Archive for February, 2011 - Page 21

Looks like Sony and Nintendo have found some genuine common ground in their love for physical media. For both of them it’s not going anywhere and is completely safe despite doom-filled pronouncements from every other exec. “We have been very clearly communicating for a long time that the packaged software [...]

We usually rag on Activision for everything from the whole Infinity Ward fiasco to multiple studio closures and of course the polarizing comments Bobby Kotick can’t stop himself from making, but the attack that former Red Octane CEO Kelly Sumner launched on the company in a recent interview even seemed [...]

Although Crysis 2 got leaked BP-style on the Internet before release, which led to the obligatory “piracy is the cancer/virus/plague that is destroying the game industry” rant from the developer, that’s just what people who do science (can’t wait for Portal 2, but you can probably tell) call an anecdote. [...]

Sony have been known to occasionally rise above such petty human concerns as common sense as well as employing some of the most quotable people in the industry, but if that’s a quality Sony truly want to cultivate in their employees, they better keep an eye on MLB 11: The [...]

It may well be blasphemy to say so, but it would seem that for the first time in history the console version of a Valve game might be better than the PC version. I know it might be hard for PC players who have been with Valve since the beginning [...]

EA is banking on the fact Cliff Bleszinsky’s predictions regarding the military FPS genre won’t be coming true any time soon and let’s face it, the way these things have been selling assorted digital Easterners everywhere still aren’t anywhere near safe. Which is why even though they weren’t completely happy [...]

We were just at an inordinately swanky London venue admiring Sony Ericsson’s latest line-up, including the Xperia Play, but nary a peep escaped anyone’s lips about any sort of PlayStation tablet. Could it be that Sony have finally learned to keep a secret or at the very least stopped “accidentally” [...]

Bulletstorm is gaining more and more attention as it approaches its release date of February 22. Most of it has been good, but some of it comes from fans wondering why Bulletstorm is lacking some FPS conventions, namely a competitive multiplayer mode. In a recent interview with the Telegraph, Cliff [...]

Rumors have been flying around that Apple might be coming out with a smaller, cheaper iPhone. Rumors were in fact so rampant that a name had even come about and most were already dubbing this brand new iPhone the iPhone Nano.

There are many ways to celebrate President’s Day this year: for instance, you could read the Wikipedia articles on all 44 American presidents in an information marathon. As well, you could drink beer all day while thinking of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln from time to time, or you could [...]