Midway’s been around the industry for years, has decided to lay off up to 90 people and cut the Criminal project from their lineup. This is a long term plan of cost reduction by the board of directors to get down costs and keep the company running smoothly. Their plan seems to be to develop […]
Entries from August 2008
Midway Layoffs, Criminal Cancelled
August 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Tags: Industry News
Life Sized Gears of War Lancer, Oh Gosh
August 11th, 2008 · No Comments
Imagine that, the USD $139 Gears of War 2 bundle includes a life-sized plastic gun that goes “zoom zoom bang.” It comes with a removable handle clip and an adjustable side-handle but… in the end… it’s a plastic toy gun manufactured for adults. Gears of War 2 is “Mature Audiences” only but apparently that doesn’t […]
Tags: Editorial · Industry News · Xbox 360
Microsoft Says 60 Percent of Wii Fits Collect Dust
August 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Microsoft is on the attack, saying Nintendo has done a great thing with their Wii product line but Microsoft has a bit more “respect” for the new gamers they’re bringing into the industry. Xbox Europe VP David Gosen launched the shot over Nintendo’s bow at the GameFest UK keynote. “We’ve seen some research that says […]
Tags: Microsoft · Wii · Xbox 360
Little Big Planet To Sell Consoles
August 9th, 2008 · No Comments
Much like Metal Gear Solid 4, Sony is looking for LittleBigPlanet to move consoles from the shelves because all types of gamers are going to want this title. Personally, the desire to want and the stronger feeling of need are two separate problems; everyone will want the game but many will need to buy a […]
Tags: playstation 3 · Sony
Bioshock PS3: Later But Better
August 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Bioshock arrived on the Xbox 360 almost August of 2007, about one year from this month. It’s set to arrive on the PlayStation 3 in October of 2008, over one year after the Xbox 360 version. Is it too late? For those that have decided to buy a PlayStation 3 and hold out on the […]
Tags: Industry News · playstation 3
Ubisoft Sues After Assassin’s Creed Leaks
August 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment
It was April of 2008 when we saw Assassin’s Creed show up on the PC, however in early February the game appeared on Internet pirate sites causing an estimated 700,000 downloads of the pirated copy of the game. The disc-copy manufacturer has assumed responsibility of the issue after finding an employee in possession of one […]
Tags: Editorial · PC Gaming · ubisoft
Retro Gaming: Mega Man 9 Get’s Flicker and Bugs
August 7th, 2008 · No Comments
Capcom isn’t fooling around, they know their market for Mega Man 9 on Xbox Live, WiiWare and PSN and its nostalgic gamers with a desire to be a kid again. Any retro gamer will tell you the old school experience must include some pixel flickers, slow down and 8-bit style bugs. They have decided to […]
Tags: capcom · Platformer · playstation 3 · Retro · WiiWare · Xbox 360
Diablo 3 Doesn’t Look Right, Dev Says Yes Sir!
August 6th, 2008 · 4 Comments
There has been many debates on the graphic level of Diablo 3 and how it should be different. Finally a developer comes out and says “um, no.” Their reasoning is fairly simple, it’s one thing to photoshop up a screenshot with some filters but it’s another to get the texture and lighting to run at […]
Tags: Activision · Blizzard · Diablo 3 · Editorial
Fan Art: TD Gaming Podcatz!
August 6th, 2008 · No Comments
Never underestimate the power of a killer TD Gaming Podcatz. They haz downloaded an episode! Thanks to Dan R. for sending this one in, it definitely made us laugh… mainly because it was just so random.
Tags: Podcast
TD Gaming Podcast 82: Standing Cows and Bovines
August 5th, 2008 · 2 Comments
This week we’re talking about pre-owned video games and ask the question, do you buy new or do you buy used? Do you sell your games? We answer some listener comments and hit on a few hot topics: Another Call of Duty set for release in 2009 (1up) Xbox 360 version of Final Fantasy XIII […]
Tags: Episode · Podcast · Show Notes