Catan News

Curt Schilling-led MMO outfit buys Big Huge Games from THQ, averting potential closure of Maryland-based developer.

THQ cuts staff at Rise of Nations publisher, still on the lookout for potential buyers.

Rise of Nations, Frontline studio reps tell developers how to make their games more Hollywood-like without using cutscenes.

THQ confirms plans to sell or close Rise of Nations dev, spins off Heavy Iron and Incinerator Studios into independent businesses.

Downloadable services dropping prices for US holiday weekend, offering Rez HD, Echochrome, Catan, and more at a discount.

Console maker polling Xbox Live users to elect the best downloadable 360 games of 2007; winners announced during GDC 08.

Smackdown maker scoops up Rise of Nations developer for estimated $20-$40M, touts its forthcoming PS3/360/PC RPG--but no RTSes; future console projects hinted at.

[UPDATE] Activision's multiplatform synergistic action movie tie-in dominates the week's releases; Midway's peckish-adventurer classic leads pack of downloadable releases--which also includes the much-vaunted Super Rub-A-Dub.

Retro offerings to be joined by strategy board game Catan on the new release list of the Xbox 360's downloadable game service this Wednesday.

Band of Bugs, Eets: Chowdown, Luxor 2 announced along with seven others as coming to Xbox Live Arcade beginning February.