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 »

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 »

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 »

The world’s Mecca of vending machines, meet microtransactions. 1up is reporting that Japan has gotten its first taste of high-end abuse through Xbox Live in the form of Aquazone–a customizable, aquarium-themed simulation/screensaver for the Xbox 360. 5,000 Microsoft Points worth… Read More »

Microsoft Europe Denies 360 Price Drop

When the PlayStation 3 was launched in North America last November, gamers and industry official alike watched Microsoft and the pricing structure of the Xbox 360; a cost reduction for the 360 in order to take away from the PS3’s… Read More »

Although Ghostbusters is over two decades old, it’s still ranked as one of the top comedy films of all time–ranking an impressive #28 on the American Film Institute’s Top 100 comedy film list. Ghostbusters fans may have a reason to… Read More »

One of the complaints sometimes heard in the homes of gamers is that too much electricity is used when gaming–the combined total cost of using the game console, the television set, and sound system must cost a pretty penny to… Read More »

Xbox Live subscribers now have the opportunity to get their hands on the new Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter through a free demo offered over the Xbox Live Marketplace. The GRAW 2 demo is 625.5MB in size and will… Read More »

As every Xbox 360 gamer knows, Achievement points are received for meeting various goals in 360 games. Up until now, these points were rather, so to speak, pointless. While the totals ramped up for gamers, there seemed to be no… Read More »