All Posts by: GamerNode Staff
State of Emergency Developer Never to Riot Again
The “State of Emergency” franchise, which very well could have been subtitled, “The Joy of Rioting,” is in a real-life state of emergency as the Sunday Herald has reported that the developer of the games, DC Studios, has closed its… Read More »
Early PS3s To Include PS2 Chipsets
According to Japanese magazine Ultra One, the PS3 will have the actual chipset of the PS2 incorporated into the PS3 device itself. Reports of backwards compatibility for PS2 games were previously attributed to a software emulation scheme and not as… Read More »
ATI Exec Says Wii Is More Than Meets the Eye
During last month’s Electronic Entertainment Exposition, many were wowed by the Wii. The demonstrations of its new motion sensor controller and related games were the buzz of the bystanders. But ATI executive John Swinimer says that the public hasn’t seen… Read More »
Iwata: Wii Is Not Next Gen
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has distanced the Wii game console from the rest of the next gen pack by surprisingly stating that the Wii is not a next gen game console. In comments made to Japanese business news service Nikkei… Read More »
Square Amps-up Mobile Final Fantasy
When news broke loose about Square-Enix releasing a new mobile Final Fantasy game, fans of the series dusted off their cell phones in anticipation. The new title, dubbed Dirge of Cerberus: Lost Episode, will put mobile gamers in the feet… Read More »
Mailbag Is Up for June 3, 2006!
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, this week's GamerNode Mailbag has been opened and emptied; the mail is sorted and answered. Feast your eyes by clicking this link , or by clicking on the mailbag image in the right column… Read More »
Minnesota Passes Video Game Bill into Law
Effective August 1, 2006, minors under the age of seventeen will be forced to pay a fine no higher than $25 for renting or purchasing restricted video games in Minnesota. The bill, known as SF0785, was signed into law early… Read More »
Microsoft Ripe to Enter Portable Gaming Market
According to a recent press release from the Diffusion Group, which specializes in analyzing and forecasting market growth, the condistions for Microsoft to enter the portable gaming platform should be just right within the next two years. "Microsoft has been… Read More »
Chocobo Daycare: FFXI goes Tamacochi
Square Enix announced a new feature for their massively multiplayer online role-playing game, Final Fantasy XI, in which players will be able to raise their very own Chocobo mounts. The new update, coming to the Xbox 360, PS2, and PC,… Read More »
Bethesda Releasing Oblivion Patch
Bethesda will be releasing a patch for Oblivion next week to fix some of the issues that have been troubling players since the launch. It’s been a long time coming, but we will finally see some of these issues addressed…. Read More »