Gears of War, Epic Games’ latest release, has apparently “gone gold” (or code final - in other words, the game’s done), according to game designer Cliff Bleszinski.
The game’s been one of the tentpole properties in the Xbox 360’s marketing campaign since the day it was announced in 2005, and Microsoft (Microsoft Game Studios is the […]

What’s going on here?
Sony’s sold over 100 million PlayStations worldwide, and dominates the console gaming market. I could dig up numbers on top of numbers for you to further prove it, but there’s no reason to - no one argues the point - PlayStation is the name in videogaming. Period.
Their much-anticipated PlayStation 3 looks every […]

Listening to the media trash Sony’s new SIXAXIS controller is fascinating, but at this point, none of the derisive banter seems to make much sense.
IGN panned the controller, but at the same time, their explanation of the device seemed just as if they were describing the PS2’s Dual Shock controller - and as you […]

Today, Xbox.com came back online, and with it comes exclusive 5WG content. I’ve been writing for Xbox.com for over three years now, and after more than 100 articles published there, I’m delighted to be able to continue doing so while representing 5WG for the first time.
As one of the “Friends of Xbox”, many of you […]

Sony’s PS3 marketing blitz is in its last month, and it’s starting to look like an avalanche as it careens down the mountain. There’s a lot of it out there, and most of it looks the same - that is to say, it’s mostly bland and uniform in general, like billions of white, clumpy snowflakes […]

Eurogamer has published an article that outlines the basics of Sony’s online strategy for the PlayStation 3.
Essentially, it’s Xbox Live, right down to the persistent cross-title user accounts, friends list, achievements (renamed, of course) and what have you. If you’ve used a PSP, you’ll note that the PS3 uses essentially the same interface as the […]

A few news items and musings for Friday the 13th:

Xbox Live and Xbox.com will both be offline for up to 24 hours this Tuesday, October 17th. This isn’t a dashboard update, although there is one scheduled for this fall. It’s primarily for maintenance and to add “secret cool stuff that we’ll tell you about when […]

I’m often hard on Electronic Arts, but like a parent, I only push them because I know what they’re capable of, and I want them to perform up to their impressive abilities.
Sometimes, like in NBA Live 07’s case, they look like “A” students who simply didn’t feel like doing their homework; and sometimes, like in […]

Next-gen.biz has offered “new research” that suggests that there is “massive consumer belief in the PlayStation 3, and waning interest in Xbox 360.”
Genius! Next, they’ll tell us the sky is blue…
The report says that 8.9 million people are “prepared” to pay full price for Sony’s PS3. Of course, how many of those people already own […]

Let me get this straight:
Thanks to the dearth of PS3’s that will be available at launch, EB Games and GameStop (which are now essentially, one and the same since they merged) are taking - or more accurately, have taken - all their pre-orders for Sony’s new system, which launches early next month.
Seeing as most stores […]