Archive for June, 2008

Blizzard the Best Game Making Company in the World?

Monday, June 30th, 2008

I do not know if there are people that have access to the internet or other media and never heard of games made by Blizzard like World of Warcraft, Warcraft, Diablo or Starcraft. Blizzard’s World of Warcraft is still the most popular MMO in the world with millions of subscribers ...

Western or Eastern Online Games

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

Online games generally come from two different corners of the world: on one side we have United States (or UK and Norway), on the other side we have South Korea which is a giant when it comes to making online games together with China and Malaysia as well as Japan. ...

Warhammer’s Delay

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

Many fans of online games around the world are waiting with anticipation for the release of this game. It was predicted to come out in second quarter of 2008, but later it was announced to be delayed until the Fall of 2008. I myself am waiting for this game even ...

Video Game Sales Skyrocket

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

American economy is supposedly in stagnation, but you don’t see that if you look at the video game industry. It has been estimated that sales of video game hardware rose over 50% from last year which shows that sales of video games are not really dependant of other economic indicators. ...

EU to Set Guidelines on Video Game Sales

Sunday, June 15th, 2008

European Union wants desperately to set guidelines on selling video games to minors. The reason behind this is supposedly to shield children from violent, explicit and frightening video games. But does anyone sense hypocrisy here? Many countries in the European Union force their citizens into military service and require them ...

Wii vs Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3

Friday, June 6th, 2008

The console market is quite interesting to observe. Among the biggest players we have Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox360 and Sony Playstation 3. It can be clearly seen that all of the consoles are backed up by large corporations, which have years of experience in selling games and consoles. Both Xbox ...