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Digital Entertainment News is pleased to have an extra copy of Guinness World Records 2010 Gamer's Edition to giveaway.
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Written on January 26, 2010 | Posted in DS Features, Features, PC Features, PS2 Features, PS3 Features, PSP Features, Tech Features, Wii Features, Xbox 360 Features | No Comment
Dante Goes Gaming
A few days ago I was able to participate in a virtual roundtable telephone interview session with the producer, lead combat designer and lead level designer for the upcoming game Dante’s Inferno. I hadn’t been able to see the game for myself much, and what I had heard here made me much more interested in playing the final version when it comes out.
When asked what the design process was behind the various tools of destruction ...
Written on January 21, 2010 | Posted in Features, PS3 Features, PSP Features, Xbox 360 Features | No Comment
Dear Videogames
Dear Videogame Industry, Harder does not necessarily equal better. No, I’m not referring Demon’s Souls, the difficulty is inherent in the gameplay. Instead, this is a long-standing complaint that I have, and many others do as well, they just don’t say anything. I’m saying something. There are a number of ways which difficulty is poorly used. One of the most blatant and pervasive is the varying degree of difficulty within a game, as well as within a level. ...
Written on October 22, 2009 | Posted in Blog, DS, DS Features, Monk's Blog, PC, PC Features, PS2, PS2 Features, PS3, PS3 Features, PSP, PSP Features, Wii, Wii Features, Xbox 360, Xbox 360 Features | No Comment
Activision Keynote CES 09
Mike Griffith, President & CEO of Activision headed up a keynote that began with members of the Neversoft development team behind Guitar Hero: Metallica performing “Fuel”. When he did come out, he mentioned that he wanted to talk about how videogames would be eclipsing all other forms of entertainment in the future. The guitar Hero franchise is an example of this where the musical experience taps into two markets, both music and videogames. Music sales are ...
Written on January 10, 2009 | Posted in DS Features, Features, PC Features, PS2 Features, PS3 Features, PSP Features, Wii Features, Xbox 360 Features | No Comment
Sony Press Conference
Sony Computer Entertainment America began its E3 2008 press conference amidst a bank of 65screens and monitors. It was an overwhelming display. Jack Trent, President & CEO came out, talked about achievements of not just the PlayStation3, but the entire PlayStation brand. This included not only sales figures but also the Blu-ray victory in the high-definition format war over HD-DVD. Then he brought it together with “genre defining kick-ass games” - and not just the ...
Written on July 17, 2008 | Posted in Features, PS2 Features, PS3 Features, PSP Features, Tech Features | No Comment
EA Press Conference
EA Montreal
EA Redwood Shores
EA LA
EA Canada
EA Korea
The Sims Studio
Pandemic Studios
Maxis
EA Salt Lake
Black Box
BioWare
Mythic
EA Tiburon
DICE
Criterion
EA Romania
Phenomic
EA Mobile
EA Bright Light
Electronic Arts opened up its E3 2008 press conference highlighting games and studios. Showing off titles ranging from Harry Potter to Madden to FaceBreaker to Spore, This publishing juggernaut simply has games for everybody and that’s the message it tried to get out. To this end John Riccitello, the company’s CEO, came out and promised not to bore ...
Written on July 17, 2008 | Posted in DS Features, Features, PC Features, PS2 Features, PS3 Features, PSP Features, Tech Features, Wii Features, Xbox 360 Features | No Comment
Nyko @ CES 2008
Every year Nyko has a display at the annual Consumer Electronics Show, and this year was no different. Each year there’s an impressive array of console peripherals, and again, this year was no different.
First up we saw the Zero Wireless Controller for the PlayStation 3. This is a heavier offering that what Sony has, mostly due to the inclusion of rumble along with the SiXaXis control. Scheduled to arrive before Sony has their own ...
Written on January 29, 2008 | Posted in Features, PS3 Features, PSP Features, Wii Features, Xbox 360 Features | No Comment
Predictions for 2008
Now that we’ve put all the 2007 predictions behind us, it’s time to look ahead to a new year. What will 2008 bring? What big changes will mold the industry over the next year? Will Duke Nukem Forever actually see release? I’ll attempt to lift the veil of the unknown to find out. With any luck, all these brain training games have improved my much-touted psychic abilities, so this time will be even more accurate ...
Written on January 22, 2008 | Posted in DS Features, Features, PC Features, PS2 Features, PS3 Features, PSP Features, Wii Features, Xbox 360 Features | No Comment
Digital Entertainment News Game of the Year 2007 (Page 1)
Last year, Digital Entertainment News did something we’d never done before – we named a “Game of the Year”. In the many years we’ve been bringing you news and reviews of videogames, this was the very first time the staff of this website had ever felt so confident about a game that we could stand behind it and declare it the best game ...
