Categories Posted inin Business ‘Bout Time: Sega Genesis Guitar Hero Clone Posted byby GamesBeat September 2, 2009 1 min Sure, Guitar Hero 5 lets you disgrace famous rockers, but it’s way too complex for us. That game must have at least a 100... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business OnLive launches its much-anticipated beta test for video games on demand Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 2, 2009 2 min OnLive stirred a lot of passion in March when it announced it would launch a video games on demand service in the fall. Today,... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Microsoft makes a move for Japanese gamers Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 2, 2009 1 min A week after it cut the price for the Xbox 360 in North America and Europe, Microsoft followed up with a price cut in... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Discarding Inspiration: What to Do with My Old Gaming Mags? Posted byby GamesBeat September 2, 2009 5 min Editor’s note: Freelance writer Andrew Hayward loves video game magazines. This passion inspired him to go into journalism. In his first Bitmob post, Andrew... Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Business About 24 percent of Xbox 360 game consoles fail within two years Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 2, 2009 2 min It looks like the Xbox 360 is the most unreliable video game console in history. Most gamers already know that. Microsoft acknowledged the “red... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business GamerDNA launches major upgrade for gamers social network Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 2, 2009 3 min GamerDNA is launching a major upgrade to its gamer social network web site as it tries to fend off the competition and become everything... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Defending the MMO: A Haters Guide to MMOs Posted byby GamesBeat September 2, 2009 5 min Editor’s note: Spurred by our discussion on a recent Mobcast, Christian writes in defense of MMOs, explaining not only the dynamics of the game... Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Business Yeahhh Boyyy: Guitar Hero 5 Gives Kurt Cobain a Bad Name Posted byby GamesBeat September 2, 2009 1 min One of the funnier aspects of Guitar Hero 5 is the inclusion of fame-hating Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. Because, well, the guy probably would... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Writer's Schlock Posted byby GamesBeat September 2, 2009 5 min Once again, I’m dredging up an old story from SoreThumbsBlog.com — a blog site Dan “Shoe” Hsu and I used to share. And let... Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Business So That's How You Ride Her: NES-Controlled Statue of Liberty Posted byby GamesBeat September 2, 2009 1 min Ever since Ghostbusters 2 came out in 1989, we’ve been wondering two things: 1) Why the hell did the kids at the beginning of... Continue Reading 1 min