Today EA announced that it has acquired Playfish, a creator of social
networking games, for $275 million (plus $25 million in equity). Playfish will work within EA
Interactive, a division focused on web and wireless.
Looks like Borderlands and Dragon Age are at the top of editor to-do lists this weekend. Read on to find out what we're playing then tell us what you're up to.
You might’ve heard, particularly from industry analyst Michael Pachter,
that an HD version of the Wii is in the works. If
you think this is true, Nintendo’s Reggie Fils-Amie couldn’t disagree
more.
We got to ask questions about the game, the strangely cute Rabbids, their
signature "Bwaaaah!" and the actor behind it, odd human characters, the disappearance
of Rayman and more.
Nintendo president, Satoru Iwata, says the company is taking a look at
Amazon Kindle’s business model for future portable consoles. Could mean downloading games via 3G network at a higher hardware cost.
In Rabbids Go Home, the titular creatures have ditched the minigame
blueprint of previous Rabbid games for an entertaining platformer with
a shopping cart.
Amid legal issues, members of the Interplay development team reveal concept art for the Fallout-themed MMO code-named "Project V13" in the Interplay forums.
Game Informer chats with
2K Marin’s Jordan Thomas, creative director of BioShock 2. Read on to
find out how the sequel came to fruition, playing as Big Daddy, how
multiplayer entered the equation and more.
If you've ever played the original item accumulation game,
Katamari Damacy, then Tornado Outbreak feels all too familiar. Instead
of a magnetic ball, you play a tornado named Zephyr chosen to save the
world by destroying everything in its path.
