Category: GN
Ubisoft Challenges EA for Wii Dominance
Ubisoft is throwing down the proverbial gauntlet at the feet of the number one third party game developer, Electronic Arts, and is challenging them for dominance over the Wii. Laurent Detoc, the North America president of Ubisoft said, "Our goal… Read More »
Makers of HDLoader Fined
Popular software program HDLoader, developed for the purpose of playing copies of original game software from hard drives, was virtually sunk by a California court decision ordering Divineo, Inc. and Frederic Legault, a Canadian resident, to pay 3.7 million dollars… Read More »
Caesar IV Review
There are plenty of well-known city simulators out there. The folks at Tilted Mill Entertainment are behind one of the longest lasting historical city building franchises, Caesar. The first Caesar title debuted in 1993; fast forward 13 years and we’ve… Read More »
Ford Bold Moves Street Racing Review
By Frank Ling, GN Senior Writer If you have ever been acquainted with any of the Ford Racing games, you’ll know that the word, “fun” is not usually connected with this franchise. In spite of having the rather dubious distinction… Read More »
Just Cause Review
It seems like GTA-inspired sandbox titles are a dime a dozen recently on the Xbox 360. Just Cause comes to us following two solid titles, Saints Row and The Godfather, both of which had their own respective hooks. Saints Row… Read More »
Sony Denies PS3 Breakdowns at TGS
Sony stock dropped 2.7 percent at the Tokyo Stock Exchange yesterday following an analyst report which stating that PS3 demo units at the Tokyo Game Show overheated and subsequently malfunctioned. David Gibson, of Macquarie Equities said the consoles "operated erratically… Read More »
Sam & Max Episodic Pricing Announced
Telltale Games announced the pricing for their upcoming episodic comedy adventure game Sam & Max today. After debuting on the Gametap service on October 17, the game will be available on Telltale’s website on November 1. Gametap’s subscription costs $9.95… Read More »
AoE III: The War Chiefs Demo Available
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
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
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 »
