In a move that surprises absolutely no one, Activision Blizzard has taken the lid off of a new subscription-based business model for Call of Duty games going forward. The program is being referred to as “Call of Duty: Elite,” and is set to include additional content not available to non-Elite …

Hi. I’m Syn, and this is my corner. I want to talk about games. To be more exact, with each of these articles, I would like to take a specific title and use it as a point of analysis of its underlying ideas or mechanics, almost as if it were …

Last night, Sony’s Playstation blog updated with news from SCE President Kazou Hiari that the Playstation Network was finally ready to return. We heard rumblings of the service being restored. Hours earlier, the company pushed firmware update 3.61 to Playstation 3s in preparation for the network’s rollout. Version 3.61 brought …

I’ve heard some conflicting angles on this. But still, it’s pretty momentous. After the developer-side PSN access was restored with some debilitating problems a few days ago, Sony claims that they are ready to actually begin redeploying the service to us commonfolk region by region. They are beginning to parcel …

I have something coming down the pipeline on Brink (Spoiler: Its not great, but I’m enjoying it probably more than I should). That said, Splash Damage and Bethesda released the first major update for the game. This patch attempts to alleviate some of the lag players have been feeling (particularly …

Internet “security” seems to be in a somewhat sorry state right now. Square Enix and Eidos Montreal confirmed yesterday that their websites were attacked by a group of hackers and personal data was compromised. The websites were immediately taken down so their respective companies could assess the damage as well …

This is something that came to pass over the weekend. Sadly, I wasn’t near a computer so I had to wait in order to post this. I haven’t seen very much on this floating around the internet, but it is extremely important for our medium. Yes, the National Endowment for …

This might be old news by now, but according to the official Playstation Blog the folks over at Sony are working to get the PSN system back up by this week. According to Patrick Seybold (Senior Director of Corporate Communication and Social Media) the process has already begun, but will …

Today, Bethesda Softworks let loose its plans for the next volley of add-ons for Fallout: New Vegas. They are titled Honest Hearts, Old World Blues, and Lonesome Road in release order. I never played New Vegas, so I could not say where or if these fit into the core New …