05.14.2009 4:37 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The game version of “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” based on the penultimate installment of the popular novel series, is expected to debut June 30, a couple weeks before the movie version.
Game publisher Electronic Arts and movie maker Warner…
04.14.2009 11:08 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“Godfather II”
Genre: Action
Developer: EA Redwood Shores
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC
ESRB rating: “M” for mature
Price: $59.99
Grade: C-
If you grew up with the cinematic legend of the “Godfather” movies hanging over your film-watching experience as Game Guy did, you expect anything that dares borrow from that…
04.05.2009 5:06 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
So, what’s next for computer-based gaming? Is it dying like newspapers, as some think? Or is there more to the medium than most people grasp?
A growing contingent of console lovers think the industry may shift away from it entirely, driven…
03.24.2009 1:45 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Game publisher Bethesda Softworks says the new downloadable content for “Fallout 3″ called “The Pitt” was found to be corrupted and has been pulled from wide distribution.
“The Pitt,” set in the armageddon-scoured remains of Pittsburgh, debuted today on Xbox Live but already…
02.04.2009 2:23 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“The Lord of the Rings: Conquest”
Genre: Action / adventure
Developer: Pandemic Studios
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC, Nintendo DS
ESRB rating: “T” for teen
Price: $59.99
Grade: C+
The center of a scrum where a bunch of baddies have focused their wrath on you is not a place for hesitation.…
02.03.2009 6:42 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Starting today, the giant online retailer Amazon.com began offering digital downloads of casual games from its website.
The site has an inventory of about 600 titles selling from between $6.99 and $9.99 each. However, three games are being offered for free through…
01.30.2009 10:44 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Players of “Gears of War” for PC have had a devil of a time the past day or so just getting the game to run. An authentication certificate associated with the game was timed to expire Wednesday; after then, the game…
12.22.2008 8:15 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Giant game publisher Electronic Arts made a move this week that hastens the eventual demise of video game DVDs.
EA joined Steam, an online content delivery service by Valve Corp. that lets people purchase video games digitally, download those purchases onto their computers…
10.11.2008 11:19 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Up to now, Game Guy never thought Secret Service work seemed like a party. Agents dress like narcs most of the time, don facial expressions that suggests chronic constipation, stand in stifling heat or bitter cold trying to pick out…
09.17.2008 10:27 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The great thing about technology is that it simplifies our lives. The bad thing is how fast it turns obsolete.
For example, on average, personal computer makers offer new models every three to nine months — not arbitrarily, but to keep…