The Sony Press Conference at the Consumer Electronics Show shed light on the rather rotund numbers for the PlayStation Network. The impressive figures were announced by Howard Stringer and he noted that 60 million PSN accounts had been created in the service's history.
Playstation 3 gets free downloadable content on the upcoming PS3 version of Mass Effect 2. Starting January 18th, the DLC contains a Terminus Armor and M490 BlackStorm Rifle will be free on the PlayStation Network just as a sign of appreciation to the PlayStation fans who had to wait so long for Mass Effect to come to the console.
In the latest Major Nelson podcast, the spokesman for Xbox Live dropped hints at an unannounced game coming to Xbox 360 in the near future. Hinting at this "really, really good game" that is said to be revealed in New York sometime after the Consumer Electronics Show.
PlayStation hackers have vigilantly been launching assault on the, at one time secure, PlayStation 3. Utilizing methods to bypass the PlayStation 3's built in security methods such as an expensive dongle adapter that would allow users to install packages on the PlayStation 3 dashboard to allow games to be played from backup among other interesting homebrew applications.
Starcraft II has been out for some time now, but if you've grown tired already of the strategy game perhaps we can suggest an alternative. How's six on six in Space, with Custom Air Units sound?
Electronic Arts recently announced that it is closing down a rather large list of its online communities. Although EA noted that the EA Sports titles listed represent only 1% of all peak online players across every EA title.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is the next installment in the award-winning Elder Scrolls series. Skyrim is the follow up to the 2006 Game of the Year, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and the next game from Bethesda Game Studios and although just recently announced, the developers are wasting no time in getting everyone all hot and bothered in anticipation of the upcoming RPG.
When Vince Zampella and Jason West were ousted from Activision it's hard to imagine they thought things could ever get this bad. As the partners formed a new studio, Respawn Entertainment, a lawsuit was filed on behalf of Activision.
