Gabe gets Left 4 Dead in San Jose

The head honcho at my favorite game company will be making a keynote address at this years Showdown LAN in San Jose, CA.Not only that but he’s bringing the first real public showing of the hotly anticipated title Left 4 Dead. Alot of folks having said that broadband proliferation and games like WoW have […]

Blizzcon sells out..

Not bad. This year the Anaheim Convention center will play host to the largest gathering of elitest jerks in the history of gamingdom. The Murloc suits and non-combat pet collections could generate a smug cloud so large, it could plunge southern California into a new ice age.
Remember that yesterday we reported that BlizzCon tickets were […]

id’s New Game Engine Debut

At the annual Apple Developer’s Conference today, id officially announced their new game engine, being called ‘id Tech 5′, along with showing a tech demo of what it can do. Who would have ever thought id would debut their new game engine at an Apple conference of all places? I can still hear […]

BlizzCon 2007 - Murloc Suit FTW!

As if playing Starcraft II isn’t enough of a reason to attend this year’s BlizzCon (hey, we all know that’s what the beta key will be for), Blizzard is also going to be handing out a murloc suit for your favorite WoW character. I love how its all sewn together, and how he carries […]

Six Reasons Why “E For All” Will Become The Next E3

I’m starting to wonder more and more why E3 was ever changed to a new format. All it has done, is basically open the door for someone else to come in and take over the spot for the biggest game expo in the industry. Some people have speculated that perhaps other shows such […]

CBS Signs World Series of Video Games For Second Year

In what appears to be more evidence of video games becoming more mainstream, CBS has decided to renew their contract to cover the World Series of Video Games for a second year.
The 2007 deal will expand WSVG coverage to four separate hour-long events timed after the three major U.S. events and the finals in Sweden. […]

E3 ‘07 Schedule Announced

This year’s smaller (and by many means, less impressive) E3’s schedule has been officially announced. This year, Microsoft kicks off E3 with what looks to be an entire day to themselves. Hopefully something big comes out of that. Do we really need an entire day of developers hying Halo 3? Also expect Peter Molyneux talking […]

More Spore Please!

Since EA recently announced they hate us, and won’t be releasing spore until at least spring of 2008, I figure it’s a good time to look at some recent screenshots, along with a gameplay preview video by Will Wright taken at this years SXSW expo in March.

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From the look of this video, the […]

Ten Reasons Why No E3 is Bad For Game Industry

It seems like ever since the big announcement earlier this week about the E3 changes, everyone in the press has been jumping to the defense of the ESA and explaining why a different E3 is better for the game industry.
And I thought console fan boys were bad.
Of course, this all begs the question of […]