Category: GN
Widespread Reports of DS Lite Hinge Breakage
First there were reports of dead pixels. Then there were reports of hairline cracks in the LCD screens. Now, the latest report of DS Lite quality control issues has come from MaxConsole, an industry news site. According to the reports,… Read More »
Developers Underestimated the Wii
While a miniscule number of industry watchers, (GamerNode among this select group), predicted the surprise success of the Wii many months before its debut, one group-game developers-were totally taken off guard by the deluge of interest generated by the dark… Read More »
Wii for $300? Titles for $60?
Some tantalizingly interesting information has surfaced from our cousins up North. According to an employee working at Future Shop, an electronics chain store in Canada, the reported price point of Nintendo,s Wii may be higher than what everyone thought it… Read More »
PS3s In Production?
According to the Taiwan Commercial Times, the PS3 is in production. The news story says that the first PS3s will be delivered to Sony by the end of this month with a production run of 200,000 units. The manufacturer of… Read More »
GameTap Adds Multiplayer Support
GameTap, Turner Broadcasting System,s broadband entertainment network, is adding social networking and multiplayer support to its online gaming harem. Announced today, the new features will include head-to-head game play and Instant Messaging. Dozens of the games in GameTap,s roster now… Read More »
Atari Takes Neverwinter Nights 2 on Tour
Atari and Obsidian Entertainment announced their plans today to visit and demonstrate the highly-anticipated sequel Neverwinter Nights 2 at various consumer conventions this summer. Set in Wizards of the Coast,s Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms universe, NWN 2 will bring… Read More »
Codemasters to Develop Clive Barker's Horror Game
Codemasters, developer and publishers of such titles as RF Online and the Lord of the Rings MMO in development, signed a deal with novelist and filmmaker Clive Barker to develop an original paranormal/horror video game. Author of over twenty books,… Read More »
Blu-ray Writer Coming Next Month
Sony,s PS3 may not be here yet, but an integral part of the machine is. Sony has announced the unveiling of its first internal Blu-ray rewritable drive for computers. The drive model is named BWU-100A and will offer up to… Read More »
Researchers Say Sony Will Be #3
A new report released by research firm DFC Intelligence has strongly disagreed with Sony,s positioning and marketing of their PS3 next gen console. In the report, David Cole, an analyst for DFC, said that Sony needed to take drastic measures… Read More »
Wii Controller Secrets Leaked?
Official Nintendo development documents concerning the Wii,s controller have surfaced, detailing features and limitations that had not been officially acknowledged to date. While not exactly earth-shaking, the inside information (obtained by IGN) will hold over hard-core Wii junkies until the… Read More »
