Gaming Steve
Gaming Steve is an industry insider and independent commentator of the gaming industry. Through his podcast, web site and forums, Steve delivers inside information, opinions and commentary about the video game industry.
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Diablo III to be Announced This Week
If you visit the Blizzard website right now you'll get a strange splash page depicting ice with some runes. People throughout the Internet are speculating what this could mean ... perhaps Blizzard will be announcing a new game? Perhaps the long awaited Lost Vikings sequel will be announced this week …
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Gaming Steve Review: Keep on the Shadowfell
Normally I dont venture outside of the realm of video games, but with the upcoming release of Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition and its many video game type elements incorporated into the new version (online play, set party roles, quicker combat, and so forth) I thought I would check out the first …
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GCA and ESA Fight Over E3 Awards
With the recent departure of LucasArts from the ESA and E3, as well as the more notable withdrawal of Activision-Blizzard, some problems are starting to appear in the now slightly fragmented industry. The story goes like this: the Game Critics Awards, a voluntary organization made up of independe …
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Madden on the PC RIP (And Why You Should Care)
I wish I could say Im shocked, but Im not. Yesterday on his blog, EAs Peter Moore confirmed that Madden 09 will not be released on the PC, because well, because making games solely for the console is a more efficient way to back the old Brinks truck up to EAs corporate headquarters, I gues …
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February NPD Results Last Gen On Top Again
The Official February NPD numbers have been released, and they make for highly interested reading. It was a great month for everyone, but there was an unexpected high inflation of PS2 sales, even though hardly anything was released for it in February. Here is the complete list: DS 587.6K …
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Maxis Responds to the Spore DRM Controversy
There has been a small firestorm concerning the Spore Digital Rights Management system. Well Maxis has been listening and Caryl Shaw, Online Producer for Spore, sent me a note about these concerns: Hey Spore Fans - We wanted to let you know that we've been hearing your concerns about the onli …
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Vivendi, Activision-Blizzard Snub ESA, E3
In their first big move since they became the biggest publisher in gamerdom, Activision-Blizzard have officially left the ESA and will not be attending this year's E3. From the ESA's senior VP of communication and research, Rich Taylor: "While the Entertainment Software Association remains the …
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Grand Theft Auto IV Quick Observations
So I'm about five hours into GTAIV and I have the following quick observations: I am actually watching TV ... inside a video game ... on my TV. Trippy.The most impressive animation I've seen so far? Characters walking down the stairs. Finally someone has mastered this animation (I'm actually seriou …
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How to Sell a Grand Theft Auto Clone: Gary Busey
So what if Grand Theft Auto 4 come from a long history of games that provide hours of entertainment and a deep story full of foul, slimy, but so fun to watch characters? All Saints Row 2 needs is Gary Busey. In one of the strangest advertisements I've ever seen for a video game, Uncle Gary hands …
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Ubisoft Announces a New Prince of Persia Game
In an unprecedented move, Ubisoft has announced another sequel in the Prince of Persia series, currently titled ... Prince of Persia. The rebellious move is expected to net Ubisoft lots of money and huge profits. In another move by maverick Ubisoft, the game will be launch for not one, not two, …
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So Who Isn't Buying GTA IV? And Why?
With all the insane hype, the near perfect scores, and the simple fact that it's a new Grand Theft Auto I have to wonder, is anyone out there not buying this game? I even know several people who are buying a new system just to play GTA IV. Everyone and anyone who plays games seems to be buying this …
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Gaming Steve Members Featured in Latest Spore Update
It appears that the Spore development team keeps tabs on the Gaming Steve Spore forums as in their latest update on the Spore web site they featured four creatures created by GS forum members. LadyM (Mallen), Hydromancerx (Naucean), Petreak (Mentripod), and Oviraptor (Vvukkrauur) were lucky enoug …
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U.S. Government Using Games to Train Spies
In the increasingly complicated world of International Intelligence, the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) was looking for a new way to train recruits in the fine art of "critical thinking" three guesses where they decided to turn (and the first two don't count). Yep, the world of video games ( …
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Gaming Steve Review: Mario Kart Wii
Mario Kart Wii Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Price: $49.99 Platform: Wii Category: Racing Action Rating: E for Everyone Release Date: April 27, 2008 (US), April 10, 2008 (Japan), April 11, 2008 (Europe), April 24, 2008 (Australia) Out in Europe for a fair few weeks now ??? and un …
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First Videos of Burnout: Paradise's New (Free) Islands
Looking for a reason to had back to Paradise? Criterion may have the great answer in the first content pack for Burnout: Paradise: an entire Island. And best of all, it's all free. The new videos show a very modern, sky scraper laden, downtown, with large curving roads that look great for high s …
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Is This Really Even News Anymore?
I am pretty much contradicting myself by writing about this, but yet another "main stream" journalist thinks video games are super terrible for society and that something must be done to stop them. The source in question comes from an editorial written by Giles Whittell, writer and parent fro …
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Madden on the PC ??? RIP (And Why You Should Care)
I wish I could say I???m shocked, but I???m not. Yesterday on his blog, EA???s Peter Moore confirmed that Madden 09 will not be released on the PC, because ??? well, because making games solely for the console is a more efficient way to back the old Brinks truck up to EA???s corporate headquarte …
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Gaming Steve Review: Rainbow Six Vegas 2
Rainbow Six Vegas 2 Developer: Ubisoft Montreal Publisher: Ubisoft Price: $59.99 Platform: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC Category: Third-Person Shooter Rating: M for Mature Release Date: March 18 2008 (US), March 20 2008 (Europe); PC Version: April 15, 2008 These days, everyone loves a good …
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50 Cent II ... Why Have You Forsaken Us Vivendi?
In a move sure to excite those with poor taste in shooters (and Vivendi's stockholders), a sequel to the dreadful 2005 "hit" 50 Cent: Bulletproof. The cover of next month's EGM confirms that the writers did indeed suffer through what can be assumed to be another blight on games. With the origina …
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Stop The Presses! A "Real World" Journalist Actually "Gets" Gaming
In an excellent satirical piece for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Humorist James Lileks details the failure of Minneapolis's attempt to pass an anti-violent video game law. James points out both the ridiculousness of a $25 fine for selling to minors, as well as the Judges comparing of the violenc …
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