Riccitiello: EA ‘dropped the ball’ at the start of this gen

EA boss John Riccitiello spoke at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference this week (via GI.biz), stating that EA “dropped the ball” during the transition from the previous console generation to this one. “Our IP deteriorated, our costs went [...]

Jeff Strain shares his vision for Class3, a different kind of zombie game

Judging by the comments section of most articles we write about new games and DLC that feature zombies, we’d say that Jeff Strain and his band of merry reanimated corpse enthusiasts (collectively and appropriately called Undead Labs) are at an [...]

Battlefield 3 info onslaught begins with Game Informer cover

Battlefield 3 is about to step out from under DICE’s secretive cover — and onto a magazine cover. The game is featured in the next issue of Game Informer, and the game’s official site is expected to host a teaser [...]

GameFly opening new distribution center in Seattle

GameFly, the by-mail gaming rental service, will expand its operations this spring with a new distribution center in Seattle. A company representative informed Joystiq that the new location will be in addition to those already established in Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, [...]

Puget Systems Assures Customers That Sandy Bridge Replacements Will Happen

Intel announced earlier in the week that they would be taking a huge hit to deal with the widespread Sandy Bridge flaw. Something to the tune of $1 billion or so. Many companies have been quick to react, assuring customers [...]

AT&T Adds 2GB to Tethering plan, Announces First Phone to Carry Mobile Hotspot

As the Verizon iPhone launch is nearing, AT&T is getting aggressive. They have just announced they are increasing their tethering plans from 2GB to 4GB, and announced that their first hotpost enabled phone will be the $99 HTC Inspire 4G, [...]

Mad Catz To Produce Xbox 360 Gaming Headset

Third-party peripherals have come a long, long way. A few years ago, third-party accessories were generally frowned upon, with first-party accessories being far superior. But today, the quality of third-party peripherals has improved tremendously. Some are even more comfortable than [...]

Join the UFC Undisputed Fight Nation on Facebook

THQ may no longer be interested in adapting its properties into online games for Asia, but it’s not entirely done with casual online adaptations of “core” franchises. The company just launched UFC Undisputed Fight Nation — sorry, UFC(R) Undisputed(TM) Fight [...]

Report: MTV Games shut down

MCV has reported that MTV Games has officially closed its doors. The site reports that MTV Games’ international office was closed on Wednesday and “only a handful of financial staff remain in the New York office to collect or reconcile [...]