FTC reports the obvious: Kids still buying "M" rated games

In an awesome display of your tax dollars going to waste, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has released a 140 page document investigating what the common person on the street already knows — that mature content found in movies, television… Read More »

Another Xbox 360 bundle slated for Japan

One thing you can say about Microsoft; those guys never seem to give up. More specifically, Microsoft won’t give up on trying to crack open the Japanese gaming market, which has traditionally been opposed to the Xbox. Microsoft announced today… Read More »

EA moves Tiger Woods production to Florida studio

Followers of EA’s Madden franchise have always expected, and received, top-notch football games to play. What is little known is that the games are developed and produced at EA studios located in Tiburon, Florida. The Florida site dedicates its energies… Read More »

Valve and Creative Assembly thinking cross-platform play

According to a pair of news stories on CVG, Valve Software and The Creative Assembly are eyeballing cross-platform play between Xbox 360 and PC. The Creative Assembly, developer of the Total War RTS series, is certainly thinking of cross-platform game… Read More »

We don’t know how conclusive this recent comparison test done by thebackbuffer.com is, but it certainly will get some heated discussions going between Xbox 360 and PS3 fanboys and fangirls. The site did a side-by-side test of how similar graphic… Read More »

It's official: The 20GB PS3 is dead in North America

Rumors started circulating that Sony’s 20GB PS3 core machine might be discontinued when Sony’s official store pulled the machine from being sold online. Today, it was made official by David Karraker, Director of Corporate Communications at Sony. He said that… Read More »

The PS3: Computing power for hire

Many in the PS3 community are familiar with the folding@home project where Stanford University has asked PS3 owners to contribute computing time from their machines in an effort to find cures for various diseases. The idea of combining the total… Read More »

David Jaffe wisdom: Blu-ray not necessary in PS3

God of War creator, David Jaffe, had some words of late wisdom regarding the PS3 and the game industry in an interview with GameTrailers. He said, "I probably would have taken the Blu-ray out and sold it for less money."… Read More »

XBLM Update 4/11: Fireworks rock… and GHII DLC pricing structure sucks

Bizarre Creations returns to XBLA this week — courtesy of EA — with its second download-only game Boom Boom Rocket. This fireworks display/rhythm-action game costs $10 (800 Microsoft Points) and features several modes of play, including: two single player modes… Read More »

Sony moving to capture Asian and European online markets

Mention "online subscriptions" to any game company executives and their eyes will start to glaze over with distant smiles on their faces. Why is this? Long term profits. Online titles not only make money at the point of sale at… Read More »