Dec
31

The top gaming news stories of 2007

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It was a big year for videogaming – the console war began to cool down, some great games were released, World of Warcraft was expanded, and Jack Thompson is facing disbarment.

Here are my picks for top gaming news stories of 2007.

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Games for Windows LIVEMar. 14: Games for Windows – LIVE launches

There are a few problems with Microsoft’s PC-based version of Xbox Live. For one thing, it costs money – PC gamers didn’t have to deal with that issue until now. Second, you need Windows Vista to use it – and very few people are willing to install Vista, which has a variety of problems.

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StarCraft IIMay 18: StarCraft II announced

The biggest gaming news story of the year: StarCraft II, the sequel to the seminal RTS and Best Game Ever Written, is announced at the Worldwide Invitational in Seoul, South Korea. Nick “Tasteless” Plott’s head explodes. Continued…

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Dec
05

Wednesday Rumor Roundup

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From the “Pulling Facts Out of Your Ass” Department: the rumors circulating today in the gaming community…

EA to buy NCsoft? The idea is that EA must get into the MMO game to compete against the new Activision Blizzard. Two words: Auto Assault.

PSP Store coming to the PSP? Finally — both PSP users will be able to download both PSP games directly to their handheld.

Gamespot to see mass resignations over Reviewgate scandal? Sure. Because it’s sooooo easy to get a games journalism job.

Bioshock 2 team splits off so they never have to see lead designer Ken Levine ever again? Burn.

Heard any rumors? Let us know.

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Dec
03

Kunochan on the Jeff Gerstmann controversy: ‘Games journalists are not journalists. There, I said it.’

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Gagged!I didn’t plan to write anything about the Jeff Gerstmann imbroglio. Games journalists writing about games journalists seems incestuous to me. But there is an important issue here — can games journalists be trusted to give information and opinions that gamers can trust?

Here is a timeline of the Reviewgate scandal:

November 13: Gamespot Editorial Director Jeff Gerstmann publishes a negative review of Kane & Lynch: Dead Men, giving the game 6 out of 10. An accompanying video review is also posted.

November 29: Gerstmann is fired. According to a rumor repeated on a number of gaming sites, Gerstmann is let go because Eidos is unhappy about his negative review of Kane & Lynch (the company paid a great deal of money to advertise the game on Gamespot). The text of the review is edited, although the 6/10 rating stands. The video is taken down. Continued…

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