I can only hope Transformers 3 turns out to be a good movie. My levels of hope for this are not high. I’m not sure either the filmhouse or the directors involved understand what the fans want. The trailer for the game looks better! Why? It seems like a far more straight forward proposition. That’s […]
HD cinematic trailer for an awesome looking The Force Unleashed 2
I didn’t play Mass Effect but Mass Effect 2 was so good I wish I had. Equally, I’ve not played The Force Unleashed but I’m wondering whether I need to invent a way to have 48 hours of game playing in every 24 hours and give it a go. Why? The Forced Unleashed 2 (Xbox […]
Who were the big winners at the MCV Industry Excellence Awards?
MCV are the people who sit between geek gamer culture and the industry here in the UK. Their awards are significant. No wonder 650 retailers, publishers, developers and distributors turned up for Thursday night’s MCV Industry Excellence Awards. We’re sure Geek Native’s complementary tickets were lost in the mail – perhaps caught up in the […]
The Celestial Mount might earn World of Warcraft $2.5m an hour
Activision-Blizzard’s bankers will be happy. The folks at ITworld have done some maths and figure the new Celestial Mount could be earning the World of Warcraft owners up to $2.5m each and every hour. This is due to two basic rules; high price and high demand. How high is the price? The Celestial Mount costs […]
DJ Hero 2 on the way
Did you buy DJ Hero? Disappointed with it? You would have thought that Acitivision would have been disappointing with the cooler-than-luke-warm sales for the hardware/software game combo but it has all but been confirmed there’s a sequel coming. We know because DJ David Guetta told Candian press that he’s working on the second game. “I […]
RPG News: Topps buy Wizkids | Echoes #11
These stories have been rounded up from all over the internet but many of them come from GamingReport which, as a partner site, remains GameWyrd’s number one choice for industry news. Direct quotes from GamingReport appear in blue text. Topics Topps buy WizKids Activision sues over StarTrek Warcraft Board Game D&D Board Game CyberPunk D20 […]
Daft Punk mix Queen in DJ Hero ad
French funkmeisters Daft Punk make their first appearance in a computer game with Activision‘s DJ Hero. In this YouTube ad we see the duo mix some old school British rock with Queen’s “We Will Rock you”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuzMYypMHcw What do you think? Does your budget and shelf space stretch to another “Hero” music game? Or does […]
