Posts by Wsv771
  • by Quinton Miles

    The NBA2K series is getting ready to enter untreaded territory, as 2K Sports confirmed today on their official forums that NBA 2K9 is coming to the PC.
    “Many of you have already seen that NBA 2K9 will be released on the PC on various sites, and I wanted to confirm that,” says 2K Admin Ron on [...]

  • by Quinton Miles

    Capcom is putting in some serious work in distinguishing the home and console versions of Street Fighter IV, and all of it to this point has looked great so far. Whether its new characters, anime sequences, or the recent marketing pushes, it’s genuinely refreshing to see them taking the approach since they literally just brought [...]

  • by Quinton Miles

    A few months back, Activision confirmed that the Wii version of Guitar Hero World Tour will support downloadable content like its Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 brethren. It’s taken a while for Harmonix to come out and say the same for the Wii version of Rock Band 2, but today did just that via a [...]

  • by Quinton Miles

    Abyssal Technologies announced this afternoon that their new game engine, the Abyssal Engine, is now available for licensing. The engine is available for commercial and independent developers alike, and can be utilized on a number of genres thanks to its tool kit and rendering engine.
    “We are delighted to be able to offer a professional, extensible [...]

  • by Quinton Miles

    Electronic Arts announced this morning that they have signed a three game development deal with Hollywood director/filmmaker Zack Synder. Most recently known for his work on 300, in addition to next year’s adaptation of Watchmen, he will lead the creative direction of the games alongside EA’s Los Angeles studio.
    “I think video games are cool because [...]

  • by Quinton Miles

    Nintendo is preparing to add some notable upgrades to its DS handheld, according to reports from both Nikkei and Reuters.
    Slated to launch by the end of the year in Japan, the new model of the system will reportedly feature a camera as well as the ability to play music. It will also feature more advanced [...]

  • by Quinton Miles

    Sony Computer Entertainment of America has expanded the availability of their prepaid PlayStation Network Cards, revealing today that they will go on sale at Wal-Mart, Best Buy, and select Sam’s Club outlets next month.
    “The PLAYSTATION Network Cards are an easy way for PSP and PS3 fans to obtain great games, movies, TV shows and other [...]

  • by Quinton Miles

    Rock Band’s DLC for the week of September 30 was announced today by Harmonix:
    Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Blood Sugar Sex Magik (Full Album):
    The Power of Equality
    If You Have to Ask
    Breaking the Girl
    Funky Monks
    Suck My Kiss
    I Could Have Lied
    Mellowship Slinky in B Major
    The Righteous & The Wicked
    Blood Sugar Sex Magik
    Under the Bridge
    Naked in the Rain
    Apache Rose [...]

  • by Quinton Miles

    If it isn’t it’s news to me, but the first direct-feed trailer for SNK Playmore’s upcoming fighter The King of Fighters XII recently released. Up to this point, there have been trinkets of news and bits released from various conventions and events, but never anything straight from the source for the rest of the gaming [...]

  • by Quinton Miles

    Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning is having a pretty good first week for itself. So good, in fact, that the game has registered over 500,000 new players according to numbers released today by Mythic Entertainment and EA.
    “In just one week we have a half a million people playing WAR online, and the ranks of Order [...]

  • by Quinton Miles

    Approaching Rock Band 2 is an interesting proposition from a review standpoint. Do you do it as an individual game or as the music platform that Harmonix has touted it to be? Regarding the former, Rock Band 2 doesn’t really push anything forward as far as innovation goes, but as for the latter it does [...]

  • by Quinton Miles

    Think Services Game Group announced this morning that they have entered into a partnership with Reboot Communications to bring the Game Developers Conference to Canada next May.
    “GDC’s strength is in its ability to translate its core values to provide both global and local relevance,” Kathy Schoback, Executive Vice President of Global Events, Think Services, said. [...]

  • by Quinton Miles

    Turner’s GameTap service has been sold to Eurpean digital distribution company Metaboli, as was announced by both companies jointly this afternoon. Under the arrangement, the GameTap service will continue in the U.S. as-is, but behind the scenes Turner will stay on in a “partnership” to assist in the technical and migration support for the service [...]

  • by Quinton Miles

    The 2008 Entertainment for All Expo announced today three new program additions to this year’s event. Headlined by the new “Gaming Bootcamp: Learn from the Pros” event, the Los Angeles Unified School District will also hold an educational program in addition to Ubisoft hosting a booth to show off Far Cry 2 and Tom Clancy’s [...]

  • by Quinton Miles

    The Star Wars: The Force Unleashed demo did pretty well for itself when it released, and it appears the full game itself has followed suit. LucasArts announced this evening that the game has sold more than 1.5 million units worldwide, also making it the fastest selling Star Wars game and for the company.
    “The record-setting sales [...]

  • by Quinton Miles

    Frank Castle’s preparing to enter the War Zone (of consoles) and he’s already chosen his side. This morning on the Official PlayStation Blog, Zen Studios announced that they’re at work on an all-new Punisher title for the PlayStation Network.
    Dubbed The Punisher: No Mercy, the game is a PSN exclusive and is being built on Epic’s [...]

  • by Quinton Miles

    Microsoft’s decision to shut down Ensemble Studios after the completion of Halo Wars was a slightly surprising one. While many thought that was the only game they were working on, a new report by Gamasutra has discovered otherwise as a MMO title based on Halo was also in development.
    According to the article, rumblings of this [...]

  • by Quinton Miles

    Trion World Network announced this morning that it has closed a Series C funding round in the amount of $70 million. The funding efforts were co-led by Act II Capital as well as an unnamed financial institution. In addition, all of the investors from the previous round also contributed.
    “Trion is a pioneer in the video [...]

  • by Quinton Miles

    Nintendo’s mainstream popularity with the Wii got a little more attention last night, as it was featured during a segment of last night’s Primetime Emmy Awards. For the award for Outstanding Writing For a Variety, Music, or Comedy Program, the writers for Saturday Night Live took a unique approach for their appearance, using their Miis [...]

  • by Quinton Miles

    Nintendo announced this morning that their “surprise” title of E3 2008, Wii Music, will be arriving in stores next month on October 20.
    The game will let players improvise on the fly with over 60 instruments, and will come with more than 50 songs from a number of diffrent musical genres. Nintendo has also confirmed that [...]

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