Games

Grand Theft Auto IV arrived in stores yesterday amid tons of hype, controversy, and urban legends (did you hear the one about the guy stabbed while waiting in line?). Apparently it also was swiped from a San Diego Gamestop by one particularly type-A Read More

This week there are no new games to download on the XBox Live Arcade. Feel free to speculate about why this may be, but I suspect it has something to do with a fellow named Niko and his cousin’s cab company. Read More

As the rest of the video gaming world is furiously racking up felonies in Liberty City, Rock Band has rolled out three new tracks today. The new songs are available for download individually for 160 MS points ($2) each. Here’s what’s up for Read More

Singstar is a big Playstation 2 hit, and it’s hitting the Playstation 3 on May 20 with the launch of the US Singstar Store. The store launch comes as a standalone disc for $40 or as a bundle with two microphones for $60. The initial songlist Read More

What video games are releasing this week? Oh, just a little juggernaut called Grand Theft Auto IV. Amazingly, a few other games are hazarding a release in its wake, including the movie-inspired Iron Man game. Check out all the releases here: Playstation Read More

The special edition package of Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3, XBox 360) will include, among lots of other goodies, a CD soundtrack compilation of some of the many songs in the game. Amazon.com has released a track list for the CD, so you can get a glimpse at Read More

The new Def Leppard track pack for Guitar Hero III has gone up for download today. The pack includes the following songs: Nine Lives (Live) Photograph (Live) Rock of Ages On the XBox 360, the pack will set you back 500 MS Points ($6.25). Read More

Fantasy Flight Games has purchased the rights to make a board game based on Epic Games’ blockbuster XBox 360 game Gears of War. The board game will be released in the fall to coincide with the November release of the Gears of War 2 video game. Read More

Today Criterion Games announced the upcoming addition of motorcycles and nighttime driving to Burnout Paradise. The additions will be part of a new “Davis” expansion, following the “Bogart” and “Cagney” ones but Read More

Sierra Online's Lost Cities hit the XBox Live Arcade today for 800 MS Read More

Home, the Playstation 3 Second Life-like game / community system, has been pushed back to a fall 2008 release. Here’s the official word from Sony: “Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) announced today that it will expand the Closed Beta Read More

Here are four technogeek-friendly ways to make the move from having mounds of dead trees and plastic laying around to having just a few cool gadgets. Read More