From the article: "Don't get me wrong, sales data is great, and I always love pouring over the monthly NPD reports to see just how much more money Nintendo has managed to print; and when I hear that World of Warcraft has passed the 11.5 million subscriber mark, it certainly makes a mental impact. But the questions always remain: "When people bring that Nintendo Wii home, do they actually play it?" "Just how dedicated are these WoW players?"
TVGB: "Even if you've only recently emerged from your sensory deprivation chamber, you've probably heard of Machinima, the art of creating miniature animated flicks from the nuts and bolts of existing gameworld graphics engines. This emergent genre of film is a testament to the ingenuity and creativity of gamers, but it's also sometimes a testament to these same individuals' inability to manipulate characters or organize storylines beyond a silly dance or witty repartee."
Fans of Colin O'Malley's well received score for Lara Croft's latest adventure can download the soundtrack for free. There are several different bundles to choose from, with different bitrates, spanning 71 gorgeous tracks in total. The deluxe edition is 198MB containing all tracks encoded in 320kbps crystal-clear MP3.
Towering over all other games, World of Goo was the 2008 winner of the Independent Game of the Year award. The award, the culminating event of Game Tunnel's 7th Annual Game of the Year awards, is given each year to the most outstanding Independent Video Game.
"There's already been a lot of blog entries and forum posts devoted to what makes Grand Theft Auto IV such a special game, but as our pick for Game of the Year, we obviously feel that a lot of it certainly bears repeating."
Here we are then, the final installment in our Top 50 Games of 2008. It's worth reiterating once again that the list is not intended as a definitive rundown of the 50 best games of the year, but instead reflects votes cast by our staff and contributors based on the games they have played and enjoyed.
TVGB: A few weeks ago TVGB sat down with Monolith's Dave Matthews, Primary Art Lead on F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin to talk all things F.E.A.R.. Aside from getting us pretty excited for the game's release, Matthews also let slip some of the plans to expand the series - including sequels, movies and downloadable content.
In Dead Space you will find many Unitology signs. After completing the last chapter you will find the code to start your quest to reveal the hidden message.
Worlds.com filed suit against NCSoft for copyright infringement on Christmas Eve. Two patents filed in 2000 by Worlds.com involving scalable chat and enabling users to interact with each other in virtual space are all infringed upon by NCSoft's games(Including City of Heroes, Aion, Tabula Rasa, Guild Wars, etc).
2008 was a big year. There were so many great games released that it's incredibly hard to decide which one deserves to be the Game of the Year… so that's why Ripten is going to make you do it. Have a gander at Ripten's nominees and let them know which game you think deserves top honors. Additionally, they want to spark some debate as they also want to know which of the nominees is least deserving of Game of the Year.