John Schappert leaves Microsoft for EA
EA has announced the appointment of John Schappert as their new chief operating officer.
He is leaving Microsoft to join EA where he has worked before.
In fact he had started working at EA as a software engineer way back in the year 1991.
He had left EA for Microsoft in [...]
Nintendo Wii sold 2 million units in November!
Nintendo was the winner of the gaming console war in the month of November.
The Japanese videogame console maker sold more than 2 million units of Wii in this crucial holiday period.
Microsoft Xbox 360 saw sales of 836,000 units. Sony PS3 sold 378,000 units.
Microsoft stated [...]
Participants Receive Extra 30 Percent Trade-In Credit During Event
GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME), the world’s largest video game and entertainment software retailer, today announced that it will host GEARS OF WAR video game tournaments at 2,000 of its U.S. GameStop locations on Friday, July 25, 2008.
Each tournament will provide players with an opportunity to test [...]
Len Wiseman to direct Gears of War movie
New Line has announced that Len Wiseman would be directing the movie based on the popular videogame series Gears of War.
Wiseman is the director of the blockbuster Live Free or Die Hard.
Gears of War is a gaming series developed by Epic Games and it has been a massive [...]
Reports: Microsoft wants a Blu-Ray drive for Xbox 360
Microsoft and Sony are major rivals in the videogame console market.
Microsoft has the Xbox 360 console fighting it out in the market against Sony Playstation 3.
Sony ships their PS3 console with a Blu-Ray drive. Microsoft has stopped the production of the HD DVD drive for the [...]
Gears of War sequel coming up later this year
Microsoft has confirmed that they would be launching the next game in their Gears of War videogame franchise later this year.
Gears of War has been a massively successful title for the company and the next version would now be on every hardcore gamer’s list.
Epic Games, the developer [...]
PC Gamers Rev Their Chainsaws: “Gears of War” for Windows Goes Gold
Windows iteration of the massively popular and critically- acclaimed Xbox 360 blockbuster draws nigh; set to hit store shelves on 9th November
Microsoft Game Studios announced today that the eagerly-awaited“Gears of War” for Windows has gone gold and will hit retailers across Europe on [...]
”Team Sexy” Wins Play N Trade National Gears of War Tournament
Lodi, California Store Hosts Championship Team
Play N Trade Franchise, Inc., one of the fastest-growing franchises worldwide, today announced that “Team Sexy” won the championship round of its first National Gears of War Tournament and the $2,000 grand prize of in-store credit. Teams from [...]
