The video games industry is obsessed with the phrase “next generation”, but what does it actually mean? What can gamers expect from any game given that name? It would be easy to dismiss the next generation gaming experience as simply eye candy. The latest games all look great but the potential offered by the processing [...]
US games giant Electronic Arts (EA) is to buy two video game studios for $855m (£422m) in a deal adding role-playing and action titles to its portfolio. EA is the world’s biggest games publisher and will now acquire Bioware and Pandemic Studios. They are private firms that have been partners since a 2005 deal brought [...]
MICROSOFT’S HALO 3 has been getting a thorough dissecting this week, even as rumours of a split from its creators continue to slither from the lips of naysayers. Halo 3 is one of the fastest-selling games ever created, and also one of the highest scoring when it comes to critical reception. How aggravating, then, that [...]
Halo 3 has officially become the biggest entertainment launch in history, accumulating nearly £84m in the first 24 hours alone. This is only based on sales in the United States. Halo 3 was released in the UK on 26 September and saw hundreds queuing to get their hands on a copy. The Xbox 360 title [...]
AN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – “Halo 3″, the highly anticipated video game from Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research), won high praise on Sunday from game reviewers who gushed over the lush settings, cinematic feel and array of multiplayer features. The game, the final chapter of a trilogy that began in 2001 with the launch of [...]
A new weapon will soon join Nintendo’s armoury: a lightsabre. Internet gaming sites across the web today cheered news of a new Star Wars game for the hit Wii console in which players will wield the Jedi weapon of choice using Nintendo’s motion sensitive “Wiimote” controller. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, developed by LucasArts, will [...]
CHIBA, Japan (Reuters) – Sony Corp said on Thursday it would postpone the launch of the “Home” virtual community service for its PlayStation 3 game console to early next year, the latest setback in its videogame battle with Microsoft Corp and Nintendo Co Ltd. The 3D “Home” online service, in which players can create and [...]
LOS ANGELES (Reuters Life) – A public test of Microsoft Corp.’s upcoming “Halo 3″ video game is in full swing with over half a million players which may encourage other companies to run “betas” to create a buzz before a game’s release. The test began May 16, with Xbox 360 users downloading the partial game [...]
(CNN) — With the video game version of “Spider-Man 3″ and its theatrical counterpart hitting the United States on Friday, we’re not just seeing the continuation of a hugely successful movie franchise. We’re seeing the continuation of a video game franchise that’s hugely successful in its own right. “As popular as ‘Spider-Man’ is in the [...]
After five years of hype and delay, this long-awaited dystopian epic needed to deliver something special, but it falls short. You play a mysterious bounty hunter wandering the wastelands surrounding an alternate-reality Chernobyl. This desolate, superbly detailed world proves the game’s greatest asset, full of ominous ambient noises, warring factions and grisly mutant horrors. However, [...]
