EA's PSP launch titles do NOT support online play
OK, stop trying to play your EA games online with the PSP. They simply don't support it. Surely it was an "accident", but it is convenient for EA that their PSP launch titles all mention Wi-fi Infrastructure support. Dan over at the Sports Gamer Blog has dug up dirty details on EA's support s...
World of Warcraft launches, players angry
Today gamers who were prepared to start grinding in World of Warcraft were greeted with queues of over 600 people just to log in. Gamers are reportedly waiting hours for a taste of the game. The problem has much to do with the popularity of the PvP servers on the first day of the launch. Othe...
NCSoft and BioWare win at Billboard awards
Game awards are kind of like our next door neighbor; sometimes they are in touch reality and sometimes they aren't. Billboard's attempt didn't draw our ire, although giving the "Best Use of Sound" award to True Crime: Streets of LA was questionable during a year we learned to command squads b...
400,000 people played Guild Wars last weekend
We took advantage of the Guild Wars preview event last weekend to take a look around at the state of the game. Apparently, over 400,000 other players were on during the weekend, which makes the performance we experienced that much more remarkable. The game itself is like an MMO hack-n-slash R...
World of Warcraft ships Nov. 23
Blizzard has announced World of Warcraft will hit stores on Nov. 23 in North America, Australia, and New Zealand. Gamers can choose between the regular version and a special Collector's Edition which among other things will give you an exclusive in-game pet. Both versions will include t...
Doom 3 for Mac
Aspyr Media and id Software now have a Mac version of Doom 3 available for pre-order. Yes, we know none of you use Apple computers, but this would be a good gift for your fruity Mac-loving friend. Doom 3 just gets everyone into the holiday spirit with a nice "Welcome to HELL!"...
Win Gamefly rentals from McDonald's
We know you like heart stopping food and video games so we consider this more of a public service announcement than anything else. Check in at your local Big Mac vendor for their Monopoly game pieces and enter online to try to get a one year subscription to GameFly. We think a year of game ...
Mad Catz to release first game
Accessory manufacturer Mad Catz Interactive has decided to create a dance game to go along with their dance pads. MC Groovz Dance Craze will be the first dance game Nintendo GameCube and should hit stores in time for the holiday season. If you insist on some exercise with your gaming, this ga...
Exercise while gaming?
We don't think there is anything wrong with exercising; it's something for people who can't play games very well. Now there is a product for crazies that want to get exercise while they play shooters. We are quite sure that the designers of the product are well intentioned, but this is just r...
A real Lord of the Rings RPG has shipped
We've come to expect nothing from games tied to movie franchises so we feel a little out of sorts to be excited about Lord of the Rings: The Third Age. The game is a full featured RPG that allows free roaming play, the ability to complete quests for either side of the war, and renders all ite...
