2008-02-27
Go! Messenger for the PSP launched 
After launching Skype for the PSP at the end of January, Sony has now created even more bonds between owners of its handheld, with the arrival of the long-ago promised Go! Messenger....
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2008-02-27
Guild Wars surpasses 5 million players worldwide
NC Soft's MMORPG is now at half the number of World of Warcraft subscribers, but considering that you pay nothing to play it online, that's still a bit... well, bittersweet....
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2008-02-27
Guild Wars la cota 5 milioane de unităţi vāndute
NC Soft tocmai şi-a umflat muşchii sud-coreeni anunţāndu-ne cu mare fast că MMORPG-ul Guild Wars a vāndut peste 5 milioane de copii īn toată lumea....
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2008-02-26
Take Two responds to EA's buyout offer 
After announcing yesterday that EA wants Take Two so badly that it prepared $2 billion in cash for the acquisition, we now present you Take Two's answer, which is basically..."wait till we release the GTA cash-cow". ...
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2008-02-26
Dead Space release date set for October 31
EA's spacey survival-horror third person shooter will arrive on European and North American store shelves this fall, only for next-gen platforms, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 respectively....
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2008-02-26
Latest video game charts in the UK
ELSPA (the Entertainment & Leisure Software Publishers Association) has just released the latest figures for the UK gaming market, and it looks like SEGA is in pole position, with Mario&Sonic at the Olympic Games....
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2008-02-26
Microsoft discontinues HD DVD drive for Xbox 360, drops price
After the official death of the HD DVD format, Microsoft decided it's time to eliminate the external HD DVD drive from its offer, pushing up front HD downloads instead....
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2008-02-25
Electronic Arts wants to buy Take Two for $2 billion
The "dirty" confrontation between gaming giants is about to make another victim: EA has recently announced its intention to acquire Take Two Interactive, for $2 billion in cash....
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2008-02-25
Red Ring of Death returns. At the GDC 2008
If you needed further proof that Microsoft's products crash (no matter if we're talking about Windows Vista, Internet Explorer orXbox 360), you have come to the right place. Meaning the Games Developers' Conference 2008. ...
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2008-02-25
Mark Rein about CliffyB: "He's an idiot!"
Who would have thought that the neverending dispute between PC gaming and console gaming would create such deep rift between two of the gaming industry's most iconic figures?...
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2008-02-25
Phil Harrison resigns from Sony after 15 years
The bald boss from Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios decided to take a permanent break, before it's not too late......
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2008-02-23
The UN wants to put taxes on video games to help the poor
This is one of the options the UN is taking into account in its attempt to find new ways of financing its fight against poverty....
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2008-02-22
Portal 2 confirmed by Kimberly Swift from Valve
After taking two awards last evening at the San Francisco Game Developers' Conference, Kimberly Swift from Valve Software let the cat out of the bag about a sequel for Portal....
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2008-02-21
Project Offset bought by Intel
We haven't heard anything new about Project Offset, the impressive game-engine (and possibly game) presented a couple of years ago at GDC, for a long time. Well, the guys behind it are now in Intel's backyard....
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2008-02-21
Age of Conan Hyborian Adventures: Xbox 360 version arriving 12 months later
Set in the ruthless, but highly-detailed world of Hyboria, Funcom's MMORPG will debut on Microsoft's console in May 2009 at best, according to the game's director Gaute Godager....
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2008-02-21
NVIDIA officially launches the GeForce 9600 GT
A long time has passed since the launch of the 8800 GPU and lots of gamers were wondering what does the Santa Clara giant have up its sleeve to beat the HD 3870X2 threat....
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2008-02-20
Devil May Cry 4 sells 2 million copies worldwide
Besides having a new lead character, the Devil May Cry series is apparently enjoying record sales. The first three titles of the franchise were PS2 exclusives, and have still sold well. With the announcement of the fourth title, Capcom decided to go with ... (more)
2008-02-20
NC Soft closes down the Austin studio, "disastruous" Tabula Rasa blamed
If you haven't really heard of the MMORPG mentioned in the title, just relax: neither have we... And we're dealing with lots of games every single day. We just know that Tabula Rasa, the game supervised by the famous Richard Gariott, has unsatisfactory sa ... (more)
2008-02-20
PlayStation 3: 10 million units sold 4 months faster than Xbox 360
PlayStation 3 fanboys must be really pleased hearing that Sony's massive console has already reached the 10 million units sold landmark, but four months sooner than its rival Xbox 360....
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2008-02-20
Gears of War 2 confirmed as an Xbox 360-exclusive, coming this November
The Locust hoard will make a vengeful return this fall on Microsoft's console, the confirmation coming from Epic's Cliffy B himself....
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