Pyro Upgrade? Mmmph Mmmph!

According to Valve, they are “almost” finishing up an upgrade to everyone’s favorite purse welding pyromanic, Pyro. After the wildly successful Medic achievement pack release, Valve started work on fixing up the Team Fortress 2 class that had the shortest life expectancy right next to the Scout.
The new update to Team Fortress 2 will include […]

Blizzard: StarCraft II is The Best Work We’ve Ever Done

In case you are unaware, Blizzard recently began producing a monthly Podcast. In this month’s episode, they talked in length with Chris Metzen, Vice President of Creative Development at Blizzard. Amongst a number of topics, Chris discussed the development of StarCraft II.
Aside from telling us that Kerrigan, The Queen of Blades, […]

What Makes Will Wright Tick?

Will Wright is a smart guy, and it’s always interesting to hear him talk. In this video he discusses his view on video games, the game industry, and his background that brought him to where he is today.
Interestingly enough, Spore is never brought up during the interview. Near the end however, […]

Coming Soon: MMORPGuitar Hero?

Some “big” news in gaming was announced this Sunday, with Vivendi (You know, Blizzard Entertainment, World of Warcraft, etc.) acquiring Activision (You know, Guitar Hero, Tony Hawk, Barnstorming on the Atari 2600) in a deal where billions of dollars changed hands. So what does this mean for gamers? Well, nothing actually.
According to […]

Jade Raymond Is Hot AND Speaks French

There has been a bit of controversy surrounding poor ol’ Jade Raymond the past several days. Some people are saying she is nothing more than a pretty face for Ubisoft to display at their Assassin’s Creed dog and pony show. Whether she did or didn’t have a lot to do with the actual […]

Rare Talks Viva Pi�ata And The Future

Gamasutra had an interesting interview recently with Rare software engineer James Thomas and designer Justin Cook, both key figures in the Viva Pi�ata franchise, about being overshadowed by Gears of War, and the company’s history and future.
After the company’s founders, the Stamper brothers, left after finishing Viva Pi�ata, there was a lot of doubt as […]

Will Wright Opens Up About Spore

Now that EA has announced a March 2008 release date for Spore, Will Wright seems to be getting more and more generous with new details about the game. In this latest interview with Game Head, he tells them that the game is entirely playable, and they are now testing it, and making it more […]

Halo 3: Online 4-Player Co-op

As reported by PRETTY MUCH EVERY WEBSITE ON THE PLANET, we learned today that Bungie is including 4-player online co-op in Halo 3. I guess you could call the news a Megaton. This comes on the heels of the implosion the intarwebz experienced a few weeks ago when leaked scans from the latest issue of […]

Manhunt 2 banned in England; ESRB bestows AO rating in US

Well, it had to happen sooner or later. Because of its violent content and (ostensibly) its Wii-specific interactivity, Manhunt 2 has been banned in England. Hot on the heels of this decision, the ERSB slapped the game with an AO rating here in the States.
In a statement released to the press, Rockstar said:
We are […]

FIFA Producer: The Wii Is Less Powerful Than An Xbox

If someone would have told me two years ago that this time around Nintendo would release a machine less powerful than the original Xbox, but that it would still manage to be the #1 selling console, I would have told them to quit smoking whatever they were on. But that’s exactly what’s happened. […]

Halo Goes Viral … Again

Remember I Love Bees? It was Microsoft and Bungie’s clever little way of advertising Halo 2. Looks like they’re at it again with Halo 3. Microsoft sent out a cryptic Halo 3 email this morning that talks about something from the past returning.

I could be wrong here, but I have a hunch […]

Soul Calibur IV Gets a Boob Job

Games Radar noticed that the women of Soul Calibur have been changed a bit since the last game installment. It would seem that the developers over at Namco have decided bigger is better when it comes to boobs. And why not? With high definition gaming on the rise, boobs have never looked […]

Bioware Using Advanced Technology in New MMO

If you asked most gamers what the word “Bioware” brings to mind, chances are they’d say RPG’s. Up till now, Bioware has developed offline RPG’s, but that will change with their next release. Bioware isn’t messing around this time - they will be venturing into the MMO market with the use of some […]

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 […]

Sony Launches Official Playstation Blog

Sony loves you. They love you so much, they’ve created an official Playstation blog where you can now get the latest Playstation news and developments straight from the horse’s mouth. Aside from the inevitable arguments between fanboys and haters, Sony describes their blog in the following way:
At the moment, we�re thinking about sharing […]