Square Enix today squashed the rumor that "Final Fantasy Dissidia" and "Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days" would both arrive in the U.S. on Aug. 31. "No, that is not correct," a Square Enix representative said, when asked about a recent Gamertell report concerning both titles.
Continue reading...Thursday, January 22, 2009
Jeff Brown, VP of Corporate Communications for Electronic Arts, today denied rumors that "Skate 2" and "Need for Speed" developer EA Black Box had cut upwards of 200 staff from the Canadian studio. "That's irresponsible of them to announce that," he said, referring to a report published at Gamasutra this morning. "The number is incorrect." Though [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 19, 2009
Word on the street was that Rockstar, brimming with enthusiasm for their "Grand Theft Auto" franchise, was readying a new installment for holiday 2009. Word was wrong. Today, Rockstar representatives told Kotaku there was "no truth" to the rumors. We're not particularly surprised. In a December conference call, Take-Two CEO Benjamin Feder said it was "too early [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 30, 2008
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, [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 13, 2008
When it comes to hardware, New Year's Resolutions need to be made well in advance. TG Daily is reporting [via Gizmodo] that when Microsoft's Taiwanese partners next shrink the die on the Xbox 360's silicon processing units in 2009, there's going to be a substantial redesign as well.
Continue reading...Friday, April 25, 2008
Nintendo may intend to double the number of Wii in consumers' hands this year, but it plans to do so at that same $250 price point the home console has commanded since November 2006. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata told the Associated Press earlier today that there were no plans to cut prices of either the [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 15, 2008
The gaming web as a whole (but Dream Not Of Today in particular) is reporting that that the Python-based source code for the spacefaring persistent-world MMO EVE Online has been leaked via BitTorrent. CCP has released statements attesting to continued security, but parts of the MMO community beg to differ.
Continue reading...Monday, March 24, 2008
Our pay-to-prey FPS fears were apparently unfounded, as EA sought today to quash rumors that those marginally richer Battlefield: Bad Company players would get any kind of gameplay advantage from purchasing additional virtual weaponry via microtransaction.
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009
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