Speaking to VG247 at Develop today, Bizarre Creations head Sarah Chudley said that Activision, and not Microsoft, bought the Gotham developer as Microsoft's internal structure probably wasn't in the right place to buy things at the time.
Competing against more than 700 gamers from a record 74 countries, the United States overcame the toughest competition in World Cyber Games (WCG) history to capture three gold medals, two silver medals, and a bronze medal in twelve PC and Xbox 360 titles, and won the overall team championship at the Grand Final in Seattle. It is the United States' second team title and first since the 2005 WCG Grand Final in Singapore. Team USA captured gold medals in Tony Hawk Project 8, Gears of War, and Dead Or Alive 4. South Korea and Brazil each earned two gold medals while Germany had one gold, one silver and three bronze. The seven-year-old WCG competition, which started in South Korea, has been dominated by South Koreans and Germans since its inception. So far South Korea has won three Grand Finals including last year's. According to organizers, WCG is the largest international gaming festival with over one million attendees and visitors every year. For complete results, visit worldcybergames.com (i.e., first link under Alternative Sources.)
Before its recent acquisition by Activision, Microsoft had already told Bizarre Creations that it would no longer be used for the development of future instalments of the microsoft-owned PGR series - thus ending a close working relationship and presumably prompting Bizarre's eventual sale. According to a source within Bizarre who cannot be named (such is the way with such things), Microsoft had informed Bizarre that it would be taking development of future Gotham games in-house, before its then owners had decided to put the developer up for sale.
The summer dry spell for video games came to an end last week with the arrival of BioShock, the creepy underwater shooter that has won rave reviews and flown off store shelves. The main bulk of important games this year won't come out until November, but the next month or two will see the release of quite a few other hot games. These aren't necessarily system sellers -- games that are so good that consumers will buy a particular video game console just to play them -- but give potential customers a few more reasons to eventually take the plunge.
Editor's note: John Gaudiosi writes the Gaming Guru blog for WRAL.com. CARY, N.C. - Carolina has another professional team in its borders. Add the Carolina Core to the Hurricanes, Panthers and Bobcats. The professional videogame team, part of DirecTV's new Championship Gaming Series, is competing in its first tournaments out at Electronic Arts' Los Angeles studio. DirecTV has partnered with Microsoft, Mountain Dew, Fox and Best Buy to create the first pro gaming league with a full season and $5 million in salaries for the six teams. Each team represents a city. Charlotte made the cut and the Carolina Core were born.
Directly from the Championship Gaming Series website the regular season is slated to begin on June 27. The players will be arriving in Los Angeles in the next few days and begin a month of preparation and competition to determine the Region 1 Champion. There will be several ways during the season to catch the action. In week 1 the matches will be covered by http://www.thecgs.com. You can come to the CGS website for up to the minute scores, video on demand and player reactions. Week 2 will be broadband week, where all matches will be streamed live on thecgs.com. Starting week 3 the matches will air live on DirecTV's channel 101. The full schedule can be found after the jump.
Do you remember back in January when PlayStation decided to show off the amazing next-gen graphics of Gran Turismo HD with a screenshot of, er, Xbox 360's Project Gotham 3? Well, looks like they're still trying to convince themselves that PGR really is a PS3 game... Car manufacturer Kia is currently running a promotion with PlayStation in Spain that compares the thrill of driving one of their real-life motors with the thrill of driving a Ferrari Enzo on your PS3. Except no PS3 game has a Ferrari Enzo in it. Ah well, at least you can't clearly tell that this screenshot has clearly come from PGR3. Oh wait. Look at the number plate... You can check the Kia/PlayStation website out for yourself here, but since it'll no doubt be pulled very soon I've captured the moment for posterity.
Gamers in the UK who are yet to pick up an Xbox 360 may be interested in a deal which Gamestation are running which will get you a Premium 360, Crackdown, WWE Smackdown Vs Raw 2007, Gears of War, PGR3, Live Arcade Unplugged and an Extra Wireless controller for £304.99 delivered.
DIRECTV announced today that the the second U.S. Championship Gaming Invitational will air Feb. 10 and 11, on DIRECTV's The 101. Gaming legend Johnathan Fatal1ty Wendel will capture the action as the exclusive play-by-play commentator and global league spokesperson and advisor. WHO: PARTICIPATING ATHLETES INCLUDE: Emmanuel Master Rodriguez, Adande Swoozie Thorne, Caitlin Venus Buckshaw, Brian Bboyle Boyle, Winfield 7humbs Hill, Vanessa PMS Vanessa Arteaga and Kristin Vanity Assassin Neglia GAMES IN COMPETITION INCLUDE: -- Counter-Strike: Source -- Dead or Alive 4 -- Project Gotham Racing 3 -- World of Warcraft -- Quake 4 ....
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