Archive for March, 2006

Posted By Malcolm Owen On March 21, 2006 at 3:31 pm Comments Off on The Xbox 360 Spring Collection, 2006

Microsoft has today given details on the "new games and entertainment experiences available to gamers this season". Yes, Marketing at it’s best. What follows is the press release because it’s too much work to re-edit it from Marketingese to English. "With 80 games available worldwide by June, and new content and experiences coming to Xbox […]

Posted By Malcolm Owen On March 20, 2006 at 11:57 am Comments Off on PSP Player Sacked for Driving Bus

And lo, the idiocy of people continues to entertain. A Bus Driver played GTA: Liberty City Stories on the job and so got sacked. According to the Daily Record, that is… Apparently the responsible driver of the public transportation vehicle decided that keeping a PSP on his lap whilst driving was a good idea. It […]

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Posted By Justin Lee On March 16, 2006 at 11:08 am Comments Off on Shadowbane MMORPG Free!

Nothing wrong with free now is there? Looking to play an massive multiplayer online RPG for free? Have a crappy computer that can’t run the latest games? No problem, even a Pentium II 800mhz with 128 megs of ram will run Shadowbane "ok". Many members of the Shadowbane Community have already noticed that a change […]

Posted By Justin Lee On March 16, 2006 at 10:46 am Comments Off on Test Drive: Unlimited Headed to PC in Fall 2006

Test Drive: Unlimited is due this summer for the Xbox 360 and now Atari has sent word that it will be on the PC as well in Fall 2006! This online edition of Test Drive will be a must for any racing fan, you can actually buy a house on this "island" and setup shop […]

Posted By Malcolm Owen On March 16, 2006 at 5:15 am Comments Off on Formula One 06 PS2 vs PSP Possible

The PS2 and PSP Versions will apparently be able to play against each other…More pickup and play than ever, fully loaded with brand new features: Put on your racing gloves and experience action-packed racing fun in FORMULA ONE 06Set for launch in June 2006, FORMULA ONE 06TM is the only official game of the 2006 […]

Posted By Malcolm Owen On March 15, 2006 at 2:21 pm Comments Off on BBC Gives videoGaiden Second Series

The BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) has decided in all their wisdom to allow for a second series of videoGaiden. For those not in the know, videoGaiden is the first decent (note that word) gaming show to appear on the BBC in literally years. It’s masterminded by the guys behind Consolevania, the free to download and […]

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Posted By Justin Lee On March 15, 2006 at 1:58 pm Comments Off on Viva Piñata Annouced for Xbox 360

Will this be the next Pokemon? Well, considering they are making a TV show, Videogame, lunch boxes and cattle prod (one of those is fake)…it sure looks like it. They even sent along some screenshots from the Xbox 360 game. Microsoft Game Studios and 4Kids Entertainment, Inc. today celebrate the introduction of "Viva Piñata," a […]

Posted By Justin Lee On March 15, 2006 at 7:31 am Comments Off on Playstation 3 Delayed!

It is official, the Playstation 3 has been delayed till Christmas 2006! This time it is straight from the top of Sony. The PS3 will still be launched simultaneously in North America, Europe and Japan. Ken Kutaragi, the head Sony’s video games division, made the announcement at a hastily called news conference after reports of […]

Posted By Justin Lee On March 14, 2006 at 1:39 pm Comments Off on Condemned: Criminal Origins Gone Gold for PC

SEGA has sent word that the very cool Condemned: Criminal Origins has gone gold for the PC. Gamers who don’t own an Xbox 360 can now check out this scary game on April 11th. Sega even sent along new screenshots, so check them out. SEGA of America, Inc. today announced that its award-winning, first-person psychological […]

Posted By Justin Lee On March 13, 2006 at 1:39 pm Comments Off on Bioware Opens Austin Office

Bioware will be opening an office in Austin Texas (yee haa!) and this studio will be creating a new MMORPG which has yet to be named. Also, if you live near Austin and you are a game programmer, you might want to fire off an e-mail to apply for a job. BioWare Austin has already […]

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