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...25. November 2008
Update: Several GameCyte readers are having friction with Chase National Bank in sorting out the several confusing offers available at this time. Caveat emptor, and you can read full details in the comments below. Original Story: Pop quiz: Which is the cheapest current-gen home console? If you said the $250 Nintendo Wii, you'd be wrong -- it's [...]
Continue reading...20. November 2008
You can't throw around $300 million dollar bonuses without someone noticing. Tuesday, alleging that the creators of popular music game Rock Band had shipped defective drum pedals in a scheme "designed to deliberately cheat large numbers of consumers out of individually small sums of money," lawyers for Kansas resident Monte Morgan slapped all four -- Harmonix, [...]
Continue reading...20. November 2008
It's official: on February 17th, 2009, the first episode of the $50 million Grand Theft Auto IV downloadable content will be available on Xbox 360. Titled "The Lost and Damned," the episode will reportedly feature Johnny Klebitz, a member of the titular Lost biker gang from the original game, as protagonist; Niko Bellic will play a [...]
Continue reading...20. November 2008
Earlier this evening, we pointed out that a YouTube user going by the pseudonym "Madflux" had won at least one internet since the debut of his ridiculously awesome "Bike Hero" video yesterday evening. But thanks to an astute commenter, we have recently learned that information was incorrect. "Madflux," as many of you surmised, does not exist.
Continue reading...17. November 2008
Update: Square Enix USA president John Yamamoto has confirmed that the LA studio will be working on small downloadable titles, evaluating middleware solutions for Japan, and - perhaps - helping drive a multiplatform future for the company. Full interview at Gamesindustry.biz. Original Story: To say that of late, Square Enix president Yoichi Wada has been outspoken about [...]
Continue reading...13. November 2008
In April of this year, Ubisoft purchased a studio from former subsidiary Gameloft in Pune, India. The press release announcing the move spun the purchase as a way to employ bright new talent. "India has a promising future in the videogame industry," it read, after describing how Pune, the "Oxford of the East," produces 80,000 [...]
Continue reading...12. November 2008
Hello, gamers, enthusiasts, and evidence-seeking politicians! We're instituting a new system here at GameCyte; a system we hope you'll like: From now on, we will be assigning scores to the games we review, defining each title on a pre-defined scale for quick and easy assessment of our overall impressions. Some of our long-time readers may [...]
Continue reading...12. November 2008
When informed gamers typically think of Senators Hilary Clinton and Joseph Lieberman, they don't necessarily do so with a smile -- both strong critics of violent video games, the Senators introduced the failed Family Entertainment Protection Act in 2005, designed to let the government regulate the sale of violent video games. But today, the pair [...]
Continue reading...11. November 2008
Yesterday, in reporting that Sega's Sonic Unleashed has been delayed until Spring 2009 in Japan for quality reasons, we commented that Sega of America would have to make one of two very difficult choices: either delay the game here as well, or explain to dedicated US fans why we would be getting the inferior game. Today, [...]
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26. November 2008
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