The HD DVD group is claiming that their sales are on the rise while Blu-ray sales are on the decline. Ken Graffeo of Universal HD strategic marketing commented that HD-DVD is steadily gaining momentum and market share and that new HD DVD titles are raising the bar in terms of consumer experiences.

Last April, Sony’s semiofficial blog Three Speech reported that the megapublisher was prepping a number of its upcoming high-profile titles for release in September, including Heavenly Sword, Lair, Killzone 2, Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction, and Warhawk. That report later turned out to be unfounded, as Sony Computer Entertainment America corrected Three Speech’s […]

Carolina Hurricanes center and NHL 08 cover athlete Eric Staal was among 14 revelers arrested and charged with disorderly conduct in Minnesota this weekend after police were repeatedly called to his bachelor party, according to a Canadian Press report.

Early Saturday morning, police were called to the Lutsen Resort and Sea Villas, where they warned a […]

Upon release of the original Guitar Hero, Internet message boards quickly filled with topics to the effect of, “Dudes, wouldn’t it totally rock if [insert ridiculous song here] were in the next Guitar Hero game?” According to staffers at Guitar Hero tribute site Score Hero, it looks like at least one of those fantasized lightning-fast […]

CVG is reporting that Monolith, makers of the upcoming Condemned 2, are working with the ESRB to avoid an AO rating. As we’ve discussed previously, an AO ban in the states is effectively a ban on retail sales. From the article: “When asked for examples of what we might now never see in a game […]