Archive:  March, 2008

By GamerNode Staff, March 9, 2008 0 GN

We already know about the efforts by EA to buyout Take-Two. The advances of Electronic Arts was scorned by the Board of Directors of T2 and was rejected outright because the price wasn’t right. Electronic Arts offered $26 per share… Read More »

By Creighton DeSimone, March 9, 2008 0 GN

Thursday Apple Inc. showed what their iPhone SDK (software developer kits) were capable of. And the world as we know it changed. Apple has always been known for locking down their systems. No viruses, no spyware, nothing gets through with… Read More »

By Andy Groen, March 8, 2008 0 GN

CVG is reporting on a rumor that is making its way around the world that very soon Microsoft is planning to announce the launch of Xbox Live in the Middle East. There is an event being planned in Dubai very… Read More »

By GamerNode Staff, March 8, 2008 0 GN

In the world of round-the-clock Team Fortress 2 updates, an email response to a player from Robin Walker of Valve mentions that attention to the Pyro class has yielded only mediocre results and changes haven’t been finalized yet. In addition,… Read More »

By GamerNode Staff, March 8, 2008 0 GN

The idea of playing in a world specifically built for MMOFPS gameplay sounds terribly intriguing, which is why those who’ve been keeping their eyes on Webzen’s Huxley have been wondering they’ll be able to pop the game into their Xbox… Read More »

By GamerNode Staff, March 8, 2008 0 GN

Simon Jeffery, president of SEGA of America, made some recent comments regarding that hardcore gamers shouldn’t be excluded from Wii gaming; in other words, he said that Wii gaming shouldn’t solely be aimed at the casual audience. Regarding the platform,… Read More »

By GamerNode Staff, March 8, 2008 0 GN

It looks like Atari is finally on a path to resurgence, thanks partly in having Phil Harrison from Sony and newly appointed CEO David Gardner jumping on board. Parent company Infogrames clearly noticed the restructuring as well and offered to… Read More »

By Creighton DeSimone, March 8, 2008 0 Features

I was pointed in the direction of GamePolitics.com this morning, they had a piece about a blogger who has noticed quite a bit of racism in the Grand Theft Auto franchise. The writer, a schoolteacher in a New York City,… Read More »

By GamerNode Staff, March 8, 2008 0 GN

We all knew that one day it was going to happen. Rumors have been floating around the internet about a possible Sony Ericsson PSP phone because of a patent application that Sony made for one. A few days ago another… Read More »

By Andy Groen, March 8, 2008 0 GN

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick is digging in his heels over this whole potential EA buyout scandal. The Hollywood Reporter recently interviewed him and naturally the subject of EA’s buyout offer came up. Zelnick was very unwilling to discuss the details… Read More »