Welcome to the System Update, GameCyte’s more or less weekly accumulation of the very best reasons to jack your console into the internet. Whether you need a quick solo fix or are looking to broaden your online horizons, we’re here to upgrade your gaming experience with the latest in patches, downloadable expansions and firmware updates.
Continue reading...31. March 2008
Over at Escapist Magazine, Brenda Brathwaite wrote a lengthy feature trying to divine the source of the non-gaming population’s antipathy toward video games. She polled a group of forty of her friends who do not play video games about their opinions of games and discovered that the mood was overwhelmingly negative with only two respondents [...]
Continue reading...31. March 2008
Gamasutra recently caught up with Ben Cousins, senior producer on Battlefield Heroes, and discovered just what corners had to be cut and what incentives offered to make Battlefield viable for the masses.
Continue reading...31. March 2008
Remember the other day when we were talking about how Take-Two flat-out refused EA’s bid but left the door open for mergers? Remember how we said any combination of Take-Two and EA reeked of monopoly? Remember how you were so tired of hearing about it that you just skipped straight to the GTA IV news?
Continue reading...31. March 2008
BusinessWeek is reporting that Sony’s high-definition video format Blu-ray is booming, and thanks mostly to the PlayStation 3.
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Microsoft has secured the services of the Safran Digital Group to produce all-new original shows which will premiere on Xbox Live Video Marketplace.
Continue reading...31. March 2008
Last Wednesday, we brought you news of developer Gearbox Software’s partnership with Double Fusion to bring in-game advertisements to their upcoming titles, along with our honest opinion that such a move made no sense for a company built on sci-fi and period pieces. We may have spoke too soon.
Continue reading...28. March 2008
This week we examine the dark depths of the digital divide.
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Social gaming is on the rise. Read inside for our analysis of the phenomenon.
Continue reading...28. March 2008
Remember how you and your buddies made Tommy, CJ and that unnamed dude from GTA3 do all kinds of crazy ****, then checked out their rap sheet to see how many prostitutes you flattened and how much collateral damage you caused? Well, yesterday Rockstar announced they’re expanding that feature a little bit:
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31. March 2008
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