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Xbox 360 failure fiasco explained in-depth

6 September 2008 |Hardware issues were so prevalent Microsoft stopped producing systems for half a year, according to Dean Takahashi's new report on the "Red Ring of Death."

THQ arming Warhammer 40K shooter?

6 September 2008 |Purportedly leaked, developer-annotated video appears online seemingly confirming publisher is at work on third-person shooter set in Games Workshop's sci-fi universe.

Square Enix drops Tecmo bid, hints at new deals

6 September 2008 |Japanese RPG giant formally scuppers $200 million offer for Ninja Gaiden maker, in talks with "quite a few" companies regarding mergers and buyouts.

Head Coach heads up PSN releases

6 September 2008 |Football management sim for PS3 now downloadable for $49.99; other releases include new Pure demo, Haze expansion, weekly Rock Band tracks.

Microsoft slashes XBL DLC prices

6 September 2008 |Variety of content--including Elder Scrolls IV expansion, Mass Effect add-on, and Guitar Hero III--will be discounted up to 60 percent cheaper through end of October.

ESPN, EA team for Virtual Playbook

6 September 2008 |Sports network to integrate new technology to meld Madden into upcoming broadcasts; debut set for this week's Sunday NFL Countdown.

Dead Space facing international bans

6 September 2008 |Community manager says EA's space shooter won't be allowed into Germany, China, or Japan.

Far Cry 2 howling October 21

6 September 2008 |Ubisoft reveals release date of its semi-sequel to acclaimed 2004 shooter, which will ship in Europe Oct. 24; both territories to get collector's edition.

Guitar Hero touring with Sting, Tool

6 September 2008 |Police frontman to have song, likeness included in Activision's upcoming World Tour; prog metal band offers trio of songs, designs in-game venue.

Sins of a Solar Empire total 500K

6 September 2008 |Stardock and Ironclad Games' critically acclaimed DRM-free spaceborne RTS for the PC hits half-mil milestone after seven months.

Multiwinia Developer Featurette

9 September 2008 |Multiwinia (PC)Introversion insiders unveil exclusive info on its upcoming multiplayer epic.

Multiwinia Blitzkrieg Video

9 September 2008 |Multiwinia (PC)Check out the all-new mode in action.

Beatnik Games Announces Plain Sight

9 September 2008 |UK indie dev bringing multiplayer exploding robots with great big swords to PC and Xbox 360.

SingStar Supremo Shifts to Atari

9 September 2008 |Paulina Bozek announced as head of new mass-market consumer-focussed Atari studio.

U.S. Release Date Revision (09.08.08)

9 September 2008 |Your very own window to the future of PC gaming.

U.S. Release Date Revision (09.08.08)

9 September 2008 |You only need one screen to see what's next for your DS.

U.S. Release Date Revision (09.08.08)

9 September 2008 |Prepare yourself for the most accurate PSP release list in the Multiverse!

U.S. Release Date Revision (09.08.08)

9 September 2008 |Dates, dates, and more dates! Your guide to the PS3 retail calendar.

U.S. Release Date Revision (09.08.08)

9 September 2008 |Who says there's nothing coming out for last-gen systems?

U.S. Release Date Revision (09.08.08)

9 September 2008 |Want to know when you can waggle your Wiimote?

Nintendo Working On ‘Better’ Wii Storage Solution than HDD

9 September 2008 |Also: New Zelda reconfirmed to be in the works, and Animal Crossing is so not casual.

Amazon Users Lash Out Against Spore DRM

9 September 2008 |Reviewers sabotage Spore's Amazon rating in protest to 'draconian' anti-piracy measures.

Nintendo Announces WiFi Router for Wii/DS

9 September 2008 |New adapter will "streamline" the process of getting your Wii online.

Media Molecule Launches Design-a-SackBoy LBP Contest

8 September 2008 |Create your own fanciful costume for LBP's mascot, and you may get to use it in-game.

EA Wants More Japanese Devs for Partners Program

8 September 2008 |Signing Japanese developers would create 'uncomfortable, but unique' situation, says EA.

King of Fighters 98 Ultimate Match Coming to XBLA

8 September 2008 |XBLA version of the updated 2D fighter appears on TGS games list.

Peggle Bouncing to Mobile Phones

8 September 2008 |PopCap's addictive casual game spreading to cell phones starting later this month.

Report: MS Knew About 360 Defects Before Launch

8 September 2008 |Investigative report says the 'RROD' defect kept Microsoft from originally planned price cuts.

Max Payne Director Upset Over MPAA Treatment

7 September 2008 |Director accuses ratings board of giving Batman, ahem, sexual favors.

Tecmo Settles Overtime Pay Lawsuit

7 September 2008 |One lawsuit down, but former Team Ninja leader Itagaki's is still pending.

Report: EA Considering Licensing Spore ‘Engine’

6 September 2008 |Although it's not quite an engine in the sense of Epic's Unreal, much of the tech behind Spore could be applied to other games and licensed out to developers for all sorts of interesting applications.

