Category: GN
EA Giveth, EA Taketh Away
Leading publisher Electronic Arts has proved not to be as generous as previously reported. Last week, EA announced it would allow its employees to exchange their older stock options, currently priced above the stock’s current value, for shares of lucrative… Read More »
Memory Stick Movies From Sony to Replace UMDs
Sony, whose Universal Media Disk (UMD) movies failed to establish a strong foothold with the PSP crowd, has announced a new strategy in selling movies to PSP users. This time, the electronics behemoth will hawk films on 1GB and 2GB… Read More »
THQ Raves About the Wii
Enthusiastic support for the Wii has come from THQ CEO Brian Farrell. In an interview conducted by Eurogamer TV, Farrell expressed his opinion that Nintendo has it right as far as going back to basics and providing gamers with the… Read More »
Chromehounds Update Coming
Though the game has only been on store shelves for less than two weeks, Sega and From Software have already started announcing their plans to release an update for their Xbox 360 title, Chromehounds. The new content patch, which will… Read More »
UK Law Could Hamper WiiConnect24 Service
Nintendo has referred to its Wii as “a different game console every day.” The remarks were aimed at the Wii,s ability to download content, change game scenarios, and update itself while in a standby mode. While this is a great… Read More »
EA Veep Offers Take on New Consoles
EA Vice President Jeff Brown says that EA will develop games for the next gen machine that will have the largest user base, and according to Brown, that platform will be Sony,s PS3. His comments were made to Eurogamer during… Read More »
Sony Accused of Patent Infringement, Sued… Again.
Agere Systems has filed a lawsuit against Sony for products such as the PSP, PS2, Handycams, Memory Stick Duos, VAIO computers, Walkman players and other devices, all of which allegedly violate Agere patents. Specifically, the lawsuit alleges that Sony purposely… Read More »
Microsoft Offers Free Pizzas
Sometimes, it really pays to be a gamer. In the instance of Xbox 360 gamers, it will mean free pizza. Xbox.com has notified the 360 faithful that it will sponsor the first “Xbox Live Arcade Wednesday Party-In-A-Box” promotion. The following… Read More »
Electronic Arts Unveils Upcoming Lord of the Rings Video Game
Electronic Arts made the announcement today that they are currently in the process of developing The Lord of the Rings: The White Council, an upcoming next-gen title due to be released on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC sometime… Read More »
CEO Sees Bright Future for Midway
CEO and president of Midway Games David Zucker sat down with Eurogamer to discuss Midway,s future developments and his views on Sony,s PlayStation 3. In the past, fans labeled Midway as a one-trick-pony with its classic Mortal Kombat franchise, and… Read More »
