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Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii: Who’s Winning And How

November 17th, 2008 · 20 Comments

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! Join the forum discussion on this post - (1) PostsPeople see facts and figures constantly and brush them off as, well, facts and figures. But, when people see charts and graphs they “oooh” and “aaaah” over them because [...]

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Tags: Editorial · Industry News

Wrath of the Lich King, Midnight Openings

November 10th, 2008 · No Comments

It’s almost that time again folks, the next expansion for Blizzard’s World of Warcraft arrives the first minute on the 13th of November. This is the expansion we’ve all been waiting for, climbing the ranks to level 70 so we can enjoy all the fresh new content, preparing ourselves for Dark Knight status.
If you’re in [...]

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Tags: Blizzard · Industry News · MMO · Press Release

Fanboy Turf Wars and Metacritic’s The Turf

November 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Join the forum discussion on this post - (1) PostsGamers are passionate about gaming, love their games, follow the industry all while living and breathing all things game. This is the green pastures upon which fanboys are born. As we’ve seen at gamingpodcast.net, where we were hit hard by fanboy rage a few days [...]

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Tags: Editorial · Industry News

Smart Business Choices During Economic Downturns

November 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Many game studios are being dropped following a bit of an economic downturn in the United States and globally. Activision has to deal with being agile enough to survive the economic times like anyone else and has dropped a few games that had great potential.
Gamers continue to ask the question, “why?” when some of their [...]

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Tags: Activision · Blizzard · Editorial · Industry News · electronic arts

Users Pwn MetaCritic Review Submissions

November 5th, 2008 · No Comments

Although we’ve found Metacritic a userful resource for game reviews, many folks have gone on a user submission rampage to discredit games that haven’t even launched yet. Their first attack was on LittleBigPlanet followed by Resistance 2, now their hitting Gears of War 2.

While Gears of War 2 has a Metacritic score of 94/100 the [...]

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Tags: Editorial · Industry News · Xbox 360 · review

38 Studios Pulls EA and Blizzard Talent

November 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Formerly Green Monster Games, 38 Studios is growing a large pool of talented folks for their MMO endeavor. First, we heard R.A. Salvatore (writer of the Dark Elf series) was heading over to work on a story, art direction by Todd McFarlane (creator of Spawn) and now Irena Pereira from Blizzard and a sound designer, [...]

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Tags: Blizzard · Industry News · MMO · Press Release · electronic arts

Studios Closing: The Good, Bad and Ugly

November 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Gamers around the world are going to feel the pain in the 2009 holiday season after the economy shakes apart many great development studios. Electronic Arts feels the pain of being a public company as their investors complain about lackluster revenue, THQ deals with closing studios to extend their runway and other firms will lose [...]

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Tags: Editorial · Industry News · Microsoft · electronic arts

Circuit City Denied Sony Shipment, In Transit

November 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment

Circuit City seems to have a problem paying their bills or so it seems, as Sony stopped their shipments mid-transit and returned them before hitting the distributors command center. In this unfavorable market climate, with the holidays around the corner, it seems bad for Circuit City to lose the trust of Sony.
Sony is afraid, “Circuit [...]

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Tags: Industry News · Sony

EA Feels The 310 Million Dollar Dagger

October 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Halloween is a scary time of year, no less when you’re posting a $310 million net loss. EA CEO John Riccitiello sees “weakness” at retail in October and we’re betting this isn’t the end of the road of sorrow for game publishers around the globe.
Electronic Arts isn’t unfamiliar with bad times and we’re sure to [...]

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Tags: Industry News · electronic arts

Bejeweled Twist Launched, Casualites Rejoice

October 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment

After four years of development, Popcap lit up Seattle Monday night with the launch of Bejeweled Twist sparing no expense to show off their new casual game. It took four years to complete but Popcap isn’t going to release a game until it’s perfect. You won’t play it until they believe it is a game [...]

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Tags: Casual Games · Industry News · Preview · popcap