It’d be hard not to be impressed by the Dante’s Inferno ad that aired during the weekend’s epic Super Bowl match-up, but some viewers might be surprised to learn the lavish visuals it displayed don’t necessarily bear a great deal of resemblance to the actual gameplay.
What’s the deal? The Dante commercial (in common with many [...]
Nintendo doesn’t take kindly to people who put one of its major releases onto the Web before it hits store shelves.
According to a report Tuesday in Australia’s Sydney Morning Herald, a man has agreed to pay Nintendo 1.5 million Australian dollars (or $1.3 million) for loss of sales revenue after he allegedly illegally copied and [...]
The most iconic setting in “Star Trek” almost didn’t make it into the series’ online video game.
The developers at Cryptic Studios were focusing on recreating the sci-fi franchise’s universe for “Star Trek Online,” the upcoming massively multiplayer online game that boldly casts players as captains of their own starship. Yet they were leaving out a [...]
It’s oh-so enticing: You find a copy of a brand-new game like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on a pirate site and the temptation to download it is too strong.
Well, that temptation may have cost up to 1 million users of Microsoft’s Xbox Live the ability to use that service. According to a report [...]
This holiday season’s biggest entertainment blockbuster likely will be a sequel to a popular franchise, with jarring depictions of war and an intricate story of good versus evil. It could easily rake in more than last year’s record $155 million opening weekend for “The Dark Knight.”
But this blockbuster is not a movie.
It is “Call of [...]
The PS3 Slim, the newest iteration of the PlayStation 3, comes with the lowest price ever for the PS3: $299. Because of the price cut, the PS3’s sales rose in August and September, and many people see signs of a resurgence for the console.
(Credit: Sony)
Is Sony’s PlayStation 3 at long last ready to stop being [...]
Microsoft plans to offer a new 802.11n Wi-Fi adapter for the Xbox 360 for $100, reports Ars Technica, citing unnamed sources. The publication also said that Microsoft’s current 802.11g wireless adapter will cost $79.99 when the new adapter is released. It’s currently on sale for $99.99.
Microsoft did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The [...]
At this point, most users are pretty comfortable with the basic keyboard shortcuts used in popular Microsoft programs like Word and Excel; most know how to copy, paste, and undo without having to mouse over to the Edit menu. But when it comes to working with Windows Explorer windows or folders, “common knowledge” becomes a [...]
The video game industry is having trouble reversing its poor showing over the past few months.
Industrywide revenue in August slipped 16 percent year over year, market researcher NPD Group reported Thursday. And total year-to-date sales were down 14 percent.
Neither software nor hardware could stop the industry’s slide. Hardware sales came in at $297.6 million for [...]
Some stray ads have spawned speculation over the past week that Microsoft might soon be releasing a new Xbox 360 Elite with a 250GB hard drive and two wireless controllers.
The ads suggest that the new console is called the Xbox Super 360 Elite. The current Xbox 360 Elite comes with a 120GB hard drive and [...]
