The Legend of Zelda was first released on the Famicon in Japan on February 21st, 1986, twenty years ago today. Defying categorization at the time of its release, it included elements from puzzle, action-adventure and role-playing games and featured an innovative save-game feature when previously games had used password based ...
The World Cyber Games, an international professional gaming competition, has announced which titles will be used for this year's competitions. With the advent of a new platform, it's been interesting to see where the focus of professional gamers will lie.
March brings us some excellent games, including Kingdom Hearts II, The Godfather, and Metal Gear AC!D 2. Best of all, we finally get an import of beamani! Forget about DDR and Guitar Hero, Beatmania is where the real rhythm game geeks become gods. For your information, beamani swept Japan, bringing Keyboard Mania, Drum Mania, Guitar Mania, and DDR into the scence.
The Ziff Davis Media Game Group presented the third annual 1UP Awards during a special ceremony in San Francisco, California on February 8th. The 1UP Awards are voted on by the editors of Ziff Davis videogame magazines and websites.
One year and more than 13 million units later, Nintendo remains the king of the hand-held gaming market with its acclaimed Nintendo DS device, ahead of Sony's PlayStation Portable, which sold a little more than 10 million units.
Microsoft chief Bill Gates has been speaking about Halo 3 for Xbox 360 and believes that it will be a "super great product".