In July of 2007 — back when Nintendo’s cash cow the Wii had only sold six million consoles worldwide — executives at Japan’s Fuji TV and TBS television networks told The Times of London that their viewers were already abandoning primetime television in favor of the new game console. Whether or not Japanese television is still [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, December 18, 2008
When the world at large believes your product is vaporware, your company has never made a cent and your former chairman has been indicted by the Securities and Exchange Commission for promulgating a pump and dump scheme, it’s going to be difficult to convince them that you’re on the level. Especially when your company pays its [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 17, 2008
We’ve been holding off mentioning this new direction for Steam and Valve, but now that it’s out of beta and no longer optional, I felt compelled enough to give you the viewpoint of someone who does live in Europe — since anybody else probably doesn’t care anyway. You see, all digital distribution platforms have been [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 16, 2008
This morning, torn between a fit of sarcasm and a genuine interest in the possibilities, GameCyte reported that the vaporous Phantom had made a comeback: this time as a digital distribution platform called the Phantom Gamestore. But if you try to go visit the Phantom Gamestore right now, you’ll notice something very peculiar — it doesn’t [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 16, 2008
In a new installment of our focus on independent developers, GameCyte talks to Wolfire Games about bringing Kung-Fu Bunnies to Steam.
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Does anybody remember Infinium Labs? You know, the folks that hyped their uber-awesome home console to end all home consoles, the Phantom, hyped since 2002, destined to never actually be released, only to be replaced by the equally awesome (so too awesome for words, right?) Phantom Lapboard? Yeah, that’s the Infinium Labs I’m talking about. [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, December 13, 2008
Spike TV and Mountain Dew are running a contest slash lottery, which gives you the chance to win a free digital copy of a critically acclaimed indie game for XBLA, PSN, WiiWare, or even Steam. All you have to do is submit your name, e-mail address and game preference, then perhaps opt out of the [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 9, 2008
He may be old enough to be your grandpa, but Bernie Stolar knows games (most of the time), and his resume over the decades leaves most in awe. President of Atari during their glory days? Bernie. First president of the SCEA? Bernie, again. The President largely responsible for the Dreamcast’s successful launch (who was mysteriously [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 23, 2008
Ah, good old Good Old Games. The opportunity to actually play Fallout 1 and 2 so I’m not just excited by Fallout 3’s hype for no reason? A chance to relive underappreciated classics like Sacrifice and MDK2? Fully-functional, XP and Vista-compatible retro titles with added bonus content and completely removed DRM?! Where do I sign [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 9, 2008
Just over a month ago, we brought you the news that in Japan, the PlayStation Portable was receiving some very desirable new online functionality, in the form of a direct PSP store for digital downloads, and an infrastructure mode to allow formerly adhoc-only PSP titles to be played over the internet. While we still haven’t [...]
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Monday, December 29, 2008
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