If you’re interested in what are the most popular PC games these days, you’ll be glad to hear that the NPD have released sales figures for January for exactly that segment. This doesn’t count things like digital delivery, focusing instead on full retail sale. Even though it’s been out for quite some time now, World [...]
BlizzCast episode 2 is out. It’s longer this time around, so if you thought you can get away with reading the transcript like you did the first time, think again. The Q&A is extensive, covering topics such Blizzard’s franchise trinity StarCraft, WarCraft & Diablo. Since we’ve all been about WoW for quite some time now [...]
Don’t speak I know just what you’re saying So please stop explaining Don’t tell me cause it hurts If you’ve been itching to have a party with Gwen Stefani, no pun intended, you will soon be able to rock out with her and her entire band. The No Doubt Track Pack has been released on [...]
D3Publisher, the company behind the hybrid title Puzzle Quest, has announced that it is working on a sequel to its popular title. Called Galactrix, the game will shift from Puzzle Quest’s medieval fantasy setting and jump to space. Ars Technica has the hands-on. Huge corporations are taking over space, and they have begun to do [...]
Guitar Hero and Rock Band really have taken the video game industry by storm. People are totally digging the rhythm game genre, but Wii and DS owners have not yet had a chance to enjoy the multiplayer experience of Rock Band. EA’s group game for the Wii is still a little off in the horizon, [...]
NCsoft and ArenaNet have announced that Guild Wars has sold 5 million units. Bellevue, WA. February 26, 2008—NCsoft® and ArenaNet® have announced that the Guild Wars® franchise of online roleplaying games has surpassed five million units sold in North America, Europe, and Asia. Published by NCsoft and developed by ArenaNet, the Guild Wars franchise consists [...]
More Mario Kart Wii news is coming down the pipeline. As much as I enjoyed playing online in Mario Kart DS, it was unfortunate that Nintendo didn’t open up some way for me to trash talk communicate with my fellow racers. The people on Xbox Live get to use those cool headsets for their FPS [...]
Wired reports that the U.S. government will be using World of Warcraft and other online games to track down terrorist activity. Dubbed the Reynard Project, U.S. Intelligence will begin by profiling online gaming behavior. By studying the profiles, it hopes to automatically detect suspicious behavior and actions. The cultural and behavioral norms of virtual worlds [...]
HD DVD is dead. Nearly all of the big dogs — with the strange exception of LG — have decided to abandon ship, but they’ve still got to figure out what to do with existing stock. Microsoft has announced that they will stop producing the HD DVD add-on drive for the Xbox 360, but they’ve [...]
Here’s a report showcasing the power of the physics engines behind The Force Unleashed, courtesy of IGN at the GDC. NaturalMotion’s Euphoria engine powers all of the physics in the game. So when you toss an object off into the distance and see it hit against a wall, a box, another wall, and then fall [...]
