Tweet We take midnight launches for granted nowadays. Every time a major title rolls down the pipeline, players expect to line up at midnight at their local GameStop and prepare to hand over their $60, rain, shine, or hurricane. It’s not an exaggeration really. I’ve seen nearly 1,000 players...

Tweet Let’s hop into a time machine and travel back to the year 2001, back to an era when Sony was king.  Little did the unsuspecting masses know that on November 15th, 2001, the face of gaming would forever be transformed by the introduction of Microsoft’s first gaming console and a unassuming...

Tweet Turn 10 is back this week with the Xbox 360′s premier simulation racing series. This time around Forza Motorsport utilizes the Kinect for head tracking and vehicle inspection. With rival Gran Turismo 5 promising a huge content patch at the end of the month on the PS3, does Forza bring enough to...

Tweet What I previously reported as rumor has now been confirmed; A remake of Halo: Combat Evolved is coming this holiday season. Joystiq has learned that the game is being handled by Saber Interactive, whose previous credits include TimeShift, and the upcoming Inversion. The remake will feature an...

Tweet Happy Holidays to all you fine folks out there in video game land. This week will likely see many of you traveling, chilling with family and friends and just generally doling out the peace on earth and goodwill towards men. As we prepare for our own long winter’s nap, here’s the last...

Tweet Rumors are flying that a new, old Halo is in development. In a title that would come ahead of the impending sequel to Halo 3, a remake of the original entry in the series is being murmured about as currently in development at Microsoft internal developer, 343 Industries. While no concrete details or...

Tweet Independent developer, Bungie appears to have saved their best for last as they push past an astonishing $200 million in sales on the first day for Halo: Reach. The last game in their vaulted franchise has not only furnished respective sales numbers for Bungie and Microsoft, but also surpassed the...

Tweet Fans of the FPS juggernaut Halo have enjoyed most of Bungie’s games on the Xbox 360 system. Recent developments in the gaming industry’s employment sector shows that Bungie is in fact looking for a Software Development Engineer with dedicated experience directly related to the PlayStation...

Tweet Bungie has published numbers from the first 24 hours of the Halo: Reach Beta.  These numbers are impressive to say the least. In the first 24 hours there were 1,179,112 total players to take part in the Needler love.  The stats don’t just stop there.  14,205,611 player games were created leading...

Tweet Today marks a sad day as the original Xbox Live service shuts down later on this evening.  This spectacular service began seven years ago and has spawned a new definition of multiplayer gaming on consoles today. One of the biggest games played on Xbox Live remains Halo 2.  Bungie has decided to send...