2006-11-23
Korean Gaming Led By Microtransactions
When it comes to game addicts, the only ones that could surpass even the Japanese - and I believe they do - are the Koreans. I'm sure you all heard plenty of stories about what a huge role games have in the life of Koreans, about profess ... (more)
2006-11-22
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix In 2007 // UPDATE
Shame on EA for missing out a whole year withough milking another Harry Potter game in 2006! That's right, we're off the hook this time, after five years of non-stop pottering. But the book-to-film-to-game series will be reborn in July 2007, when Elect ... (more)
2006-11-22
Play Lumines II (Demo) On Your PC
So you don't have a PlayStation Portable, so what? You can still play this Lumines II demo on your PC, either online or offline, thanks to the "demo tool" we received today. It may not be quite like the real thing, but it should give you a pretty good ... (more)
2006-11-22
Banned Linux World of Warcraft Players Get 20 Days Free
As a follow-up to our previous story "To be or not to be banned...", we have nothing but good news for the "very small percentage" of World of Warcraft players running the game on Cedega under Linux! It only took Blizzard one week to figure out that th ... (more)
2006-11-22
More Next-gen Madness - The Wii 'Stuff'
I was going to begin this piece by wishing a late "Happy Birthday!" to Shigeru Miyamoto (who turned 54 last week on November 16), and by talking about how the Wii was originally intended to cost under $100 and stuff. But instead, I'm affraid that a mor ... (more)
2006-11-22
Square Enix Goes West, Shops For European Developer
European fans of Square Enix' have all the reason in the world to be happy, because their favorite Japanese publisher is finally taking major steps to expand into Europe. Which means that more of their games will be released on the old continent next y ... (more)
2006-11-22
Blue Dragon Gold, Anime, Manga, And Now Sequel!
Blue Dragon is shaping up to be not only Microsoft's biggest push on the Japanese gaming market to date, but also the biggest game the Xbox 360 has ever seen. Work on the Japanese version is now finished, and Mistwalker's first RPG will be released ove ... (more)
2006-11-20
Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon Deluxe Free Download
Better late than never, we are now being offered the first game in Sid Meier's (and Bruce Shelley's) famous steaming tycoon series, free of charge, courtesy of some 2K Games marketing guys who figured out another way to promote the new Sid Meier's Rail ... (more)
2006-11-20
Dead or Alive 5 Vaguely Announced
What better way to prepare the fans for the 10th anniversary of the Dead or Alive series, than by announcing of a new Dead or Alive game? Said and done, master Tomonobu Itagaki from Team Ninja revealed that he already has a few things in mind for the f ... (more)
2006-11-20
Gears of War Is The New 'King of the Hill' On Xbox Live
The unchallenged king of Xbox Live multiplayer games was, up until last week, Halo 2 - ironically an Xbox title, but one that somehow managed to hold its ground well above all Xbox 360 multiplayer games. The only one to usurp it, at long last, is Epic ... (more)
2006-11-20
To Be Or Not To Be Banned From World of Warcraft On Cedega (Linux)
Last week, a lot of players that used the Cedega platform in order to run World of Warcraft on Linux discovered that their accounts had been suspended out of the blue, and even as they were playing. Obviously, a torrent of complaints immediately floode ... (more)
2006-10-21
The US PC Game Charts - First Week Of October
Something particulary "strange" happened in the week of October 1-7, and that is the fulfilment of a long anticipation: the end of the Sims series reign, even if it is only for a brief moment - until the next month probably. Supposely, this e ... (more)
2006-10-21
Genji: Days Of The Blade Gets A 'Cure' For Its Loading Times
The intriguing discover of a curious Genji: Days of the Blade (the PS3's first finished title) menu option - namely Install - noticed by Stephen Totilo from MTV News, during Sony's Gamer's Day event on Thursday, is raising some questions. First of all, ... (more)
2006-10-21
The Close Combat Series 'Revived'
Sometimes, productive titles of the past are stepping again into the "bright light", and these moments are bound to get a big round of applause. At least, that's the overall intention. According to an article posted on GameSpot, a new upcomin ... (more)
2006-10-21
F.E.A.R.: Extraction Point Is Gold
Another "gold piece" shines in proximity. After a "cooldown" period, sprinkled only with multiplayer matches, it's time for the singleplayer to reign once again. According to producer Tim Hall, TimeGate's SP expansion to Monolith's ... (more)
2006-10-21
No 100 GB Hard Drive For Xbox 360
According to a report launched by TeamXbox, Microsoft was apparently taken by surprise by earlier rumors which indicated that a 100 GB hard drive for the Xbox 360 was in the works, and therefore it called upon a swift response, by reavealing their &quo ... (more)
2006-10-20
Universal And Fox Studios Abandon Halo Movie
You'd think that making any movie based on a video game would be a major risk from head start. Now add up a $130+ million production budget, and a first-time feature director (Neill Blomkamp), and you will soon come to the same conclusion as Universal ... (more)
2006-10-20
New PlayStation 3 Games And Details Revealed At Gamer's Day
It's pretty hard these days to find a piece of news about Sony's PlayStation 3 that doesn't make their next-gen console look bad. There have already been several negative stories about it this week, but for now we'll dwell over the good ones (or at lea ... (more)
2006-10-19
(Anno) 1701 A.D. Is Gold
Aspyr Media announced that the latest PC empire-building simulation, called 1701 A.D., a.k.a. Anno 1701 in Europe, reached the gold status. The game is currently preparing to invade only the European territories, on October 26, given the fact that the ... (more)
2006-10-19
The Warriors Is Heading For PSP
It's of no use to keep the Rockstar Games projects away from the public eyes, when so much commotion is being generated around them. The most recent one is the development of a PSP edition of another controversial PS2 and Xbox title, called The Warrior ... (more)