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Rogue Trooper Storms Onto Wii

Mon, 12 May 2008 08:54:50 EST

One of the underground critical hits of the last generation of game consoles had to be Rogue Trooper, from UK developer Rebellion. Rogue Trooper first appeared in the comic book anthology series 2000 AD back in 1981, and was created by Gerry Finlay-Day and Dave Gibbons of Watchmen fame. Set some time in the future on the planet Nu Earth, the title character is ...

WiiWare Goes Live in North America

Mon, 12 May 2008 08:56:02 EST

After months of hype and hoopla, the curtain was finally raised this morning on Nintendo's WiiWare service for the Wii console. For those who haven't heard yet, WiiWare is the name given to Nintendo's new distribution service for downloadable Wii games from independent and big name publishers. According to Nintendo, WiiWare frees developers from the traditional constraints of video ...

Pachter Predicts PS3 Win Over 360 in April

Mon, 12 May 2008 06:57:56 EST

Everyone's favorite game industry analyst, Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter, predicts that when NPD Group’s April video game sales data is released, Nintendo will once again kick butt. Fair enough. One wouldn't likely need to receive a fat paycheck every month to come up with that answer. What's interesting really, is that Patcher predicts PS3 has outsold the Xbox 360 ...

Shigeru Miyamoto Compliments North American Developers

Mon, 12 May 2008 04:15:37 EST

Once again, Nintendo's legend Shigeru Miyamoto proves that he not only has awesome creative skills, but that he's a shrewd diplomat too. As part of the WiiWare launch campaign in the US, Miyamoto hailed the creative ability of independent North American developers. "I think America has always been better at creating unique products," Miyamoto told

Zero Punctuation Accused of Racism

Mon, 12 May 2008 06:02:45 EST

I don't know how familiar you are with the work of “Yahtzee” Croshaw. Mr. Croshaw is the author of the decidedly NFSW-ish video game reviews (as in video reviews of games) called Zero Punctuation, the latest of which can be seen here (NSFW, obviously). Yahtzee's ...

EA Secures $1B Loan For Potential Take-Two Buyout

Mon, 12 May 2008 03:51:45 EST

EA is relentless when it comes to pursuing other companies. Specifically (and especially), Take-Two Interactive, the publisher behind the recently-released mega-hit, GTA IV, from Rockstar Games. If we were to talk dating analogies, Activision would likely be "the one that got away years ago," while Take-Two is the skinny browned-eyed girl who EA is eyeing with chloroform ...

No Tony Hawk in 2008

Fri, 09 May 2008 15:53:48 EST

It looks like the Tony Hawk video game is taking a break in 2008, according to word from Activision's conference call yesterday. The company revealed that the popular skating franchise bearing the world's most recognizable skater will take a hiatus. No word on when to expect another Tony Hawk title, but given the competition from EA's skate, maybe it is time for the Hawk franchise ...

Burnout Paradise PC Revealed

Fri, 09 May 2008 14:37:10 EST

Criterion Games and parent company EA announced that Burnout Paradise is in development for the PC. This announcement marks the very first Burnout title to come to the PC and will offer a number of enhancements over its console cousins. EA says that Burnout Paradise will be customized with expanded multiplayer, enhanced online features, and community driven content - in ...

Warhammer Online: Five Years of Content?

Fri, 09 May 2008 16:05:01 EST

In an interview with Gamesindustry.biz, EA Mythic's Josh Drescher said that its upcoming MMO Warhammer Online has been built to contain five years of content. A pretty powerful statement indeed, but here's how the senior designer explains it: "All the under-the-hood numbers all actually scale through the next five years," he said. "What you don't want is ...

Conspiracy Signs Real Heroes Game

Fri, 09 May 2008 14:26:58 EST

Conspiracy Entertainment has inked a publishing agreement with Epicenter Studios to publish its Wii fire fighting game, Real Heroes: Firefighters, in the US, Canada, Mexico and South America. Conspiracy expects to begin distribution in the 2nd Quarter of 2009. Conspiracy says that the game emphasizes non-violent, game-integral puzzles that mirror the challenges and ...