All Posts by: GamerNode Staff

AoE III: The War Chiefs Demo Available

By GamerNode Staff, October 4, 2006 0 GN

A single player demo is now available for Ensemble Studio’s upcoming RTS expansion pack Age of Empires III: The War Chiefs. The 517 MB demo features two single player levels and two factions, one campaign map (play as the new… Read More »

Final Fantasy XII: Pirate's Edition

By GamerNode Staff, October 4, 2006 0 GN

According to various reports, the English version of Final Fantasy XII has been leaked onto the internet in ISO form, and is being spread around by torrent sites. Comments on a Digg story seem to confirm that this leak is… Read More »

Playstation 3 Controller Named

By GamerNode Staff, October 3, 2006 0 GN

A small fact has slipped through the fingers of many gamers and members of the media: thanks to the lack of any rumble support in the Playstation 3 controller, the name "DualShock" wouldn’t be particularly appropriate for the upcoming console’s… Read More »

Sony's Hirai Talks Shop About PS3

By GamerNode Staff, October 3, 2006 0 GN

Kaz Hirai, president of Sony North America, clarified some positions and gave his assessment of the PS3’s future in statements made to Kikizo at the Tokyo Game Show this week. When the PS3 was unveiled at this year,s E3 convention… Read More »

Foundation 9 Acquires Shiny Entertainment

By GamerNode Staff, October 2, 2006 0 GN

Foundation 9 Entertainment, the largest independent game developer in North America, acquired Shiny Entertainment (Enter the Matrix, MDK, and The Matrix: Path of Neo) today from Atari, Inc. In the deal, the Shiny team will remain together but will relocate… Read More »

No Tomb Raider Games for the PS3 'Til 2008

By GamerNode Staff, October 2, 2006 0 GN

SCi, the parent company of Eidos, has disclosed that the Tomb Raider series will not be heading to the PS3 until the year 2008. The intentions of the company were revealed at the end of the yearly financial statement released… Read More »

EA Buys the DICE

By GamerNode Staff, October 2, 2006 0 GN

Electronic Arts has announced that it has finalized all of its actions in its acquisition of Digital Illusions CE, known popularly as DICE. The game development studio is responsible for the well-known Battlefield franchise, published by EA. The Swedish developer… Read More »

Nintendo Prez Says He'll Personally Sell Very First Wiis in NYC

By GamerNode Staff, October 2, 2006 0 GN

Reggie Fils-Aime, president of Nintendo of America, will be switching roles and act as a sales rep this November, pledging to personally hand out the first Wiis in the United States. Fils-Aime said, "Those consumers, the core gamer, are very… Read More »

NBA 2K7 Review

By GamerNode Staff, October 1, 2006 0 GN, VG Review

NBA 2K7 is the latest edition of the 2K roundball series, and is the second to be released on the Xbox 360. 2K6 was a solid basketball title but it was in desperate need of a polishing; the overall experience… Read More »

Pacific Storm Review

By GamerNode Staff, September 29, 2006 0 GN, VG Review

There are a few RTS titles coming out these days which seem to be a mixture of traditional RTS gameplay and other genres. For example, 2003’s Savage: The Battle for Newerth managed to incorporate both RTS and FPS elements into… Read More »