This year’s E3 should be interesting as we head back to the no holds barred approach to gaming conferences. While E3 tried to go all PG for the last few years, it’s time to get back to the serious business of hype-o-rama. Microsoft’s on board with it and plans to “break the bank” in terms […]
Microsoft To Indulge on Hype at E3 2009
December 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Tags: Editorial · Final Fantasy · Industry News · Microsoft · Xbox 360
Wii vs. PS3 in Japan: The Console Slaughter
November 29th, 2008 · No Comments
Famitsu Magazine is reporting the Nintendo console, Wii, has managed to sell 7-million units in Japan. This is roughly three times the number of Sony’s PlayStation 3, the console with superior graphics and power. Japan isn’t about graphics and power or they’re not a fan of the high priced PlayStation 3. The three times factor […]
Tags: Industry News · Microsoft · Nintendo · playstation 3 · Sony · Wii · Xbox 360
PlayStation 3, March 2009 Price Drop Rumor
November 25th, 2008 · No Comments
With so many people wishing Sony would cut the PS3 price to something more reasonable, it’s no big surprise we see constant rumors about potential “price cuts.” This time, a March 2009 rumor “supposedly” came out of the Sony Annual Briefing in London where a butt ton of information was “rumored” to be leaked. The […]
Tags: Editorial · playstation 3 · Rumors · Sony
TD Gaming Podcast 97: A Third Level Coke Dealer
November 18th, 2008 · No Comments
In this episode we’ve got a lot of MMO-style content and news. Although we’re not reviewing Wrath of the Lich King yet, we’ve got other subscription based news. This weeks gaming flashback is Defender and this weeks news includes: Ubisoft getting closer to obtaining and MMO Microsoft giving away Xbox live points in a sweepstakes […]
Tags: Episode · MMO · Podcast · Show Notes
Fanboy Turf Wars and Metacritic’s The Turf
November 8th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Gamers 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 ago the blood boils with hate and rage. Although our […]
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Sony Should Buy Ubisoft and Here is Why
October 9th, 2008 · No Comments
Sony’s been putting a lot of effort (read: money) into the PlayStation 3 product line with very little impact in the market. They’ve got this “10 year plan” but haven’t really executed a strong plan for their first two years of said plan. Sony’s plan seems to be “outlive the competition’s technology” while all of […]
Tags: Editorial · playstation 3 · Sony · ubisoft
Will Sony Reduce Prices and Heat with 45nm Chips?
September 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment
Reportedly we’re going to see smaller 45 nanometer cell processors in 2009 which leads to similar cost savings as we saw in the Xbox 360 hardware. Cost savings appear on the manufacturing side, of course, along with less power consumed by the processor leading to less heat generated by the console. The Xbox 360 was […]
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Little Big Planet – Release Date: October 21
September 19th, 2008 · 2 Comments
If there is one time this year to pickup a PlayStation 3, it’s going ot be on October 21st when Sackboy jumps onto the scene with Little Big Planet. You don’t have to be a casual gamer to have a desire to play Little Big Planet and we’re sure to see that in upcoming reviews. […]
Tags: Casual Games · Industry News · playstation 3 · Sony
PS3 and 360 Price Cuts, Before Holidays End
August 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
A lot of people have purchased the Xbox 360 and a growing number have had new interests in the PlayStation 3. The summer time is winding to an end and fall will bring us a new host of video games and reasons to keep playing our current generation consoles. Many analysts and industry leaders believe […]
Tags: Editorial · Holiday · Microsoft · playstation 3 · Sony · Xbox 360
July NPD Unit Sales: Wii On Top… Again
August 16th, 2008 · No Comments
Believe this, Nintendo and their Wii console takes another month as top seller. The only product that moves more hardware than the Wii is the DS. As a gamer, it’s hard to understand how the Wii product continues to sell like this with the least supported game library on the planet. The DS is completely […]
Tags: Industry News · Nintendo · playstation 3 · Sony · Xbox 360