Tecmo Settles With Team Ninja Employees

6 September 2008 |Apparently little bloodshed happened in the unpaid overtime lawsuit filled by two former employees. We'll see about Itagaki, however.

Sting and Tool Appear in Guitar Hero World Tour

6 September 2008 |We're sending out an S.O.S. for the legendary frontman of The Police along with alternative metal band Tool.

Grand Theft Auto IV Could Sell Over 23 Million Units

6 September 2008 |Take-Two expects the game to surpass its predecessor. Also, analysts seem split on whether EA will ultimately prevail in its bid to acquire the GTA publisher.

Spore Coming to iPhone This Month; EA Mobile Announces 9 More iPhone/iPod Games

6 September 2008 |EA confirms that Spore Origins is definitely on its way to iPhone in September. And nine more games are in development for iPhone as EA throws its weight behind the platform.

Call of Duty Showing the World at War on November 11

5 September 2008 |The world's favorite tactical shooter series will be back this Fall, with PC and Xbox 360 multiplayer betas coming in October.

Grand Theft Auto IV Fuels $52 Million in Profit during Take-Two’s Q3

5 September 2008 |Not surprisingly, GTA continues to be a huge money maker for Take-Two. GTA IV has now sold over 10 million copies. The game lifted Take-Two to nearly $52 million in net income for Q3.

EA Mobile Secures PopCap’s Bejeweled Through 2010

5 September 2008 |One of the most popular casual titles in the world will continue to be offered by EA Mobile from now until 2010.

Rock Band Song Export for Rock Band 2 to Cost $5

5 September 2008 |What, you thought it would be free? Ha! Because of extended licensing fees, you'll have to cough up 400 MS Points if you'd like to transfer your original RB songs. More details within...

Peter Molyneux Keynoting GCAC 08

5 September 2008 |Fresh off of his 10 Questions from GameDaily BIZ and a recent vacation, Molyneux will travel to Singapore to give a speech on Fable II's development.

Spore Producer: ‘It Was Hard To Say, ‘This Is Good Enough!’

9 September 2008 |Yesterday saw the release of Spore, Will Wright's long-in-development evolution sim first revealed during GDC 2005. An ambitious project, it has seen considerable investment by publisher Electronic Arts -- and great commercial ...

Drawn To Life, Lock’s Quest Dev Planning Full Console Title

9 September 2008 |Late last year, independent developer 5TH Cell released the unusual Nintendo DS adventure/platformer Drawn to Life, which allows players to draw their own hero and weapons directly on the system's touch screen. Just a year ...

Feature: ‘An Examination of Outsourcing: The Contractor Angle’

9 September 2008 |Despite popular suspicion, LA-based outsourcing project management company Production Road says outsourcing's not out to take jobs from studio professionals. "Not one client has ever told me that their intent is to save money by ...

Fils-Aime: Nintendo Working On Better Wii Storage

9 September 2008 |Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime says that Nintendo is working on a better storage solution for the Wii, but says that the solution won't necessarily be an external hard drive add-on. "I want the people to have the ...

MP Demands Apology For Mercs 2 Free Gas Stunt

9 September 2008 |Electronic Arts apparently brought London traffic to a complete standstill late last week with a publicity stunt for the recently-released Mercenaries 2: World in Flames. To promote the game, in which mercenaries battle for control ...

Ask the Experts: The Game Designer’s Bookshelf

9 September 2008 |In the latest "Ask the Experts" advice column from GameCareerGuide.com, a reader asks for some reading material to get himself better acquainted with matters of game design. Columnist and editor Jill Duffy gathered a list of ...

DS Dominates August Sales in Japan

9 September 2008 |The Nintendo DS was the best-selling platform in Japan during the month of August, according to new data from Japanese publisher and market researcher Enterbrain. Sales were low in general due to the time of year - but also down 29 ...

