You heard right. The unthinkable just happened. At Microsoft’s E3 press conference today, a representative from Square-Enix was the last presenter and for his last comment, stated that the Xbox 360 would, in fact, be getting Final Fantasy XIII on launch day. This is a huge blow to Sony and their PS3 platform. Many have […]
The rumors that have been circulating for the last few weeks have come true. Today, Microsoft announced that, starting in August, the existing 20 gigabyte Xbox 360 hard drive will be phased out in favor of a 60 gigabyte drive.
Unfortunately, Microsoft seems to imply that the new hard drive and today’s $50 price drop will […]
It was previously speculated and now confirmed that Microsoft Game Studios has been expanding its internal staff in an effort to maintain ongoing development of Peter Jackson’s Halo game. Keep in mind that these job openings are for Microsoft employees, and not Bungie employees, suggesting that Bungie might have a limited amount of oversight […]
This rumor is looking more and more credible as each bit of new trickles out. The new information comes from 8bitjoystick.com and claims that the codename for the Wii Remote copy is ‘Newton’ after Sir Issac Newton and Newtonian Physics. The poster also states that it could be mere months before full scale […]
MTV.com has an exclusive on what appears to be the Xbox Wii-remote copy (not actually pictured on left). As in, virtually identical. This information comes from a developer source that has been briefed on the entire project. Apparently this X-Remote has been in development since last summer and Microsoft is rushing to […]
Microsoft and Sony are gearing up in a big way for what looks to be the biggest retail game of the year, that being Nancy Drew: Double Dare 5. I kid. Of course I speak of the thefting of auto’s 4. And in their spokesperson wake, everyone will be consumed…not literally, […]
Bungie released information on what will be the second map from the Legendary Map Pack for Halo 3, which retails for 800 points when released April 15th. The first map from the pack is Ghost Town.
This new map is called ‘Avalanche’ and is a snowy take on the original Halo classic map ‘Sidewinder’ complete […]
Greenpeace has released another list of electronic companies and where they score with respect to toxic chemicals and recycling. And Nintendo is still treading at the bottom. Nintendo actually improved this time, by .03 of a point up from 0. The tiny improvement comes from Nintendo stating that they are establishing […]
European Xbox suit Chris Lewis has some choice words for Sony execs thinking that they’re all high and mighty with the recent victory of Blu-Ray over HD-DVD. Mr. Lewis doesn’t think too much of Sony’s victory or the imporatance of disc based media at all saying:
“Going forwards, digital downloads is really where it’s […]
February has come and gone and we’re left with some hard data. Sales numbers to be exactly for the month for the game consoles and software. After January’s retail lull, gaming has bounced back for everyone but Microsoft it seems. They keep saying something about a hardware shortage to blame for […]