Spore finally on Steam, SecureROM free!

via Slashdot
Will Wright fans rejoice! If you’ve been waiting to buy the long awaited ‘life, the universe, and everything’ simulator because of EA’s draconian DRM that limits the players to only three installs, your wait is now over.  Spore, along with other ‘hit’ EA titles have been released on Valve’s ever-growing Steam platform.   The [...]

Mirror’s Edge gets Release Date!

via Game|Life
EA’s promising first-person parqure action adventure title, Mirror’s Edge finally has a street date. Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 owners should mark their calendars for November 11. Those of us wait for this highly anticipated title have to wait until “later in the winter.” Added bonus for those who preorder, anyone [...]

The Sims 3 TEASER SITE UP!

via Shacknews

Earlier this week, EA posted a teaser site for the next installment (not expansion mind you) of the highly addictive, ridiculously high selling Will Wright creation, The Sims. No real news on it right now, only that news IS coming on the 19th.
However, if you want more info sooner than that, you should [...]

PC Version of Mass Effect to be Released May 6th

via Game|Life
Electronic Arts has given a more solid release date for the PC version of Mass Effect. Expect BioWare’s sci-fi action RPG to hit PCs May 6th. This isn’t going to be a quick and dirty port either. The developers are working on an improved inventory screen, an interface better suited for [...]

GDC 2008 Day 4, or My brush with greatness.

Today was freaking awesome.
And loooong.
But don’t worry though, as per advice from one of my colleagues, I will keep this [fairly] brief.

I started the day off with the Ray Kurtzweil’s Keynote, The Next 20 Years of Gaming. It was very fascinating, although really he was talked about the future of technology in general and not [...]

HOLY CRAP! SPORE HAS RELEASE DATE!!

via Game|Life
After literally years of delays, Will Wright’s most ambitious project yet, the highly anticipated and extremely hyped “life, the universe, and everything” simulation Spore finally has a release date!
According to an annoucement earlier this week, we can expect to start creating our own custom universes come September 7th. This is for all planned platforms [...]

ROCK BAND for Wii CONFIRMED!

via IGN and joystiq
During a conference call between IGN and Electronic Arts regarding EA’s quarterly earnings, CEO John Riccitiello slipped in a confirmation of a Wii edition of the critically acclaimed Harmonix developed Rock Band. IGN double checked with EA and got positive confirmation that a Wii SKU is indeed comming. Still [...]

UPDATE: Cooper Lawrence on MASS EFFECT: “I misspoke.”

“I recognize that I misspoke. I really regret saying that, and now that I’ve seen the game and seen the sex scenes it’s kind of a joke.
Before the show I had asked somebody about what they had heard, and they had said it’s like pornography. But it’s not like pornography. I’ve seen episodes of ‘Lost’ that are more sexually explicit.” – Cooper Lawrence

EA Announces Facebreaker

via gonintendo and 1up

This game looks sweet! I’ve been waiting for a good boxing game for Wii. 1up describes it as a “cross between Ready 2 Rumble and Team Fortress 2“. By the way that EA was describing, this may be the Mike Tyson’s Punch Out! of the Wii generation. I [...]