Even though our beloved heroes at Penny-Arcade (whose Child’s Play charity represents the one and only ad we run here) deign to skewer us and our ilk with their bloodthirsty witticisms, we soldier on here at 5WG - emerging only mildly lessened as men from the experience.
I like Halo, and I like Madden, but I […]

T.J. brought it up in comments the other day.
The Operation Sports guys have been digging.
The 360GameSaves crew has the definitive answer.
For those averse to link-following, here’s the Cliff’s Notes version: in this week’s 360 Spring Update, it appears Microsoft took action against people who had been sharing saves on popular internet community sites. If […]

OK, so I’m stealing Mark’s gig - this was too good to pass up.
The much-anticipated demo for Forza Motorsport 2 was released today, and after trying it with almost every car available, it’s obvious that the game’s set to explode on Xbox Live if it performs well online.
Running at an eye-popping 60 frames per second […]

No rampant complaints about crashing; no complaints about “bricked systems” - just a quick, gentle, 30-second download, and your Xbox 360 works better than it did yesterday. Not too shabby…
Early Wednesday morning, the Xbox 360 Spring Update was released, making many small behind-the-scenes changes and a few large, obvious ones.
The first and foremost is the […]

Overreaction, thy name is the Internet.
Not that this is anything new, of course.
On Major Nelson’s (Larry Hyrb) latest podcast, he and his co-host, “e”, poke a small amount of fun at Epic, the creators of Gears of War, regarding the $10 cost of the game’s new map pack.
This is the latest step in an odd […]

“To me, (the concerns about excluding a hard drive from the Xbox 360 Core unit have) nothing to do with cost - just the system’s potential.
Hard drives do a lot more then just speed up loading times when they’re utilized well.
Early adopters of any technology - including consoles - know they’re going to pay more […]

In this monthly feature, the 5WG Collective will take a look at upcoming games and highlight what we’re most looking forward to over the next 30 days. As always, release dates are subject to change.

I’m sure you all know the old saying, don’t you? “April showers bring May … movie-tie ins, and not bloody much […]

As we head into the month of May, it’s surprising to note that two of the month’s headline titles are downloadable games: Catan and Calling All Cars. While this can be partially attributed to a slow month of licensed games, it also signals a maturation in what may be the true hallmark of next-generation console […]