Category Archives: News items

Mass Effect 3 delayed to 2012

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Andrew Edwards

Bioware and EA Games will delay releasing Mass Effect 3 until 2012. After setting out on an Internet search after seeing news of the delay on Twitter, this writer traced the news to Mass Effect 2′s Facebook page. I’ve seen … Continue reading →

Posted in News items | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Gaming games

Posted on April 2, 2011 by Reggie Carolipio

An interesting thread came up on Reddit a few days ago which outed an astroturfer using a large number of accounts to promote certain articles and posts on the site, specifically within its gaming area. One enterprising Redditor did a … Continue reading →

Posted in News items | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Rockstar Games: Tribeca Film Festival selects L.A. Noire, or, Film Artists Declare Video Games to be of Artistic Value

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Andrew Edwards

Rockstar Games announced today that upcoming release “L.A. Noire” will be an official selection of the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival. “We’re thrilled that L.A. Noire is being recognized by the Tribeca Film Festival in this way,” Rockstar Games founder Sam … Continue reading →

Posted in News items | Tagged | Leave a comment

Bioware: The Guild’s Felicia Day to work on Dragon Age: Redemption

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Andrew Edwards

Felicia Day, whose online series “The Guild” provides further evidence that women play games*, will appear in “Dragon Age: Redemption,” a six-part series based on Bioware’s Dragon Age franchise. From the release: “I’m a huge Dragon Age fan, and I … Continue reading →

Posted in News items | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Leaked: Crysis 2

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Reggie Carolipio

Developer Crytek joins a sad list that includes Electronic Arts and Valve to have a game of theirs leaked ahead of release. In this case, according to Rock, Paper, Shotgun, it’s a development build of Crysis 2 for the PC. … Continue reading →

Posted in News items | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

No more Guitar Hero; Call of Duty still really, really popular

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Andrew Edwards

(Updated 2/10) Activision/Blizzard will stop publishing the once-proud Guitar Hero franchise, a development that led to “RIP Guitar Hero” being one today’s lead topics on Twitter. The game publisher announced the news today while releasing financial disclosures for 2010. Activision/Blizzard … Continue reading →

Posted in News items | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Report: Facebook apps get users’ phone numbers, addresses

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Andrew Edwards

From PC Mag.com, news that Facebook is allowing app designers to access users’ phone numbers and addresses: Facebook recently announced that it is making user phone numbers and addresses available to developers, a move that a security expert said “could … Continue reading →

Posted in News items | Tagged | Leave a comment

Verizon announces iPhone service, as expected

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Andrew Edwards

Verizon Wireless and Apple announced Tuesday – to the surprise of virtually no one who cares – that the iPhone will be released to Verizon customers. The iPhone is the best piece of technology ever invented in the history of … Continue reading →

Posted in News items | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

DC Universe Online designers try to build new MMO audience

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Andrew Edwards

The success of DC Universe Online may depend on whether the title finds an audience among gamers who have yet to enmesh themselves in the addictive MMO genre. Besides using the DC Comics universe as a setting, the new title … Continue reading →

Posted in News items | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Report: Google confesses to taking private data

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Andrew Edwards

The United Kingdom’s Daily Mail reports that Google has admitted its Street View cars collected private data – including passwords and emails – while roaming British streets. Google was accused of spying on households yesterday after it admitted secretly copying … Continue reading →

Posted in News items | Tagged , | Leave a comment