With all of the gift guides out there, how’s one supposed to know which games are the games to get? By comparing and analyzing what the five major video game gift guides have in common! That’s how! We’ve taken the time to gather, examine, combine, compare, and ultimately sort out the gaming recommendations of IGN, GameSpot, Kotaku, 1UP, and GameTrailers in order to provide our readers with the ultimate all-inclusive and game-ranking gift guide.
Continue reading...Friday, November 21, 2008
In a move highly reminicent of last December's "Gerstmann-gate" fiasco, sources are reporting that publisher Eidos has yet again determined that an average Metacritic review score is simply unacceptable -- and taken steps to ensure that such scores for Tomb Raider: Underworld fail to sway would-be buyers. Wednesday, GameSpot UK journalist Guy Cocker twittered the following [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 15, 2008
Leslie Moonves, the President and CEO of CBS Corporation, announced today that the company has acquired CNET Networks for approximately $1.8 billion. The purchase comes in the form of a cash tender for all currently issued and outstanding shares of CNET for a price of $11.50 per share. How does this affect gamers? Well, if [...]
Continue reading...Friday, April 18, 2008
GameSpot is confirming the rumors that have been spreading about the new Mortal Kombat game with a first-look preview, interviewing MK creator Ed Boon from Midway to learn the details about the new title. Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe is going to feature blood and brutal fighting--but will not be M-rated, which I'm sure we'll [...]
Continue reading...Friday, April 4, 2008
The ethical controversy following Jeff Gerstmann's abrupt departure from GameSpot late last November may finally be at an end, following CNET's sacking of the gentleman reputedly responsible for the whole snafu: Josh Larson, VP of CNET Games & Entertainment.
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 5, 2008
One of the most recurring debates in the coverage of the games industry is about reviewing and critiquing video games. It's certainly a matter that concerns developers and publishers. At GDC, when a panel of prominent games journalists made themselves available for questions about games journalism, the audience eventually focused in on the "problem" of [...]
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008
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