THQ Wants “Mass-Market” Prices, More DLC

THQ Wants “Mass-Market” Prices, More DLC

Tweet Gaming is an expensive hobby at times. With new titles launching at $60, the truly committed fan who always wants the latest, greatest games on their shelf needs to have deep pockets. Even deeper if you also include the steadily-increasing flow of DLC to “enhance” new games. THQ is...

Xbox Live garners over 1 billion per year

Xbox Live garners over 1 billion per year

Tweet In a recent report by Bloomberg, it has been found that Microsoft has garnered more than $1 Billion large for its Xbox Live service in the fiscal year of 2009. While GrE is unable to obtain an exact dollar amount, it was reported that their revenue for 2009 was, in fact 1.2 Billion dollars as recorded...

EA Enters The Fortune 500 World

EA Enters The Fortune 500 World

Tweet EA has just entered into the top 500 of the Fortune 500.  The just made it in as their current rank now is 494.  Congrats to EA for getting this rank by milking gamers for everything they are worth.  This is not a free pass to start microtransactioning us to death either. Those of you financial...

Modern Warfare 2 Makes $550 MILLION in Five Days

Modern Warfare 2 Makes $550 MILLION in Five Days

Tweet According to internal Activision estimates, Modern Warfare 2 made $550 MILLION in just five days. That makes MW2 the best selling entertainment product in the history of the universe. It shattered the five day worldwide movie ticket sales record of $394 million set by Harry Potter And The Half Blood...

My avatar exclaims, “Point system out, visa in!”

My avatar exclaims, “Point system out, visa in!”

Tweet It looks like Microsoft, which has been hung up on using Microsoft points for Xbox LIVE, has finally agreed to let gamers buy content with the good all American dollar. This new announcement comes right on the heels of the new avatar system. This means instead of rolling out to the local Gap, and...

E3 09: Nintendo Keynote Roundup

E3 09: Nintendo Keynote Roundup

Tweet So E3′s biggest events have come and gone. I am speaking, of course, of the big three’s press conferences, Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony. What can be learned from them, well a lot really. The first and biggest thing that I came away with from watching the press conferences was that...

Fears of The NEXT “Next-Gen” Consoles

Fears of The NEXT “Next-Gen” Consoles

Tweet Here we go again, gamers! Blizzard has reportedly talked about plans that it’s working with Microsoft on the next Xbox (and then denied them all the same!) That got me thinking – nay, worrying – about the next generation of consoles. Allow me to explain. First of all, the economy is...

Gabriel’s Shiny New Guitar [World Tour Hardware Review]

Gabriel’s Shiny New Guitar [World Tour Hardware Review]

Tweet Well, its that time again. With another new music game release comes another new peripheral. For your convenience, I took the liberty of purchasing the Guitar Hero: World Tour guitar controller. How does it stand up to the past axes? Read on to find out. Right off the bat, we can see that this guitar...

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