All Posts by: GamerNode Staff
WB Buys 10% of SCi; 20 Games Planned Starting 2008
Warner Bros. today announced plans to buy 10% of UK publishing company SCi Entertainment, along with an inclusive deal for SCi to produce games based on several WB properties. According to terms of the deal, Eidos Interactive (SCi’s publishing label)… Read More »
Psychonauts and More Now Backwards Compatible on 360
Xbox 360 owners will be happy to hear that the Xbox 360’s backwards compatibility list has been updated once again. The new BC update adds an additional 37 titles (including some which are Japan exclusives) to the previous list, which… Read More »
Nintendo Starts Replacement Campaign for Defective Wii Straps
Nintendo has acknowledged that reports regarding faulty controller wrist straps on the Wiimote are true and that the company is taking measures to solve the problem. The incidents of broken wrist straps are related to the thin cord securing the… Read More »
Emergent Gameplay Versus the Linear Narrative
Most often, videogames can be understood in terms of a combination of tools or abilities and rules that define the way those tools and abilities function and interact, both with each other and the rest of the game world. In… Read More »
Second Wave of PS3/Wii Shortages Coming
The recent sight of frenzied shoppers standing in line for a chance to purchase a Wii or PS3 may very well be headed for a repeat performance, with less than two weeks remaining before Christmas. Industry watchers believe that the… Read More »
Hellgate Devs Form Seattle Studio, Announce New Title
Flagship Studios announced the formation of Flagship Seattle today, a new studio that will begin work on an online RPG entitled Mythos, which is set for release sometime in 2007. Flagship Seattle is being led by Travis Baldree, who previously… Read More »
Defective 360 Headsets Take Fragging From Gamers
It’s not a very enjoyable experience when your headset stops functioning during crucial moments of online battles. In some cases, the hardwired devices fail because of faulty connections. Some gamers, hoping for better reliability and freedom, have elected to go… Read More »
Bionicle Heroes Review
Coming off of the atrocious console version of Bionicle Heroes, I was admittedly not expecting much of the DS iteration. But to my surprise, Heroes was actually a solid portable FPS in the mold of Metroid Prime: Hunters. Thanks to… Read More »
YouTube Video Fires Up PlayStation Community
The issues with PS3’s backwards compatibility have been well-known since the console was released in November. Users have complained of incompatibility with some PS2/PS1 games, only to be met by a Sony response that they were looking into the issue… Read More »
Wii Sells 325,000 Units In Europe in Two Days
The Wii juggernaut continues to make its mark on the gaming world, with Nintendo Europe claiming that over 325,000 Wii units were sold in a scant two days. According to Mario and Friends, this makes the Wii the fastest selling… Read More »
