Tag archive: Sierra

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

Game publisher Ubisoft has announced it's bringing its 3rd person shooter War World to Microsoft's Xbox Live Arcade. Scheduled to be available “later this summer”—c'mon folks, there's more than one hemisphere—War World hopes to redefine thenotion of an “arcade shooter” by combining tactical game play, fast action, and next-generation visual effects. In the game, players take on the… 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

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

More depressing news for the industry, Vivendi Universal Games has cut 350 staff and shut down Seattle-based Sierra. The venerable games company created some of the most popular action and adventuregames in the 80′s. The Sierra brand will live on in name only and projects tied to the Sierra pipeline, Half-Life 2, Ground Control II and Tribes: Vengeance are already beingdeveloped by other teams within Vivendi. Also affected by the… Read More

The Serial ATA Working Group announced today two specification development milestones at the Intel Developer Forum here. One centers on doubling the signaling speed for Serial ATA, the other on new cable and connector solutions to support additional applications and usage models. The specification for the second generation Serial ATA signaling speed – 3Gbps – has been completed and the release candidate of that… Read More

This confirms the rumours that have been flooding the net, speculating as to just who the mystery manufacturer is. Sierra Wireless are best known for making the AirCard range, which enable wireless access for laptop computers. The Voq has taken the standard candy-bar phone orientation and applied one major innovation: a flip-out QWERTY keyboard lurking behind the standard numeric affair. This makes it an attractive proposition for those… Read More

The USB Keyboard has a suggested retail price of $29.95 USD and the Optical Mouse has a suggested retail price of $19.95 USD.  Both products are on display at the Logitech booth (#1008) at theGame Developers Conference. We've taken our experience and leadership in keyboards and mice and used them to deliver two quality products that offer new control options to PlayStation®2 fans,” said Fred Swan, Director ofMarketing for… Read More