Written on January 22, 2008 | Posted in DS Features, Features, GBA Features, PC Features, PS2 Features, PS3 Features, PSP Features, Wii Features, Xbox 360 Features | No Comment
Digital Entertainment News Game of the Year 2007 (Page 2)
Bioshock
As stated in our review of the game, Bioshock doesn’t do anything especially new on a technical level. As a spiritual successor to the System Shock games, much of what makes this game tick has already been laid down in those earlier titles. However, what really makes Bioshock shine is the pure creative genius lovingly poured into every dank, rusty corner of ...
Written on January 22, 2008 | Posted in DS Features, Features, GBA Features, PC Features, PS2 Features, PS3 Features, PSP Features, Wii Features, Xbox 360 Features | No Comment
The Top 10 Things That ROCKED In 2007
Like every year, 2007 had its fair share of ups and downs. On the one hand, this is the first year in a long while that not a single new game system was released (that is, unless you count the PSP Slim, Xbox 360 Elite, or one of the other various console redesigns). What’s more, one could argue that last year’s additions to the market, the PS3 and Wii, haven’t completely shaken off the post-launch ...
Written on January 18, 2008 | Posted in DS Features, Features, GBA Features, PC Features, PS2 Features, PS3 Features, PSP Features, Wii Features, Xbox 360 Features | No Comment
2007 Prediction Results
In late 2006 (well… technically, early 2007), I made some predictions about what the following year would bring. Well, it’s one year later, I thought we’d take a look back and see just how accurate I was before I make some new predictions for the following year. Here’s what I said (truncated for easier reading), and how it turned out, with helpful green, yellow, and red highlights to show where we were absolutely right, where ...
Written on January 18, 2008 | Posted in DS Features, Features, GBA Features, PC Features, PS2 Features, PS3 Features, PSP Features, Wii Features, Xbox 360 Features | No Comment
The Top 10 Things That SUCKED in 2007
Like every year, 2007 had its fair share of ups and downs. On the one hand, this is the first year in a long while that not a single new game system was released (that is, unless you count the PSP Slim, Xbox 360 Elite, or one of the other various console redesigns). What’s more, one could argue that last year’s additions to the market, the PS3 and Wii, haven’t completely shaken off the post-launch ...
Written on January 17, 2008 | Posted in DS Features, Features, GBA Features, PC Features, PS2 Features, PS3 Features, PSP Features, Wii Features, Xbox 360 Features | No Comment
The Best Games of 2007
Every year, the Dignews staff round up our personal favorite videogames of the year and presents them in one article that highlights them. It's our chance to give our own personal spin to which games in 2007 were the ones that we enjoyed the most, and to reccomend some of our most memorable experiences of the year so that, just in case you missed them, you have a chance to go back and share in ...
Written on January 16, 2008 | Posted in DS Features, Features, PC Features, PS2 Features, PS3 Features, PSP Features, Wii Features, Xbox 360 Features | No Comment
CES 08: Day 6
This is it – last day. I slept fairly well, though not nearly long enough. I was up late again because the internet connection in my hotel is so slow. Getting anything done on this website while here is an exercise in frustration. Add to that when I woke up the server was down. That’s always a fun thing to wake up to. A few phone calls later and the issue is fixed, and it ...
Written on January 14, 2008 | Posted in DVD/TV Features, Features, PC Features, PSP Features, Tech Features | No Comment
Storage, Connectivity, And More
Buffalo. This Japanese company is huge – there. With multiple products (1000 SKUs in Japan and 50 in the United States) there’s plenty of room for growth in this market. A product lineup that has a number of items, including storage and networking, and there’s a lot more on the way. One of the big things that the company works with is network storage – the big drives that can store multimedia including HD content ...
Written on January 8, 2008 | Posted in DS Features, DVD/TV Features, Features, PC Features, PS3 Features, PSP Features, Tech Features, Wii Features | No Comment
Sony Press Conference
Sony started their press conference with a video of Rolly, a product that fits in the palm of your hand, but moves along the floor and dances around. A 2G on the hard drive, and built in speakers make this an entertaining audio playback device. The video Walkman was brought out and touted. The PSP was mentioned, but the new deal bring Skype to the device was not.
A quick overview of some of the ...
