Archive for the 'Gaming' Category

Zero Punctuation: Mercenaries 2

This week Zero Punctuation blows stuff up for money.http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/231-Mercenaries-2

Lombardi: Left 4 Dead pre-orders 40% higher than Orange Box

In an interview with VGChartz Doug Lombardi states that Left 4 Dead is experiencing pre-orders around 40% higher than Valve’s recent success The Orange Box.http://news.vgchartz.com/news.php?id=2167

The 32 Best PC Games

Finishing off our popular series, here are GamePro’s 32 picks for today’s finest games on gaming’s oldest platform: the PC! It’s the granddaddy of all consoles. It defines gaming culture. We use our computers to socialize, to communicate, to read news and troll forums. We e-mail, we IM, and despite the systems in our living […]

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed On Everything Mobile

THQ today announces that Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is now available on mobile handsets the world over. This includes the iPhone, where it has been lurking for quite awhile, Nokia’s N-Gage gaming platform, and more than 850 different cellular handsets.http://kotaku.com/5056397/the-force-unleashed-on-everything-mobile

Mega Man 9 — 140,000 in one week in the Americas on Wii

Latest data from the Americas on Wii’s Virtual Console and WiiWare games shows a 140,000 one-week debut for Mega Man 9, easily the largest ever for the system. Other figures include first week sales of Super Dodge Ball and first day sales for Bomberman Blast.http://news.vgchartz.com/news.php?id=2162

Noooooo! EA cans Command & Conquer FPS

According to EA’s Mike Verdu, “The game had fundamental design challenges from the start. We fought to correct the issues, but we were not successful; the game just isn’t coming together well enough to meet our own quality expectations as well as those of our consumers.”http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/30/die-berium-ea-cans-command-and-conquer-fps/

Pandora pre-orders go live

We still don’t really believe it, but the Pandora pre-order page is now live and accepting orders for the open-source gaming handheld.http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/30/pandora-pre-orders-go-live/

EA Admits Pirated Copies Do Not Equal Lost Sales

Electronic Arts says that it understands how an illegally downloaded copy is not, in any way, a copy that was lost as a sale to the company.http://news.softpedia.com/news/EA-Admits-Pirated-Copies-Do-Not-Equal-Lost-Sales-94516.shtml

Sony PS4 Will Use Existing PS3 Cell Processor

The impending PS4, which we last heard was coming in 2010, might be based on the same Cell processor that currently powers the PS3. Japanese tech site PC Watch said that Sony will forgo designing a completely new processor in a cost-saving attempt, and try to squeeze out some moderate technical advancement on its existing […]

New Resident Evil 5 Screen Shots

New RE looks amazing!http://news.vgchartz.com/news.php?id=2154&bump=1