2006-08-09
PlayStation 3 Adapter For PSOne & PS2 Game Saves
When we reported that Sony's PlayStation 3 would run mostly all PS2 games, by means of hardware emulation (story), there was still no word on how - or if old saves could be imported on the PS3. Well, now there is, and it's great news for anyone who eve ... (more)
2006-08-09
Neverwinter Nights 2 Dual Beta Testing
Heads up, role-players, Atari and Obsidian are gearing up for a couple of Neverwinter Nights 2 closed public beta tests! One of them will comprise the multiplayer game mode only, and you can read about it in this topic from the BioWare forums. Meanwhil ... (more)
2006-08-09
CellFactor: Revolution, From Tech Demo To Game
Artificial Studios and Immersion Games' well known CellFactor tech demo is being turned into more than just a show-off tool for Ageia's PhysX processor. As announced a few days ago, Artificial Studios are developing a full-fledged (though seemingly sup ... (more)
2006-08-09
Microsoft And Nintendo Sued Over Game Controllers
Sony may be off the hook this time, but it looks like the other two major console manufacturers are in for some serious legal trouble. In a complaint filed on July 31, 2006 by Anascape Ltd., this obscure Texas-based company claims that both Microsoft a ... (more)
2006-08-08
The Prince of Persia saga will continue...
Acording to Ubisoft's final statements, Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones was the game to put and end to an acclaimed trilogy. But, last week, rumors started to pencil out that the series would be making it to the Nintendo's Wii. The fact is not so imp ... (more)
2006-08-04
Jerry Seinfeld Goes For Activision's Queen Bee
The former star of Seinfeld is always looking to make more money. Plus, today during a conference Activision CEO Bobby Kotick announced that his company was working already with the famed comedian for a new title. "We'll have a new intellectual propert ... (more)
2006-08-04
Everybody's Ready For QuakeCon
For those who don't know, QuakeCon is a PC gaming event. More precise is an annual meeting grounds for those who prefer to frag with a keyboard and a mouse. This year's event got its start at 10 a.m. Central time in Dallas, Texas, at the Hilton Anatole ... (more)
2006-08-04
No Gear of War Demo Prerelease
Like we already found out, Epic Games announce the game's official release date, which will be launch on stores on November 12 - just five days before the PlayStation 3 release. But fans didn't have the chance to see a demo version of the game before t ... (more)
2006-08-04
Midway Looses The Money
Basically, it's good to be right, except when being right means the loss of a of a lot of money. Midway Games reported its second-quarter financial results for the three-month period ended June 30, 2006, and the numbers were almost spot ... (more)
2006-08-03
Refocused Blizzard Hiring For New RTS
StarCraft 2 or Warcraft IV? Ladies and gents, place your bets... while you still can. Because, once again, Blizzard is staffing up for a new real-time strategy game, as indicated by the latest job opening posted a few days ago on the company's website. ... (more)
2006-08-03
The Lord of the Rings Online Crawls Into Alpha
Alpha? Just Alpha?! You have got to be kidding me, Turbine! Months after opening up the Beta registrations for their preciousss MMORPG, Turbine announced today that The Lord of the Rings Online has barely entered the Alpha phase of development, much to ... (more)
2006-08-03
New LOTR Maps For Xbox 360
Lord of the Rings fans, here's something for you. The Ring franchise just got a bit extended. After books, films, posters and collectibles, the fans were hit with a game, which any "diehard" LOTR fan did purchase. ...
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2006-08-03
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Back In Time
There is the rumor that Rockstar Games released the official box art for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories last month and this is the second game from the blockbuster franchise to arrive on the PSP. The cover shows several characters from Grand Th ... (more)
2006-08-03
Mortal Kombat Has Premium Edition
The Mortal Kombat games are known for being overkill games. They let players not only defeat their opponents, but slaughter them in gruesome and humiliating ways. So it's "normal" that the next game in the series will not have a limited premium edit ... (more)
2006-08-03
Rockstar Sued By A Strip-Club
We all know the notorious successful and wildly violent Grand Theft Auto series of games. The series has sparked a number of controversies and court cases in recent years. The developer, Rockstar Games, just put one such case behind it....
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2006-08-03
Naruto Comes Back On PS2
The little blond "critter", with a fox-demon sealed inside him, will be back with the gamers PS2, sometime this winter....
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2006-08-03
NWN Community Expansion Pack v2 Unleashed
Neverwinter Nights' most popular collection of add-ons - the Community Expansion Pack (or CEP for short) - is just about ready to get its second major release. More than two years after the original CEP came out, fans of BioWare's RPG are about to disc ... (more)
2006-08-03
Gears of War Emergence Day Revealed!
A week of cruel teasing and cryptical hints has come to an end today, as Microsoft Game Studios and Epic Games have officially announced that the Gears of War "Emergence Day" will be November 12th for North America, and November 17 for Europe. Develope ... (more)
2006-08-02
Wii Games, More Wii Games! At $49.99
20 Wii games - and that's coming from just three top publishers: Ubisoft (with 7 Wii titles, surprisingly), Midway (6) and Electronic Arts (7). The latest title to make the news this week is Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, which, in addition to the previous ... (more)
2006-08-02
No PS3 Games For Atari Until 2007, And For SNK Until 2009
From a couple of related stories that appeared this week on GamesIndustry.biz and Kotaku, we learn that Atari and SNK Playmore won't be jumping on the PS3 bandwagon just yet. Feeling too insecure about Sony's next-gen console, and especially about its ... (more)