Gaming News January 12th 2007

[Tan]

id Software exec unconvinced by new OS
by Tom Bramwell (gameindustry.biz

id Software development legend John Carmack believes Microsoft is "grasping at straws" in an attempt to get gamers to upgrade to next-gen PC operating system Windows Vista......Read More


8 million subscribed to World of Warcraft
from bit-tech.net

World of Warcraft continues to be the most popular game in the world with Blizzard announcing yesterday that the game now had over 8 million subscribers. The breakdown shows that China has 3.5 million players, North America has......Read More


God of War 2 demo soon
from 1up

While most of the world has moved on to the next (or is it current?) generation machines, there are a few developers aware that some are still hungry for content on their now-aging consoles. God of War 2 will probably be the last big-budget release we see on PlayStation 2........Read More

[Tynstar]

8 million people paying 10-15 dollars a month.........

[TraderJake]

3.5 Chinese Farmers. Neat.

Remember Kids, Kao Nee Mah

[The Metamorphosing Leon]

I think we should just turn earth over to the machines and plug ourselves into WoW forever.

[Tan]

I think we should just turn earth over to the machines and plug ourselves into WoW forever.

They don't want you they want your $180 a year 

[The Metamorphosing Leon]

Well I've probably got enough in the bank to last me long enough.

[Tan]

Your 19 or 20 years old right now?

$180 a year times 55 which plus your age is the average life expectancy of a male = $9900. Not counting expansions, inflation, hardware maintenance, sustanance to keep you alive, and rising subscription costs as over the years a business who makes money would surely want more of it. 

Because enslaving the human race isn't enough if you can't grind them under your bootheel and rule them with an iron fist. 

[Tynstar]

180 a year is crazy. Plus they charge 50 got the game. Damn game should be free.

[Tan]

Konami Next-Gen Titles Revived
Wii and PS3 titles not cancelled after all.
from 1up

today Konami went on record to deny these cancellations, saying the printed release listings in Japanese magazines, Famitsu and Dengeki, are actually errors and the games are still going ahead as planned......Read More


Final Fantasy XII to hit Europe on February 23rd
from M&C

It's been available in the US and Japan for the past three months, selling over 4 million copies and garnering a slew of awards, and now Europe will have a chance to get in on the action......Read More


Previews: C&C3: Tiberium Wars
from 1up

From the screenshots we knew Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars looked spot on as a modern graphical update of the series. Hands-on time reassured us that the C&C-style of real-time strategy play makes the jump to 2007 equally well.......Read More

[Tynstar]

Previews: C&C3: Tiberium Wars
from 1up

From the screenshots we knew Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars looked spot on as a modern graphical update of the series. Hands-on time reassured us that the C&C-style of real-time strategy play makes the jump to 2007 equally well.......Read More

I can't wait!

[chrisbid]

i like the news threads, but i vote for making them cover a week rather than a new thread each day

[Tan]

Well the idea here is to test this out and see if it takes off, hopefully more people will contribute news stories, and in turn bring some interesting news and topics of discussion into the forum from all over the 'net.

Realistically with say an average of a dozen good news stories a day over the course of the week it'd be hard to pick and choose because obviously you can't have 100 stories in a news section, so we'd need to feel out a system of choosing what should and shouldn't be covered. For my part I'm just passing along things I personally find interesting or that I think others would find interesting, but everyone's opinion is different so the more news from more people the better.

[The Metamorphosing Leon]

180 a year is crazy. Plus they charge 50 got the game. Damn game should be free.

Not really that expensive considering since I've started playing I haven't bought one other game.

It can also replace cable, movies, non-critical food, alcohol, drugs, and pretty much everything.

[Shimra]

180 a year is crazy. Plus they charge 50 got the game. Damn game should be free.

Not really that expensive considering since I've started playing I haven't bought one other game.

It can also replace cable, movies, non-critical food, alcohol, drugs, and pretty much everything.

So pretty much, it's the cost of crack with the effects of heroin am I correct?