Monday, January 21, 2008
On the tournament trail, January 21st
This week, we saw the Aussie Millions come to an end, and the WPT World Poker Open main event begin...
Guitar Hero Sales Hit $1Billion
NEW YORK - Guitar Hero video game hit a industry record on Monday, generating $1 billion in sales in North American retail within 26 months, a market research reported.
Developers are losing faith in Unreal Engine 3
This in-depth Gameplayer article tackles the issues currently facing Unreal Engine 3 (law suits, PS3 compatibility) and then examines the other engines that are powering the next-generation of gaming to look for viable alternatives for developers looking to license middleware.
Funny... Fox Liked Mass Effect in December!
Enjoy this December 3, 2007 review of Mass Effect by Fox News, and watch them trash it a month later. That right there is some fantastic journalism.
Funny... Fox Liked Mass Effect in December!
Enjoy this December 3, 2007 review of Mass Effect by Fox News, and watch them trash it a month later. That right there is some fantastic journalism.
January 30th is International Delete Your MySpace Day
PLease no more myspace. . . . We were just recently alerted here at Mashable that January 30th, just a few scant days away, is International Delete Your MySpace Account Day. Cory Geller sent us to a blog post by Simon Owens describing his growing disgust with the constant friend requests from the fembots
DMC4 videos: PS3 vs. 360
Capcom said way back in May last year that its intention was to make both the PS3 and 360 versions of Devil May Cry 4 pretty much identical.
Gaming's best underdog
Gitaroo Man is the best, most fully realized music game ever made. Better than Guitar Hero. Better than Rock Band. Better than DDR. Better than Rez. Yes, it's even better than PaRappa the Rapper, and that's saying something. It accomplishes what it sets out to do in perfect unified style.
Major League Gaming & ESPN Will Change Gaming - World Wide.
The agreement between ESPN & Major League Gaming could have a world wide effect - Ending with MLG becoming the premier video gaming league in the world and growing larger and more popular than all American sports leagues (NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB) combined.
D2C Pro - First D2C Budget Modchip
Atlast a budget modchip for D2C owners, the modchip looks like it emplys the same signal input as the D2Ckey and therefore could very well possibly be direct competition to the D2Ckey. Take a look and decide for yourself.
Damn COS!!
[This website is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Church of Scientology International]
The PS3 will ultimately win this generation because of BR
This is hard to think, and even harder to say, but if the editor of Next-Generation says it, I'm inclined to believe it: the PlayStation 3 will be the ultimate winner of this generation. And, like in an academic paper, the author actually defines what "winning" means (and what it doesn't mean).
Electronic Arts Wants Even More of Your Money
After seeing the huge sales of downloadable songs for Guitar Hero III and their very own Rock Band, Electronic Arts had this fantastic idea - offer downloadable soundtracks for all of their games!
The Top 7... impractical characters
What do Solid Snake, Lara Croft and Samus Aran all have in common? They dress for success. Their own costume, be it custom-built spacesuit or bottomless backpack, is directly related to their adventuresome profession. No matter the situation, these heroes are loaded with gadgets, training and expertise that'll see them through to the end.
Gordon Freeman gets bored, calls radio show
A physicist named Gordon has been haunted by the apparition of "a middle-aged man in a blue-tinged suit" who has been haunting him as a result of his work on the unexplained "Portal" project. This is what happens when gamers get bored and call radio talk shows.
BioShock Receives Record-Breaking 12 AIAS Nominations
"The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences today announced the nominees for the 11th annual Interactive Achievement Awards. The nominations for the peer-based awards have been dominated by two blockbuster first-person shooter games,
Retaliation for game ends in real life murder
When video game players go bad, someone dies. When someone dies, the media looks for someone to blame. When video games get blamed, gamers get defensive. But there has to be something to this, right?
Sega Plans Amusement Parks Across The Middle East
The popular gaming company plans theme parks across the Middle East and North Africa.
A RMT Industry Revolution?
With the strong growth of B2C trading sites for in-game items exchange springing up in the MMORPG industry, some issues emerge and need to be addressed. Despite all its merits, however, the profit margin is squeezed considerably due to the involvement of a third party. Therefore a new way springs up and is about to change what it used to be.
Michael Rosenbaum as Voice of Hayden Tenno in Dark Sector
The prolific voice actor, Michael Rosenbaum, widely recognized as Lex Luthor from the television series Smallville, will be taking on the role of Hayden Tenno, demonstrating his gradual transformation in Dark Sector.
Thinkr Podcast - Wii Head Tracking
ThinkR Podcast has a small article on how the Wii head tracker works. Videos also included.
Review: D&D 4th Edition: Worlds and Monsters
Worlds and Monsters is a Dungeon and Dragons 4th edition preview book. Check out this review and a short summary of 4e changes.
Video Game Industry Outlook for 2008
Good article that grades Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft's efforts for last year and lays out what they need to do this year to take the crown.
EXCLUSIVE: First Kane & Lynch 2 Details & Screens
Our sneaky little source is at it again! This time, he sends us screens from a survey for Kane & Lynch 2, the sequel to the game behind one of the biggest controversies of 2007.
Donate Your Old Games To U.S. Soldiers
Gamers are quite vocal regarding their dislike of trade-in retailers like Gamestop, who pay fractions of market value for used games that are then on-sold for just below the price of a new copy. So rather than taking a measly fiver for that DS game you're done with, why not donate it to a soldier abroad and help brighten up their rec time?
New video game releases week 4, 2008
Here's a list of this weeks U.S. game releases. The most popular games are Burnout Paradise on Xbox 360 & PS3, No More Heroes on Wii, Advance Wars: Days of Ruin on DS, Endless Ocean on Wii, and Pirates of the Burning Sea on PC.
Beyond the Hype- An In-Depth Look at the Video Game Industry
A post from the Girls Entertainment Network that features an online research / video game activist project. If you are interested in learning how to protect video games from restrictive legislation, this is a must read! The site also has links to other great resources to protect our video games!
New video game releases week 4, 2008
Here's a list of this weeks U.S. game releases. The most popular games are Burnout Paradise on Xbox 360 & PS3, No More Heroes on Wii, Advance Wars: Days of Ruin on DS, Endless Ocean on Wii, and Pirates of the Burning Sea on PC.
Weighted Companion Cube PC!
The Weighted Companion PC is just a diminutive 20cm cubed. Fashioned from acrylic, painted gray and accompanied by a adeptly customized Logitech diNovo Edge keyboard, we've never understood cult idolatry...but it's coming to us now, quickly.
Burning Questions from a Gamer
With four simple questions, the author searches for answers to several questions that are on the minds of many gamers these days. From the Xbox Live meltdown to Payola in Gaming, this exhaustive query uncovers many more questions than answers. A big helping of food for thought.
Call of Duty 4 overtakes Halo 3 as the top game on Xbox Live
The top games for the week of January 14th have been released, and it looks like Halo 3 is now second to Call of Duty 4 as the top game on Xbox Live. It's about time.
Idiot analyst hits out at games, UNINFORMED!
News story of an uninformed so called analyst critcising the 'graphic sex' and 'mowing people down' in mass effect. Please digg this, the media stupidity has got to stop.
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