After 149 years and 311 days, the Rocky Mountain News published its final edition on February 27, 2009.
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I begin to feel the sands shift beneath my feet.
Print journalism has become the walking dead, but like Bruce Willis’ character in “The Sixth Sense”, it hasn’t fully come to terms with the reality of it yet. I […]

The new Fight Night team knows boxing. After the closure of the EA studio in Chicago (which had created the previous iterations of the title), EA Canada took the reins, and their love for the sport is palpable.
At the Fight Night Round 4 Community Event in Vancouver on Monday, a fellowship of Fight Night fans […]

I’m headed up to Vancouver this weekend to participate in the Fight Night: Round 4 Community Event at Electronic Arts’ studio in nearby Burnaby.
One of the more anticipated titles of the year, the latest iteration of the boxing series promises better graphics, deeper controls and an array of top-flight pugilists, including Muhammad “The Greatest of […]

Like every other form of mass media entertainment, video games are becoming increasingly reliant on advertising dollars to supplement their development. It’s simply a fact of life, and gamers have reluctantly become accustomed to it, so long as the advertising doesn’t start to overshadow the game itself.
But sports games have it easy; sports fans are […]

Let’s face it - while the PSP is a fine handheld system, its library isn’t chock-full of must-play games. Suffering from too many ports and half-hearted attempts to cash in on console titles’ success, Sony’s device often struggles in competition with the overwhelming success of the Nintendo DS and its more distinct approach to handheld […]

Thoughts for a Wednesday afternoon…

Electronic Arts is shuffling around some release dates. The Godfather II, which had been planned for a February release, slips to April 7, in the words of EA boss John Riccitiello, to allow “more time for longer lead marketing.” The latest iteration of Tiger Woods PGA Tour (are they really calling […]

While first-party software is often the backbone of a console’s marketplace presence, especially at launch, Sony has traditionally relied upon third-party software more than its competitors.
Microsoft essentially launched the Xbox line on the Halo brand, and Nintendo wouldn’t exist without Super Mario (insert name here). Sony, on the other hand, while possessing a first-party stable […]

5WGaming is proud to present the following article by Guest Writer Andrew Begley of Newcastle, Australia, who serves as webmaster and forum administrator of the NBA Live Series Center, a long-running site dedicated to improving basketball gaming.
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I have a couple of quirky habits when it comes to gaming. The first is a tendency to get […]

Maybe the third time is a charm.
It’s hard to be a videogame writer when you can’t actually run the software.
On Friday, my launch-model Xbox 360, which had already been repaired after suffering the “red ring of death” once before, gave up the ghost again; stumbling through a few different games before finally succumbing once more. […]