All Posts by: GamerNode Staff

New Microsoft barcode launching this year

By GamerNode Staff, April 22, 2007 0 GN

Microsoft is preparing to launch a new barcode system for DVDs and Xbox 360 games later this year. The system won’t replace the standard UPC barcodes but will appear alongside them on the boxes. Called the High Capacity Color Barcode,… Read More »

Infinity Ward has announcement planned for 4/28

By GamerNode Staff, April 22, 2007 0 GN

Infinity Ward is planning something for next week according to an official post on its forums. As your standard tease goes, an announcement is expected for April 28 and the post alludes to a few historic events that took place… Read More »

Guitar Hero II Review

By GamerNode Staff, April 21, 2007 0 GN, VG Review

Being the first Guitar Hero product to be ported from the series’ PS2 roots, Guitar Hero II for Xbox 360 had a lot to live up to. The expectations were reasonable. Namely, good songs and can’t-put-it-down, megaton addictive gameplay. In… Read More »

Dell backtracks on "Vista only" policy

By GamerNode Staff, April 20, 2007 0 GN

Dell Inc. has decided to backtrack on their policy of offering Vista as the only OS for its consumer line of desktop computers and laptops. Customers were complaining about the "Vista only" decision and wanted the option to select or… Read More »

The best PSP game description ever

By GamerNode Staff, April 20, 2007 0 GN

There are lots of new games that come out from the game companies, but one in particular seemed to hold our attention — a new game for the PSP named, Pocket Pool. Ok, we did a double take on the… Read More »

Design BioShock's Limited Edition cover

By GamerNode Staff, April 20, 2007 0 GN

2K Games has announced that someone from the community will design the cover art for the collector’s edition of BioShock. The contest will run from now until May 2. First place will get their art on the box, a copy… Read More »

Rare NES game cartridge sells for $21,400

By GamerNode Staff, April 20, 2007 0 GN

An online seller at myebid.com has sold his lot of 24 Nintendo NES game cartridges for an astonishing $21,400. The starting bid for the game carts was a paltry $24. The reason for the inflated price for the game software… Read More »

Gears of War for $49.99 on Amazon

By GamerNode Staff, April 20, 2007 0 GN

Gears of War is now $49.99 on Amazon.com, $10 cheaper than the usual price. So if for some odd reason you don’t have the game yet, be sure to check out the deal here. It is the best deal in… Read More »

New firmware version 1.7 update for PS3

By GamerNode Staff, April 20, 2007 0 GN

Sony has released the latest firmware update for the PS3 — version 1.70. The update will address several issues with the PS3 such as making downloadable PS1 games playable on the PlayStation 3 and allowing more peripherals to work on… Read More »

Atari creator says PS3 stinks, Xbox 360 the best

By GamerNode Staff, April 20, 2007 0 GN

Nolan Bushnell, creator of the Atari, is once again complaining about Sony’s presence in the video game market. He was previously noted for saying that the original PlayStation’s great success was just an "accident," and Sony just happened to be… Read More »