CCP has announced that EVE Online: Trinity, the upcoming expansion to its space-based MMOG, will be available on December 5 as a free download for all EVE Online subscribers.
Activision CEO Robert Kotick has said that the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles must break the $200 price barrier before either of them can reach mass-market appeal.
Ken Kutaragi, "Father of the PlayStation," will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences 2008 Interactive Achievement Awards.
Microsoft has announced 85 Xbox games that will now run on the 360. The number's a big increase, but certain sites are dubious as to the quality of the games now supported.
It will come as no surprise to anyone, then, to hear that Crytek's latest creation is often wondrously beautiful. As long as it has access to high-end hardware, Crysis will churn out scenes of unparalleled realism. The ivory-sanded beaches and mountainous jungles that host the majority of the game's story actually make FarCry's tropical renderings look downright rudimentary.
In the second keynote at this year's Montreal Game Summit, independent game designer Jonathan Blow warned that game designers "lack discernment" and are only producing the videogame equivalent of a McDonald's meal.
Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter has said he thinks Activision's Guitar Hero franchise will generate roughly $550 million in revenue this fiscal year following news of the company's improved third quarter and fiscal year financial projections.
The drama at Perpetual Entertainment is continuing, as earlier reports of the company moving to work exclusively on Star Trek Online under the stewardship of new investors are appearing to be at least partly true.
