2006-12-13
Dragon Quest IX Announced, Surprisingly For Nintendo DS
Just as we expected, Square Enix had an important announcement to make today, about a new Dragon Quest game. But much to the vast majority's surprise, it wasn't about a full-blown next-gen sequel, and it wasn't about a quirky spin-off either: it was, h ... (more)
2006-12-13
Age of Conan MMO Good For Xbox 360
You can literally count all the upcoming Xbox 360 MMO games on the fingers of one hand (or foot, if you prefer), and adding one more today doesn't really change the fact that the Xbox 360 and the massively-multiplayer online genre don't go together wel ... (more)
2006-12-13
Wii Is UK's Fastest Selling Console, 100,000+ Units Already Sold
Initial launch figures for the Nintendo Wii in Europe only indicated that some 50,000 units had been sold in the first 12 hours, on December 8. Predictably, the Wii continued to sell well during the weekend (since there weren't enough to begin with), a ... (more)
2006-12-13
Alien RPG By Obsidian, Alien FPS By... Gearbox?
Barely had we announced on Monday that SEGA would produce new games based on the Alien movies, and now we have the official confirmation that the Alien RPG is being developed by Obsidian Entertainment, creators of Knights of the Old Republic II and Nev ... (more)
2006-12-13
PlayStation 3 To Be Delayed In Europe Until September 2007?
What's with all the crazy rumours today?! And why does Sony always get the lousiest of them? As if it weren't bad enough that the European release of the PlayStation 3 was previously set back to March 2007, some sources within the industry have recentl ... (more)
2006-12-13
Wii Opera Available On December 23?
Having the Wii Opera browser in time for Christmas would be really great, but so far the only ones claiming such a thing are Gamesoul. They say that Nintendo's Sweden website announced the Wii Opera browser (Channel) will be available for download on t ... (more)
2006-12-13
amBX For Codemaster's Racing 'Offsprings'
I'm sure you're going to ask yourselves what is amBX? Well, it's a patented technology signed by Philips, called "ambient intelligence technology," in fact an integrated software engine, scripting language and hardware peripheral solution tha ... (more)
2006-12-13
New Final Fantasy Tactics Portable Games Revealed
Square Enix has gone into an all-out portable frenzy. Barely did they surprise us with the announcement of Dragon Quest IX for Nintendo DS yesterday (instead of PS3 or Wii, as expected), and today we learn about the existence of two new titles set in t ... (more)
2006-12-13
amBX For Codemasters' Racing 'Offsprings'
I'm sure you're going to ask yourselves what is amBX? Well, it's a patented technology signed by Philips, called "ambient intelligence technology", in fact an integrated software engine, scripting language and hardware peripheral solution tha ... (more)
2006-12-13
Fable 2 Goes Havok
Perhaps not the kind of details we eagerly expected, but one step closer to having the "blueprint" of a controversial sequel in our mind. Havok, a name that needs no introduction, has managed to slink in on an agreement through which Lionhead ... (more)
2006-12-12
ESRB System Finds Allies In Religious Groups
There is one such group called the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, a coalition of 275 faith-based institutional investors, supposed to unofficial monitor the overall efforts of controlling sales of violent video games to children. Severa ... (more)
2006-12-12
The Continuum Is Officially Revealed
I'm perfectly aware that the game was initially unveiled a couple of weeks ago, but this time around the developer Seven Lights wanted to print the "legit” label on the back of its product, by making an official announcement, in which several deta ... (more)
2006-12-12
Fallout MMO To Cost $75 Million, Coming In 2010
I thouhgt the day would never come! Not that I was holding my breath for anything else related to Interplay, but the company's latest SEC filing (Security and Exchange Commission) did bring some interesting information to public light, regarding their ... (more)
2006-12-12
Blue Dragon Boosts Xbox 360 Sales In Japan, Reviews Are In
The "boost" we're referring to is, of course, relative, because Microsoft's next-gen console is still far from becoming a widespread gaming device in Japan. However, looking at the initial sales figures for the recently launched Blue Dragon role-playin ... (more)
2006-12-11
The Sims 2: Seasons Coming With The Season
In case you were wondering when would the next add-on for Maxis' (anti-)social simulator be announced, wonder no more: Electronic Arts are introducing The Sims 2: Seasons as the fifth expansion pack in the series - obviously not counting all the "stuff ... (more)
2006-12-11
Virtua Fighter 5 Gets A Release Date And A Joystick
A large number of fans were already jubilating about the release of Sega's latest fighter, and now, the wait has finally entered its final stage, as the company settled down the release date for February 8, 2007. The game will hit the shelves with a pr ... (more)
2006-12-11
Alien FPS And RPG Announced By SEGA
Now there's a name we haven't heard in a while! And if we disregard the Aliens vs. Predator spin-off (albeit kick-ass) series, it's been even longer since we last saw a pure-bred Alien game, based solely on the cinematographic quadrilogy. But as SEGA i ... (more)
2006-12-11
Halo 3 Beta European Sign-up Pages, Bungie Update
A blog message posted by a Xbox community manager from Europe last week (mostly gone unnoticed for several days) has word that Europeans can also look forward to signing up for the Halo 3 multiplayer beta, even if they can't do it on the ... (more)
2006-12-11
Wii Sold More Than Double The Number of PS3s, Sony Responds
Despite the crushing figures published late last week by market research group NPD, Sony is absolutely oblivious of their situation in the US. As previously estimated by various groups, Sony didn't even manage to sell 200,000 PlayStation 3 units in the ... (more)
2006-12-11
New Dragon Quest Game Announcement Incoming?
With just one Dragon Quest game left on the horizon, it should be high time for Square Enix to reveal what the next chapter in their long running role-playing series will be. That is, other than Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and ... (more)