2007-07-13
Slimmer Game Console, Better Selling Game Console
Sony Corp. has decided to get its PlayStation Portable a little bit more fit for the gamers’ preferences. At the Portable’s fans’ demands and for better compete against Nintendo Co.’s DS, Sony has announced to release in September a slimmer model of PlayS ... (more)
2007-07-13
Violent Games Unlikely to Represent a Real Risk
Although people, and especially parents and non-gamers, think that playing violent video games will harm your spirit, a recent study is to prove that all those worries are senseless. This issue of violent video gaming is similar to the one of watching vio ... (more)
2007-07-13
“Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots” Screened at E3
The “Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots” trailer that Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH has showed at the E3 Media & Business Summit has finally revealed some significant details about the long expected game. Hideo Kojima’s work is to be launche ... (more)
2007-07-12
Will Microsoft Cut Xbox 360’s Price?
It seems that rumors are some strange way of having fun. Or, who knows?, maybe there’s something tricky in spreading this kind of rumors about Sony or Microsoft’s cutting or not cutting their video game consoles’ prices. It has first been Sony that has be ... (more)
2007-07-12
“Project Gotham Racing 4” for Xbox 360 Loses Few Wheels
The fourth part of the “Project Gotham Racing” franchise has been announced to include some gameplay for motorcycles too. The game’s developer Bizarre Creations could pride itself for adding the game something new and special with each version release. Fo ... (more)
2007-07-12
“Killzone 2” Release Announced by Sony at E3
Sony Inc. has announced the release of “Killzone 2” exclusively for their PlayStation 3 gaming console. The game is developed by Guerilla Games and is to hit the market in 2008. The announcement, as well as a demo test, has taken place on Tuesday evening, ... (more)
2007-07-11
Square-Enix Has Revealed the Games to Lineup at E3
Square-Enix has made public its final lineup for the games that are to be exhibited at this year’s E3 Media & Business Summit that will take place starting with Wednesday in Santa Monica. “Final Fantasy” and “Dragon Quest” are among the company’s most ... (more)
2007-07-11
Slash to Enter the Virtual World of “Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock”
The famous guitarist Saul Hudson, better known as Slash, has been announced to both provide an original track and to appear as a fighting character in “Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock”. So the former Guns N’ Roses’s and present Velvet Revolver’s guitaris ... (more)
2007-07-11
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year
It seems that when good luck hits you, there’s no place to hide from it to find you! At least this is the case of “The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion”, a famous, good-selling game, which first hit the market in March 2006. Since 2006 the game has become popul ... (more)
2007-07-11
Most Games Are Boring Because of Their Boring Makers
It sure is strange for a Chief Executive to admit that in fact his company’s entire industry is ruled by boring people that are creating boring products, but this has already happened! It has been Electronic Arts Inc.’s Chief Executive John Riccitiello wh ... (more)
2007-07-09
THQ Tames MX vs. ATV Untamed For The Xbox 360, PS3, Wii...
...And for three more platforms as well. In what is set to become one large cross-platform launch, THQ announced the continuation of Rainbow Studios' MX vs. ATV franchise with a new off-road racing game called MX vs. ATV Untamed, planned ... (more)
2007-07-09
Space Siege Announced By The Makers Of Dungeon Siege
Just one week after announcing Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance, the folks from Gas Powered Games are quickly lifting the veil off of another project, from the five games currently in development for various platforms. This time, however, they're par ... (more)
2007-07-09
New GRAW 2 PC Demo, New World in Conflict Beta
Following last month's multiplayer demo, Ubisoft has released a new massive, single-player demo, for the nearing PC version of Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2. So if the previous 1 GB didn't choke your internets connection, maybe this one will: it w ... (more)
2007-07-09
PlayStation 3 Now $100 Cheaper, 80GB PS3 In August
The console was selling so great, apparently, that Sony Computer Entertainment America announced a sudden price cut for the 60GB PlayStation 3 model - effective immediately! - by $100. The console thus reaches a slightly more resonable price, of $499 ( ... (more)
2007-07-06
DICE Reveals More About Its Next FPS, Mirror's Edge
If you think that the Swedes from EA's Digital Illusions (DICE) studio don't have anything other than Battlefield on their collective mind, you've got another thing coming! Another first-person shooter, naturally, but at least it will be a far departur ... (more)
2007-07-06
NCsoft Announces E3 2007 Line-up, Auto Assault Shutdown
Shortly before announcing their E3 2007 line-up this week, MMO powerhouse NCsoft warned that the ingenious, original and utterly failing vehicular MMO game, Auto Assault, is to close down at the end of August. Despite it receiving several free content ... (more)
2007-07-04
Dead or Alive Online Coming On PC
The pervs from Tecmo are planning to bring their decade-old (yet always juicy) Dead or Alive franchise to one more platform. After the arcades and various consoles, it's finally the PC's turn to bask in the hotness of a new DOA game, revealingly titled ... (more)
2007-07-04
Dates & Delays: Crysis, Zelda DS, Metroid 3, Ace Combat 6 & more...
These last days brought quite a few release date announcements, some of which are actually more like corrections... or delays, in plain English. The games involved range from the DirectX 10 extravaganza Crysis, to the first Zelda game for the Nintendo ... (more)
2007-07-03
Geometry Wars: Galaxies Properly Announced For Wii, DS
Looks like the rumours from a while ago were right: Geometry Wars is indeed coming to Nintendo's Wii and DS platforms, as early as autumn 2007. Or "late", if you wish, considering that the original Geometry Wars minigame was part of Project Gotham Raci ... (more)
2007-07-03
Wii Selling 6+ Times Better Than PlayStation 3 In Japan
Just as the PlayStation 3 was finally confirmed to be in "full production", reports are coming in from Japan that Sony's next-gen console is getting its ports kicked all over again by the Wii. Sixfold! For every PS3 sold in Japan throughout the month o ... (more)