Category: GN
This Week in Microtransactions: 2/18 to 2/25
Another week in the bag, bringing another to follow and you know what that means: more microtransactions. Digital wallet-jacking
EA Announces New CEO
Leading third party publisher and developer Electronic Arts experienced a corporate shakeup this past Monday morning when Larry Probst announced his resignation as CEO of the company. Filling his shoes is none other than John Riccitiello, EA’s former COO, who… Read More »
GameTap Launches Indie Game Label
Turner Broadcasting’s GameTap broadband gaming service has announced a new program intended to help support independent game development today. Named GameTap Indies, the program will primarily focus on bringing independent games onto GameTap’s main service along with providing promotion and… Read More »
Q&A Session with Producer of MLB 2K7
MLB 2K7 producer Ben Brinkman, of Kush Games, was able to field a few questions from the gaming press in addition to giving his take on what he thinks about his new title in a conference call interview which GamerNode… Read More »
PS2 Backwards Compatibility for European and Aussie PS3s Severely Limited
Europeans were frustrated when they heard that the PS3 launch would be delayed from November 2006 to March 2007, but Europe and Australia in store for another setback. The PS3 models they receive will differ from those released in the… Read More »
Phil Harrison Calls Rumble "Last Generation" Technology
Sony has made another proclamation that apparently goes against the common wisdom of the gaming community by announcing that their decision to take out the rumble feature in the Sixaxis controller was based upon their reasoning that the PS3 had… Read More »
Dance Dance Revolution Universe Review
Dance Dance Revolution Universe is the first of what I can only assume will be many DDR games on next-gen consoles. Released for the Xbox 360, Universe looks to continue the DDR console tradition, and keep one of Konami’s big… Read More »
Crackdown Review
While initially pegged as nothing more than "that game that comes with the Halo 3 beta," a recent demo and positive press have helped to at least give Crackdown a chance in many gamers’ homes. It offers a very unique… Read More »
Formula One Championship Edition Review
In the US, many fans of NASCAR enjoy what some have jokingly described as a sport of continual left turns. But around the world, another racing competition rules supreme: Formula One, or F1 racing. Just as baseball fans in America… Read More »
Trioncube Review
We’ve seen a lot of good puzzle games come out on the DS, and we’ve seen a lot of bad. Namco’s latest, Trioncube, was a game many of us were looking forward to. Coined a "puzzle game with a plot,"… Read More »
