Cnet: Not only are there some really good deals on game consoles this holiday season, but also on games. Starting December 7, Best Buy is cutting prices for one week on some popular titles for both the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3, making all the serious gamers holiday dreams come true.
Paul Munn of Aeropause has an article detailing a rather interesting use of the ToS between PSN and EA Games. Seems that EA is pulling info that is registered with PSN to send out email to customers. While in and of itself was not overtly bad, was combined with misleading statements, to get you to follow a link to an EA website.
The review scores from EGM #222 (December 2007) are revealed:
Looks like EA is giving Simpsons fans reason enough to plunk down early money for The Simpsons Game coming in October. Folks who pre-order the game will get their very own Homerball!
Electronic Arts will unleash their pre-order campaign for the upcoming title, The Simpsons Game. Four of the biggest game retailers (GameStop, Wal-Mart, Target and Best Buy) will each have an exclusive, limited edition The Simpsons Game Parody Poster for early customers. Each Poster is representative of an in-game parody featured in the new title. In addition, each retailer will have a specifically created cheat code printed on the back of the game posters to open some of the unlockable content in the game. These are all while supplies last.
Kotaku sat down with EA's The Simpsons Game at Games Convention, rumps firmly stuffed into the Fatboy beanbags at Microsoft's Xbox 360 beach booth for a bit of split-screen multiplayer with Bart and Lisa. Kotaku co-op adventure took us through a Lisa appropriate themed area, a redwood forest being slashed by a menacing lumber company, complete with foresters armed with back-mounted wood chipper guns.
The Simpsons have been on a roll this year. The movie came out, and it was good. But it was EA who had the biggest shock in store for everyone when they showcased the upcoming Simpsons Game. The new game, which will hopefully cleanse us of the past transgressions of Simpsons games, aims to spoof the entire industry. As the Simpsons Movie movie has already done to great effect, EA hopes the new game will do the same. From "Medal of Homer" sections to a "Grand Theft Scratchy" game that bolsters Marge to gather the townsfolk and march on retailers selling the title, you're in for an experience that only Springfield's first family can provide.