Written on January 6, 2008 | Posted in DVD/TV Features, Features, PC Features, PS3 Features, PSP Features, Tech Features | No Comment
Interview: Hudson
I had the opportunity to chat with Hudson Entertainment President and CEO John Greiner the other dayearlier this month. While I had to end our chat earlier than I had hoped in order to catch a flight, what we did have time to talk about was very interesting.
What direction you want to take Hudson?
“We’re Hudson Entertainment.” Remarked Mr. Greiner. Having started out in the realm of mobile entertainment, such as music downloads, ringtones, etc., ...
Written on December 31, 2007 | Posted in DS Features, Features, PC Features, PS2 Features, PS3 Features, PSP Features, Tech Features, Wii Features, Xbox 360 Features | No Comment
Beta House Contest
Digital Entertainment News and Universal Studios Home Entertainment have partnered on a great new giveaway. You have the chance to win one of five copies of the upcoming American Pie: Beta House unrated DVD or a new PlayStation Portable. This contest is available to United States residents ages 18 and older. Employees of Digital Entertainment News, Universal Home Entertainment or Sony Computer Entertainment are not eligible to enter. Here is the contest link: http://www.bhmcontest.com/americanpie/?cid=ap_dn One ...Heads
Jar Head
The last vestiges of Fred’s missing head—his original eyes and brain—are sloshing around inside a jug pulled from a 1955 water cooler. Rumor has it that Doctor Steiner filled the jar with 3-year old gin to help preserve Fred’s remaining organs. That would explain a lot.
Corpse Head
Ripped from the shoulders of an (un)dead guy, this head actually smells worse than it looks. Luckily, it’s also very useful. Dead flesh is stretchier ...
Sony’s E3 Presentation
Jack Tretton virtually showed up in Home – showing off the new Home Square. He then came out to talk about how Sony is dominating the market, with the PlayStation 2 still running strong 7 years after launch. Over 160 games are on the way to the PlayStation 2 in 2007. Then the PSP was the focus. After dropping in price there has been a 90% increase in sales and over 140 titles on the ...
Written on July 11, 2007 | Posted in Features, PS2 Features, PS3 Features, PSP Features | No Comment
Why I’m A Gamer
EDITOR'S NOTE: We here at Digital Entertainment News don't like manifestos. There seems to have been a trend in the last couple of years for gamers, reviewers, or whomever to make some bold declaration. This isn't a political movement, this is entertainment. When Mark posted up something on his personal website, I immediately asked if we could use it here, because this isn't so much a manifesto, as it is a wonderful summation of the ...
Written on April 6, 2007 | Posted in DS Features, DVD/TV Features, Features, GBA Features, Game Cube Features, PC Features, PS2 Features, PS3 Features, PSP Features, Tech Features, Wii Features, Xbox 360 Features, Xbox Features | No Comment
Miyamoto @ GDC
The 2007 game Developer’s Conference keynote from industry icon Shigeru Miyamoto opened with Miyamoto in Mii format starting out a little grumpy, then some changes were made to the face, and he appeared happy. He then took his Mii onto a virtual stage, the lights went up, and there he was on the actual stage, and received a standing ovation.
Miyamoto talked about when he started out in the industry 25 years ago making the ...
Written on March 9, 2007 | Posted in DS Features, Features, PC Features, PS2 Features, PS3 Features, PSP Features, Tech Features, Wii Features, Xbox 360 Features | No Comment
A Letter to Sonic the Hedgehog
Geez, Sonic. Just look at you. You used to stand toe to toe with Mario himself, and now you’re just a damn embarrassment. Sure, your 2D exploits may have been a little on the shallow side, but at least they were fun. But when you tried to make the jump to 3D, it hit you hard, and just kept getting worse for you.
I mean, Sonic Adventure had its good moments, to be sure, but ...
Written on March 2, 2007 | Posted in DS Features, Features, GBA Features, Game Cube Features, PS2 Features, PS3 Features, PSP Features, Wii Features, Xbox 360 Features, Xbox Features | No Comment
2007 Predictions
With every new year brings new surprises, and shocking twists and turns no one can possibly hope to predict… but we’re going to pretend to anyways! Okay, so we’re new to this, and maybe we’ll be totally off. We’ve been wrong before, and a few of these predictions actually go against the grain of public perception. However, we figure there’s no better test for our psychic powers (unless we get a surprise attack from Magneto), so ...
Written on January 22, 2007 | Posted in DS Features, Features, GBA Features, Game Cube Features, PC Features, PS2 Features, PS3 Features, PSP Features, Tech Features, Wii Features, Xbox 360 Features, Xbox Features | No Comment