Xbox Live’s Schappert To Keynote TGS

9 September 2008 |Xbox Live boss John Schappert will give a keynote address at the Tokyo Game Show next month, with a speech called "A Canvas for the World". Schappert, officially Microsoft's corporate VP of Live, software and sales, will discuss ...

Road To The Austin IGF: Mockingbird

9 September 2008 |[Our series of 'Road to the IGF' interviews profiles the nine recently announced winners of the IGF Showcase at Austin GDC - with the local Southern U.S. indie developers to be showcased at the Texas game development show later ...

Q& A: 1C’s Baryshnikov On Growing Russia’s ‘Tiny’ Console Market

9 September 2008 |Russia's largest publisher, 1C (Space Rangers, IL-2 Sturmovik) claims over 100 PC titles under its belt, thriving in a market where consumer taste and high piracy combine to make PC the dominant platform in Russia. Earlier this ...

News: DS tops Japan’s August sales

9 September 2008 |Nintendo's handheld has regained the monthly top spot, selling 333k units

News: Morrisons begins half price chart sale

9 September 2008 |UK supermarket's week long sale will see DS titles at £12, Wii titles for £15 and PS3 and 360 titles for £25

News: Schappert to keynote TGS

9 September 2008 |Microsoft exec to discuss bringing people together with interactive experiences

News: EA cuts price of Rock Band Instrument bundle

9 September 2008 |Price lowered as title ships for PlayStation 3, PS2 and Wii

News: Warhammer Online beta struggles in Europe

9 September 2008 |Account registration and authentication issues spoil first day of anticipated MMO trial

News: Amazon users slam Spore DRM

9 September 2008 |Consumer reviews overwhelmingly negative due to "draconian" DRM

News: Bozek joins former Sony boss at Atari

9 September 2008 |Exec behind $500 million SingStar franchise joins Phil Harrison's invigorated team to lead new creative studio based in London

News: Tecmo settles Team Ninja unpaid overtime case

9 September 2008 |Company announces "judicial settlement" for JPY 8.3 million lawsuit

News: “Dangerous” free petrol stunt backfires on EA

9 September 2008 |MP demands apology for "completely irresponsible" £40,000 giveaway

News: Alex St John: The PC business model is “f*cked”

9 September 2008 |Piracy is caused by inappropriate business plans - and the industry shouldn't blame the consumer, says WildTangent CEO

Dean Takahashi’s Investigative Report on the Red Rings of Death

9 September 2008 |Last summer, when Microsoft finally admitted to consumers that it had a major problem with the Xbox 360 and its infamous Red Rings of Death, I recall thinking that if anyone could get to the bottom of the situation it would be Dean ...

Nintendo Makes a Splash at 50+ Expo

9 September 2008 |Nintendo cozied up to the 50-and-older crowd last week at the AARP's Life at 50+ Expo in Washington, D.C.Not unexpectedly, titles like Brain Age and Wii Bowling were on display.Madworld trailer? Not so ...

GameStop Hammered in YouTube Series

9 September 2008 |A disgruntled former GameStop employee who goes by WhistleBlowerZero has posted a nine-part YouTube video series detailing his view of why gamers can do better elsewhere.Done in the style of Zero Punctuation, The videos ...

Games Violence Debate Lampooned by Web Comic

9 September 2008 |Sharp-eyed GamePolitics correspondent Andrew Eisen spotted this cartoon on Dork Tower.Hit the link for the rest of the panels...

Dead Space Ban in Three Countries? We’re Not Buying It

7 September 2008 |Yesterday we mentioned a Destructoid report which said that EA's upcoming space-horror-survival title Dead Space had been banned in Germany, Japan and China. Destructoid sourced the info to "Dead Space community ...

Boys Nuke Cat, Court Bans Violent Games

7 September 2008 |The Edmonton Journal reports that a pair of Canadian teenagers have been barred from playing violent video games after they pleaded guilty to killing a family cat by placing it in a microwave.The boys, now 16, were placed on ...

Wal-Mart Wants to Turn the Game Biz Green

7 September 2008 |Perhaps the video game industry is taking environmental concerns raised by Greenpeace last year to heart?According to Walmart’s official blog, Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony, and a few publishers such as EA and Activision ...

Halo Named in Accidental Shooting Death of Wisconsin Boy, 11

6 September 2008 |Police in Watertown, Wisconsin believe that an attempt to imitate Halo may have played a role in the death of an 11-year-old boy from an accidental gunshot.As reported by the Watertown Daily Times, Joshua Nimm apparently ...

