2006-09-18
Tony Hawk (PS3) Loses Online Play And Gains Rival From EA
Tony Hawk's future on the PlayStation 3 doesn't look so bright all of a sudden. Two stories came crashing down on Activision's next-gen skating game today, one revealing that Tony Hawk's Project 8 will no longer have online play on the PS3, and the oth ... (more)
2006-09-18
Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles Wii Details Emerge
After much fuss and not much to show for in the online press last week, SPOnG finally has some solid - and presumably valid - details about Capcom's first Wii game from their Resident Evil survival horror series. This latest story bares no mention of t ... (more)
2006-09-16
Prey Will Receive Some New Content
Prey remains to this date a pretty controversial PC title. Many gamers loved it, many hated it, there were countless complains regarding the gameplay's lenght, the lack of true inovations and repeatability. Well, suposely 3D Realms noted all these comp ... (more)
2006-09-16
Wii Profitable From Day One, But Region-Locked And With No DVD
While everyone else (i.e. Microsoft and Sony) would rather make expensive consoles and sell them cheaper than their manufacturing cost, hoping to make up for the loss through software sales, Nintendo are doing the smart thing: they're selling cheap Wii ... (more)
2006-09-16
Don't Panic! Seaman 2 Is Coming
The sequel to Vivarium's quirky pet-raising game Seaman was announced by Sega for the PlayStation 2, though without any planned release date in the English speaking world. As with the original game (released in 1999 for Sega's Dreamcast, and ported on ... (more)
2006-09-14
New (And Final) NWN Premium Module: Wyvern Crown of Cormyr
Hah, what do you know! Despite Atari's saddening decision to discontinue the Neverwinter Nights premium modules program some time ago, apparently one of the modules was so good and close to completion, that they changed their mind and made an exception ... (more)
2006-09-14
2007 Independent Games Festival List Of Entries
There is a time when mega-corporations just don't fit into the set. One of those moments is the Independent Games Festival, which awards the best independent games created worldwide. The organizers have proudly announced that this year, a true record w ... (more)
2006-09-14
Nintendo Wii Final Launch Details: November 19, $250
Nintendo's big announcement of the final launch details for their Wii console was hijacked today by a New York Times story, just hours before Nintendo officially confirmed that the Wii will retail in the US for $250, starting November 19. ... (more)
2006-09-14
WoW:BC - Outland World Map, Talents And The Story So Far...
In these last few days Blizzard revealed plenty of new things about their upcoming World of Warcraft expansion, The Burning Crusade. The talents & spells preview that began in late August is almost complete now (only the Druids and Hunters still remain ... (more)
2006-09-14
Final Fantasy XII Is Coming On DS
Although its "big brother" launch is just around the corner, Nintendo DS keeps on "mesmerising" game developers, thus expanding its portofolio. With every day, more and more titles are moving towards this gaming platform, and among them, Final Fantasy ... (more)
2006-09-14
Virtual Means To Enlist Soldiers
Mysterious are the Army's way. People in the right position had found a particular way to ease up some of the soldiers enlisting effort's burden. In a campaign targeting teenagers, the (US) Army announced the availibility of a new version of its Americ ... (more)
2006-09-13
NHL 2K7 & NHL 07 Combo Launch
I'd like to take a moment to personally thank 2K and EA, for not putting us through the horror of posting two news items about the latest installments in their respective NHL series. Although we could have separated them, NHL 2K7 and NHL 07 were both r ... (more)
2006-09-11
Lineage II: Chronicle 5 - Oath of Blood Launch And Media
Last week saw the release of yet another free expansion for NCsoft's MMORPG, Lineage II: The Chaotic Chronicles. The fifth chronicle, called Oath of Blood, brings new hunting grounds, castles, clan halls and monsters to the game, as well as some player ... (more)
2006-09-08
Devil May Cry 4 Early Features And Scans
We could have waited one more day, until the countdown expires on the Devil May Cry 4 website, but that's only in theory. In practice, the print media sometimes moves faster than the Internet (especially when it's printed in Japan), and thanks to those ... (more)
2006-09-08
2K Picks Up BioWare's Jade Empire For The PC
We were hoping to see the PC version of BioWare's Jade Empire role-playing game released by the end of this year, but along with Atari's latest announcement that they have picked up the publishing rights for Jade Empire: Special Edition on the PC, we a ... (more)
2006-09-08
Spore Refuses To Invade Nintendo Wii (At Least For Now)
Now there's something you don't see everyday anymore - a game company focuses so much on developing a game for the PC that they exclude a console from the lineup. In this case, the people at EA revealed that there are no plans for a Wii version of Spore a ... (more)
2006-09-08
Sony Doesn't Even Have PS3 Dev Kits Anymore
And just when you thought things can't get any worse for the guys at Sony... I'm no big Sony fan, but i honestly feel kinda bad for them, they've been running into alot of trouble lately... Yesterday their PAL release issues and the dramatic cut in number ... (more)
2006-09-08
Test Drive Unlimited, Saints Row Wreak Havok
Even more than wreaking havok, the two newly released Xbox 360 games also reek of Havok, as the well-known physics engine developer saw fit to announce the release of Atari's Test Drive Unlimited and THQ's Saints Row on their website thi ... (more)
2006-09-08
Production underway - IBM Shipping Wii Chips For Some Time Already
The release date for Nintendo Wii is still anyone's guess, as the japanese company's officials still maintain their secretive policy. However, until we get a clear answer it's still good to know that Nintendo (unlike its other japanese competitor, you kno ... (more)
2006-09-07
Lair Will Support PS3's Controller Tilt Feature
It's interesting how Sony chose to equip its Playstation 3 with a tilt-sensitive controller in a period when Nintendo's Revolution / Wii popularity was booming. Coincidence or not, it matters less. What matters is that the move caught the developers of PS ... (more)