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Quake Live Beta Registration Online
This veteran FPS franchise was one the most influential games in recent history, and it's now going to be changing gears slightly. The latest Quake will be a pure multiplayer experience, and will be browser based. ID Software have just made beta sign ups available to the public. Link inside.
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GRW: April 28th - May 4th, 2008
This is the big one. While there may be only a few titles this week, there is at least one that could potentially shatter sales records. You can bet that the owners of each major gaming store are literally licking their lips in anticipation. We're assuming most of you are doing the same thing in anticipation of what is about to be unleashed.
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World of Warcraft 2.4 Patch Day
"The Fury of the Sunwell" 2.4 patch is hitting US servers today, with the European servers following a day later. WOW fans will get a new area, 5 man dungeon, and 25 man raid. Most importantly, those Shatbound level 70s will finally have something new to do.
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Rock Band hits Wii on June 22nd
Harmonix has announced that their new music franchise, Rock Band, will be hitting the Wii on June 22nd in North America and Canada. Initially, only bundled versions will be available. While this may have been the best game of 2007 on the PS3 & 360, it currently looks like it may not meet the grade on the Wii.
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Rockstar Gives GTA IV Multiplayer Details
The fellas at Rockstar (developers of the GTA series) recently leaked quite a few deails about the multiplayer features for its widely anticipated upcoming title. Included in these details is a list of 15 different multplayer modes. The list follows through the link
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Call of Duty IV FTW in February
According to NPD, Call of Duty IV has once again taken the top US software sales slot. But that may not be the whole story. The 360 version of COD IV owned the top slot. But did Call of Duty have the most multiplatform sales? Check the link to find out.
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Nintendo Wii Sells Most in February
Once again, the Wii is #1 in the United States. The latest numbers are in, and it looks like the alleged fad isn't done winning over the hearts of a nation. Also, for the second straight month the PS3 has outsold Microsoft's Xbox 360. Hit the link for the full numbers
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Coalition of Teachers Urge Ban of bully
A recent article in the Globe & Mail spotlights the fight that a coalition of teachers are involved with against the video game Bully. While this might not be very interesting, and these kinds of things happen all the time, there is another layer to this that makes it a bit more intriguing.
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Phil Harrison Joins Infogrames/Atari
That little "WTF???" cartoon bubble currently over your head isn't exclusive to your weird shapped noggin. Phil Harrison, who recently left Sony, has decided to set up shop with the very much struggling developer/publisher Infogrames (translation: Atari). The confusion surrounding this news is shared by most of the gamers throughout the world.
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Capcom Hiring for 15 Projects
Brush up that resume, since Capcom is looking for new blood. More importantly though, this means that Capcom has development currently underway on a number of unannounced projects. The suspense over what they might be is killing us.
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NPD Tracking Online Gaming Subscriptions
The NPD group is something loved and loathed by gamers all over North America (and often even abroad). They give us the numbers that are spewed throughout every gaming forum for weeks after their release, and then predicted for weeks before the next one. Now things are going to expand.
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X-Play Jumps on Yahtzee's Crotch of Pure Gold
For Fans of Yahtzee's hilariously funny reviews, this might come as a bit of a shock. X-Play will now be featuring a "preview" of Yahtzee's weekly review every tuesday night. This is the latest move in a reconfiguration of X-Play into their new format, which features more than just reviews.
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Assassin's Creed on PC in March with new content
5 million copies between two consoles just isn't enough for Ubisoft. They continue to expand their extremely succesful new franchise, and it's PC's turn to back in the limelight. And it seems that Ubisoft's light shines a bit brighter on PC, since they're getting content desperately needed in all versions.
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