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Man Spends $300,000 on Virtual Item!
Thursday, December 31st, 2009Buzz Erik Lightyear, (and yes reports do say this is his name) recently spent 300,000 REAL dollars on a “Crystal Palace Space Station” in the game Entropia Online. This now sets the record for the most money ever spent on a virtual item. This game is not well known in America, but is very popular [...]
5 CommentsThe Keyblade Wars: Birth by Sleep – Jump Festa ’10 Trailer
Thursday, December 31st, 2009Looks like the new year is officially underway for Square’s latest in the Kingdom Hearts franchise with this leaked trailer for the PSP-exclusive Birth by Sleep, now supporting a new title and revealing far more information.
1 CommentEA Teases New Medium For Command & Conquer
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009With the launch of the closing piece in Command & Conquer‘s Tiberium-series only 75 days away, EA has teased that the Command & Conquer series will soon be expanding to an entirely new medium for this franchise. The teaser-image was recently included in a newsletter to all fans of the series, which also thanked readers [...]
1 CommentDivinity II Announces Quest for Glory Contest
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009Achievement hunters rejoice, for your skills can now net more reward than points or trophies. The United States publisher for Divinity II: Ego Draconis, cdv Software, just announced the “Quest for Glory” contest, which will reward a lucky player that completes all of the games achievements/trophies by February 1st, 2010 (the game releases January 5th [...]
No CommentsDragon Age: Origins Return of Ostagar DLC announced
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009Bioware has announced a timed exclusive downloadable content for Dragon Age: Origins coming January 5th for Xbox 360 and PC at a cost of 400 Bioware Points or Microsoft Points dubbed ‘Return of Ostagar‘ The DLC allows players to “exact their revenge and embark on a quest for the mighty arms and armor of the [...]
2 CommentsStudy: Female MMO players more “Hardcore” than Males
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009A 7000 player study of Everquest II published in the Journal of Communication reveals that female gamers are more dedicated to MMOs then their male counterparts. Some conclusions drawn are as follows: -Female gamers on average logged more hours per week than male players (29 hours vs. 25 hours) -Female gamers underestimated their time spent [...]
5 CommentsWhy Sony is Taking the Lead in Software Quality and Quantity
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009Sony seems to be making a resurgence in light of recent beneficial, strategic moves. Will this continue??
32 CommentsSave Data Transfer Info Revealed for Mass Effect 2
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009One of the most hyped features of Bioware’s upcoming Mass Effect 2 (and the expected sequel after it,) is the ability to transfer character and story data from the original Mass Effect over into the new gameplay and plotline. Chris Priestly of Bioware has recently issued a statement concerning the mechanic, including a few hints [...]
2 CommentsThe 2009 Rotten EGGY Awards
Monday, December 28th, 2009The Rotten EGGY Awards come directly from the Elder-Geek.com staff and they’re thrown in the faces of the year’s worst offenders.
13 CommentsThe 2009 Golden EGGY Awards
Monday, December 28th, 2009There is no doubt that everyone here on the Elder-Geek.com staff absolutely loves gaming. Here are the games, the game makers and the members of the game media that really made our year.
3 CommentsDuke Nukem Franchise to Return Soon
Monday, December 28th, 2009Even though legendary developer 3D Realms was forced to lay off the entire production team working on Duke Nukem: Forever earlier this year due to financial trouble, the co-founder of the studio, Scott Miller, recently stated that “the next few years should see a strong resurgence in Duke.” However, the fate of Duke Nukem: Forever [...]
2 CommentsBioware: Japanese RPGs Haven’t Evolved
Monday, December 28th, 2009A comparative look at the role-playing game industry on both Western and Japanese shores yields a strong dichotomy: one of consistent innovation, and one of arguable stagnation. At least, that is the belief that Bioware co-founder/director Greg Zeschuk recently expanded upon in an interview with video game website Destructoid.
5 CommentsBlu-Ray Disc Association, Sony Gear up for 3D
Monday, December 28th, 2009With 3-D technology raking in heavy cash at the box office, the first steps in bringing the format to home gaming have already been taken with titles like G-Force and Avatar: The Game. But with recent rumblings from both the Blu-Ray Disc Association and PS3-makers Sony Computer Entertainment, it seems like the industry is poised [...]
No CommentsDigital Distribution to Be Worth $10 Billion by 2015
Monday, December 28th, 2009With NPD statistics casting an end-of-the-year gloom over comparative industry sales (2009′s numbers are down an overall 12% from the same period last year,) financial firm DFC Intelligence has released a report on what investors and consumers alike could expect from the industry next year and beyond.
No CommentsFinal Fantasy Sells 1.5m in First Week
Sunday, December 27th, 2009Unsurprisingly, Square Enix’s launch of Final Fantasy XIII was a gigantic press event in Japan, and proved immensely successful once the first week’s sales figures came in. The developer-publisher announced that at least one million copies were sold during the game’s first 24 hours, not counting those bundled with the PS3 hardware. Japanese gaming magazine [...]
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