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EA Report: Revenue Up, Game Delays, New Game Announcements
EA announced their second quarter financial earnings today. First, EA hauled in $784 million in total revenues, which is a 16% increase during the same period last year. EA attributed these earnings toward strong sales of both Madden NFL 07… Read More »
Sony Developing 40 Downloadable PS3 Games
SCEA head Phil Harrison recently talked about Sony’s plans to infiltrate the online market, with plans to supplement the PS3’s e-Distribution Initiative (EDI) with a variety of 3D games. "We,re developing about 40 products that fit that [downloadable game] strategy… Read More »
Nintendo Plans Midnight Launches of Wii Across the Nation
Where will you be on November 19 at 12:01 AM? If your answer is “In bed,” chances are that you are not among the hard core Wii fans that are willing to line up at select stores across the nation… Read More »
Bioware to Use Vector Graphics Middleware Engine
Representatives from Bioware (Knights of the Old Republic, Jade Empire) have announced that the company has reached a five year licensing agreement with Scaleform Corporation, which will allow them to integrate the Scaleform GFx UI into their upcoming games. Such… Read More »
Surrealism: A Fork In The Road
A big topic nowadays is the “direction” of the games industry. When examining the next-gen console race, this is often approached in terms of technological power vs. game-play and innovation. I believe it has been made abundantly clear in which… Read More »
Empire at War: Forces of Corruption Review
In the original Star Wars trilogy, many of us were introduced to the primary characters and major themes of the Star Wars universe. The good guys were members of the Rebel Alliance, fighting for freedom in the galaxy and seeking… Read More »
Wii's Virtual Console Service Detailed
Nintendo has detailed the upcoming Virtual Console service for the Wii. The service will feature titles from old consoles at first, and then newly developed games, and will launch with the Wii on November 19. So far, the Virtual Console… Read More »
32 Wii Launch Games Confirmed
Following the heels of the PS3 launch titles (story), Nintendo announced the 32 games that will be available for the Wii from the console’s launch on November 19 through the end of 2006. Ubisoft is serving up the biggest offering… Read More »
Viva Piñata Preview
In an obvious attempt by Microsoft and Rare to go after the younger crowd, along comes Viva Pi
Final Fantasy XII Review
I admit it: I haven’t been a big fan of the Final Fantasy series lately. I enjoyed Final Fantasy 7 (although I still think it’s given too much praise by many gamers), and I liked Final Fantasy X enough to… Read More »
