Over the years there have been many weird and wonderful contraptions that have been sold to us gamers as the best thing since the Atari 2600 joystick. There have been some excellent peripherals over time, our favourite being the Sony Dual Shock 2 controller, but there also have been those that are truly [...]

EA have announced the release date of the next Fifa game. Fifa 07 will be released on September 29th on PS2, PC, GameCube, GBA, DS, Xbox and Mobile. The Xbox 360 version is set to follow soon after, but this is not yet confirmed.
Also, EA Sports have announced their sponsorship of the team [...]

John Carmack, co-founder of id software, revealed that their next project will be a completely new game and not just another Doom or Quake. It will be an FPS and its focus will be on game-play, rather than on a new graphics engine.
Speaking during his keynote speech at the 11th annual Quake Con, [...]

An official post on Ubisoft’s message boards states that Splinter Cell Double Agent will be released on October 19, 2006. The Ubisoft Community Manager that posted this information did not list the platforms that it would be released on for that date, but there will be demos for both the Xbox 360 and the PC.
For [...]

7-11’s new Slurpee promotion has a Nintendo Wii as one of the prizes, but interestingly enough, the promotion website lists it as an approximate retail price of $299.99. Now this tidbit goes against Nintendo’s statements of a price tag under $250.
Of course, the Wii could always be packaged with a game, but the problem [...]

Game developer & publisher Electronic Arts recently posted a list of games that will have their online gaming servers shutdown. Most of the games have already been shut down on August 1, and five other game will definitely be shut down by October 1, if not earlier.
Here is the full list of game servers that [...]

Recent rumors have talked about Xbox 360 price cuts, but none of them appear to be true yet. However, one rumor stated there will be an Xbox 360 bundle with Project Gotham Racing 3, 1,250 Xbox Live Marketplace points, and a three-month subscription to Xbox Live Gold for the price of an Xbox 360 [...]

Sony Computer Entertainment’s worldwide studios president Phil Harrison was recently interviewed by the British publication The Guardian. He was enthusiastic about the amount of Blu-Ray movies current available on the US market and the amount of PlayStation 3 titles in development.
"We have shown more playable games than ever before, so the signs are good," [...]

Sony’s official PS3 FAQ confirms that the PS3 will be able to use old gamesaves from the PS2 and PS1 via a special adaptor.
Sony has stated before that they are committed to making every previous PS2 and PS1 game compatible with the Playstation 3.
The FAQ states that the required memory card adaptor [...]

In a surprise move, Ubisoft recently announced their intention to release seven Nintendo Wii games at the console’s launch. This move shows Ubisoft’s commitment and confidence in the Wii console. Formerly, only Red Steel and Rayman Raving Rabbids were known to be Ubisoft’s launch titles for the Wii, but five new titles have been added.
The [...]