Archive for the 'Gaming' Category
Gears of War 2 preorders have outstripped those of its predecessor, Microsoft announced today. While the original sold extremely well, its sequel looks set to move even more copies based on good buzz from the original and a large marketing push from Microsoft. And, since the game doesn’t release until November 7, there’s still time [...]
October 15th, 2008 | Posted in Gaming | No Comments
It has been three months since Activision Blizzard bizarrely decided to drop the Ghostbusters video game from their line-up. /Gamer reports that the game has finally found a distributor - Atari. Dan Aykroyd made the claim on a Dallas radio show, but also admitted that the game is about “a year away” from being released [...]
October 15th, 2008 | Posted in Gaming | No Comments
The popular Zombies!!! board game is set to hit the video game world in 2009. Twilight Creations, Inc., the publishers of the game, has reached an agreement with Big Rooster, LLC, an entertainment software company, to develop the Zombies!!! board game into a video game property.
Initially the game will be developed for the Xbox [...]
October 15th, 2008 | Posted in Gaming | No Comments
Week of September 28 – October 4, 2008
1. Spore 2. Warhammer Online: Age Of Reckoning 3. Civilization IV: Colonization Expansion Pack 4. The Sims 2 Apartment Life Expansion Pack 5. World Of Warcraft: Battle Chest [...]
October 14th, 2008 | Posted in Gaming | No Comments
World of Warcraft is updated to versoin 3.0.2 today, bringing with it a host of new features in preparation for Wrath of the Lich King next month. Today’s patch marks the largest changes in years, ushering in achievements, new talents and skills, haircuts, and other changes across the game.
October 14th, 2008 | Posted in Gaming | No Comments
With more and more video games headed to theaters in the coming years, some gamers have been keeping an eye on World of Warcraft, especially after Blizzard announced last year that the one of the world’s most popular games would be spun into a 2009 movie. Now they’re backing off that statement.
Shacknews reports that [...]
October 14th, 2008 | Posted in Entertainment, Gaming | No Comments
Trailing slightly behind last week’s PS3 release, a playable demo is now available for Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway on the Xbox Live Marketplace. The download weighs in at around 1.3 GB of space, and — according to Xbox Live director of programming Larry Hryb — will unsurprisingly not see release in Germany or Asia. [...]
October 13th, 2008 | Posted in Gaming | No Comments
Registered Champion Online users can now apply to get in on the closed beta for Cryptic Studios’ upcoming superhero themed massively multiplayer game.
“This closed beta is an exciting step in the evolution of Champions Online,” said Jack Emmert, chief creative officer for Cryptic Studios. “All of us here in the Cryptic offices have been [...]
October 13th, 2008 | Posted in Gaming | No Comments
A new version of the multiplayer browser Battle.Net will debut with Starcraft II. How will it be superior to the previous version? Well, it’ll be able to hit you up for money.
During a BlizzCon 08 panel discussion, Diablo 3 director Jay Wilson said, “We are looking to monetize Battle.Net so that we get to keep [...]
October 13th, 2008 | Posted in Gaming | No Comments
Just when you thought the Evil had nowhere left to reside… along comes this direct-to-DVD animated sequel - yes ANIMATED! - which sets the gore filled people munching action in an airport of all places.
Taking place 7 years after the events ofRacoonCity, Degeneration sees the T-Virus unleashed once more, and it’s up to hardened zombie [...]
October 13th, 2008 | Posted in Entertainment, Gaming | No Comments