The Pope Speaks His Mind on Video Game Violence

A new voice has joined the fray regarding violence in video games, and that voice comes directly from Pope Benedict XVI, head of the Catholic Church. In remarks made in the annual papal message for World Communications Day, Pope Benedict… Read More »

Ubisoft has released its third fiscal quarter financial earnings; third-quarter sales are up 24% and the combined first through third quarter sales are up 20%. Sales through the third quarter, which ended on December 31, 2006, were 311 million Euros… Read More »

As if to confirm the sentiments of the Halo community, Chris Butcher of Bungie Studios has agreed with the negative comments that have been left in Halo 2‘s wake, saying that there were many mistakes made during development, and that… Read More »

Reggie Fils-Aime, President of Nintendo America and outspoken Wii cheerleader, has admitted that even he has been surprised by the success of the Wii. Fils-Aime has taken many opportunities to populate the air waves and press with the Wii’s strong… Read More »

First Round of Halo 3 Beta Test Selections Complete

Fingers have been crossed by gamers across the nation for months now, each hoping to receive an e-mail of acceptance into the upcoming Halo 3 beta, and finally the first phase of the registration process has ended. Bungie is sending… Read More »

Wii: Now The Official Gaming Console of Six Flags

Nintendo is continuing its plan to aggresively market the Wii to the public, and has taken steps to make the Wii more recognizable by announcing that it has signed an agreement with Six Flags, which will make the Wii the… Read More »

The Burning Crusade Sells 2.4M Copies in 24 Hours; New Blizzard MMORPG Hinted

Blizzard announced today that World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade has sold nearly 2.4 million copies worldwide during its first 24 hours of release. Blizzard supplied more than 4 million units to retailers across the globe, including North America, Europe,… Read More »

Hot on the heels of rumors that the PS3 may be heavily discounted throughout Japan, Sony Computer Electronics of America boss Jack Tretton has chimed in and said that the possibility of such a price reduction coming from Sony was… Read More »

Speculation over new pricing began on Monday, when photos were posted on the internet, which showed the popular Japanese game retail store, Don Quijote, selling 20GB PS3s at a huge discounted price of $329 USD, down from $411–a 20% discount…. Read More »

Harmonix Confirms Losing Guitar Hero To Neversoft

Amidst denials from Activision earlier last year that it was in the process of moving Guitar Hero game development from Harmonix to Neversoft, the rejections have turned out to be false, as Neversoft posted ads on their website last week… Read More »