Name: Igniq
Weblog: www.igniq.com [RSS]
Articles: 86
First Published: Friday, April 14, 2006
Last Published: Thursday, July 20, 2006
Igniq.com has been online since early 2004, providing news updates, opinions and other interesting info for PC/video gaming fans.Currently listing articles 86-51:
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World of Warcraft Trading Card Game On The Horizon— The cards will debut in October, and will include codes that let players earn upgrades and goodies in WoW online.
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Marvel, Virgin Sign On With Planetwide— Planetwide Games will provide specialised versions of their popular comic-book creating software for Marvel and Virgin Comics.
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PSP Ads Are Beyond Idiotic— A new line of PSP ads are so racially charged a four-year-old would realize they're just plain wrong.
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Superman Returns Gaming Gear Abounds— The official game isn't out until Oct. 31, but the shelves are already overflowing with Superman Returns gaming merchandise.
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Video Gamers Not Immune From Politics— The Israeli Palestinian conflict became an issue at this year's Electronic Sports World Cup.
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Anti-Video Game Law Remains Blocked— The law, drafted in part by Jack Thompson, seeks to ban just about every video game for sale to minors.
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Aussies Won’t Get Stuck In the Middle— The game version of Reservoir Dogs has been deemed too violent to classify by the ratings office in Australia.
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New Xbox Controller In The Works, Maybe— MS might just be working on a new Xbox 360 controller, designed to be more simplistic and intuitive.
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Halo 3 To Launch Day Before PS3?— If Best Buy's listing is to be believed, the Master Chief is lined up to steal some of the PS3's launch day thunder.
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Xbox 360 Price Drop Coming?— Rumors of a $100 price cut for the Xbox 360 are cropping up on the 'Net.
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Judge Temporarily Blocks Video Game Law In Louisiana
— Here’s hoping the piece of reactionary, ill-created swill stays blocked when a permanent injunction hearing takes place June 30.
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SEGA Draws Big Names For Yakuza Voices— Mark Hamill, Michael Madsen and other stars are lined up to provide voice acting for SEGA's upcoming Yakuza game.
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PlayStation 3 Bundles Are Pricey— Play.com has a PS3 + 60GB hard drive + three games bundle priced at a hefty 549 £ (roughly $1,016).
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Video Game Golf Goes MMO— After a year-long beta test, the first 3D online golf game with RPG/multiplayer features will release this summer.
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Louisiana Passes Jack Thompson’s Law
— Thompson's anti-game law has made it through the state’s House and Senate and will now go to Gov. Blanco.
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Jack Thompson On Another Witch Hunt— Thompson continues to take other people’s very real personal tragedies for use to further his own twisted agenda.
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Getting Tough On Video Games
— By trying to make it illegal to rent or sell games to minors, the federal government is overstepping its boundaries.
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Video Game Addicts Get Their Own Clinic— Is video game addiction a real phenomenon or just hype designed to earn consultants money?
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PS3 Price A Liability?— The PS3's expected high price is putting gamers off, but considering the features it’s actually kind of a deal.
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Halo Movie Delayed Until 2008— If the IMDb is to be believed, Peter Jackson's Halo movie has been pushed back until 2008.
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Sims’ Will Wright Honored For His Work— Will Wright will pick up a Hall of Fame award for his contributions to the video game industry in June.
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Mercenaries 2 Draws Venezuelan Fire— Venezuelan lawmakers are suspicious of the new game, which they say paints President Hugo Chavez as a tyrant.
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Halo 3 Development Moving Along— Word from Bungie has the game at the multiplayer-testing stage.
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Oblivion Domino Day Is Simply Wild— Oblivion's success has inspired a series of fan-created videos, including this amazing domino sequence using items from the game.
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Ubisoft Wants Gamers To Get Lost— It's hoped the new game will act as an extension of the hit TV show.
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Nintendogs Dalmatians Out This Summer in Europe— The Dalmation edition of Nintendos will release in Europe on June 16, with a price tag of €29.99.
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Uru: Ages Beyond Myst Returns— An online version of Cyan's popular Myst spin-off is to be added to GameTap's pay-per-play service.
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Game Releases For The Week Of 05/22/06— Several titles are coming the PSP's way during the week of May 22, including FIFA World Cup 2006.
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Sony PS3 Launch Titles Weak?— Is a lack of information keeping developers from creating decent titles for the PS3?
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Mario Makes Super Debut On GoTV— Four television episodes featuring the famous plumber will hit the mobile network.
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MMORPG Titles Are More Than "Games"— Gaming gets a lot of unwarranted bad press; little reported is the other side, where honest to goodness friendships form.
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Wii Can Surf The Net— Nintendo has teamed up with Opera to provide browsing capabilities to the Wii.
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Wii's Wi-Fi Remains True To The DS
— Nintendo plans to mimic the DS's Friends Code wi-fi system for the Wii console.
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Atari Slashes Current-Gen Prices— Starting June 1, Atari will be dropping the price of its current-gen titles to $19.99.
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E3 2006: Paris Hilton Embarrasses At E3— Paris Hilton got the name of her own forthcoming mobile game wrong at the E3 Expo.
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Wii Pricing At About $200?— A vice president at SEGA has leaked the anticipated sales tag for the Wii console.
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