Brett Favre New ‘Madden’ Coverboy

Madden ’09 has announced its cover player, legendary Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre. “Brett Favre is a perfect fit for the Madden NFL 09 cover, as he epitomizes everything the franchise has stood for the past 20 years — longevity, excellence, and a love of football.” ‘Madden ’09’ has been a staple in gaming …

Gaming Revenue Up 57%

 Say what you will, Nintendo = profits. The recent release of ‘Super Smash Bros. Brawl” for the Wii console has pushed the Video Game industry 57%, or, $1.8 million for the month of March. ‘Smash Bros.’ sold to 31% of the consoles install base. At 2.7 million copies sold, it’s the biggest first month since …

GTA IV Ads Pulled from Chicago Buses

The Chicago Transit Authority has pulled a series of bus ads for Grand Theft Auto IV, citing the games M-rated violent video game status. Comparing an M-Rating (which is an R rating for those of you unaware) to a X-rated film, and apparently the CTA doesn’t advertise those type of flicks. The ads were inoffensive, …

Nintendo Denies DS Redesign

Nintendo apparently is denying the rumors sparked by Enterbrain president Hirokazu Hamamura on a potential Nintendo DS redesign showing up at E3 in July. It’s been two years since the redesign into DS Lite (which pretty much sold the system to me), so it may be time for a product update. Nintendo is notorious for …

GTA IV to take $400 Million in its first week?

Variety is reporting that sources close to Take-Two Interactive are saying that predictions within the publisher are predicting a $400 Million dollar take for its first week of release. Currently, that record is held by Halo 3 at $300 million. The difference between the Halo release is that GTA is cross-platform, appearing on both PS3, …

Mario Kart Wii Problems?

Users are reporting across the internet that owners of the hugely anticipated Mario Kart Wii have been having issues loading the game which dropped in both Japan and Europe. Nintendo’s official statement is that they’ve had no reports of any issues with Mario Kart Wii (however, they said the same thing during the rash of …

Gun Metal PS3 to Hit Stores

Dying to pick up a Ps3? The Shiny sleek hunk of plastic not your cup of tea? What if I were to tell you, Sony is releasing a special gun metal edition Ps3 for Metal Gear Solid 4? Well. They are. Formerly thought to be a Japanese exclusive, word comes that the special edition Ps3 …

Trauma Center Returns to the DS

The successful Trauma Center franchise is returning to the root of the series after forays into the Nintendo Wii. Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2 will be coming back to the DS platform. Set for release July 1st, the game is a direct sequel to the original, Derek sTyles will be back dealing with the …

360 Goes Motion Sensitive

Accelerometers are all the rage these days, between the Wiimote, the Six-Axis Controller, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 is falling behind. But apparently, not for long. News outlets are reporting that Microsoft has been working on their own product for the market since last summer. The development is not without problems, apparently developer Rare has been the …