It’s tough playing an expansion when new updates have changed a few ways the system works. I’ve also had some troubles because most of my addons do not function in the Lich King beta. There are a few quests that have left people confused and screaming “how do I turn in the horse quest?” when […]
Entries from September 2008
Wrath of the Lich King – Dazed and Confused
September 16th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: beta · Editorial · world of warcraft
TD Gaming Podcast 88: We Love Carebear Servers
September 16th, 2008 · No Comments
This weeks gaming podcast covers a bunch of hot topics along with a bit of gaming history. We take a flashback look at Tapper, a great arcade classic and we’ll hit up some popular news articles: Microsoft Not Happy About 360 Defects Article Spore DRM, Torrenting is doing the right thing? Are RockBand 2 instruments […]
Tags: Podcast · Show Notes
EA and Take-Two Stock Falls Fast
September 15th, 2008 · No Comments
It’s official, EA has given up their talks with Take-Two and, as a result, the stock of both companies is falling like a stone. While gamers may cheer knowing the Grand Theft Auto and 2K Sports product lines will continue to compete with EA products, share holders are doing a WTF? Take-Two has had its […]
Tags: electronic arts · Industry News · Take-Two
Peggle Nights Contest Update
September 14th, 2008 · No Comments
For those that haven’t posted on the forum or send us an e-mail about our Peggle Nights contest, it’s time to get in the action! The free Peggle Nights game giveaway will expire soon and we want as many contestants as possible. We’ve got many great entries, we’ll be reading off some of the e-mails […]
Tags: Casual Games · Contest · Podcast
Microsoft’s High Hopes Holiday Lineup
September 13th, 2008 · No Comments
This year Microsoft believes they’ve got a heavy hitter lineup of titles starting around now until the end of the year including: Gears of War 2, Fable 2, Guitar Hero: World Tour, Rock Band 2 and Fallout 3. They’re also looking at Lips, their karaoke title with a casual appeal to bring on the sales […]
Tags: Holiday · Microsoft · playstation 3 · Sony · Xbox 360
Beta: Wrath of the Lich King – Initial Reaction
September 12th, 2008 · No Comments
The long awaited Wrath of the Lich King is here! By long awaited, really, I mean, I waited a long time to get patch after patch of the next expansion to Blizzards best of MMORPG. Although I don’t know the architecture to creating the patches, it seems so dated in methodology. Why must I download […]
Tags: Blizzard · Editorial · Preview · world of warcraft
Trials of a World of Warcraft Player: Entry Four
September 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment
“Beta” The second letter of the Greek alphabet, also holds a value of “2.” Beta, in the gaming and general computer industry is a time where people are, usually, invited into a product prior to launch to test the product under the assumptions that “it’s not polished yet” and “things may go wrong.” Somehow, however, […]
Tags: Blizzard · Trials of a World of Warcraft Player
GTA IV: 46th Best-Selling Game In August
September 12th, 2008 · No Comments
Like a washed up superstar, Grand Theft Auto IV continues to drop in NPD figures. This Axl Rose of video games came on strong and sputtered out into oblivion with barely a notice, leaving the spotlight and all hype behind it. This drastic fall may hurt any negotiations “behind closed doors” with Electronic Arts and […]
Tags: Editorial · electronic arts · Financial · Industry News · Take-Two
Xbox 360 Price Cut Leads To 100-Percent Sales Increase
September 11th, 2008 · No Comments
Why release a single block buster game with a two week pop when you can simply lower the price of your console and boost sales by 100%? That’s a question Sony may be asking themselves right now, as Metal Gear Solid 4‘s hype may have lasted years but the sales and console unit sale boots […]
Tags: Industry News · Microsoft · Xbox 360
Toy’s R Us Find’s Wii Profitable
September 11th, 2008 · No Comments
The success of the Nintendo console, the Wii, has proven to change the industry in many new and creative ways including reinvigorating slow product sales at Toys R Us. “The company went from a loss of $42 million at the same time last year to a profit of $13 million for the three months ended […]
Tags: Accessories · Industry News · Nintendo · Wii