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Prince of Persia Movie Script Reviewed
Tuesday, June 5th, 2007Somebody over at Latinoreview.com is sneaky. Only a year and a half ago one of their reviewers “El Mayimbe” got hold of an early draft of the Halo movie script. Now, in true super hero fashion, he’s done it again – this time scoring a copy of the Prince of Persia movie script. I smell [...]
Blue-ray Price Drop – PS3 Next?
Tuesday, June 5th, 2007You can now buy a Blue-ray player for cheaper than a PS3, which Sony is crediting to “production efficiencies” and cheaper components. Sony recently slashed $100 off the price of their Blue-ray player, bringing the price down to a cool $499. Of course, the next logical assumption is that if components have dropped in price, [...]
CBS Signs World Series of Video Games For Second Year
Thursday, May 31st, 2007In what appears to be more evidence of video games becoming more mainstream, CBS has decided to renew their contract to cover the World Series of Video Games for a second year. The 2007 deal will expand WSVG coverage to four separate hour-long events timed after the three major U.S. events and the finals in [...]
Midway “Punishes” 1up For Low Review Scores
Thursday, May 31st, 2007This is funny. It seems that Midway has decided to exclude 1up when it came time to send out the review copies of Mortal Kombat for the Wii after being upset at 1up’s previous negative coverage, or lack thereof, of Midway games. Andrew Pfister, an editor over at 1up, issued this statement on his blog: [...]
Microsoft Launches Multi-touch Goodness..
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007After earlier today promising to impress us. The next big thing from M$’s consumer electronics division, the folks that brought us the Xbox and the Zune (lawl) has been unveiled. The launch of Microsoft Surface marks the beginning of a new technology category and a user-interface revolution. Surface, Microsoft’s first surface computer, provides effortless interaction [...]
RPG’s… A dying medium?
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007This is kind of an interesting angle. Are MMO’s killing RPGs? Obsidian CEO Feargus Urquhart seems to think so. He believes it’s key that developers of non-MMO RPGs look closely at what the genre offers over MMORPGs to ensure the RPG genre doesn’t lose out to the increasingly popular massively multiplayer online world. ‘I think [...]
Peter Jackson Speculates on Future of Halo Film
Tuesday, May 29th, 2007After the film adaptation for Halo lost its financing last year, you could almost hear the collective groan of fanboys everywhere (myself included) mourning the news. Lucky for us, Peter Jackson hasn’t lost hope. Jackson recently told Stuff.co.nz that he thinks the release and success of Halo 3 will once again spark interest with studio [...]
M$ says they are gonna surprise us, Zune 2.0?
Tuesday, May 29th, 2007Microsoft’s consumer electronics division. The folks that launched the Zune (lawl) and the Xbox. have announced (kinda) that tonight at midnight they are gonna rock our collective socks off. I’m told that tonight, at 12:01am EST (okay, so tomorrow), the division of Microsoft that launched the Xbox and the Zune will unveil something very special [...]
Nintendo: Wii Are The Champions … Soon Anyway
Tuesday, May 29th, 2007Reggie Fils-Aime, the same guy who told people “My name is Reggie, I’m about kicking ass, I’m about taking names, and we’re about making games.” when he first took over as President of Nintendo America, is talking some more trash and backing it up. In a recent intervew with the Wall Street Journal, Reggie made [...]
Manhunt 2: For Those Who Actually Want to Hunt Man
Tuesday, May 29th, 2007Have you ever wanted to play a game where you can chop someone’s head off and wear it as a fashion accessory? Really?? Well, there’s finally a game for you. Manhunt 2, which will be released July 10th, looks like the perfect reason for politicians to rail against video games again. From what IGN has [...]
Blizzard Sues Gold Farmers
Sunday, May 27th, 2007One of World of Warcraft’s (and any MMORPG for that matter) dirty little secrets is gold farmers. Chances are, if you asked random WoW players if they’ve ever bought gold, the large majority would probably reply with an emphatic “no”. But the truth is, people do buy gold from gold farmers – which has been [...]
Pricecuts Incoming … Well Maybe
Saturday, May 26th, 20071, 2, 3, 4, I declare a price war! Speculation over what will happen in the coming months as we enter the 4th quarter of the year, and more importantly, the holiday shopping season, has started a lot of people looking into their glass balls. One analyst, Nollenberger Capital Partners’ – Todd Greenwald, has thrown [...]
Consoles Vs PC… This again?
Friday, May 25th, 2007So since the dawn of time.. Well perhaps since the dawn of the late 90′s, the console versus PC debate/debacle has raged on many a forum and newsgroup. It’s usually never a worth while argument. The general anonymity of the interweb turns civil discourse into the kind of public display that normally adorns bathroom walls [...]
Lost Planet DirectX 10 Showdown
Friday, May 25th, 2007Who would have ever thought a port of an Xbox 360 game would end up being the first DirectX 10 game released for Windows Vista? But that’s exactly what’s happened after games like Crysis, and Company of Heroes continue to shift their release dates. Finally, thanks to Capcom, we get to see what all the [...]
Sony Blames The Internet For Poor PS3 Sales
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007Six months ago, if you asked Sony about the PS3, you heard Ken Kutaragi saying things like “It’s 4D” … “It’s probably too cheap” … and “[We want] consumers to think ‘I will work more hours to buy one.’” But after being outsold by practically everything under the sun including the GBA, a six-year-old hand-held [...]