News: New DLC for Empire: Total War out today
Comes complete with 12 new unit types. Read more...
Eurogamer - PC, Today, 4:46am
News: Deus Ex 3 subtitled Human Revolution?
Square Enix trademark suggests so. Read more...
Eurogamer - PC, Today, 4:30am
Video: Aliens Vs. Predator - Close combat trailer
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Eurogamer - PC, Today, 4:07am
2K Marin: Console wars 'drown out creative discourse'
The initially Xbox 360-exclusive BioShock was one of the major salvos in the ongoing console wars, waged on message boards and comment sections everywhere (including right here on this very site). Speaking with Destructoid, BioShock 2 producer Jordan Thomas expressed hope that the multi-platform sequel -- which launches today -- doesn't play a similarly divisive role. According to Thomas, "platform partisanship" is just silly and it "seems to flood the critical channels and drown out... Read more...
Joystiq, Today, 4:00am
Video: BioShock 2 - Fun With Traps
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Eurogamer - PC, Today, 3:52am
Unfriendly voices
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BBC News | Technology | UK Edition, Today, 3:11am
Nippon Ichi earnings plummet in 2009
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Disgaea developer and publisher Nippon Ichi didn't have the best 2009, dood. Last week, the company announced its earnings for the first nine months of its fiscal year (ending December 31, 2009), recording operating profits 97.5% lower than those of 2008. Read more...
Joystiq, Today, 3:00am
Mega64 talks Mass Effect 2 sex censorship
We're pretty sure that the new Mass Effect 2-centric video from Mega64 that you'll find after the break is pretty funny. The crew seems to be grilling everyday citizens on censorship, specifically relating to all the xenofornication going down aboard the Normandy. Read more...
Joystiq, Today, 2:00am
Discounted: Brand new Tony Hawk Ride at ... Goodwill?
It may seem at this point that we're kicking an already downed and plenty insulted victim here, but we couldn't help but note the shockingly low price of a Tony Hawk: Ride bundle -- complete with board, unopened -- discovered by Gamertell at an Arlington Heights, Il. Goodwill store. Two Wii versions of the game were on sale for just $74.99 (down from $119.99 MSRP) -- a Goodwill employee said the game's presence could be... Read more...
Joystiq, Today, 1:00am
We sure hope the new Sonic 4 isn't a remake of this Sonic 4
Here's a fun little piece of 16-bit history for you -- did you know that when Sega made its big announcement last week, a game called Sonic 4 had actually been floating around for 14 years? Sure, it's not an official Sonic game, mind you -- it was merely a modded version of the classic Sunsoft SNES platformer Speedy Gonzales: Los Gatos Bandidos. 1UP recently shared the game's illicit history -- a group of Peruvian hackers known as Twin Eagle Group got their hands on the game in 1996,... Read more...
Joystiq, Yesterday, 12:00am
Naughty Dog's Amy Hennig tells the LA Times how she made it
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The Los Angeles Times' "How I Made It" feature has shined a spotlight on none other than Naughty Dog creative director Amy Hennig, illuminating the secret of how a 45-year-old woman can conquer the gaming industry and nab Joystiq's Game of the Year with Read more...
Joystiq, Yesterday, 11:00pm
Upcoming Fable III Announcements Will Upset People, Peter Molyneux says
RSS feed from 1UP, Yesterday, 10:10pm
Former EyeToy exec warns of the difficulties facing Natal, 'Arc'
In a recent interview with GamesIndustry.biz, Jamie MacDonald, former Vice President of Sony Worldwide Studios (the company responsible for EyeToy), gave out a few pointers to Sony and Microsoft regarding their respective motion controllers. MacDonald warned that gamers are expecting more from the 360 and PS3's motion gaming than they do from the Wii, due to both consoles' beefier hardware. However,... Read more...
Joystiq, Yesterday, 10:00pm
Plants vs. Zombies shambling to iPhones February 15
PopCap today announced that the iPhone port of Plants vs. Zombies is heading to Apple's handheld on February 15, seemingly aiming for the exact day that it had originally approximated for a Read more...
Joystiq, Yesterday, 9:30pm
The Decade That Was: Influential Faces
The Decade That Was: Influential Faces
A look at the five people who most influenced the industry over the past ten years.
