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Madden NFL 11 Release
Are you ready for some football? With NFL preseason underway, it’s not just time for football games but also football gaming. Madden NFL 11 will be released on Tuesday, August 10, 2010, featuring Drew Brees on the cover.
The demo of the game has come under critical review, but Madden-freaks will adjust to any tweaks or issues.
You can check out the leaked Madden 11 ratings at GoMadden and for lots of images, videos, reviews, guides and walkthoughs, you can’t go wrong… More »
Halo: Reach After Hours Events at GameStop
GameStop and Microsoft will be hosting Halo: Reach After Hours Events at 1,100 stores nationwide this Friday, August 6, 2010 from 9:00pm to 10:30pm local time. Halo fans will be treated to a video showcasing exclusive Halo:Reach tips and tricks, in-game footage, the new Firefight mode and other terrific game information.
Customers attending the After Hours Events will have a chance to win amazing prizes such as the Legendary Edition collector’s pack (MSRP: $149.99, one copy per store). This special edition… More »
GameStop Power Saver Sale
If you are looking to stock up on video games this summer, head to GameStop and check out their Power Saver Sale. From now through Sunday, August 8, 2010 in stores and online, you can get new and pre-owned games up to 50% off.
Sale titles include popular games such as:
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Assassin’s Creed 2
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Splinter Cell: Conviction
DJ Hero
Also through July 24, 2010, you can purchase any color DSi ($149.99) or DSi XL (169.99) system and… More »
Transformers: War for Cybertron
Released on June 22, 2010 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC, Transformers: War for Cybertron is a new third-person shooter video game developed by High Moon Studios and published by Activision.
Additionally, two portable versions were released for the Nintendo DS. A game for the Wii called Transformers: Cybertron Adventures was also developed by Next Level Games. This Wii game utilizes the same characters and setting as War for Cybertron.
Transformers: War for Cybertron has been given high praise with most… More »
What Would Your Video Game Be About?
Whilst putting my poor laptop back together and basically not having the ability to get online, I found myself coming up with all kinds of things to write about.
Isn’t that how it always work?
One of the things was, if you were tasked with making a video game, what kind of video game would you make?
I thought about this at some length while I was scrubbing my hard drive with a Brillo Pad and have decided I would make a “choose… More »
Lazy Kids and Video Games
What is with kids these days. I’ll be honest too, I’m talking about my own kids and the kids of my friends. They’re just not willing to work for something anymore are they? I mean they don’t even play hard either. What’s the deal? When I was a kid I spent hours upon hours trying to get past a single bad guy or some weird level on Nintendo Mario Brothers or some other game. I remember… More »
“Grand Theft Auto” Publisher Pessimistic
Take-Two Interactive, the video game publisher whose subsidiary, Rockstar, produced the massively popular Grand Theft Auto series, has trimmed its revenue forecast for the year and delayed the release of two games. Still, the company has reported surprisingly strong quarterly results.
Whereas the company had previously predicted revenues of $1.1 billion to $1.25 billion, Take-Two Interactive has now lowered its forecasts to a value somewhere between $1.05 billion and $1.1 billion. According to Take-Two, the fourth quarter will be crucial as… More »
Midway Games Places Hope with Time Warner
Midway Games Inc., best known for the Mortal Kombat, Wheelman, and Gauntlet series of video games, filed for bankruptcy on February 12 and has been seeking a deal ever since. Time Warner, through its Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. unit, has become the largest bidder for the defunct video game company, offering $33 million for Midway’s assets.
Midway will hold an auction on June 29 and it wants Warner Bros. to act as the lead bidder. The video game company hopes that… More »
Gaming Industry Battles Over Used Rights
There are few industries where a used version of an item is almost as expensive as a new item – and it is much more valuable to retailers. In the video game industry, however, the used market is booming. New copies of games usually cost $50 – $60, but if you sell your game back to a store like GameStop as soon as you are done, you can usually get $20 – $35 back in store credit.
And for the retailer,… More »
