Wow.
Today, Sony reshuffled it’s high-level roster of PlayStation chiefs, “promoting” Ken Kutaragi - known as the “father of the PlayStation”, and even more widely known for his penchant for outlandish bluster - to chairman of Sony Computer Entertainment and removing him from day-to-day operations. Kaz Hirai, former head of Sony Computer Entertaiment America, will replace […]

As the world’s biggest game publisher, what Electronic Arts says and does is always news, and they’re often privy to details that the media is not.
For example, Warren Jenson, EA’s CFO, spilled the beans early on Sony’s PlayStation 3 console shortages, saying that despite Sony’s repeated assurances that two million units would reach U.S. shores […]

No, I’m not writing about octogenarian rockers. I’m writing about 2K Sports, who also keep playing the same song over and over again. That song is “The QA Blues“, and it goes a little something like this …
Yesterday, I picked up College Hoops 2K7. Though I had sworn off the franchise due to year after […]

We’re headed out of one holiday and into another. It’s amazing how quickly time goes by sometimes.
First, please let me apologize for my absence last week. I packed up the wife and daughter and we headed south to spend Thanksgiving week in Atlanta with my family. I expected to have an opportunity to post during […]

Sorry, Xbox … I didn’t even send you a card. Hopefully a post at 5WG will suffice in its stead, belated though it may be.
I remember your birthday pretty clearly, and have been thinking of it during this Mother Of All Console Release Weekends. I didn’t camp out all night, and I didn’t sell you […]

Today, the PlayStation 3 was supposed to find it’s way to retail shelves… then again, it probably didn’t. It’s likely that every available unit in North America has already been snapped up by folks who have already pre-ordered them or have stayed in line for days.
Regardless, somebody will be making a big profit off of […]

I was pleased to see the Superman Returns demo show up on the Xbox Live marketplace, and my thoughts ran rampant as its girthy self slowly downloaded. How could a game possibly capture Bryan Singer’s film? Press A for emo posturing? B to father an illegitimate child and abandon him? X to shamelessly crib another […]

Last night - or more accurately, this morning - Bungie, the creators of the Halo series of games, promised and released “major” news about the game series… at 2:00 AM Pacific.
I’m fortunate (or unfortunate, depending on your perspective) to work as a sports editor, which keeps me up very late, and so I didn’t sacrifice […]

Micro-transactions have taken over the Xbox Live Marketplace, and Electronic Arts has been at the vanguard of the nascent intra-gaming economy.
I’ve discussed my ambivalence about the world of micro-transactions before, and like them or not, they’re here to stay. But that doesn’t mean they’re a good thing. As a matter of fact, some of the […]

I’m not saying anything new when I say that there’s been a change in gaming over the past few years. Graphics, gameplay, and the introduction of online play have revolutionized console gaming. Most of the changes are obvious and immediate.
One change that’s less obvious is a slow but sure transition in the very thing we’re […]