Video Game Editorial: The Time Has Come For Next-Gen Consoles… Or Has It?
Guest post by Kat Cole
CEO of games publisher Ubisoft Yves Guillemot was quoted this weekend as saying that he believes the video gaming industry is becoming stagnant in the wake of the reluctance of publishers to release new intellectual property this late into the cycle of the current generation of consoles.
Whilst he noted that the 3DS, Kinect and Move...
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City New Trailer and Release Date
A new story trailer for Resident City: Operation Raccoon City has been released, and this one shows you as a secret black ops group hunting down – and killing - Leon during the events of Resident Evil 2. This is just one way you can alter the Resident Evil timeline.
Resident City: Operation Raccoon City will be release in early...
Courteney Cox Surprises David Arquette and Howard Stern on the Air (VIDEO)
To celebrate his newly found sobriety, David Arquette was sitting in the guest chair on the Howard Stern Show all week. Each day Howard grilled him on his public break-up with Courtney Cox, who he had been banging and who he thought his estranged wife was having sex with. Much to both of their surprise, in the...
Video Game Editorial: Note to Bioware, EA – You Can’t Stop Piracy. Ever.
As you might know, owners of Dragon Age: Origins have been unable to access any of their purchased downloadable content because of server side problems from Electronic Arts and Bioware. There’s nothing the gamer can do, except one of three things: play a barebones game, not play at all, or use a pirated copy.
There’s a scene in Casino detailing...
Video Game Roundtable Episode 48: Double-Stuffed Full of Games (Podcast)
After a long delay, Videogame Roundtable has returned, and is twice the size as normal. Jonah Falcon and Jordan Lund find themselves catching up and discussing games from like The Sims Medieval, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Portal 2, Brink, L.A. Noire, and Orcs Must Die.
They also discuss:
Treyarch Defends DLC Pricing
NGP Delayed by Earthquake or Not?
Sony’s Plans for E3...
Sony: PlayStation 4 Not To Be Released Anytime Soon
Sony Corporation (ADR) (Public, NYSE:SNE) has confirmed what many in the industry already knew: the PlayStation 4 isn’t coming anytime soon, after Sony had put development of the next PS console on the backburner for the NGP, which will probably get a name, a price and a release date at E3.
Lazard Capital’s Colin Sebastian stated:
“Management remains confident in the...
Black Ops DLC “Escalation” Gets Release Date for Xbox Live
Major Nelson is reporting that Activision has announced a new Call of Duty: Black Ops downloadable content pack called “Escalation”, which will be available first to Xbox Live members on May 3, thanks to the three year exclusivity deal signed by Microsoft and Activision for Black Ops.
Escalation contains 5 all-new maps, including four multiplayer maps and an “epic” Zombies...
Portal 2 Release Date and DLC Confirmed (Trailer)
Valve has confirmed that downloadable content will be revealed for Portal 2 after its launch in two weeks. In an interview with Digital Spy, Portal 2 writer Chet Faliszek stated:
“We have a DLC that we’re going to be announcing. Really can’t give you any detail (until) after launch, and we’re going to have some details about how that’ll get released...
Indie Music Spotlight – Lamar “DBL” Lawson
At one point in time, the acronym R&B actually meant Rhythm and Blues. With the introduction of the Hip-Hop culture in recent years, the current fad of the heavy thumping 808 drums, the true definition of R&B has lost its value.
But for Lamar “DBL” Lawson, R&B music is about expressing passion and soul. It is very easy...
Video Game Review: The Sims Medieval (PC)
As The Sims 3 continues to be a cash cow, Electronic Arts has decided to go in a new direction with a spinoff game taking place in the setting of high medieval fantasy, with kings, wizards, spies, troubadours, and ladies-in-waiting, appropriately called The Sims Medieval.
It’s not a completely new direction, though. The Sims Medieval shares some of the focused...