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RSS feed from 1UP, Yesterday, 9:05pm
Pachter: Call of Duty to decline $250 million in 2010
With Activision's holiday fiscal report expected to release this week, Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter is predicting that the Call of Duty profit machine may not repeat its fantastic 2009 performance this year. As reported by IndustryGamers, Pachter believes the Call of Duty franchise will generate "sharply lower revenue," in 2010, to the tune of a $250 million decline. Not to worry, though, as he notes that... Read more...
Joystiq, Yesterday, 9:00pm
Square Enix applies for 'Deus Ex: Human Revolution' trademark
Square Enix has applied to trademark Deus Ex: Human Revolution in Europe (#008862153). A quick scan of other international trademark bureaus hasn't revealed anything similar. As Siliconera notes, it could very well be the official name for the upcoming Deus Ex 3, but that may simply be a conspiratorial assumption based on logic. Read more...
Joystiq, Yesterday, 8:30pm
Smartphone keys get quantum trick
A quantum physics trick is set to give smartphones and hand-held devices pressure-sensitive switches and touchscreens. Read more...
BBC News | Technology | UK Edition, Yesterday, 8:04pm
Peter Moore excited about PlayStation 'Arc,' unsure about OnLive
In a time-honored Peter Moore tradition, the EA Sports head recently opened up for an interview on a variety of subjects in the game industry. This time, the oft fake-tattooed gentleman exposited on the future of OnLive and his company's investment in the upcoming PlayStation Motion Controller (supposedly named "Arc"). "I don't know about OnLive," Moore told CVG,... Read more...
Joystiq, Yesterday, 8:00pm
Online safety for five-year-olds
Children as young as five are being targeted in a safety campaign launched as part of EU Internet Safety Day. Read more...
BBC News | Technology | UK Edition, Yesterday, 7:58pm
Gran Turismo PSP helps series top 55 million units sold
We hate to be all Captain Obvious about it, but there's good reason the Gran Turismo series is still doing laps around the virtual track. People are voting with their cash, as the latest figures from Polyphony Digital show that Gran Turismo PSP has managed to sell 1.8 million copies. And through its success, it's hit one hell of a milestone for the Gran Turismo series at large. Here's the rundown of the franchise's success: Read more...
Joystiq, Yesterday, 7:30pm
Report: Global PS3 market share increasing
You may have assumed this from the climbing PS3 sales Sony reported last week, but a report from Research and Markets provides further confirmation that the system is increasing in popularity around the world. Read more...
Joystiq, Yesterday, 7:00pm
EA Reports $1.3 Billion Revenue, $82 Million Loss in Q3
RSS feed from 1UP, Yesterday, 6:59pm
Max & the Magic Marker scribbles down March US WiiWare release
Danish developer Press Play would like to draw everyone's attention to Max & the Magic Marker's US release on WiiWare this March. The game released late last month on European WiiWare for 1,000 Wii Points. M&TMM is currently available in the US, directly from Press Play and digital distributors, for PC and Mac at a suggested price of $20. Read more...
Joystiq, Yesterday, 6:40pm
EA: Rock Band deal with Viacom only through March 2010
If you're wondering where Rock Band 3 is, a year and a half after Rock Band 2 and five months after the launch of The Beatles: Rock Band, it seems EA isn't sure it's going to get to publish it. During an investor conference call, EA execs revealed that the publisher's deal with Viacom (the company that owns MTV, Harmonix, Rock Band and maybe you as well) is only active through fiscal year 2010 (which ends March 31). Read more...
Joystiq, Yesterday, 6:20pm
New Mass Effect 2 DLC armor, shotgun available tomorrow
A post on the Bioware forums has revealed that two new bits of DLC will be coming to Mass Effect 2's Cerberus Network tomorrow, February 9. Players will be able to download both a new set of armor and a new shotgun for free via the game's DLC pipe. The Cerberus Armor ups heavy weapon ammo capacity, shields, and health by 10 percent each, and the M-22a Eviscerator Shotgun is "a longer-range shotgun with armor-piercing loads" that "also violates several intergalactic weapons treaties." Read more...
Joystiq, Yesterday, 6:00pm
EA: Something 'far-reaching' coming for Mass Effect in early 2011
Well now, this is a little perplexing. Speaking on today's EA earnings call, a spokesperson for the company said that something "far-reaching" for Mass Effect would arrive in Q4 of EA's fiscal 2010, which translates to sometime between January 1 and March 31 of 2011. Read more...
