All Posts by: GamerNode Staff

Sony's Goal: Ship 6 Million PS3s by March's End

By GamerNode Staff, March 20, 2007 0 GN

Most everyone (read: everyone but Sony) agrees that there are many PS3s sitting on store shelves, unsold, but this condition may become even worse if Sony insists on its goal of shipping six million units by the end of March…. Read More »

PS3 Firmware Update Allows for Simultaneous Play & Download

By GamerNode Staff, March 20, 2007 0 GN

There is one reason why many PS3 owners refuse to download the neat demos that PlayStation Network offers — you can’t download and play games on the console simultaneously. This is sort of like not being able to chew gum… Read More »

Who Wants to Buy Take Two Interactive?

By GamerNode Staff, March 20, 2007 0 GN

Take Two Interactive, the publishers of controversial games such as Grand Theft Auto and Bully, maybe putting up a "For Sale" sign outside its corporate offices soon if the recent turmoil continues, according to Bloomberg.com. Take Two has been slammed… Read More »

Three Versions of Halo 3 to be Released

By GamerNode Staff, March 19, 2007 0 GN

There’s no doubt that Halo 3 is one of the most highly anticipated game titles for 2007. What the Halo faithful may not know is that it will be released in several special editions in addition to the "plain Jane"… Read More »

Portal to Last Only Four Hours

By GamerNode Staff, March 18, 2007 0 GN

Portal, the upcoming puzzle-based game included with Half-Life 2: Episode Two, will last only about four hours, according to an interview with level designer Kim Swift. Swift also revealed that the game’s tutorial will be significant enough that anyone will… Read More »

GamerNode Weekly Recap 3/11 – 3/17 : Previously Free Stuff No Longer Free

By GamerNode Staff, March 18, 2007 0 Previews

The official launch date and pricing of Games for Windows – Live was finally announced this past week, and it’s bound to do nothing but upset a whole lot of PC gamers. While you can still play online without paying,… Read More »

This Week's PC Game Releases: 3/11 to 3/17

By GamerNode Staff, March 17, 2007 0 Previews

Games that shipped for PCs this past week were Top Spin 2, MAKING HISTORY: The Calm & The Storm, and Runaway 2: The Dream of the Turtle (read our preview here). Aspyr Media announced its tennis game Top Spin 2… Read More »

Take Two Sues Jack Thompson

By GamerNode Staff, March 17, 2007 0 GN

Jack Thompson is the lawyer that most of the game community loves to hate because of his attempts to sue game companies and legislate video game laws that ban violent games from being sold. But now, Jack has found himself… Read More »

Nintendo Loves Friend Codes, And So Should You

By GamerNode Staff, March 17, 2007 0 GN

I hope Nintendo fans love entering numbers. In an interview with GameSpy today, the Nintendo-Revolution blogspot has revealed that Nintendo’s online gaming service will require individual friend codes for each and every title. Unified friends lists are absolutely not coming… Read More »

Funcom Drops Offline PC Games

By GamerNode Staff, March 17, 2007 0 GN

Revealed by Norwegian newspaper E24 and later translated by Adventure Gamers, Norwegian developer/publisher Funcom has announced that it will drop all offline PC games, citing piracy as the main reasoning behind the move. According to Funcom’s Trond Arne Aas, there… Read More »