Midway “punishes” 1UP for low scores by not giving them games to review

Where’s 1UP’s Mortal Kombat Wii review? Midway has decided to not send 1UP review code at all as some sort of punishment. The message? “Give us better scores, or we won’t support you.” So 1UP’s getting it’s own copy from the store to review.
Ha, this is the downfall of civilization as we know [...]

Euro PS3 Scraps Hardware Backwards Compatibility

In other words: Europe’s screwed. Don’t trade in that PS2 if you’ve had that thought in your head.
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EGM and 1UP for sale, Ziff Davis doesn’t want them anymore.

So who’s going to buy them and how soon? We don’t know. If the Iraqis don’t trade oil for it, we can only presume a media giant like AOL or maybe one of those half-hearted cable companies with gaming sites will want it. Either way, brace yourself for lameness and an onslaught of half [...]

The Real PlayStation 3 Launch Lineup

Where’d all the launch games go? Luke Smith over at 1up has a good point. Where have they gone?

Resistance: Fall of Man
Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom
Genji: Days of the Blade
NBA 07
Sonic the Hedgehog — Delayed off of launch list.
Call of Duty 3
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion — Delayed to Q1 2007.
F.E.A.R. — Delayed off of launch list.
Ridge [...]

Gamespot gives Gears of War a Spectacular 9.6

says all: Gears of War is an outstanding technical achievement, but in addition to looking and sounding amazing, it’s a seriously awesome action game.
I can’t say I’m surprised by this at all. I have been waiting for this game for a very, very, very long time. I wouldn’t accept anything less. The surprising thing to [...]

1up has PS3’s in da house!

 

The lovely folks over at 1up.com have revealed there dirty little secret. They have a PS3 before I do. WTF, but seriously good for them. I find it really strange that they have just now received them. Isn’t the PlayStation 3 on sale in less than two weeks? Now they can tell me  and everyone [...]

PS3 Rachet and Clank finally confirmed as in production.

Anyone waiting for there next-gen Ratchet and Clank have no fear. In a recent email newsletter released by Insomniac, they have in a way confirmed that there much loved franchise Ratchet and Clank is in full production for the PlayStation 3.

Those of you who are waiting for some Ratchet & Clank news, here’s a [...]

Halo 3: First Details Emerge

New maps, new weapons, new SKUs, new control schemes.
New this and new that is all good, but I just want a real ending this time. I can’t state enough how mad I was when I finished Halo 2. “Finish this fight my ass”. “Finish with a real fucking ending”. Another thing to note is that [...]

PS3s Overheating, Sony stock cooling

At TGS, the PS3s on display had more than their share of errors. A Sony spokeswoman stated that ay irregularities stemmed from poor ventilation and concentrated heat of 200 PS3 units being so close together. An analyst for Macquaire Equities stated “We are concerned that such a negative problem has occurred so close to [...]

Shane Bettenhausen is in my dog house for sure now!

As of a day and a half ago I was dead set on writing a very long post about the injustice I had just watched on the latest The 1up Show. I now feel that I shouldn’t waste mine or anybody else’s time reading what I orignally had in mine for this post, [...]