Electronic Arts’ Japan-based studio will be shut down, after only three years and one produced game–Theme Park DS. Two other titles for Nintendo’s handheld, Sim City DS and Dragon Zakura DS, are still in the works and will continue to… Read More »

Early last month, Microsoft announced an alternative way to get into the Halo 3 public beta–buy a copy of Crackdown. Some of the gaming community offered a cynical analysis of the marketing tactic by Microsoft and said that it was… Read More »

Valve Software, which announced the retail packaging of the upcoming Half-Life 2: Episode Two last month, has today revealed a new estimated release date. The Black Box will ship for the PC and will include Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Portal,and… Read More »

Last month the AIAS (Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences) failed to allow Capcom games from being nominated in its game awards for the second straight year because the game publisher was not a member of the AIAS. The most… Read More »

There has always been the suggestion that playing video games quickens and hones the reflexes of gamers. A recent study done by the University of Rochester–while not proving this true–did confirm that playing video games increases the visual acuity of… Read More »

Sega’s Virtua Tennis 3, the next installment of the popular tennis franchise originally released for its Dreamcast in 2000, will be released with support for 1080p–the highest HD resolution possible. Many fans of the game are excited to get the… Read More »

The DS Gets A Psychological Profiler

Some of the most popular games for the Nintendo DS are the Brain Age series titles, which pit gamers in various brain exercise tasks, from simple mathematics to reading stories. The theory is that a person’s brain power can increase… Read More »

Microsoft Reveals 360 Achievement Points Contest

Starting on February 12, Xbox Live Gold and Silver users will start putting their Gamerscore to a use other than bragging rights. From then until April 12, 2007, gamers will have the opportunity to win prizes and Microsoft Points by… Read More »

Epic Games: Gears of War Cost Less Than $10 Million

Industry leaders have bemoaned the tremendous costs attached to projects being developed on new consoles, as estimates reached the $25 to $30 million mark. But Epic Games’ Mark Rein has revealed that Gears of War cost less than $10 million… Read More »

Blu-ray DVD Sales Pull Ahead of HD DVD

Both the Microsoft-backed HD DVD and Sony’s Blu-ray have struggled to take any sort of lead in the DVD market. However, Blu-ray has been pulling ahead of HD DVD according to Nielsen VideoScan, the DVD and VHS consumer research arm… Read More »