While not the most important news in the gaming world, here are some stories from the past week: PSP-Lite For awhile now there have been rumors about the potential release of a thinner PSP model, but no real details had cometo light. Last Friday, however, details began to spill out about the new model, its … Continue reading
Somehow, I missed out on Soul Calibur 3. I think it was because after I realized how badly I sucked at number 2, my shame intervened and kept me from seeing any news about the series. Apparently, Mr. Shame has fallen asleep on the job, though, because I have managed to become aware of a … Continue reading
Yesterday’s keynote address by Steve Jobs at the World Wide Developer’s Conference in San Francisco brought a couple of bits of gaming news alongside all the information about Leopard. Present on stage were EA co-founder Bing Gordon, announcing EA’s return to Mac development, and John Carmack of id, bringing word of their next graphics engine-cum-game. … Continue reading
The church of England has its voluminous panties in a bunch! Okay, that’s not news. The twist is that said panties are knotted over a videogame, specifically the portrayal of Manchester Cathedral in the PS3 game Resistance: Fall of Man. Apparently, Sony didn’t request permission to use the cathedral’s likeness. I love Sony’s ever-so-slightly condescending … Continue reading
While not the most important news in the gaming world, here are some tidbits that may have fallen through the cracks from the past few days: Originally filed under “Inevitable” at the Sony records office, Sony President Ryoji Chubachi acknowledged that Sony will not rule out the possibility of lowering the price of the PS3 … Continue reading
Would you like to be commander of your fate, captain of your own destiny? Harmonix has made public a little submission form you can use to bombard them with suggestions for songs you’d like to play in their upcoming co-op music game Rock Band. The link is here. There’s no promises attached to this form; … Continue reading
IGN reports that Monolith — those wacky developers who brought you Blood, Shogo, and FEAR — are planning a sequel to the latter. Unfortunately, they don’t own the rights to the intellectual property they created; those rest with the original publisher, Vivendi. So, Monolith has to come up with a new name for their sequel. … Continue reading
If you’ve been interested in GameTap’s retro/modern subscription service, but haven’t yet taken the plunge, now is your chance! Upgrades a-plenty have rolled out over the weekend, including a new deluxe frontend for subscribers, and the promised Lite player, which allows non-subscribers access to play full versions of certain games in the library, including Uru … Continue reading
Trendsetting state New York has, over the past 48 hours, leapt to the top of the GamePolitics radar, thanks to a proposed bill to make sale of certain materials to minors a felony. This might not sound particularly innovative in the realm of tried-and-failed game legislation, but hang on to that word ‘felony’ for a … Continue reading
And here I thought today was going to be as dry, news-wise, as the front lawn of the house I’m renting. It’s about time to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Metal Gear franchise. While many of us fans will have our own little celebrations — I’m going to walk hunched forward all day, frqeuently … Continue reading