I came across a bizarre bit of news the other day. Apparently at the yearly FanFest for EVE Online, there was footage of some king of FPS set in the EVE Online universe. Supposedly it was very halo-esque, but with a EVE Online art style. That sounds pretty interesting, but ultimately I think there are maybe too many first person shooters out there as it is. After all, with so many other games innovating, why try to copy a game style if it’s not what you are great at?

I think a smarter manuver on the developers’ part would be to create more of a stand-alone single player RPG in the vein of Mass Effect. That would let them flesh out the story and universe of EVE Online in a much more intelligent way. Doing a FPS would be booooring. Also, maybe a space shooter would be fun too.

Just when you thought Fallout 3 couldn’t have any more posts on our site, you’re wrong because guess what? The game sold like hotcakes for the couple days in October when it was available. In fact, it even beat out the ever-popular titles of Spore and Nancy Drew: The Haunting of Castle Malloy. Yeah, it beat Nancy Drew! Take that teen girl mystery. See the full October PC Game Sales below: (more…)

Big news here if you love a good FPS. Valve’s soon-to-be-classic Left 4 Dead is now pre-loading on Steam. It’s also gone gold and will be heading to retailers as soon as possible. The game itself will be available on November 18th. In the meantime, the free demo will be available to play until November 17th. Sounds like a lot of fun to be had if you are into the whole killing zombies thing. Me, I’m still knee deep in Fallout 3 and so I’m blissfully ignorant of the rest of this year’s gaming deluge.

In a fascinating bit of news, the newly merged Activision-Blizzard posted its first quarterly financial results. Merger costs led the company to a $108 million loss on $711 million revenue. The results beat analysts expectations. Activision Blizzard also announced a plan to buy $1 billion in stock. Luckily for them, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King and Call of Duty: World at War and a tiny little franchise called Guitar Hero coming out. Something tells me they are poised to make a whole heckuva lot of money this quarter. Go Blizzard.

Stardock is still workign on its space strategy game Galactic Civilizations II. Today the company announced that they have released a massive update to the game which they are calling “version 2.0.” This is a great update to a fantastic game. There is an official tour of all of the new features the updates includes on the game’s website. Among the updates are new ship design from the main menu, new setup options, updated options for diplomacy, automating the building of planets and starbases, graphics updates and more. This update is absolutely massive and is just one more reason to love Stardock. Great going Stardock, you rule!

While Spore has held a sales stranglehold on the whole PC game industry since it launched, this week marks the day when Far Cry 2 takes its place on top. It’s especially impressive given the onslaught of great games starting to roll out. Soon we’ll be seeing Fallout 3, Left 4 Dead, and Red Alert 3 showing up on the charts. In the meantime, it’s nice to see the sequel to Far Cry living up to its pedigree.

Of course when Wrath of the Lich King comes out, we know who will be on top then.

1. Far Cry 2 - Ubisoft
2. Spore - Electronic Arts
3. Nancy Drew: The Haunting of Castle Malloy - Her Interactive
4. World of Warcraft: Battle Chest - Blizzard
5. The Sims 2 Apartment Live - Electronic Arts
6. Dead Space - Electronic Arts
7. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe - Electronic Arts
8. Warhammer Online - Mythic/EA
9. World of Warcraft - Blizzard
10. Civilization IV: Colonizaton - Firaxis/2K Games

(week ending October 25th)

The expansion to the well-known computer benchmark widowmaker, Crysis, dubbed Crysis Warhead has been getting solid reviews and also is on sale for the low-low price of $20 on Amazon.com. It’s not a half bad deal if you are just itchin to get your Crysis on. Perhaps by now your machine can handle this game, but who knows. Anyhow, it’s not a half bad deal if fps’s are your thing. However, if you’re looking for the game of the holiday season, you might want to check out Farcry 2 or Fallout 3. Both of those have been getting excellent reviews, so it might be a tossup as to which would be the better “deal”.

Just when you thought everybody and their brother is playing Wolrd of Warcraft and there couldn’t be any growth for such a massive game, well you’re wrong. I just saw that World of Warcraft has now crossed the 11 million subscriber mark. 11 Million. That’s just plain ridiculous. Seriously. (more…)

I was surfing around Gametrailers and found yet another cool morsel of Fallout goodness. This time it’s the Fallout Retrospective. I’m a huge fan of the retrospectives that Gametrailers does. It is fun to watch a sort of bird’s eye view of a game series as well as just catching up on the high points of a franchise. Admittedly I haven’t played every single game ever made, so it’s fun to go back and see what I’ve missed. Anyhow, we’ve embedded the video below, so check it out. (more…)

Hey, if you aren’t going to preload Fallout 3 on Steam, you should really start asking around about a midnight launches at your local Gamestop and Best Buy. Apparently there are going to be some 1,600 Gamestop’s opening at 10pm tonight, the 27th to let gamers have the game at midnight. How cool is that? Of course, I’m not sure if that includes your local store, so please call ahead first. (more…)