GoW Creator Defends Calling Sarah Palin a MILF

6 September 2008 |The other day I called out God of War creator David Jaffe for a vlog in which he referred to Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin as "the perfect definition of a MILF." (see: God of War Designer ...

Video Games Will Help You Understand Sarah Palin

6 September 2008 |Video game columnist Dave Davies of the San Antonio Express has tongue firmly planted in cheek as he ticks off a quartet of video games that he says can increase one's understanding of Republican VP nominee Sarah Palin.In what ...

Bungie: Leaked achivements legit, coming by month’s end

9 September 2008 |Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, First Person Shooters There's been quite a bit of mystery and confusion regarding Halo 3 lately, which is almost exactly what was happening at this time last year. It's enough to make one nostalgic. ...

Dem-o-matic: Guitar Hero Aerosmith and NBA Live 09

9 September 2008 |Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Sports, Rhythm The whole point of Guitar Hero Aerosmith is to give you a taste of what it would be like to be part of the seminal classic rock band. So would would a taste of a taste of Aerosmith be ...

Guitar Hero III Les Paul support, PAX pack fix coming to PS3 Rock Band Thursday

9 September 2008 |Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Rhythm Beginning this Thursday, junior rockers that prefer PS3 can rip their Rock Band tracks right to their system in preparation for Rock Band 2. But, much like Ziggy Stardust, the Sept. 11 patch ...

Groovin’ Blocks falls onto WiiWare

9 September 2008 |Filed under: Nintendo Wii, Puzzle What's the problem with not having demos for WiiWare games like Groovin' Blocks (Empty Clip Studios, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points)? It forces you, the consumer, to make your purchasing decision ...

New games this week:  Spore ediitoin

9 September 2008 |Filed under: Nintendo DS, PC, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360 Well, of course it's Spore. Let's not even waste too much time examining the whys and wherefores, the biggest release is the ...

Japanese hardware sales, Aug. 25 - Aug. 31: Supercollider edition

8 September 2008 |Filed under: Nintendo DS, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Business Got any exciting plans for this coming Thursday? Perhaps you've got front row tickets for a Black Eyed Peas ...

PS Fanboy Week in Review: 8/25 - 9/7

8 September 2008 |Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="490" height="298" id="viddler_8d19493d"><param name="movie" ...

Weekly Webcomic Wrapup slept in

8 September 2008 |Filed under: Culture, Online, Polls "Huh, what time is it?" asked the webcomic wrapup as it crawled out of bed, reaching for its Pip Boy alarm clock that did not yet exist. "It's 5 o'clock," said the omniscient narrator."Why is ...

Motorstorm: Pacific Rift European demo to be sent to ‘lucky few’ on Thursday

8 September 2008 |Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, DrivingHere in the States, Qore subscribers will be able to fling mud across the startled faces of both friends and enemies alike in the Motorstorm: Pacific Rift demo which is due out this week for ...

Design a Sackboy or Sackgirl for LittleBigPlanet DLC

8 September 2008 |Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Action Have you fired many a condescending moan at the lead characters of most chart-topping blockbusters over the past few years, commenting on how the protagonist of your homebrew first-person ...

Amazon Reviewers Do Not Take Kindly To Spore’s DRM

9 September 2008 |Despite some early, Germanic hiccups, Spore seems to be going down quite well with both the reviewing and buying public at large. Oh, except the kids over at Amazon. Despite enjoying the game itself, they've bombarded the game with ...

Dragon Quest IX, Final Fantasy XIII Not Playable At Tokyo Game Show

9 September 2008 |Square Enix has announced its Tokyo Game Show plans. The company will be showing lots of its big titles — like Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy Versus XIII and Dragon Quest IX. But what will simply be in trailer form and ...

Will Wright Prefers Really High Sales to Really High Scores

9 September 2008 |The build-up for this title has been immense — and the reviews are rolling in. There were those first Spore reviews, and yes, there were pros and there were cons. Many don't like that the gameplay for Spore really isn't all ...

Why No Mega-Man In Super Smash Bros.? Inafune Says, ‘Ask Nintendo’

9 September 2008 |With all those gajillion characters in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, there was one glaring omission: Mega-Man. The Capcom mascott seems like a sure fit for Smash Bros. So what gives? Did Capcom refuse to let the character appear in the ...

Do You Apologise For The Developers Of Your Favourite MMO?

