NewsNews and insider information about video games and the video game industry from Gamespot, GamesRader, Joystiq and IGN.Unsolved Crimes Blog: From Japan to the U.S.- September 16, 2008 Unsolved Crimes (DS)The folks at Empire Interactive discuss the difficulties of game development.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ignfeeds/all/~3/394664690/ NHL 2K9 Review- September 16, 2008 AI issues and the lack of any significant new features have NHL 2K9 skating backward this year.http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/sports/nhl2k9/review.html?part=rss&tag=gs_news&sub... NHL 09 Review- September 16, 2008 The latest entry in EA's venerable hockey franchise is the best yet.http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/sports/nhl09/review.html?part=rss&tag=gs_news&subj... AGDC 2008: id Software on...storytelling- September 16, 2008 Notable tech developer takes time out to discuss how conveying stories goes well beyond the narrative.http://www.gamespot.com/news/6197816.html?part=rss&tag=gs_news&subj=6197816 Stoked Official Trailer 1- September 16, 2008 Hit the slopes and carve that edge...you're STOKED!http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/sports/stoked/media.html?sid=6197815&autoplay=6197815&... Report: Nintendo to make $1.6 million profit per employee- September 16, 2008 Financial Times crunches numbers and believes Mario Factory will make more per worker than Goldman Sachs or Google.http://www.gamespot.com/news/show_blog_entry.php?topic_id=26595245&part=rss&tag=gs... Activision preps Guitar Hero encores- September 16, 2008 Publisher pledges to triple yearly output of rhythm games released by 2010, teases next big thing.http://www.gamespot.com/news/6197798.html?part=rss&tag=gs_news&subj=6197798 Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 Screens- September 16, 2008 6 new shots posted.http://www.gamespot.com/pc/sports/pes2009/images.html?sid=6197797&part=rss&tag=gs_... Rumor: Diablo 3 will arrive before StarCraft 2- September 16, 2008 Filed under: PC We don't know who the staffers of BattleForums are friends with at Blizzard, but suffice to say we want to meet them. The site says a source at the company let it slip that Diablo 3 would actually arrive before the previously announced StarCraft 2, saying: "Starcraft 2 is still being worked on, but only by a minuscule sic amount of people compared to what Blizzard put on the Diablo 3 team."So, if true (and Blizzard is hardly going to confess), is this good news for you Bad Which.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogsinc/joystiq/~3/393405389/ Mega Man 2 jumps onto Virtual Console platform- September 16, 2008 Filed under: Retro, Nintendo Wii, Action It's Monday morning, which, of course, means it's time to fill the Virtual Console E-Tank with surly robots, a mad scientist and mechanical vehicles galore - just what every gamer needs to start their week off right. Mega Man 2 (NES, 1 player, 500 Wii Points): Capcom's diminutive Blue Bomber returns alongside an assortment of vehicles and weapons in order to battle the likes of an anthropomorphic Zippo lighter, no doubt in an effort to get back...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogsinc/joystiq/~3/393418769/ |