Call of Duty Elite: a Subscription Service for MW3
Activision is releasing what they call Call of Duty Elite. It is like DLC (downloadable content), but with a twist. It’s a subscription service that will allow you to receive any DLC released for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. It is compared to the system available for Halo: Reach, full with detailed looks at [...]
Playstation 4 Under Construction
That’s right. During a conference call to investors, Sony’s executive vice president and chief financial officer Masaru Kato stated that the next platform is already being developed. Whether the title will be Playstation 4 or not, the idea is the same. They are going to be rolling out a brand new console. It will also [...]
Ghost Recon Online: Free-To-Play
Ubisoft had a big announcement to make at a pre-E3 event in Los Angeles. There will be a free-to-play version of Ghost Recon available for PC. This is initially aimed at mid-level PC’s, so you don’t have to go out and shop for Alienware equipment just for this game. Honestly, since this game is going [...]
Duke Nukem Forever has Hit Gold Status
In the past, going gold meant something completely different. In the past, going gold was when a master copy of a game has been sent to the duplication plants. From there, it is pressed, packaged, and then shipped to the stores and consumers. That used to mean that the development team could relax and admire [...]
First Modern Warfare 3 Trailer
Sure, I posted the conglomeration of teaser videos last week, but Activision has now released the first official trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. It looks pretty well-designed and is typical of any Call of Duty title. I must note that the graphics aren’t the greatest for this “great new engine” that MW3 [...]
PSP Remaster Program for PS3
Sony is looking to do something new, and with its portable phase slowly dying, they’re looking to get a little extra attention from those games at the very least. That’s where they came up with the “PSP Remaster” program. They will be taking some PSP games, revamping the graphics to HD and maybe even 3D, [...]
MW3 Teaser Conglomeration
What started out as rumors and a “leak” has blown up into actuality. Activision turned our suspicions into reality when they released some teaser videos and announced its existence. Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games will be responsible for the campaign aspect, while Raven Software will be responsible for the multiplayer. Now, what good would the [...]
Netflix Receives the Crown
According to the Global Internet Phenomena report, Netflix has pulled ahead. Netflix now accounts for 29.7 percent of all “peak time wired network download traffic” in North America. That is a 44 percent increase since 2010. This is in part to all of the metered billing and broadband caps. Consumers love the on-demand applications and [...]
US Government Funds Art Videogames
The National Endowment for the Arts has released new guidelines for what they will give grants for. These new guidelines are based on media and content that is “for the arts.” “We’ll continue to support television and radio,” explains Alice Myatt, Director of Media Arts at the NEA, “but we are also going to support [...]
PSN is Back, Finally
After being down for 26 days, the Playstation Network is finally back online. All that is required is for users to update to security patch 3.61 and change passwords. Now that the Playstation Network is finally back online, Sony is trying to be all high and mighty, as is usual with many large corporations. They [...]