Early last month, Microsoft announced an alternative way to get into the Halo 3 public beta–buy a copy of Crackdown. Some of the gaming community offered a cynical analysis of the marketing tactic by Microsoft and said that it was… Read More »

Valve Software, which announced the retail packaging of the upcoming Half-Life 2: Episode Two last month, has today revealed a new estimated release date. The Black Box will ship for the PC and will include Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Portal,and… Read More »

Last month the AIAS (Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences) failed to allow Capcom games from being nominated in its game awards for the second straight year because the game publisher was not a member of the AIAS. The most… Read More »

Industry leaders have bemoaned the tremendous costs attached to projects being developed on new consoles, as estimates reached the $25 to $30 million mark. But Epic Games’ Mark Rein has revealed that Gears of War cost less than $10 million… Read More »

Customers in the UK are preparing for the launch of the PS3 on their shores, and retailers are preparing by offering the system in one of the most hated things in gaming–a bundle. HMV, a large retail media chain in… Read More »

According to Sony, the Wii is simply an "impulse buy." Call it what you want, but when you’ve sold several million units and nearly 20 million games in the course of two months, it doesn’t matter what the competition thinks…. Read More »

Last July, EA announced plans for developing the next Lord of the Rings game; an RPG title under the name of The Lord of the Rings: The White Council. At the time, EA had high hopes for the game and… Read More »

Yesterday, at the unveiling of Dell’s new top of the line gaming PC in Europe, there was more being discussed than just the new high-end computer. Abizar Vakharia, head of global gaming for Dell, was asked about rumors relating to… Read More »

Two weeks ago, Europeans were delighted to hear Sony’s announcement regarding the official launch date for the PS3 in Europe, as the highly anticipated console’s release had been pushed back last year due to shortages of the machine. But the… Read More »

In statements made to the New York Times, Sony’s Director of Corporate Communications, David Karraker, suggested that Nintendo’s reported success in selling 3.2 million Wiis and 17.5 million games–as opposed to Sony’s 1.84 million PS3s and 5.2 million games–was merely… Read More »