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EA: Medal of Honor has generated $100 million

EA: Medal of Honor has generated $100 million

Oct. 20 | Earlier today, Electronic Arts happily announced that its Medal of Honor reboot generated $100 million in revenue worldwide. That translated into over 1.5 million copies worldwide in just five days. In what will be an uphill battle for Medal...

Redbox Video Game rentals coming later this month

Redbox Video Game rentals coming later this month

Oct. 10 | While Redbox has been testing video game rentals in limited markets for the past several months, it appears that they’re now going mainstream with the service. Available for $2 per day, you will now be able to rent select video game titles from...

Electronic Arts vs. Activision: Let the Fight Begin

Electronic Arts vs. Activision: Let the Fight Begin

Sep. 27 | In an interview with Edge magazine, Robert Kotick had some choice words for one of their biggest rivals, Electronic Arts. "The core principle of how we run the company is the exact opposite of EA. EA will buy a developer and then it will...

Earn Microsoft Points with Bing

Earn Microsoft Points with Bing

Sep. 22 | Bing has recently launched a brand new service called Bing Rewards. Bing Rewards allows its users to earn unique reward points, by simply using the Bing search engine. Once you have earned enough points, you can look amongst the various items...

In game advertising proves to be a success

In game advertising proves to be a success

Sep. 14 | Many of us see adverts everyday now; on buses, TV, the internet or even when gaming. Many games have started to feature adverts inside them whether for other games or sometimes completely unrelated products; but do in game adverts actually work? This...

Bungie developing new engine for next project

Bungie developing new engine for next project

Sep. 14 | Bungie is developing a new engine for their next project.  This was to be expected as this is a new beginning for Bungie, as well as Activision. Speaking in a Developer interview, Bungie communications manager Brain Jarrard said the company...

2K Sports Lays Off 30

2K Sports Lays Off 30

Aug. 16 | With NBA 2K11 right around the corner, developer 2K Sports has dropped “approximately 30 positions.”  In order to properly align its resources with its current and future goals, and to continue to develop games as efficiently as possible,...

Codemasters Announce DiRT, Grid and Flash 3

Codemasters Announce DiRT, Grid and Flash 3

Jul. 28 | Recently a spokesperson for Codemasters reveiled some rather big news from the studio. The spokesperson begun to speak about recent announcements such as Bodycount and F1 2010, however went on to inform us that the studios are also working...

Xbox 360 Sales Surge

Xbox 360 Sales Surge

Jul. 19 | It appears as if the new Xbox 360 Slim has helped surge Xbox 360 sales in unexpected ways.  The recent boost was initially assumed to be because of the redesigned Xbox 360.  However, the numbers show that these are mostly attributed to the...

3D Gaming (and TV) Can Be Hazardous to Your Health

3D Gaming (and TV) Can Be Hazardous to Your Health

Jul. 11 | Audioholics has released a scathing report on the psychophysiological effects of the 3D technology currently rolling out in video games and tv’s. Citing both science, and 3D pioneer Mark Pesce of Sega, the article goes on at length to...
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