Another Xbox 360 bundle slated for Japan

One thing you can say about Microsoft; those guys never seem to give up. More specifically, Microsoft won’t give up on trying to crack open the Japanese gaming market, which has traditionally been opposed to the Xbox. Microsoft announced today… Read More »

IslandofRhodes.org is a developer commentary site

Today, the mysterious God of War 2-related website IslandofRhodes.org has been revealed as a developer commentary site. Up until now, there had only been a countdown holding the site’s place. The website only came into the public eye after a… Read More »

Half-Life 2: Episode 2 in September?

Doug Lombardi and Robin Walker from Valve have given their newest predictions for the second episodic addition to the Half-Life franchise. In a recent interview with IGN, they said that a September release is what they are currently looking at,… Read More »

Final Wii browser available today

As of this morning, Wii owners have access to the final Opera Browser for the Nintendo Wii. Best of all, this update will be free until June 30. Users simply have to initiate a Wii system update via the settings… Read More »

EA moves Tiger Woods production to Florida studio

Followers of EA’s Madden franchise have always expected, and received, top-notch football games to play. What is little known is that the games are developed and produced at EA studios located in Tiburon, Florida. The Florida site dedicates its energies… Read More »

Circuit City Paper Mario or $20 guarantee is worthless

News of a Circuit City guarantee to award $20 gift cards to unfulfilled Super Paper Mario seekers needs just a bit of qualification. It was previously believed that the store would be handing out this bounty if the game had… Read More »

Valve and Creative Assembly thinking cross-platform play

According to a pair of news stories on CVG, Valve Software and The Creative Assembly are eyeballing cross-platform play between Xbox 360 and PC. The Creative Assembly, developer of the Total War RTS series, is certainly thinking of cross-platform game… Read More »

We don’t know how conclusive this recent comparison test done by thebackbuffer.com is, but it certainly will get some heated discussions going between Xbox 360 and PS3 fanboys and fangirls. The site did a side-by-side test of how similar graphic… Read More »

It's official: The 20GB PS3 is dead in North America

Rumors started circulating that Sony’s 20GB PS3 core machine might be discontinued when Sony’s official store pulled the machine from being sold online. Today, it was made official by David Karraker, Director of Corporate Communications at Sony. He said that… Read More »

The PS3: Computing power for hire

Many in the PS3 community are familiar with the folding@home project where Stanford University has asked PS3 owners to contribute computing time from their machines in an effort to find cures for various diseases. The idea of combining the total… Read More »