The deadline for the first round of the Digital Games Regional Final Brackets have been extended to Saturday, August 9, to give players/teams who have not played a bit more time.
We won’t be able to extend the brackets again, so if you do not play your match by Saturday you will be forfeited out of the competition.
If you have played a first round match, please re-report the results, as some of the results were erased in the process of extending the round.
Sony announced today that the PlayStation Home beta is expanding its U.S. user base. In order to apply, PlayStation 3 owners must check out the PlayStation Store later tonight. A new PlayStation Home theme will be released. All you have to do is download the theme and bingo, you applied.
If you live in Europe and want to get into the Home beta, Sony has good news for you. They will be adding new users by selecting people who are the most active on the PlayStation Network. So […]
Yesterday I wrote up a news item on how SOCOM: Confrontation will be distributed. Today Sony and GameStop released some info on how North American gamers can get into the SOCOM public beta.
There are two ways to get into the beta, both of which are pretty easy. One way has gamers preordering SOCOM from GameStop. If you do it this way, you will two extra keys to share with friends. The GameStop beta keys will be activated September 1. The other way to get into the beta […]
Today Rockstar games announced that, like all previous GTA games, Grand Theft Auto IV will be arriving on the PC. Hitting stores Nov 18, the PC port is being developed by Rockstar North. According to the Founder of Rockstar Games, Sam Houser: “We are very excited to be releasing the PC version of Grand Theft Auto IV. The whole team is dedicated to bringing an amazing gaming experience to the PC. The game looks and plays beautifully on PC and we can’t wait for people to play […]
Today Sony announced SOCOM: Confrontation will arrive in both stores and the PlayStation Network on Oct 14. The PS3 exclusive shooter promises the same third person tactical action of the previous titles. It will be released in three different packaging bundles. Like Warhawk, SOCOM: Confrontation will be released on the PlayStation Network and in stores, either bundled with a Bluetooth headset or just the game disk.
For more info on the packages, hit the jump.
We’re a community of dedicated gamers here at GGL, but it’s not just all about competition–we look out for each other, too. Some of you might know of B Dangerous, a very small clan whose members have been around here for a while now.
Last month, they flew down to Thailand to compete in a friendly invitational tournament. Well, if a newcomer to GGL is to be believed, the entire clan has decided to live and work there. Slayher, apparently the sister of one of the clan members, […]
Today Sony announced, at the end of this month, Warhawk will be getting over 50 trophies. The trophies will be introduced in the Aug 27 1.5 update. Some examples of trophy worth actions are: “hosting a game for four hours, playing a “perfect deathmatch” (come 1st, no deaths) and shooting down aircraft with a tank.”
The update also promises to include “custom music tracks from the Home Menu,” new paint options, and tutorial missions to help guide noobs.
I can’t wait for this update. Right now, all I’m playing […]
In this months Stuff Magazine there is a preview of Guitar Hero World Tour. In said preview, nine tracks are revealed along with five artist confirmations. The songs are:
* “Are You Gonna Go My Way” — Lenny Kravitz
* “Beat It” — Michael Jackson
* “Bullet With Butterfly Wings” — Smashing Pumpkins
* “Everlong” — Foo Fighters
* “Hot for Teacher” — Van Halen
* “In The End” — Linkin Park
* “Light My Fire” — The Doors
* “Never Too Late” — The Answer
* “Obsatcle […]
Last Monday marked the end of the second season of the Championship Gaming Series (CGS). The season concluded with the climatic World Final match between the San Francisco Optx and Birmingham Salvo. The Salvo won the match, making the British team the league’s first international champions. With the season finished, GGL is here to take a look back at the 2008 competition and provide a possible glimpse into what 2009 may hold for the CGS.
The Competition
This year’s competition was certainly more intense than […]
Today EA DICE announced the first piece of DLC for Battlefield: Bad Company. Arriving this Thursday, Aug 7, on both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, a new game mode is being introduced. Dubbed Conquest, the new game mode will be familiar to anyone who has played the other Battlefield games.
For those of you who aren’t so well versed in your Battlefield history; Conquest has “two opposing teams against each other in a race to deplete the other team’s tickets. Killing an enemy takes off one ticket, while capturing and holding certain […]
GGL and Bosch are proud to announce the launch of the Virtual Racing Season, featuring ladders for five different racing games across three platforms to allow gamers to experience the thrill of the race!
The grand prize winner will receive a trip to the 2009 Daytona 500, while ten runners up will receive trips to a Sprint Cup race worth approximately $1,000.
Games
The five games included in the Virtual Racing Season are:
- TrackMania Nations Forever (PC) - download here
- Forza Motorsport 2 (Xbox 360)
- Need for Speed ProStreet (Xbox 360)
- Burnout Paradise […]
Today Sony announced that the episodic survival horror title, Siren: Blood Curse, will be release in stores on Blu-ray. Originally the twelve episodes were only to be released on the PlayStation Network. After seeing that all twelve episodes would take up 40GB of hard drive space, Sony came to their senses.
The Blu-ray version is said to come with “bonus bits and bobs to make the boxed copy more alluring.” Siren: Blood Curse is slated to hit stores this fall; and what better time for a game that […]
