All Posts by: GamerNode Staff

EA Giveth, EA Taketh Away

By GamerNode Staff, July 19, 2006 0 GN

Leading publisher Electronic Arts has proved not to be as generous as previously reported. Last week, EA announced it would allow its employees to exchange their older stock options, currently priced above the stock’s current value, for shares of lucrative… Read More »

Memory Stick Movies From Sony to Replace UMDs

By GamerNode Staff, July 19, 2006 0 GN

Sony, whose Universal Media Disk (UMD) movies failed to establish a strong foothold with the PSP crowd, has announced a new strategy in selling movies to PSP users. This time, the electronics behemoth will hawk films on 1GB and 2GB… Read More »

THQ Raves About the Wii

By GamerNode Staff, July 18, 2006 0 GN

Enthusiastic support for the Wii has come from THQ CEO Brian Farrell. In an interview conducted by Eurogamer TV, Farrell expressed his opinion that Nintendo has it right as far as going back to basics and providing gamers with the… Read More »

Chromehounds Update Coming

By GamerNode Staff, July 18, 2006 0 GN

Though the game has only been on store shelves for less than two weeks, Sega and From Software have already started announcing their plans to release an update for their Xbox 360 title, Chromehounds. The new content patch, which will… Read More »

UK Law Could Hamper WiiConnect24 Service

By GamerNode Staff, July 18, 2006 0 GN

Nintendo has referred to its Wii as “a different game console every day.” The remarks were aimed at the Wii,s ability to download content, change game scenarios, and update itself while in a standby mode. While this is a great… Read More »

EA Veep Offers Take on New Consoles

By GamerNode Staff, July 18, 2006 0 GN

EA Vice President Jeff Brown says that EA will develop games for the next gen machine that will have the largest user base, and according to Brown, that platform will be Sony,s PS3. His comments were made to Eurogamer during… Read More »

Sony Accused of Patent Infringement, Sued… Again.

By GamerNode Staff, July 14, 2006 0 GN

Agere Systems has filed a lawsuit against Sony for products such as the PSP, PS2, Handycams, Memory Stick Duos, VAIO computers, Walkman players and other devices, all of which allegedly violate Agere patents. Specifically, the lawsuit alleges that Sony purposely… Read More »

Microsoft Offers Free Pizzas

By GamerNode Staff, July 14, 2006 0 GN

Sometimes, it really pays to be a gamer. In the instance of Xbox 360 gamers, it will mean free pizza. Xbox.com has notified the 360 faithful that it will sponsor the first “Xbox Live Arcade Wednesday Party-In-A-Box” promotion. The following… Read More »

Electronic Arts Unveils Upcoming Lord of the Rings Video Game

By GamerNode Staff, July 14, 2006 0 GN

Electronic Arts made the announcement today that they are currently in the process of developing The Lord of the Rings: The White Council, an upcoming next-gen title due to be released on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC sometime… Read More »

CEO Sees Bright Future for Midway

By GamerNode Staff, July 14, 2006 0 GN

CEO and president of Midway Games David Zucker sat down with Eurogamer to discuss Midway,s future developments and his views on Sony,s PlayStation 3. In the past, fans labeled Midway as a one-trick-pony with its classic Mortal Kombat franchise, and… Read More »