September 2008

EA is claiming that piracy didn’t hurt Spore sales, lauding the 1 million plus copies sold since release compared to the rumoured 500,000 torrent downloads. EA has long claimed that torrent downloads and other forms of piracy have been eating into their bottom line big time. EA’s corporate communications officer Mariam Sughayer had something interesting…

WipEout HD is probably this year’s most anticipated PSN title. Originally set to be released in the Spring of 2008, the game suffered frequent delays. Now it’s September and… the game is finally out. Currently, it is only available from the Playstation Store for the princely sum of $19.99. For those who don’t know, Wipeout…

Ok, so I reviewed the demo of Force Unleashed. The demo was fun all be it underwhelming. How does the full game do when compared to the demo? First a little background on the game. It takes place in 3BBY (Before Battle of Yavin in “A New Hope”, this is how dating is done in…

I’m rather puzzled about how companies like Electronic Arts (EA) stay in business. Apparently, they’ve received a deluge of complaints over the three install limit used in Spore’s SecuROM DRM. In response, EA said the following… “We’ve received complaints from a lot of customers who we recognize and respect. And while it’s easy to discount…

When was WipEout HD announced? Then we were told, “it’s coming soon” repeatedly. Then we found out it was suffering constant delays. Well, now it really is finally coming soon. Mark Thursday September 25th on your calendars, since that’s when the anti-gravity combat racer is going to hit the Playstation Store. SCE Studios Liverpool noted…

To be honest, I really don’t like the PS3’s motion sensing features. They’re underutilized and from the games that do implement them, control is pretty wonky. However, the motion sensing Wiimote from Nintendo has been hugely successful and is starting to attract more imitators. In2Games is releasing the Gametrack Freedom controller for both Xbox and…

Assassin’s Creed received a lot of hype when it was released last year. I’ve been mulling over whether or not to do a review on it though my goal is to do full reviews of each game I own or play. The game was published developed and published by UBIsoft Montreal. I have a lot…

Another week, another demo on PSN. Today, we’re looking at Soul Caliber IV, the fourth game in the long running fighting series. PS3 owners are getting a real treat with this game by getting Darth Vader as a playable character. Xbox 360 owners got Yoda. According to others opinions on the game, Vader is a…

Final Fantasy XIII is coming out soon. I admit I’ve never played any of the FF games. The game is already stirring up some controversy in the gaming community, and no, it’s actually not from Jack Thompson this time. The demo of the game is said to include 90 minutes of gameplay and will be…