2006-11-30
Crytek Ready To Leave Germany, Just In Case...
It seems that the Germans really want to overtake the Americans, when it comes to aberrant measures taken against violent video games. As if it weren't aberrant enough to ban titles such as Quake or more recently Dead Rising. But if the real-world viol ... (more)
2006-11-30
Nintendo's Wii Lands In Europe
The 600,000+ Wii consoles sold in America, in just eight days of availability, should be a pretty clear indication to Nintendo's definite success across the ocean. It's that same succcess that we expect to see next week as well, when the ... (more)
2006-11-30
War Front: Turning Point Multiplayer Demo Download
Following a late October and early November stuffed full of some really great demos, things have been pretty calm in that section lately. But finally, the storm has returned (or is it just a stray gust of wind?), and this time it's the G ... (more)
2006-11-30
Red Steel 2 Spotted, Super Mario Galaxy May Be Late
So far, people don't seem to be very impressed with Red Steel, a game that Ubisoft was hoping to give them a head start in the race to populate the Wii console with all kinds of games. The faulty controls make up the main issue denounced ... (more)
2006-11-30
Sam & Max: Season 1: Episode 2: Situation: Comedy
The eccentric detective duo Sam & Max will return to duty in a few weeks, in the second episode from the new Adventure series launched this Autumn by the former LucasArts bunch, reunited under the Telltale Games studio. They let us know that the new ep ... (more)
2006-11-30
Capture The Flag of Might and Magic
We're not talking about a new Might and Magic game just yet, unfortunately, but only about a new multiplayer game mode that will be introduced in Dark Messiah, along with the upcoming patch version 1.02. Ubisoft have already communicated a lengthy list ... (more)
2006-11-29
Beer Tycoon Starts Pouring In January
I drink, therefore I am! You too will be able to burp this out loud soon - if you haven't done so already... on several occasions... none of which you could remember the next day. Come this January, the self-proclaimed tycoon experts fro ... (more)
2006-11-28
More Next-gen Madness - The Hacking
Far from being over, the next-gen madness has lately been focusing on "breaking" the two consoles, Wii and PlayStation 3. Regarding Nintendo's console, things aren't too complicated, yet. Or at least they don't seem to be. Most of the hacking efforts a ... (more)
2006-11-28
More Next-gen Madness - The Wii... Candles?!
When next-gen technology meets prehistoric practices, we are confronted with the perplexing discovery that, instead of the usual sensor bar normally used to detect the movements of the Wii remote, Nintendo's new console also works with... candles! Befo ... (more)
2006-11-28
The History of Zelda
Ever had that feeling that you really needed something, but you just couldn't put your finger on what it was? Because I have just stumbled upon such a thing, by pure chance, and I figured it might help some of you as well: the history of ... (more)
2006-11-28
Free Ryzom! Campaign Needs Help
Despite being one of the top five rated massively-multiplayer games on MMORPG.com, The Saga of Ryzom is potentially facing immediate doom, now that its developer Nevrax is going into bankruptcy. As customary in such situations, the company's liquidatio ... (more)
2006-11-27
EVE Online: Revelations (Kali) Goes Live Tomorrow
After silently having slipped past its previous release dates for a couple of times, I was beginning to have my doubts that the devs from CCP will manage to deploy the EVE Online: The Path to Kali expansion in time for Christmas this year. But thankful ... (more)
2006-11-27
Baja Mania And Baja Destruction Racing Onto The Wii
Previously known to be in development for the PlayStation 2 over at Broadsword Interactive, Baja Mania and Baja Destruction will (also) be heading to Nintendo's Wii console early next year, as announced over the weekend by publisher Conspiracy Entertai ... (more)
2006-11-27
Xbox 360 Price Cut Hinted. Twice!
Over just a couple of days, two distinct stories have led us to believe that Microsoft will soon cut the price of their next generation console, after all, despite earlier denials from the company. The first story comes out of the UK, where Microsoft's ... (more)
2006-11-27
IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 Flies For Gold With New Trailer
For whatever reason, Ubisoft chose to first announce in German that their upcoming IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 flight simulator has reached Gold status, confirming that it will meet its release date previously set for December 7, 2006. Compleme ... (more)
2006-11-25
Rule of Rose Is Too Perverted For Europe
You know you live on the wrong continent, when the powers that be go crazy over games with a wee-bit of sexual content (as is often the case in the US), or when they take a random stand against games with what they say is an unhealthy amount of violenc ... (more)
2006-11-24
More Next-gen Madness - The PlayStation 3 'Stuff'
I gotta tell you the truth, if I do one more "next-gen madness" piece of editorial with two dozen stories mashed into a single post, I'm gonna go cuckoo. If I haven't already. Like 25 years ago. But anyway, I decided to take one story at a time from he ... (more)
2006-11-24
Xbox 360 Celebrates Birthday With $2,000,000 Theft
Among all the PS3 / Wii commotion this week, Microsoft quietly celebrated their next-generation console's first birthday, by offering their fans 360 reasons to love the Xbox 360. Well ok, so there are actually 372 reasons currently on that list, and ju ... (more)
2006-11-24
Gears of War... Quadrilogy?
If you're still not tired of all the Gears of War news appearing over the past couple of weeks, you might be interested to know that, as far as the game's story and its devs from Epic are concerned, there is still room for plenty more episodes in the s ... (more)
2006-11-24
Ubisoft Wants To Be Number #2 By 2012
They still have a ways to go until they can challenge the absolute authority in the field of games publishing, which of course is Electronic Arts, but Ubi is very keen on rising to the second spot within the next five years. This is what Ubisoft Montre ... (more)