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The results are in: the second quarter of 2008 was all Nintendo’s. The company shipped 5.2 units of its Wii gaming console from April to June, dwarfing its nearest competitor Sony, which shipped 1.6 million PS3s. Microsoft brought up the rear, moving 1.3 million XBoxes. Nintendo also trounced the competition in terms of software and [...]

Market research company Onepoll released a tally of the best 20 video games of all time, according to… well, a bunch of people. mostly in the United Kingdom. It’s a surprisingly varied mix: 20. Guitar Hero 19. Wii Play 18. Street Fighter II 17. Pokemon Red, Blue and Green 16. Frogger 15. Lemmings 14. Gran [...]

It’s been a twenty-year wait, and in the end, is the returning thing still recognizable? Compare. Above is the package illustration for the original Bionic Commando, which I played in my youth. He’s a clean-cut kind of super-agent with a funky stretchable bionic grappling-arm-hook-thing. These are screenshots from the new version. Dreadlocks, really? An not [...]

Now that DC’s got some of its self-respect back, what with Batman: The Dark Knight making all sorts of noise all over the place, they’re launching DC Universe Online. It’s a make-your-own-hero (or villain) sort of massively multiplayer role playing game, and it’s been three years in the making. It will be available to Windows [...]

It’s happened to at least once to every gamer: you throw down your controller (keyboard, joystick, gun, whatever) and exclaim, “I could make a better game than this!” Well now Microsoft, via its XBox 360 console, is giving gamers a chance to put up or shut up. So you use the available XNA tools that [...]

So the prices came out earlier this week for Intel’s latest batch of processor chips, and boy those Core 2 Extreme Quad-Cores cost a bundle. Way more than earlier reports led us to believe. Why? Is it because desktops have been making a comeback lately, thanks to frugal techies looking for a cheaper alternative to [...]

It could the next generation in motion-sensitive gaming: the Darwin controller. Like Nintendo’s Wii controller, it transmits the player’s movements to the gaming console, which converts them into in-game actions. But what makes the Darwin different (and possibly dangerous to the Wii) is that its sensors don’t rely on infrared in order to orient itself [...]

The Seattle Times website has posted a neat little article delineating the philosophical differences between game console rivals Sony and Nintendo. With its PlayStation 3, Sony is intent in expanding the console gamer’s online options, from playing to downloading content to chat and other interactive experiences. Nintendo and its Wii, on the other hand, is [...]

Ain’t it cool when some beloved cartoon or whatever from your childhood gets a makeover and is brought back out of the closer for a new generation of fans? Okay, it doesn’t happen as often as we’d like. Hopefully Sierra’s Ghostbusters game won’t disappoint, though. And judging from this new trailer, there is reason to [...]

…in order to be replaced with 60G models. The 20G models’ prices were also cut by $50. From $350, they now cost around $299 in the USA. The expanded-storage 60G model, though is set to arrive in stores in August, and will cost $350 again. Neither the $280, 256MB XBox Arcade nor the $450, 120G [...]

Yahoo news’ gaming coverage has posted up its current list of the best five games of 2008, which reads as follows: 5. Professor Layton and the Curious Village 4. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots 3. The World Ends With You 2. Lost Odyssey 1. Grand Theft Auto IV There’s also a “worst [...]

Square is indeed porting the original Chrono Trigger RPG to the Gameboy DS, and if you’re a big nostalgia fan like me, the fact that they didn’t give the graphics a drastic makeover only adds to the excitement. Square has added a new dungeon, wireless play functionality and touch screen capability, but aside form that [...]

What is Bungie up to? Brian Jarrard and Luke Smith have been dropping hints lately, most notably in their podcast, that something big will be revealed and/or announced this July 14th at E3. New maps for Marathon XBLA perhaps? Or something bigger, like maybe something, dare I say it, Halo-related? Let the speculation frenzy begin.

So much of the gaming experience is all about the music. And the music just doesn’t get any better than this. The most beloved gaming scores re-arranged and played by a full orchestra! Until now Video Games Live has only been an arena experience, but it’s now available on iTunes (the CD will be released [...]

What else can you do with your gaming machine? No really, what else? Aside from using it as a doorstop? Sony wants your Ps3 to become your music, TV episode and movie download outlet. And while you’re waiting for your download you can check the out the weather or the news. The Xbox 360 can [...]

World of Warcraft subscribers can now opt for additional account security by purchasing a little gadget at the Blizzard Store for $6.50. The gadget is a random code generator that users enter into an additional password screen they can use to better protect their WOW accounts. The random codes will only be valid once.

Sorry boys, though rumors have been popping up of the next installment in the beloved Half-Life franchise being announced at E3 2008, Valve marketing head Doug Lombardi have put those rumors to rest. Instead, Lombardi turned attention to Valve’s latest offering, the cooperative zombie romp Left 4 Dead. Oh well.