Reports: Google interested in acquiring Valve for Steam
Reports in the media suggested that the search engine giant Google is interested in acquiring video game maker Valve Software.
This sounds very illogical though experts believe that Google might be interested in gaining their Steam technology.
Company sources have denied any talks going on between them.
Valve is most popularly [...]
Guitar Hero: Metallica coming out early next year
Market sources are reporting that Activision would be launching their gaming title Guitar Hero: Metallica early next year.
Activision has already announced another similar gaming title named Guitar Hero: Aerosmith which they said was the first of the many series based entirely on a band.
Activision is said to have [...]
Blu-Ray drive for Xbox 360? Microsoft still denies.
Chinese language Economic Daily News had recently reported that Pegatron has won an order from Microsoft to manufacture a variant of Xbox 360 with Blu-ray Disc ROM drive.
The report further claimed that the software giant is going to launch this version before the end of the year.
The latest [...]
Sony could launch a possible Playstation branded mobile phone
It has been rumored since a long that Sony has been considering launching mobile phone devices with Playstation like gaming capabilities.
Sony Computer Entertainment co-chief operating officer Jim Ryan has now been quoted as saying in the media: “The PlayStation is a proven success and so is Sony [...]
Rumors: Nintendo working on a new variant of Nintendo DS
Market analyst Evan Wilson is claiming that the Japanese videogame console maker Nintendo is working on a third variant of third DS handheld gaming machine.
Nintendo already has two versions of DS in the market. This new model is unlikely to be released in the near future [...]
Reports: Singapore ban on Mass Effect lifted
A local newspaper has reported that the Singapore authorities has now removed his recently announced ban on the Mass Effect game on the Xbox 360 gaming console.
The game was earlier banned in the country as it had a sexually oriented scene between a human woman and an alien woman.
The [...]
Sony Playstation 2 for USD 99 next year?
Market sources are claiming that Sony is working on a new variant of their older generation Playstation 2 gaming console which would feature an internal power supply.
This version could be priced as little as USD 99 as the company would be able to cut costs by integrating the [...]
Reports: Halo 3 already available on Warez networks
Reports in the media suggest that Microsoft’s upcoming Halo 3 gaming title for the Xbox 360 console is already available online on Warez networks.
Halo 3 for Microsoft Xbox 360 is due for a launch early next week and it is one of the most awaited games of the [...]
Analysts: Sony to drop Playstation 3 prices once more
Wedbush Morgan Securities’ Michael Pachter and Edward Woo have predicted that Sony is likely to drop the price of their Playstation 3 gaming console once more in the near future.
The company had a not so impressive E3 Media & Business Summit. They announced at the event [...]
Unofficial reports state that Wii has overtaken Xbox 360 shipments
Nintendo Wii has become the fastest selling gaming console of all times. It is still hard to find a unit in the stores in the US market even several months after launch.
It is competing with Xbox 360 from Microsoft and Playstation 3 from Sony.
The latest statistics [...]
