2006-07-26
Nintendo's Wii Launch Puzzle Hints At October 2?
"Perhaps the secret to the launch information for Wii is somehow encoded in the text of this news item" - this is how a sadistically teasing Nintendo PR guy chose to introduce the company's latest press release. The announcement focuses mostly on Ninte ... (more)
2006-07-26
LotR: The Rise of the Witch-king Expansion For BfME 2
A discussion on the GameReplays.org forums brings word that the PC version of LotR: The Battle for Middle-earth II is to receive a (first) expansion. An EA developer quickly confirmed the news to be true, saying that the expansion's official title will ... (more)
2006-07-26
Gothic 3 Playable At GC 2006, Possible Delay
Reports over the last few days are hinting at a slightly delayed launch for Piranha Bytes' upcoming RPG sequel. October 13 is apparently Gothic 3's new release date, according to the August 2006 issue of the PC Power Play magazine, and the GOCOO music ... (more)
2006-07-26
Re-releases For PSP
Hot Shots Golf and Wipeout Pure are just a few re-releases for the Sony's portable console....
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2006-07-26
Collateral Damage Maps For Free
Good news I guess. After only a few months, the Collateral Damage multiplayer maps are for free. Not long ago they were costing a gamer $6.25. Now the question is whether the other XBL content follow the example?...
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2006-07-26
Gears of War Will Trip The PS3 Release?
At the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2005, Bill Gates, the Microsoft chairman and chief software architect told Time Magazine that his company was planning a novel approach to blunt the launch of the PlayStation 3. "It's perfect. The day Sony launch ... (more)
2006-07-26
Karaoke Machine For PlayStation 2
Sony has confirmed that the karaoke franchise will finally make the PS 2 in Canada and the US....
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2006-07-26
Assassin's Creed Back On the Xbox 360
This is what everybody talks about: Assassin's Creed may be coming to the Xbox 360! This is a rumor that won't die, under any circumstance....
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2006-07-25
AMD To Buy ATi For $5.4 Billion
Weeks, ney, months of speculation have finally come to an end yesterday, when AMD and ATi officially announced plans to join forces in a transaction valued at around $5.4 billion! Though not directly related to the gaming landscape, this merger between ... (more)
2006-07-24
Starcraft Chronicles Fan-made CG Movie
Blizzplanet sends word that a StarCraft fan-made CG animated movie is in the works at a worldwide team of 3D artists. The animation will be called "Starcraft Chronicles" and is currently in the planning stages, as the team still needs to ... (more)
2006-07-24
Pika-Pika-Pikachu DS' Contest
For the fans of the Pokemon series or just of the little electric critter, Pikachu and for the gamers this is good news. But if you are a gamer and Pikachu fan this is best news....
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2006-07-24
Star Wars Galaxies Gets Complete
Star Wars fans get ready. Maybe you'll all want to start collecting your money, because soon enough you'll have to run to your local game retailers....
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2006-07-24
True or False: Is Clinton Planning Federal Taxes On Games?
This is something that we don't know for sure. The official story is that the calls left at Clinton's press office are still unreturned....
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2006-07-24
"Hot Coffee" Finally Got Cold
The "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" sex scandal called "Hot Coofee", finally ended and there are no fines levied. That makes Take-Two "extremely pleased"....
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2006-07-24
Microsoft's Zune - A Potential Gaming Mini-Machine
We already know that at this point Microsoft is havig big plans for its digital media player. The company confirmed the gadget is already in development. The only bummer is that the gaming potential is for now just... potential....
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2006-07-24
Crysis System Requirements. Got A Dual-core CPU?
Far Cry was one of the most resource hungry games of its time, and even today I bet there are some systems that can't handle all the detail from Crytek's tropical shooter at a smooth frame rate. And by the looks of it, Crysis will be no different. You' ... (more)
2006-07-24
Command & Conquer 3 Screens, Scans And Teasings
"He who controls the past commands the future. He who commands the future conquers the past." Yes, it was George Orwell who first wrote that in his "1984" anti-totalitarian novel. But it was Kane who made it famous among the Command & Conquer community ... (more)
2006-07-24
Rayman Raving Rabbids Wii Exclusive?
Well, maybe not entirely exclusive. But by now, Michel Ancel's team is obsessively focused on making the best out of the Wii version of Rayman Raving Rabbids. Speaking to the Nintendo Power magazine, several devs from Ubisoft's Montpellier studio said ... (more)
2006-07-24
15 Million Xbox 360s Targeted By Mid 2007
Microsoft's latest conference from a few of days ago revealed some pretty solid Xbox 360 figures and predictions, despite all the public attention that's being channelled towards Sony and Nintendo these days. By the end of June, Microsoft had already m ... (more)
2006-07-22
WoW:BC Flying Mounts, Blood Elf Paladins, Draenei Shamans
It's a crazy world out there in Azeroth, and it's gonna get even crazier after the release of the Burning Crusade expansion. This week Blizzard revealed more details about flying mounts, and yesterday came the surprising announcement that the Paladin a ... (more)