• by Matt Paprocki

    I’m old. Seriously, it’s been 10 years since I first reviewed Medal of Honor on the PS1 for my crappy little fanzine no one ever heard of. That 10 year span is now being celebrated to make me feel older with a PC compilation of all the versions of the franchise released for the PC. [...]

  • by Matt Paprocki

    The DRM on Will Wright’s Spore has led to extensive controversy, thousands of negative reviews on Amazon, and a user revolt. Now that revolt has taken the next step in the form of a lawsuit which claims EA does not disclose the SecuROM is on the game disc. This leads to the inability to uninstall [...]

  • by Matt Paprocki

    A weekly update on the status of Bionic Commando has revealed the game is doing quite well. While Capcom expected 100,000 units across all platforms (PC, PS3, Xbox 360), Rearmed beat the odds for 130,000 units over its first week on sale. This is viewed by Capcom that buyers want four things:
    We are tired of [...]

  • by Quinton Miles

    EA and Crytek announced this morning that Crysis Warhead will ship to stores in North America on September 16. The game, which is a parallel story to the events of the first Crysis, will retail for $29.99 and also inculde a new multiplayer set in the form of Crysis Wars.
    “We think Crysis Warhead is going [...]

  • by Matt Paprocki

    Unreal has never been known for its single player. Purchasing almost any game in the series, even the ones that promised to offer full campaigns, was typically met with disappointment. The same holds true for Unreal Tournament III, and while this Xbox 360 port doesn’t offer all of the customization options of its other console [...]

  • by Matt Paprocki

    Flagship’s first release, the anticipated Hellgate: London, proved to be a disappointment for many. Max Schaefer, co-founder of the development studio, spoke with Eurogamer and explained the problems the game had when it launched.
    “If we made a mistake with Hellgate, it was trying to do too many things for too many people… We ended up [...]

  • by Quinton Miles

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    Fresh off of the first bits of the game being revealed by Edge Magazine last week, Sony Online Entertainment appears ready to let gamers at least get a peak of the upcoming DC Universe Online. Earlier tonight, an official MySpace page was launched for the game that [...]

  • by Quinton Miles

    America Online today announced the launch of BigDownload.com, a joint collaboration between the internet company and Weblogs, Inc. Specifically targeting PC gamers in this venture, BigDownload will offer free downloads, demos, HD game trailers, along with news and reviews.
    “AOL Games is adding to our network of gaming sites by bringing a one-stop online destination to [...]

  • by Quinton Miles

    Talking to MTV Multiplayer’s Patrick Klepek last night, BioWare co-CEO Greg Zeschuk gave his thoughts on Apple’s iPhone, and discussed whether or not we’d could possibly be seeing games from them on the platform in the future. While they are currently doing their due dilgence on the product, he mentions his intrigue in the device [...]

  • by Quinton Miles

    A number of new details on Sony Online Entertainment’s upcoming MMO DC Universe were revealed today, thanks to a report in Edge Magazine.
    According to Jim Lee, comic book icon and the game’s executive creative director, the game will be a “kick-ass hybrid between a traditional MMO and a first-person action console game”.
    Taking up a model [...]

  • by Quinton Miles

    The SecuROM DRM service has been getting quite a bit of attention lately due it’s restriction’s on how gamers access and play their titles. Today, another title was confirmed to be using the method as well as Atari announced that the PC version of Alone in the Dark will utilize the online activation service.
    “This requires [...]

  • by Quinton Miles

    Despite not even having a full version of the game out yet in retail, EA’s Spore Creature Creator is hitting it off big with gamers as the company announced earlier tonight that over 250,000 creatures have already been made utilizing the free downloadable version of the service.

    “The response to the Spore Creature Creator has been [...]

  • by Matt Paprocki

    It seems the upgraded PC release of the Xbox 360 title Mass Effect has some gamers frustrated. As it turns out, the game can run the install program three times before the disc is locked. Coming from the Bioware forums, a poster discussed his frustrating encounter with service reps who finally answered his question, though [...]

  • by Quinton Miles

    Video Games Live is slated to perform a concert at NVISION 08, as was confirmed by NVIDIA this morning. In addition to bringing the popular show to the event, winners of the NVISION 08 gaming tournaments will have the opportunity to join the stage with the musicians to be a part of the performance.
    “Regardless of [...]

  • by Quinton Miles

    Funcom and Eidos jointly announced this morning a slew of features aimed at evolving Age of Conan, which has been doing quite well since its launch last week. New dungeons, a PvP update, and social community features are a number of select items the two companies revealed that are currently in production, some of which [...]

  • by Matt Paprocki

    Scientists, if you can actually call them that after this study, spent hours tracking matches in Unreal Tournament 2004. As it turns out, it’s better to be on the red side. Red wins 55% of the time, beating out their blue counterparts on a majority basis. A Neuroscientist from Denmark tried to bring a reasoning [...]

  • by Matt Paprocki

    Flagship Studios, developers of the shooter/RPG/MMO Hellgate London is apparently in an internal struggle to survive. On a blog post (since removed), one of the original programmers Guy Somberg let gamers know what’s been happening with development on added content in blatant terms:
    “Work is depressing right now. Never mind the fact that Hellgate isn’t as [...]

  • by Quinton Miles

    Atari, Obisidan Entertainment, and Wizards of the Coast confirmed this morning that a second Neverwinter Nights 2 expansion is on the way this year. Officially titled Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir, the pack will add a number of gameplay improvements including full party customization, dungeon crawling, and free exploration of a non-linear game via [...]

  • by Quinton Miles

    Realtime Worlds is ready to start establishing their community base for its upcoming MMO APB (All Points Bulletin), and in doing so has announced that Chris ‘Ulric’ Dye has joined the company as Community Relations Manager.
    In his new role, Dye will start the process of building interest for the game via the usual online outlets [...]

  • by Matt Paprocki

    Released for both the PC and Xbox 360 about a month apart, Universe at War gamers were previously separated by their platforms. With the latest patch, though, that’s no longer a problem. One of the benefits of the update is the ability to battle it out with console owners and see which is quicker: Keyboard [...]

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