their own unique, short, scary, and creative videos which demonstrate what they feel to be the true meaning of the word fear. (We imagine… Read More

Sierra Entertainment's new video game Scarface: The World is Yours is scheduled to hit retail stores October 8, and will feature sound design and audio effects on par with big-budget Hollywood blockbusters, mixed at George Lucas's Skywalker Ranch by Oscar-winning sound designer Randy Thom. “Scarface is an icon of American cinema and the game needs to live up to not only the film's enduring legacy but also quality… Read More

Sierra Entertainment announced today that its award-winning first-person shooter First Encounter Assault Recon—a.k.a. F.E.A.R.—will ship for Sony's forthcoming PlayStation 3 console in November 2006. Developed by Monolith Productions along with Day 1 Studios, F.E.A.R. combines stylized first-person shooter mayhem and spine-tingling paranormal encounters and close-quarters action. Many screenshots from the coming PS3… Read More

Vivendi Games, through their Blizzard Entertainment and Sierra Entertainment studios, today unveiled their E3 related line up of upcoming video game titles. Many of these titles have expected release dates of this fall and beyond. Debuting from Blizzard Entertainment, said Vivendi, is a new World of Warcraft expansion pack for the highly popular MMORPG. Dubbed World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, this upcoming PC title brings forth… Read More

Vivendi Universal Games, through their video game development studio Sierra Entertainment, today announced they are developing exclusively for the Sony PlayStation Portable a third-person action shooter inspired by the upcoming Universal Pictures crime drama Miami Vice. Miami Vice The Game will be available in July for $39.99 and has a ESRB