Irrational Games, developer behind the highly anticipated first person shooter BioShock, seems to have made a seemingly irrational decision, based on information posted on The Cult of Rapture, BioShock‘s community site. Website manager Elizabeth Tobey explained that BioShock would not… Read More »

European PS3 Launch Date Confirmed

Europeans will finally be able to get their hands on the PS3 starting on March 23, when an an expected shipment of 300,000 units will go on sale in the U.K., and another 700,000 units in the other European nations…. Read More »

Casual games developer MumboJumbo has announced the acquisition of Ritual Entertainment today, although financial terms weren’t disclosed as of the time of this writing. This acquisition marks one–if not the–most significant acquisition of a mainstream game development company by a… Read More »

The UK’s leading publisher, SCi Entertainment, released its third fiscal quarter financial results today, showing that the revenue generated in the past six months is expected to exceed 70 million Euros ($90 million)–a 40% increase over the 50 million Euros… Read More »

The Pope Speaks His Mind on Video Game Violence

A new voice has joined the fray regarding violence in video games, and that voice comes directly from Pope Benedict XVI, head of the Catholic Church. In remarks made in the annual papal message for World Communications Day, Pope Benedict… Read More »

Ubisoft has released its third fiscal quarter financial earnings; third-quarter sales are up 24% and the combined first through third quarter sales are up 20%. Sales through the third quarter, which ended on December 31, 2006, were 311 million Euros… Read More »

As if to confirm the sentiments of the Halo community, Chris Butcher of Bungie Studios has agreed with the negative comments that have been left in Halo 2‘s wake, saying that there were many mistakes made during development, and that… Read More »

Reggie Fils-Aime, President of Nintendo America and outspoken Wii cheerleader, has admitted that even he has been surprised by the success of the Wii. Fils-Aime has taken many opportunities to populate the air waves and press with the Wii’s strong… Read More »

First Round of Halo 3 Beta Test Selections Complete

Fingers have been crossed by gamers across the nation for months now, each hoping to receive an e-mail of acceptance into the upcoming Halo 3 beta, and finally the first phase of the registration process has ended. Bungie is sending… Read More »

Wii: Now The Official Gaming Console of Six Flags

Nintendo is continuing its plan to aggresively market the Wii to the public, and has taken steps to make the Wii more recognizable by announcing that it has signed an agreement with Six Flags, which will make the Wii the… Read More »