Category: GN
Vet's Program for CoH and CoV Announced
NCSoft/Cryptic Studios today announced a veteran’s program for their ongoing dual MMORPGs City of Heroes and City of Villains. The veteran’s program will launch with their Issue #8: To Protect and Serve update, expected for release by year’s end. For… Read More »
RedOctane Hot Over Copycat Guitar Controllers
RedOctane, the developers of the very popular game, Guitar Hero, is fired up over what it sees as blatant copyright infringement of its guitar controller. The suit, filed against The Ant Commandos, a California based company, alleges that the firm… Read More »
Guitar Hero Going Multi-Platform
Activision has confirmed that its extremely successful Guitar Hero franchise will be coming to multiple formats in 2007. At present, Guitar Hero is only available for the PlayStation 2.CEO and chairman of Activision Robert Kotick revealed the news today at… Read More »
EA to Challenge Activision in Battle for Skateboarding Supremacy
The 800-pound gorilla, as far as skateboard video games go, is the Tony Hawk series published by Activision. The franchise has sold over $1 billion in sales worldwide and has become an annual cash cow for the game publisher. With… Read More »
Bomberman Review
Bomberman is a long standing classic that has seen many iterations on many consoles over the past few decades. Its one my earliest and fondest memories of multiplayer gaming, which was an absolute blast (pardon my pun). For those of… Read More »
Tortuga: Two Treasures Explained in a Pirate's Words
With today being national "Talk Like a Pirate Day," it’s no surprise that CDV decided to release some new information on their upcoming pirate-themed game, Tortuga: Two Treasures. What is surprising, however, is the way they went about it. Rather… Read More »
BioWare Forms New Handheld Game Division
Today, BioWare announced the formation of a new handheld gaming division. The new group will be led by Dan Tudge, who has overseen development of titles for several major publishers, including Nintendo, Microsoft, THQ and Sega Sports. "We’re thrilled to… Read More »
Iwata: Selling the Wii is Like "Trying to Sell Cosmetics to Men"
Nintendo,s strategy in marketing its Wii game console is to appeal to the non-gamer-a demographic which Mario and Friends believes will be the crucial factor in selling lots of their Wiis. In an interview given to Bloomberg News, Nintendo’s Satoru… Read More »
Peter Jackson Says Halo Production Going Well
Celebrated director Peter Jackson, who producing the upcoming Halo film, says that everything is copasetic with his new project, according to comments made to Ain,t It Cool News. Jackson said, "It’s getting much better along now and there are certainly… Read More »
Nintendo: 20 Million Wiis Isn't Enough
David Yarnton, the U.K.’s Nintendo boss, has decided to take the offensive for Mario and Friends by proclaiming confidently that the Wii will have more stock on stores shelves by Christmas than any of their completion. Yarnton told GameIndustry that,… Read More »
