Category: "PC"

Activision & Vivendi Hope To Exchange Vowes Without Losing Brand Recognition

Modern day marriages often end with the bride keeping her last name, so why the look of awe on so many faces when two large corporations exchange vows, swap a little ink, and walk away bowlegged and smiling with the same brand recognition they had going into the deal?

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COD 5: For The Pyromaniac In All of Us

Grass on fire? Now that’s hot! With development switching back over to Treyarch (Call of Duty 3), Call of Duty: World at War is heading back to the World War II setting, but will be using the Call of Duty 4 engine.

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SOE EverQuest Art Featured in Annual EXPOSÉ Digtal Art Book

Don’t You Wish Your Doodles Were Hot Like Me… Hitting store shelves later this week is the 6th installment of the annual EXPOSÉ digital art book, and among other things, this years release will feature six beautifully illustrated pieces of EverQuest art by various talented SOE artists. The specific pieces are listed with artist and [...]

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Deus Ex Available For Free on Gametap

Gametap has added Dues Ex to their list of free games, which now stands at 125 titles. If you happened to miss it the first time around in 2001, then this is the perfect opportunity for you to check it out now.

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Review: Penny Arcade Adventures Episode 1

For those not in the know, Penny Arcade is the world’s most popular webcomic on all things gaming. Within the gaming community, Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins’ comic counterparts, Gabe and Tycho, are as recognizable as Master Chief or Mario.

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Spore Tribal Stage Introduced

EA must get a kick out of teasing the public like this, releasing information about Spore ever so slowly, like a stripper carefully removing her clothing one by one. This time, they’ve unveiled the Tribal Stage, the third in the Spore evolutionary chain. Naturally, they’ve also released some screenshots to keep folks salivating.

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Street Fighter IV Home Versions to Have Online Play

Rufus, one of SFIV’s new characters. Speaking with Famitsu Magazine, SFIV producer Yoshinori Ono revealed that the home versions of the game would feature online play and new characters not in the arcade version.

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American Gladiator Gina Carano in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3

EA just announced that undefeated EliteXC mixed martial arts fighter and American Gladiator Gina Carano will be playing Natasha, a deadly Soviet commando, in Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3, which comes out for the PC and Xbox 360 this holiday season.

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Gametap Taps Out Editorial Staff

Gametap’s editorial team, which previewed and reviewed some of the very games that were sold through its online distribution service, has been shut down by Turner Broadcasting.

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First SFIV Commercial Set To Air May 31st Durring CBS EliteXC Saturday Night Fights

A small press release just hit my inbox from Capcom announcing that the first Street Fighter 4 commercial (the home made ones you have been seeing on Youtube don’t count) will air this Saturday night at 10pm on CBS durring the EliteXC Saturday Night Fights. So in addition to rooting for Kimbo Slice (who deserves [...]

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Beyond Good and Evil 2 Announced

Among other goodies, Ubidays in Paris has resulted in a long awaited revelation: the sequel to Beyond Good and Evil is real.

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WoW WotLK Spells, Talents, Trees, & Profession Information Leaked

Information from the upcoming World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King expansion has been leaked on to the web complete with visual talent trees, descriptions of new spells and abilities, as well as changes to the old. Some quick highlights include the ability for druids to now root enemies indoors and warriors, with the [...]

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Age of Conan Growing Rapidly – PC Gaming Not Dead?

Funcom recently announced that Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures is one of the fastest-selling PC titles of all time. Launched on May 17th, more than 400,000 gamers (almost half hailing from North America) have entered the bloody, violent, and very adult world of Hyboria. After all, who doesn’t like scantily clad women and dismembering enemies?

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New Oddworld Game in Development

The co-founder of Maxis, Jeff Braun, has confirmed that a new Oddworld Game is in development, with the team from Oddworld Inhabitants working on it:

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EA Sports: Licensing Adds Realism?

According to Kotaku, at the recent Ziff Davis’ annual Electronc Gaming Summit, Peter Moore explained EA’s stance on licensing in videogames, stating… “EA feels that licensing remains an important part of adding realism to their sports titles and that he can’t imagine a time when they wouldn’t seek them.” Interesting. Apparently EA is suffering from [...]

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