All Posts by: GamerNode Staff
PC Game Sales Rebound in 2006
Recent news from various market tracking agencies have heralded that the video game industry is back on track and doing well. Of late, these figures did not include the PC games market, which has hit a slight depression. However, according… Read More »
WoW Player Achieves Level 70 In 28 Hours
World of Warcraft is the reigning champ of MMO game,s with over 8 million subscribers worldwide. The Burning Crusade, the latest expansion upgrade for WoW, was released this week to the loyal fan base. One of the new features in… Read More »
Oblivion Expansion Release Confirmed
Bethesda Softworks confirmed the upcoming release of the first expansion pack to their smash-hit RPG, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, entitled Shivering Isles. Revealed two weeks ago, the expansion will feature 30+ hours of new gameplay by unveiling a new… Read More »
New Call of Duty 3 Map Pack Problems Fire Up Gamers
What’s worse than not being able to download the new Valor Pack maps for Call of Duty 3 on Xbox Live? Downloading the maps and discovering that none of them work. This scenario happened to thousands of Xbox 360 owners… Read More »
Criminal Investigation After Wii Water Death
Radio station KDND of Sacramento, California held a contest last week called, "Hold your wee for a Wii" in which contestants drank huge amounts of water without going to the bathroom in hopes of winning one of the rare game… Read More »
Activision Drops Harmonix As Guitar Hero Developer
Guitar Hero 1 and 2 were both highly successful games from independent game publisher RedOctane and developer Harmonix, but the next installment of GH will be developed by a different group–Neversoft, best known for the Tony Hawk franchise. Activision, which… Read More »
Europe Concerned After Incorrect PS3 Launch Announced
Sir Howard Stringer, Sony’s CEO, either misspoke or prematurely released information on a second launch delay for the PS3 in Europe. During an interview with CNET, Stringer said that "the European launch in April…is very important to us". Stringer’s words… Read More »
EU Ponders Passage of Game Laws
Earlier this week, top officials from the European Union discussed the possibility of convincing all EU states to adopt video game laws that would "prevent [and] ban violent video games." Many EU members already have some sort of video game… Read More »
Sony CEO Upbeat On PS3, Says Bandwidth Not Fully Used
Sir Howard Stringer believes that the PlayStation 3 is doing well and says that game developers have only just scratched the surface of the machine’s gaming power, according to an interview given by the Sony CEO to CNET. Stringer was… Read More »
Sam & Max Episode 3 Named, Dated
Telltale Games revealed details on the third episode of their episodic adventure series Sam & Max: Season 1 today. Titled Episode 3: The Mole, The Mob and The Meatball, Sam & Max will have to infiltrate the Ted E. Bear… Read More »
