As far as Nintendo's Q2 financials are concerned, all you really need to know as a gamer is that they are rock solid. Sales estimates are up and Nintendo is making money hand-over-fist, the saturation of the Japanese DS market notwithstanding. But there were a couple of other announcements at Nintendo's Q2 earnings presentation today that [...]
Continue reading...31. October 2008
Despite their average lack of quality, building movies around video game licenses seems to be the in thing right now. Dead Space, Prince of Persia, Lost Planet, even The Sims will have their own movies shortly, and there are plenty more in the works. Yesterday evening, Variety discovered that four film studios were bidding for the [...]
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In March, noting how creative director Alex Ward had promised Burnout Paradise owners an entire archipelago of free DLC, we posited the question: "Will DLC finally mean something in Burnout Paradise?" Seven months later, we haven't gotten our promised island chain, but the answer is still a resounding yes. With new game modes, objectives, activities, [...]
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The wait is over. Five months after its beautiful teaser trailer sent shockwaves though the gaming blogosphere, you can finally break through the glowing red door and play the first level of Mirror's Edge for yourself. Today, ahead of its anticipated November 6th release, the Mirror's Edge demo has hit PlayStation Network and Xbox Live [...]
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Barack Hussein Osama Obama, conducting outrageous acts of terrorism in major metropolitan centers. Sarah "Barracuda" Palin, playing with automatic rifles and foreign oil in her $150,000 threads. For radicals on both sides of the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election, it's your worst nightmare come to life. Of course, it's all just a game. Last night, G4TV announced [...]
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Update: AMD's John Swinimer contacted GameCyte this morning with the following correction: "There are no plans to include the driver in ATI Catalyst specifically." Apparently misinformed himself at our meeting Wednesday, Swinimer apologized to GameCyte readers for the misunderstanding. Rather than include stereo 3D support directly in Catalyst, the iZ3D drivers will simply be available [...]
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The very first entry in Telltale Games' episodic Sam & Max series debuted on the PC, almost exactly two years ago. The premiere episode, Culture Shock, garnered largely positive reviews, walking home with a handful of awards and rekindling gamers' love for the cherished dog & rabbit duo. The series has been on a roll [...]
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This morning, Kotaku reported that Electronic Arts had instituted a curious new policy. If forum users were found in violation of EA's seemingly arbitrary rules and banned from the forum, the supposed policy went, they would lose access to all of their purchased games as well. The policy was given some credence by the gaming press, [...]
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"EA Curbs Spending by Curb Stomping 600." "Riccitiello Replaces 6% of Employees with Mercenaries." "EA Cuts Off 2400 Of Its Own Limbs." There were a variety of jokes with which I could have headlined this article. But this is no laughing matter. As many as six hundred men and women working for Electronic Arts, the second-largest independent video game [...]
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Whether he's looking out for shareholders, or just enjoys blowing things up -- that's uncertain. What is certain is that Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello loves Mercenaries. At the tail end of EA's Q2 earnings conference call, Riccitiello confirmed that not only will there be a Mercenaries 3, but that the series might continue indefinitely: There [...]
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