Posted on Surfer girl blog - 31 of January 2008
In between bouts of comforting our Chicago correspondent Mark Wilson over the loss of EA's Chicago studios, we've been pondering the fate of the franchise that said studio brought to life over the years. Now an inside source has spoken with a member of our staff who is SUPPOSED TO BE ON VACATION, letting him know that the Fight Night franchise at least will find a new home with EA Vancouver. Nothing yet on the fate of the Marvel fighting game or the Def Jam franchise, but perhaps they'll be taking the journey north along with their pugilistic cousin. More on the continuing saga as it unfolds.
Electronic Arts Inc. has reached an agreement with The9 Ltd. to buy a 19 percent stake in the Chinese online game operator for about $200 million, a local newspaper said on Saturday.
More than the screens, trailers, reviews, and videos, it's news like this that can effectively hype up games and convince consumers to go out and grab a copy of a game.
Seems like launch was just the other day... Believe it or not, there are a bunch of Xbox 360 games under $30 these days...
Major Nelson just released on his blog the top Xbox Live games of 2006
Here is the ol Gamefly Top 10 most requested list. Xbox 360 rentals clearly are dominating the overall cross-platform chart at this point, while the Nintendo Wii and PS3 owners wait patiently for Santa (and additional launch allocations)...