NewsNews and insider information about video games and the video game industry from Gamespot, GamesRader, Joystiq and IGN.Three hours with the finished Fable 2- September 16, 2008 Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Adventure In keeping with his policy of not talking about his games without something to show, Peter Molyneux brought along the finished version of Fable 2 when he came to San Francisco to speak to US media about the game. He also brought a nice, big HDTV to play it on and a bunch of Microsoft staff. It must have been pretty cramped in his luggage.We were plopped down in front of the fruit of Lionhead's effort, handed a controller and wireless headphones,...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogsinc/joystiq/~3/393474082/ Take-Two stock drops following EA pullout- September 16, 2008 Filed under: Business After EA announced that it had finally given up its bid for Take-Two Interactive yesterday, Reuters reports that Take-Two's stock has dropped nearly 30% in early trading this morning. EA's $25.74 hostile bid had been rejected numerous times by Take-Two's board and investors. The stock (as of this writing) is currently down over $5 to around $16.50 per share.Take-Two chief Strauss Zelnick isn't sweating, apparently, as he maintains that the company has "strategic...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogsinc/joystiq/~3/393326676/ Rumor: Woolworths Xmas catalog shows UK Xbox 360 price drop- September 16, 2008 Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Business UK retailer Woolworths (not to be confused with the defunct US five and dime store) allegedly published a price cut for the Xbox 360 in the company's Christmas catalog, which officially releases in a couple weeks. Scans of the holiday booklet apparently show that each of Microsoft's consoles will receive a £30 cut, reducing the Arcade to £130, Pro to £170 and Elite to £230.Woolworths would not confirm the information to GI.biz,..http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogsinc/joystiq/~3/393360589/ Microsoft fires tester for speaking out about red rings- September 16, 2008 Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360When tester Robert Delaware spoke with VentureBeat about problems with the 360 hardware, he said he did so because he "believes passionately in his work ... and in the Xbox 360 gamer community." Now, Delaware has been rewarded for that passion by being fired by Microsoft. Lest there be any doubt about Delaware's job performance, VB reports that a Microsoft manager told him it was as a direct result of aiding with the article.The twist Well, we're going to have to..http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogsinc/joystiq/~3/393384577/ Rock Band song unlock code works in Rock Band 2 ... too- September 16, 2008 Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Rhythm Normally, we'd chastise for wanting to unlock all the content in a game without all the normally requisite work, but this is Rock Band 2 we're talking about! What, we ask, is more rock 'n' roll than getting something without working for it Nothing, that's what. It's in that rock spirit we offer up the following code to be entered on the game modifier screen to instantly unlock all the game's tunes: Red, Yellow, Blue, Red, Red, Blue, Blue, Red, Yellow,...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogsinc/joystiq/~3/393515205/ Pachter predicts bidding war over Rockstar's Houser brothers- September 16, 2008 Filed under: Business Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter sees another challenge for Take-Two Interactive, suggesting that the company could lose the talent behind the Grand Theft Auto franchise. In Pachter's latest analyst note, he details the possible loss of Sam and Dan Houser of Rockstar when their contract expires this upcoming February.Pachter expects that when their contracts expire this February, Sam and Dan Houser of Rockstar could either depart Take-Two -- robbing the company of...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogsinc/joystiq/~3/393449383/ AGDC 2008: Don't be a towel maker- September 16, 2008 Sci-fi writer and futurist Bruce Sterling urges game makers to not let themselves be chained to the factory-like mentality of making games that appease stockholders.http://www.gamespot.com/news/6197781.html?part=rss&tag=gs_news&subj=6197781 Second Bond game added to Acti lineup- September 16, 2008 Quantum of Solace follow-up appears on publisher's 2009 slate; Prototype release narrowed to midyear.http://www.gamespot.com/news/6197780.html?part=rss&tag=gs_news&subj=6197780 NCAA Basketball 09 First Look- September 16, 2008 Sporting a new name, the NBA Live engine, and former UCLA Bruin Kevin Love on the cover, EA's college basketball game is poised for tip-off.http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/sports/ncaabasketball09/news.html?sid=6197661&part=rss&... CustomPlay Golf 2009 Screens- September 16, 2008 20 new shots posted.http://www.gamespot.com/wii/sports/customplaygolf2009/images.html?sid=6197770&part=rss... |