9 September 2008 |Flaw or solid design decision? Bad content or work in progress? When you jump online to browse the forum of your favourite MMO, what are you likely to type out in response to criticism? Dave Kidd over at Trembling Hand has written ...

Blizzard Is Blizzard… Except in Australia & NZ

8 September 2008 |We all know with World of Warcraft under its belt, Blizzard is a force to be reckoned with. At Activate Asia 08, Activision Blizzard's senior VP and MD Philip Earl agreed with this sentiment, stating that, with the exception of ...

A Labelled, Bulletproof Saints Row 2 Promo

8 September 2008 |If there's one thing I'll miss about being a games journo, it's the promos. They can range from truly excellent to downright WTF, but today THQ has firmly landed in the former category with this branded Saints Row 2 bulletproof ...

Tool Confirmed For Guitar Hero: World Tour

8 September 2008 |Stop asking, Tool fans. Actually, stop endlessly whining, because you've got your wish: Tool will be appearing in Guitar Hero: World Tour. Not literally appearing, mind you, as they won't be in-game characters, but they will have ...

Wrap-o-matic: Over The Weekend

8 September 2008 |Disgruntled Ex-GameStop Employee Takes it to YouTube For a moment I thought it said "drunk" not "disgruntled". Video sounds the same, anyway. A Taste of Skate 2 Because face-planting is funny to watch. BioShock: The ...

Halo Soapbox Invades Red Bull Derby

8 September 2008 | Reader Adam sends word that there was a "extremely accurate" Covenant Ghost soapbox among the 34 registered teams and soapbox cars that took part in the 2008 Red Bull Soapbox Derby in Manayunk, Pennsylvania yesterday.The Spartan ...

EA Confirms Delay to Latest Harry Potter Game

9 September 2008 |Electronic Arts confirmed on Monday that the release of its latest Harry Potter game, The Half-Blood Prince, has been delayed until the summer of 2009 following Warner Bros. Pictures’ decision to delay the movie’s ...

Livingstone Fearful of a “Skeleton Version of the Industry”

9 September 2008 |“If you look under the hood you will find there are many challenges that face the [UK games] industry,” Eidos’ creative director Ian Livingstone told Edge in a recent interview. “Notably costs, skills, ...

Rock Band Gets European Price Cut

9 September 2008 |Electronic Arts has cut the recommended retail price of Rock Band in the UK to £109.99 and in mainland Europe to €139.99. The new price applies to the already released Instrument Edition for 360, and the upcoming PS3, ...

MP Slams “Dangerous” EA Petrol Stunt

9 September 2008 |A Liberal Democrat MP has criticized EA for offering £20,000 worth of free petrol in a bid to promote the newly released open-world action game Mercenaries 2: World in Flames. The stunt saw EA deck out a North London petrol ...

SingStar Exec Bozek to Lead New Atari Studio

9 September 2008 |Infogrames has announced the formation of a new internal development studio and the appointment of SingStar exec Paulina Bozek as creative and product lead. The new studio, based in Hammersmith, London, will focus on the ...

Wright: Spore Sales More Important Than Scores

9 September 2008 |Will Wright has said that the Spore team decided long ago that it was more important to achieve stellar game sales than fantastic review scores. read more

This Week

9 September 2008 |It’s a busy week for Wii and DS games as ten titles for Nintendo platforms hit stores, including Ubisoft’s Hell’s Kitchen and The Price is Right for both systems, and THQ’s Viva Pinata: Pocket Paradise and ...

Examining “The Bill”

8 September 2008 |<!--paging_filter-->As someone who’s a gamer that happens to work at a publisher/developer of games, I thought I’d weigh in on “The Gamer’s Bill of Rights.” Is it reasonable? Are the ...

Spore and the Creativity of Science

7 September 2008 |<!--paging_filter-->Towards the end of our time at Maxis, we find ourselves talking with the studio’s founder, Will Wright, about his love of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. Spore, Wright says, is a game ...

Review: Civ Revolution DS

7 September 2008 |Fresh from a successful summer campaign on home consoles, Civilization now marches into handheld territory with a slimmed-down but essentially identical version of Revolution, joining similar strategy-orientated franchises Age Of ...

Intelligently designed? Ars reviews Spore

9 September 2008 |With Spore, Will Wright intends to make you an Intergalactic Galactic ruler who begins life as a bottom-feeding primordial soup dweller. When I first saw the game back in early 2006 I wondered, would Wright and his team over at ...

