UPDATE: Just to be clear, GameCyte.com and its archive will remain online. We are not taking the site offline. In fact, we may resume posting in the future when things improve. Meantime, visit our sister sites: CameraCyte and ToyCyte -- The Editors. When I joined GameCyte one year ago, we had but a single mandate: quality. Over [...]
Continue reading...7. March 2009
Ubisoft succeeded in making real-time strategy accessible with the voice-controlled 'EndWar.' Will 'H.A.W.X.' do the same for combat flight sims?
Continue reading...6. March 2009
'Unreal Tournament 3' didn't launch to the nigh-universal praise of its 2004 precedecessor -- it had to contend with critics ragging on its ho-hum bots and general lack of ingenuity. But if you steered clear of UT3 the first time around, you might want to take a second look this weekend. Yesterday, Epic Games released the [...]
Continue reading...6. March 2009
Is Ubisoft's "Prince of Persia Epilogue" DLC worth your $10? That depends on what you're looking for.
Continue reading...5. March 2009
Online video game rental service GameFly has extended its "universe into the physical world" with the opening of its first rental kiosk, the "G-Box," on the campus of Texas Tech University. Similar to the DVD-rental vending machines currently available in grocery stores and kwik-e-marts across the country, the G-Box kiosk instantly dispenses video games without [...]
Continue reading...5. March 2009
Today, with absolutely no fanfare (no press release, no Major Nelson spotlight and a surprisingly low mention on this week's PlayStation Store update), Ubisoft has released the "Prince of Persia Epilogue" DLC on Xbox LIVE Arcade and PlayStation Network. $10 (or 800 Microsoft Points) will buy you the game's true ending and an estimated three additional [...]
Continue reading...5. March 2009
On March 9, game journalists stationed in Montreal will attend a presentation by EA's Alain Tascan. On March 16, their embargo will lift, and they will likely provide you with full details about an heretofore unannounced game developed at EA Montreal. But we've already got a pretty good idea of what they'll be showing, because viral [...]
Continue reading...5. March 2009
GameStop CEO Dan DeMatteo has responded to the launch of internet mega-retailer Amazon's used game trade-in program. In an interview with Edge Online, DeMatteo placed the probability of Amazon's success with the program squarely at zero.
Continue reading...5. March 2009
There's something in the sea... and it smells like viral marketing. Today, 2K Games has launched a teaser website for "BioShock 2: Sea of Dreams," complete with antiquated world map, missing child poster, and a picture of what looks like a Big Daddy voodoo doll -- with a corkscrew-thimble drill on his right hand, and [...]
Continue reading...5. March 2009
"It's not a Rock Band game, it's a Beatles game," said Harmonix CEO Alex Rigopulos in late October. But today, Apple Corps, MTV Games and Harmonix announced that their hotly-anticipated music game will be both. "The Beatles: Rock Band" will arrive in stores worldwide on Sept. 9, for Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii, at a $60 [...]
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8. March 2009
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