Burnout Paradise on its way to PC Audience

28 June 2008

Amazingly, after millions of sold copies, Criterion’s racing franchise has made a home on nearly every platform except one: the PC. With Paradise, the company will be breaking that trend. As an added bonus - and given that PC gamers have waited about six years they better get something - this version will have expanded [...]

‘Life With Playstation’ Service Announced

28 June 2008

Earlier today, Sony exec Kaz Hirai announced that it was preparing a new service for PlayStation 3 users, which they’ve dubbed Life with PlayStation. Similar to some other services on the Wii, Life with PlayStation will launch with news and weather information channels, but will expand to some other services in the future. The basic interface [...]

Burnout Paradise Patched, Fixes Loads of Stuff

26 June 2008

Running the gamut from audio, gameplay, and online, the Burnout Paradise patch should take care of any issues present with the game. Well, except for still not letting people restart races. Sigh. The fix covers the PS3 and Xbox versions, with specific changes for each version in some cases. Smaller edits such as making the [...]

Violence Decreases With Violent Game Releases

25 June 2008

While hardly scientific and more of an observation, GamePolitics has an interesting look on how violent crime has dropped drastically with the release of heavily criticized titles. While only a few games are mentioned, think of Halo (2001) or Counter-Strike (2003) and place them on the chart. A number of outside factors considered (crimes not [...]

MGS4: First Impressions

25 June 2008

Wow, where to start, and not give any spoilers. I got Metal Gear Solid 4 yesterday and I have to say, I am impressed. Even from booting up the game you’re excited to play it. The title screen is just beautiful to look at. You are truly immersed into the world right from the start. [...]

Online Behavior Affecting Sales

25 June 2008

You’ve got to remember. These are just simple folk. The common clay of Xbox Live. People of the land. You know… morons. In an interview with prior head of game research for the Xbox brand Bill Fulton, Gamasutra found the source of the problem with online behavior and sales in an interview: … online behavior of our [...]

World of World of Warcraft

23 June 2008

‘Warcraft’ Sequel Lets Gamers Play A Character Playing ‘Warcraft’ This one slipped by everybody. The highly anticipated sequel to World of Warcraft? It’s out. This isn’t just some expansion pack. Oh no. This open up an entirely new world to WoW gamers. Instead of wasting time controlling your character, you control a character who controls the [...]

EverQuest: Come Back (For Free)!

22 June 2008

Hey Sony, World of Warcraft kickin’ your ass? Must be if you’re trying to get back those who have left. The Living Legacy offer is inviting inactive players to come back without charge. Oh, and you get expansion packs and bonus items too. The free period goes until the end of July. President of SOE John [...]

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Consoles

‘Life With Playstation’ Service Announced

Posted on 28 June 2008

Earlier today, Sony exec Kaz Hirai announced that it was preparing a new service for PlayStation 3 users, which they’ve dubbed Life with PlayStation. Similar to some other services on the Wii, Life with PlayStation will launch with news and weather information channels, but will expand to some other services in the future.
The basic interface [...]

download

Call of Duty 4 PC Map Launched June 5th

Posted on 21 June 2008

So what if they’ve been downloaded a million times on the 360? So what if PS3 owners have been enjoying them for a while?
The important thing is that PC players can finally indulge in the world of downloadable Call of Duty 4 content in early June. The wait has proven to be a positive though. [...]

DS

Free DS Wi-Fi at McD’s Goes Away

Posted on 20 June 2008

Enjoy snaking around courses while competing online in Mario Kart DS while downing a Big Mac? Not anymore you don’t. The deal with the company providing the Internet service, Wayport, ended their contract with Nintendo back in November of 2007. However, the service was still running.
On the positive side, many McDonald’s still offer Wi-Fi, [...]

Forum

Multiplayer Games Forum

Posted on 22 March 2008

I am happy to announce the launch of the Multiplayer Games Forum.
I am hoping that everyone can enjoy the new setup and theme as well as the topics. Our goal from the beginning has been to launch the best place for gamers to come together to discuss the latest happenings of online gaming. [...]

FPS

CoD5: World at War - Trailer and New Information

Posted on 28 June 2008

CoD5: World at War - Debut Trailer
This is the debut trailer for the recently announced, Call of Duty 5: World at War which is being developed by Treyarch and will be released on the PC and all major consoles . The debut trailer for World at War was featured exclusively on Xbox Live Marketplace last [...]

Mac

Halo Circa 1999

Posted on 20 April 2008

Remember in the first Halo when the Covenant Elite rushed you with energy swords? Oh wait, that was Halo 2.
Originally though, that wasn’t the case. Master Chief was nameless, he looked thinner, and ran around in third person. This original Apple keynote where they revealed the game for the first time offers an interesting [...]

Massive

World of Warcr… Err, Wifecraft

Posted on 28 June 2008

What if you lived in a modern day Warcraft and in order to sleep with your wife, you need to hit level 40? How do you level up? By doing stuff your wife wants to do. No, this isn’t some deep, horrific horror. It’s a priceless comedy piece from FarkTV that ranks amongst the funniest [...]

News

Burnout Paradise on its way to PC Audience

Posted on 28 June 2008

Amazingly, after millions of sold copies, Criterion’s racing franchise has made a home on nearly every platform except one: the PC. With Paradise, the company will be breaking that trend. As an added bonus - and given that PC gamers have waited about six years they better get something - this version will have expanded [...]

Old School

WANTED: ultimat2.wad

Posted on 25 June 2008

So back in the day, myself and Eric modified this Doom II: Hell on Earth map called ultimate.wad and lost at least three months of our adolescence playing endless deathmatches all night every night. And we named it, wait for it, ultimat2.wad which, to my current dismay as of the date of this post, returns [...]

PC

Far Cry 2 Features 16-player Multi-player

Posted on 28 June 2008

This Christmas season, players who enjoyed the Far Cry universe will get their hands on the sequel and a revamped multi-player mode. While the announcement of 16-player online competition is intriguing, the addition of Call of Duty 4 style leveling and experience may be a knock-off, but as gameplay mechanic, it’s addictive.
Sadly, Game designer [...]


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