Over 2 Million Play Wi-Fi Nintendo Games
August 28, 2006
Nintendo announced that on August 24th, the 2 millionth unique player logged onto Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection for the first time. The one year anniversary of the online gaming service is still over two months away, yet over 70 million game sessions have already been logged. Read more
PAX 2006 Day 3 Pictures
August 27, 2006
PAX 2006 is now officially over. But you can relive some of the fun and excitement by looking at pictures from Day 3 of the expo. While the show is over, our coverage of PAX 2006 will continue this week. Andrew will have all the details in his PAX Diary later this week. Until then, enjoy the Day 3 pictures of PAX 2006! Read more
PAX 2006 Day 2 Pictures
August 26, 2006
After a successful first day of the show, PAX 2006 continues into the second day. Our fearless Editor, Andrew, is still on the scene and as soon as he recovers from all the late nights at PAX 2006, he will bring us full coverage of the show.
In the meantime, here are some pictures of Day 2 of PAX 2006. Enjoy! Read more
PAX 2006 Day 1 Pictures
August 26, 2006
PAX 2006, the Penny Arcade Expo has begun and these are the pictures taken from the first day of the event! Our fellow Editor, Andrew, is attending the show and will bring us a full report of PAX in the coming days.
While we wait for Andrew’s coverage of the show, enjoy the pictures! Read more
Penny Arcade Game In the Works
August 25, 2006
Penny Arcade, popular comic and commentary site, announced today that a game titled Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness is being developed by Hothead Games.
Why now, you ask? These comments might answer your question, or maybe they’ll just make your confusion worse. Read more
Pirates of the Burning Sea
August 25, 2006
Flying Lab Software announced that their anticipated MMORPG, Pirates of the Burning Sea will launch in June 2007. Already in beta testing, the game features real-time ship-to-ship and pirate-to-pirate melee combat. The gameplay promises both tactical and action elements in addition to the RPG aspects of being a ship captain in the 1720′s. Flying Lab Software is currently exhibiting at PAX.
New DS Lite Colors Available Soon
August 24, 2006
The North American market has had only one option when it comes to the Nintendo DS Lite since it was launched last June. Yes, I’ve been pretty jealous since even Europe had their choice of white or black, while Americans were only given the option of Polar White. Nintendo made announcements about new colors coming to all three regions soon. Read more
Madden Launches to Eager Gamers at 2006 Release Party
August 23, 2006
After securing the exclusive rights to release the only licensed NFL game, EA has once again readied a new version of Madden for gamers to enjoy. Last year, they really dropped the ball (no pun intended) and the Xbox 360 version was among the worst of all versions. Even the GameCube had a better, more playable version of Madden football. This year, EA has tried to remedy this with a more consistent version of Madden 2007 to all platforms.
I had the chance to attend a local Madden 2007 party at a nearby Gamestop store. Fellow CVG Editors Emily and Antoine also accompanied me to the event so we could “get our Madden fix” and begin playing the game through the night and into the next day. Read more
New Expansion for Dark Age of Camelot
August 23, 2006
For the games 5th anniversary, EA Mythic will be releasing its 5th retail expansion (7th total expansion counting the two free ones). Entitled Labyrinth of the Minotaur (LotM), it will feature, aptly enough, a new minotaur race that joins all three realms — not to mention a new class. Read more
Bellevue to have Geeks Roaming in PAX
August 21, 2006
Welcome to our pre-PAX (Penny Arcade Expo) report. With the recent announcement about E3, it seems like gamers have taken an even bigger interest in PAX. I think that’s a bit premature given that we don’t yet know what the “new E3″ really means yet, but there’s no denying that this year’s PAX is going to be even bigger and better than the last. Read more