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Sony Has an Online Strategy After All
No, it's not rolling over and playing dead, either. Apparently, if the scan from the PlayStation Boards (see picture) is to be believed, Sony's unnamed online service is in the works. Allegedly from the scans: "Cast aside any doubts and start gazing toward skyward, because that's where Sony is aiming with plans that go far beyond simple leaderboards and matchmaking." The console wars are about get dirty, folks. Let the mudslinging begin. More »
Starforce
StarForce Naysayers Invited to Moscow "Meeting"
The staff of Starforce is inviting anyone who can prove that that his or her malware is malware to fly to Russia on their own dime and prove it in person. Let me just say, momma didn t raise any stupid boys. More »
Business
DFC: Gaming and Advertising Online, How Can it Work?
The January briefing from DFC Intelligence wonders if game companies will be able to make money off the recent online advertising boom (DFC Intelligence reports that online advertising in 2004 was just beneath $10 billion). The article points at digitally distributing advertisements to gamers who are online, but the counterpoint is that gamers who log their consoles online (connecting to Xbox Live, et cetera) are a fraction of the gaming population. The admittedly obvious conclusion that DFC Intelligence reaches is that advertising can only be maximized for games that are online. That's why we see ad-supported casual games popping up at different sites with a big sponsor behind them. Expect the trend to continue and escalate. More »
Oddities
Snake Speaks Spanish
Blending the game world of Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater with reality and mixing it together with the Spanish language are the folks behind the parody Metal Gear Solid: Snack Idem. The parody of Kojima's series will span across all three Solid games but with a focus on Snake Eater. As someone who is used to seeing the new MGS trailers in another language anyway, seeing this in Spanish just seemed appropriate. Check it. More »
PSP
Luxury Dunhill PSP Case
Forget for a minute that the case costs more than the PSP and possibly as much as a PS3. Why is Dunhill making PSP cases? Last I checked, the only people that wore Dunhill were pipe-smoking, ascot-wearing middle-aged men with fluffy eyebrows. Then again, I could be totally wrong, and young whippersnappers like our Luke could be decked out in Dunhill head to toe. More »
Stargate Worlds
Stargate SG-1 Goes MMO
Fittingly on the heels of mentioning the debate between using existing IPs for an MMO or creating a new, living, breathing world comes the announcement that Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment reached a deal with MGM Interactive that will bring Stargate SG-1's universe to MMOs in the form of Stargate Worlds. Please, please, please let Richard Dean Anderson be a hero class. More »
Ninety-nine Nights
Ninety-Nine Nights Composer Interviewed
Over at Just Gamers they got a chance to chat it up with Pinar Toprak, a composer dipping into video game music composition for the first time with Ninety-Nine Nights. When one considers the importance of music on other Mizuguchi titles, it's going to be interesting to hear how Toprak brings themes of warring factions together in Ninety-Nine Nights. Whenever NNN ends up coming out, that is. Patience is a virtue I lack. More »
Business
On WoW's Back, VU Games Revenue Up in '05
It could be the giant cash cow that is World of Warcraft helping out their numbers, but strong sellers like F.E.A.R. and (gulp) 50 Cent: Bulletproof probably helped the company achieve a 35% increase in revenue over the year. Coincidentally, VU Games' fourth quarter numbers were down seven percent from 2004 - but Half-Life 2 and World of Warcraft shipped to retail that quarter and definitely boosted sales. More »
Take-Two
Wanna Work for Take-Two? No, Really
While stocks continue to free-fall, there's a job opening at parent company Take-Two. Read: people are jumping ship. The position is Senior Product Manager, and interested candidates should have five years experience, a Bachelor's degree and the ability to weather a shit storm. More »
City Of Villains
City of Villains Gets Retouched in April
Prodigious Gaming reports that MMO City of Villains will get a content update with the April showers. Timed missions called "Mayhem Missions" will be introduced, allowing players to harass civilians, mess up the Po-Po and rob stores for points. Expect some user interface updates, general streamlining and a bunch of textures being upped to hi-res in both CoV and its honorable older brother, City of Heroes. More »
World of Warcraft
What's Next for WoW
1Up sat down with Jeff "Tigole" Kaplan (dude is making the rounds) and got a little glimpse into the future. In the next patch, the world will finally see some weather effects, changes to the Priest class and finally, new sets of pre-end game armor that can be acquired through solo, five and 10 man content. The language in the article is a little confusing because it seems to suggest that you may need those old "blue" armor sets for the questline, in which case, back to Scholomance to farm some helm that I disenchanted 8 months ago. More »
Nintendo
Yet Another DS Sell-Out in Japan
Late last Friday, a shipment of DSes went on sale in Den-Den Town. Even with a new, sexier Nintendo portable in the pipeline, Dual-Screen-hungry consumers couldn't care less, and the handheld sold right out. Ninja Shot has documented the entire event in what has to be the best photo blogging I've seen all year. Granted, it's only January, but still. More »
Fps
22 FPSs coming This Year
IGN looks at the enormous amount of first-person shooters due out this year in "The FPSs of 2006." More »
Business
New Nintendo Europe Boss Chosen
Next Generation reports that Laurent Fischer, former marketing director for Nintendo France, is taking over where Jim Merrick left off - at the helm of Nintendo Europe. More »
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