Game Gift Guide '08: The Hardware

The who what and why of holiday shopping for gamers; a snack sized gift guide.

Surprise, most gamers aren't geeks

For some, it's hard to take the videogame industry seriously when all it conjures is images of boys playing virtual soldier shooting aliens on the spare TV in the basement. Thing is, that image hasn't been accurate for a decade or two. And now, a new Ipsos study shows it to be completely false. Go figure.

NHL 2K9

How can a hockey game look so crappy and still be best-in-class? By being the only hockey game on Wii, of course. Best crap graphics money can buy, as it were.

Bond game promo, play free, win stuff

If you like 007, freebie games, chances to win cool free stuff like a PlayStation3, have a PC and an internet connection, well, has Activision got a deal for you.

Down Lo on the Downloads: Shop-Store-Mark 10/08

Oh downloadable games, why have you forsaken us? Or, why was August such a good month for Live Store Shop offerings and September such a lousy one? Ever heard of "pacing"? Apparently not, as September saw mostly mediocre releases.

Nintendo dominates August software sales chart

Before Microsoft dropped the price on Xbox 360 resulting in a sales surge, there was August, and August was all about Wii.

Sting Hero: World Tour

More than a multi-Grammy award winner, more than an awesome songwriter, more than a tasty bassist, solo artist and Police frontman Sting has proven once again that he's a major money magnet as he lends/licenses his voice and likeness to Activision's imminent Guitar Hero World Tour.

Down Lo on the Downloads: Shop-Store-Market 09/08

You can tell summer is coming to an end as game publishers are starting to let the good stuff come to market. Sorry about your luck, July, but August was a smokin' hot month for game downloads.

NPD: Children, Boomers surpass young males in game market

According to the first-ever consumer report on video gaming, the standard as the young male as the quintessential gamer has forever changed. NPD's latest study of video gaming market reveals surprising results among seven unique gamer segments.

It's so not about the music, man, Guitar Hero gets sponsors

Activision and RedOctane just announced that the forthcoming Guitar Hero World Tour game will feature in-game sponsorship as rewards through exclusive partnerships with prominent music instrument and equipment manufacturers.