GameStop is a Rip-Off

9 September 2008 |An ex-Gamestop employee explains how Gamestop truly operates.

Report: MS Knew About 360 Defects Before Launch

9 September 2008 |Call us crazy, but we suspect most Xbox 360 owners are by now well familiar with the dreaded Red Ring of Death.

Behind The Making of Spore

9 September 2008 |Many of the components of Will Wright's highly anticipated evolution game started out as small concept projects that are now available to the public. "The earliest prototypes were making strange topology creatures and seeing if we ...

5 Sites For Old-School Gaming in Your Browser

9 September 2008 |Enough of this practical advice and useful downloads! I know you've been working hard, and you're probably itching for some fun and excitement. If you've read some of my previous Time Wasters, you'll know that I've got a soft spot ...

If You Thought EA Customer Support Was Bad Before…

8 September 2008 |EA Customer Support continually fails at providing proper service to a man who clearly knows more about his own issues than they do. Of course, they give him the typical run around, never solving his problem. Digg to gain attention ...

‘Consoles Are a Problem,’ says Oddword Developer

8 September 2008 |While consoles seem to dominate the gaming landscape now more than ever – as indicated by once PC-only developers like id Software, Valve, Crytek and Epic flocking to consoles – Lorne Lanning of Oddworld fame actually views ...

Top 5 Famous Sci-Fi Aliens Your Can Play in Spore

8 September 2008 |As the best video game in 4.5 billion years finally launches this weekend, PM's resident geek crawls the best of Spore Creature Creator for the handful of otherworldly invaders, from Predator to the bloodsucks of H.G. Wells, that ...

Solar Empire moves 500,000 units, shows PC gaming done right

8 September 2008 |It looks like Stardock's strategy of ignoring game pirates has paid off, as the publisher has announced that it has sold around 500,000 units of Sins of a Solar Empire. Broken down, this number includes 400,000 via retail, with the ...

Find the Treasure [Preferably on Drugs]

7 September 2008 |WTF

The Complete History of Nintendo

8 September 2008 |SlappingOysters writes "Gameplayer are running a comprehensive feature on the history of Nintendo that runs through all 119 years of their existence, from humble card maker to gaming powerhouse. It is documented in chronological ...

Jumpgate Evolution Dev Interview, Dogfighting Video

8 September 2008 |Massively recently interviewed Hermann Peterscheck, a producer for NetDevil's upcoming space-fighter MMO Jumpgate Evolution. He talks about the UI and the huge level of customization, as well as basic flight and zone design. Also ...

Tabula Rasa Promotion To Send Gamers’ DNA to Space

8 September 2008 |Bridger tips news that NCSoft's Tabula Rasa, created in part by Richard Garriott, is running an unusual promotion right now. Garriott is going to the International Space Station on October 12th, and he'll take with him a digital ...

Tabula Rasa Promotion To Send Gamers’ DNA to Space

8 September 2008 |Bridger tips news that NCSoft's Tabula Rasa, created in part by Richard Garriott, is running an unusual promotion right now. Garriott is going to the International Space Station on October 12th, and he'll take with him a digital ...

Examining a Game Character’s Physical Presence

7 September 2008 |GameSetWatch is running a feature about the evolution of game characters' physical presence. In many games, you can look down and not see your feet, or pass right through other players or NPCs. Other games rely on a believable ...

Examining a Game Character’s Physical Presence

7 September 2008 |GameSetWatch is running a feature about the evolution of game characters' physical presence. In many games, you can look down and not see your feet, or pass right through other players or NPCs. Other games rely on a believable ...

Examining a Game Character’s Physical Presence

7 September 2008 |GameSetWatch is running a feature about the evolution of game characters' physical presence. In many games, you can look down and not see your feet, or pass right through other players or NPCs. Other games rely on a believable ...

Carmack Talks Quake Live

7 September 2008 |CVG spoke with John Carmack about the in-development browser-based version of Quake III Arena called Quake Live. He discusses the development team's reasons for the new project and mentions that current mods will not work. However, ...

Carmack Talks Quake Live

7 September 2008 |CVG spoke with John Carmack about the in-development browser-based version of Quake III Arena called Quake Live. He discusses the development team's reasons for the new project and mentions that current mods will not work. However, ...

Carmack Talks Quake Live

7 September 2008 |CVG spoke with John Carmack about the in-development browser-based version of Quake III Arena called Quake Live. He discusses the development team's reasons for the new project and mentions that current mods will not work. However, ...