Jaws Unleashed
PlayStation 2, Xbox
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, Majesco took a crap in it.
Smooth move, Bill Gates stepping down
General Use, Legacy Systems, Windows PC, Xbox, Xbox 360
Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates will be downsizing his role at the world's mightiest software company, effective July 2008. Gates will reportedly transition out of a day-to-day role in the company to spend more time on his global health and education work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
The definitive guide to Xbox Live Arcade (Part 2)
Xbox, Xbox 360
Here's the lowdown on the 21 Xbox Live Arcade games currently available for Bill's boffo 'boxes of buffness, plus how many keener achievement points you might earn for each and, of course, how fun they are (Part 2).
Astropop to Zuma: The definitive guide to Xbox Live Arcade
Xbox, Xbox 360
Here's the lowdown on the 21 Xbox Live Arcade games currently available for Bill's boffo 'boxes of buffness, plus how many keener achievement points you might earn for each and, of course, how fun they are (Part 1).
X-Men The Official Game
Xbox
X-Men III The Official Game is yet another example of good, popcorn-fluff movie fodder getting somehow botched in the movie-based-game transmogrification process despite an abundance of the quintessential fluff de popcorn ingredient so very key to the videogame fun factor
The Da Vinci Code
PlayStation 2, Xbox
The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown's ubiquitous quasi-historical and controversial novel which undermines the basic foundation of Christian religion, might not seem like the best candidate to undergo a video-game conversion (ha ha), but the developers at The Collective manage to use it as the basis of an interesting and challenging, although somewhat overly talky, adventure game.
Final Fantasy VII movie not so fantastic
DVD, PlayStation 2, Windows PC, Xbox, Xbox 360
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children: a walloping mess of a movie that fails to follow even the most basic video game storytelling tenets, let alone the principles of cinematic narrative.
Ubisoft gets Lost, games in the works
GameCube, Handheld, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Windows PC, Xbox, Xbox 360
Ubisoft just announced a long-term worldwide licensing agreement with Touchstone Television to develop and publish a video game based on the Emmy Award-winning television series Lost .
Survey Says: Brand Loyalties Changing
DVD, GameCube, General Use, Handheld, Macintosh, Mobility, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, TV Plug-n-Play, Wii, Windows PC, Xbox, Xbox 360
According to a survey by IGN's GamerMetrics and Research Solutions titled "Anatomy of a Gamer," the video game-playing population is switching to smaller digital formats for entertainment and replacing realistic TV and movies with animated and comic-based entertainment.
Turner Taps E3 Tops
GameCube, General Use, Handheld, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, TV Plug-n-Play, Wii, Windows PC, Xbox, Xbox 360
Turner Broadcasting's broadband entertainment network, GameTap, recently announced winners of its first annual "E3 2006 GameTap Picks" awards...