So on my daily quest for interesting news I ran across this tasty little piece of information. Japan's Nikkan is reporting that Sony along with Toshiba will be ready to mass produce it's new 45nm Cell processor in 2009. The new chip will be smaller and cheaper to produce than the PS3's current 65nm processor. The processor also requires 40% less power run which in return produces less heat. How does that benefit gamers?
Unfortunately, unlike last week there's not a whole lot worth mentioning this week. While the list is on the longer side, only a few games really caught my eye. Games like Brother in Arms: Hell's Highway, and hell maybe even Lego's Batman...I know, I know, Lego's Batman? well...Lego's Star Wars was kinda fun... so who knows... Anyway on to the list...
While this site is primarily dedicated to the Film and Video Games worlds, certain things in the world of Television deserve a little bit of our attention as well. Last night The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences held the 60th Primetime Emmy awards. As far as I can see there weren't too many suprises, but see for yourself after the jump. For those of you interested I've included the complete list of technical winners as well. Come on... you know you care what show has the best Hairstylist! Check out the lists after the jump.
Though Midway has been faced with many challenges, it seems as if they have found a way to finance the delivery of their 2008 titles that should be shipping sometime this fall. Midway Games, who reported a $34.8 million net loss and the second fiscal quarter, has made an agreement to sell up to $40 million dollars of their accounts receivables to National Amusements, Inc.
Gamers around the world have a right to be excited this week. The highly anticipated next installment in the Star Wars series "The Force Unleashed" finally hit store shelves, along with several other promising titles. The following list seems to give gamers across all consoles something to choose from with games like Rock Band 2, Pure, TNA Impact, Mega Man, and a whole host of others.... Be sure to check out this list....
Press Release - Friday Midway announced the complete cast of characters in the epic fighter, Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe. Rounding out the powerhouse line-up are the final villains Shao Kahn, Darkseid, Baraka and Lex Luthor. Gaming enthusiasts and comic-book fans alike be warned! Worlds will collide this November when Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe crashes into store shelves for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360® video game system and entertainment system from Microsoft.
Let's face it, love it or hate it... Star Wars related products whether they be films, toys, or even video games are here to stay. Joystiq is reporting that LucasArts latest Star Wars video game "The Force Unleashed" has broken the XBLM download record. In only eight days "The Force Unleashed" surpassed 1 million downloads. If that wasn't enough LucasArts also went on to say that if you include the PSN demo, The Force Unleashed has been downloaded more than 2.3 million times worldwide.
