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Dracula Origin Debut Trailer

Thu, 15 May 2008 10:01:26 -0700

The upcoming PC Adventure game gets an intriguing trailer.

Sony losing $260 per PS3?

Thu, 15 May 2008 11:19:39 -0700

While Sony 's recently-announced financial results showed that the company reduced its PlayStation division losses by over 100 billion yen last fiscal year, a factor it attributed largely to falling PS3 production costs, Jack Schofield at the Guardian speculates that the platform holder may be losing double the $130 per console shipped that its internal figures suggest.

Nintendo: "There is no casual gaming"

Thu, 15 May 2008 11:21:38 -0700

Nintendo Europe 's senior marketing director Laurent Fischer says the casual gamer is a myth and that there are only people who play games and people who don 't.

CBS Buys GameSpot Parent CNET

Thu, 15 May 2008 11:23:30 -0700

The CBS Corporation has entered into an agreement to buy internet media bastion CNET for $1.8 billion, according to a press release earlier today.

Nintendo Loses Patent Infringement Case

Thu, 15 May 2008 11:25:59 -0700

A federal jury has found Nintendo guilty of patent infringement and ordered the company to pay $21 million in damages. The suit, filed by Anascape Ltd. in 2006, claims that the designs of the Wii Classic, WaveBird, and GameCube controllers infringed on patents held by Anascape.

Rumor: Beyond Good & Evil 2 in pre-production

Thu, 15 May 2008 11:27:15 -0700

Videogaming24/7 translated a piece from JeuxVideo*, which states that Ubisoft 's Michel Ancel allegedly confirmed Beyond Good Evil 2 has been in pre-production for the last year. Apparently, 10-12 people have been working on the project, but the Ubisoft suits aren 't sure whether to move forward.

The Sims Announces The Sims 2 Ikea Home Stuff Coming in June!

Thu, 15 May 2008 14:59:20 -0700

REDWOOD CITY, CA — May 15, 2008 — The Sims™, an Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) Label, today announced details for The Sims™ 2 IKEA® Home Stuff. The latest new content for The Sims 2 brings a selection of must-have items from IKEA to key living spaces in your Sims’ home focused on the bedroom, the living room and the home office. Now you can give your Sims’ home a makeover with new furniture and décor based on stylish designs by IKEA! The Sims 2 IKEA Home Stuff Pack ships to retailers everywhere on June 23 in North America, June 27 in Europe and June 20 across the Asia-Pacific regions.

Silent Hill: Homecoming screenshots

Thu, 15 May 2008 15:01:05 -0700

Seven PS3 screens

BRASH ENTERTAINMENT CREATING “SPACE CHIMPS” GAME

Thu, 15 May 2008 15:01:58 -0700

Brash Entertainment announced Space Chimps, a brand new action adventure videogame title. Based on the hotly anticipated CGI-animated Space Chimps film from the creator of Shrek, John H. Williams (Shrek and Shrek 2). Space Chimps will be available for the XBOX™ 360, PLAYSTATION®2, Wii™ and Nintendo DS™ in August 2008.

New Silent Hill Homecoming Screenshots

Thu, 15 May 2008 15:39:22 -0700

Freshly released screenshots from Konami 's Gamer 's Day.

Left 4 Dead gameplay trailer | Gaming News Link

Thu, 15 May 2008 22:03:33 -0700

Release Date : TBA Price : 59.90 USD Platforms : Xbox 360 (confirmed)

Sony's Euro PS3 thumb for a penis ad

Wed, 14 May 2008 14:09:50 -0700

Ads of the World posted this Austrian PS3 ad which continues to make us scratch our heads as to why Sony only fired TBWA from doing its American ads.

Alone in the Dark Interview and Exclusive New Screens

Wed, 14 May 2008 06:31:09 -0700

“Our objective was to make a game that’s more modern in terms of content, more adapted to the tastes of today’s gamers, and in particular that breaks the clichés of what you know about video games”

Game Informer snags first pic of Guitar Hero IV drums

Wed, 14 May 2008 14:08:06 -0700

Some of you may have already received the June 2008 issue of Game Informer in the mail, but, for those who haven 't, we thought you might enjoy seeing the first image of the new Guitar Hero IV drum kit one subscriber scanned. As you can see, the main difference from the Rock Band kit is that the yellow and orange drums have been turned into two wedge-shaped pieces elevated above the others.

Drumming to Super Mario 2

Wed, 14 May 2008 22:56:12 -0700

Super Mario 2 has a great soundtrack. In this awesome rendition, though, Andrea Vadrucci proves that everything sounds better with percussion. We 're also impressed by his drum set itself --- that thing is at least fifteen pieces. The Italian drummer just plays his beats on top of the 8-bit Mario songs, but we love it. Vadrucci is clearly very talented. If there 's anything we 've learned from games like Rock Band, it 's that drumming isn 't as easy as it looks.