Joystiq, Yesterday, 5:50pm
EA loses $82 million in fiscal Q3 2010, revenue down 25%
Right off the bat, you should know this: for EA, losing $82 million in the third quarter of a fiscal year is an enormous improvement. Compared to the same period last year ("Q3" for EA is October 1 - December 31), the company lost 559 million fewer actual physical dollars. Yes, really. Now that we've told you that, we should also note that the publisher pulled in 24.85 percent less revenue year over year (down to $1.243 billion in Q3 2010 from $1.654 billion in Q3 2009). That said, Playfish had "two of the top ten Facebook games" for the quarter! Good thing Read more...
Joystiq, Yesterday, 5:40pm
Bungie Planning a Final Farewell For Halo 2 Online on April 14
RSS feed from 1UP, Yesterday, 5:32pm
Dead Space 2 and EA's Epic shooter slated for early 2011
EA's tentative release schedule for Q4 of its fiscal 2011 (or, as us normal people call it, January-March 2011) contains more than a few intriguing entries. You already heard about the new Dragon Age game -- but listed just below that is an untitled "Shooter from Epic TBA." Of course, this can only mean one thing: Gears of Madden 2012 is within spitting distance of becoming a sweet reality! Wait -- what's that? Oh, right, the listing more likely points to new speculative details about that Read more...
Joystiq, Yesterday, 5:30pm
Crysis 2, Sims 3 on consoles, NBA Jam due Holiday 2010
Thanks to today's EA earnings report (EArnings?) we're starting to get an idea of how the company's holiday season is going to shape up. This is all subject to change, of course, but as of right now it would appear you can look forward to Crysis 2, NBA Jam and EA Sports MMA sometime between October and December of 2010. Read more...
Joystiq, Yesterday, 5:25pm
Medal of Honor, APB dated for Summer 2010
According to EA's list of upcoming titles in its latest earnings report, a couple of high-profile games are going to be released this summer between July 1 and September 30: Realtime Worlds' crime-themed MMO APB (which is likely to be the "major MMO" to whose spring release John Riccitiello referred to previously), and ... a "TBA" Medal of Honor title -- possibly the one with the Read more...
Joystiq, Yesterday, 5:20pm
Two EA Sports Active games due Holiday 2010
Just before today's sure to be thrilling investor's call, EA released a fact sheet to the folks gearing up for the hour-plus finance-a-thon -- a fact sheet that revealed two "TBA" EA Sports Active games set for release on consoles in the third quarter of the company's fiscal 2011 (October 1 through December 31, 2010, in human being time). Read more...
Joystiq, Yesterday, 5:15pm
New Dragon Age in early 2011 on consoles, handhelds & PC
If you're pacing out your Dragon Age playing to ensure that you have a steady drip of elfin lovemaking and epic dragon fighting, here's a bit of new info to consider for your tactics: EA is planning to launch a new Dragon Age title in Q4 of its fiscal 2011, which, in real-world time, falls between January 1 and March 31, 2011. The sequel is far from a surprise, given that EA has also announced that global sell-in (read: shipments) of Dragon Age: Origins has reached 3.2 million units. Read more...
Joystiq, Yesterday, 4:55pm
NetEase temporarily suspending WoW account creation in China
Though the legal and political struggle between China's General Administration of Press and Publications (GAPP) and Ministry of Culture over whether World of Warcraft should be allowed in the country rages on, the game's operator, NetEase, is taking matters into its own hands. According to Reuters, the operator is suspending new user registrations for one week, starting today. During this time, NetEase execs will be waiting on pins and needles -- they recently re-submitted an application to operate... Read more...
Joystiq, Yesterday, 4:40pm
Xbox Live deals of the week: Turtles, Tiger and Marvel vs. Capcom
We're guessing that the person at Microsoft whose job it is to choose the discounted XBLA games of the week is a huge New Orleans Saints fan. Filled with the overwhelming spirit of victory from last night's engagement, this person couldn't stop him or herself from repeatedly hitting the price reduction button. We're afraid of what might have happened if they were a diehard Colts fan. Can XBLA prices be increased? Read more...
Joystiq, Yesterday, 4:00pm
Three Games Discounted on Xbox Live Arcade This Week
RSS feed from 1UP, Yesterday, 3:38pm
Retailers still receiving Wiis, demand outpacing slowed supply
There's no question: retail has a serious lack of Wiis, once again. Yes, this is 2010, but you wouldn't be wrong in thinking it feels more like 2008. Following up on several tips over the past month about online and retail Wii "shortages," the best we can discover is that supply is still coming in to retailers, but that demand is exceeding it -- it's that same old Wii song we've heard for years. Read more...
Joystiq, Yesterday, 3:30pm