Soon, it’ll be Christmas morning, or less than a week after the end of Hanukkah, and you’ll have a stack of gift cards. Rather than burning a huge percentage of your haul on a $50 or $60 game like “New Super Mario Bros. Wii” or “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2,” you might want to make your gift card last. Most of us are scrimping and saving where we can, and why buy one or two brand new, blockbuster games… Read More »
With so many games being delayed until after Christmas, at least one gaming executive is thinking the traditionally slow months of January, February and March are looking a little crowded.… Read More »
Scan the list of this fall’s big titles and you’ll see a bunch of sequels. With the exception of Valve’s “Left 4 Dead,” out next week, the only two wholly original blockbusters this fall are from Electronic Arts, once known for wringing every drop of blood from its franchises and shunning risky new intellectual property. The jury’s still out on this week’s “Mirror’s Edge,” but with “Dead Space” (rated M, $60 for PS3 and Xbox 360, $50 for PC), EA… Read More »
If you’re a lapsed “World of Warcraft” player looking for an excuse to relapse, this week’s expansion pack, “Wrath of the Lich King” ($40, rated T) should provide plenty of justification. “Lich King” adds a new continent to explore in the form of the lazily named frigid land of Northrend. Most interesting, though, is the addition of “WoW’s” first hero class, the death knight. Unlike the game’s existing classes, you can’t just start off with a Level 1 death knight.… Read More »
