Up until recently, many core gamers were pretty down in the mouth about Electronic Arts. Here recently, it seems that they’ve turned things around, and their EA Partners program is like icing on the cake. With today’s announcements of cooperation with both Epic Games and Grasshopper, it seems that the sky is the limit.
We hear that a newHalo-specific studio may be in the works, Japan is selling out of Xbox 360s, Ubisoft is being sued for millions, and much more on this busy Thursday.
Thursday Regulars:Podtoid 65: The passion of Joel SiegelThe Great Panda Depression of 2008: No RetroforceGO! tonightPlayStation Store Update: Capcom floods the network with awesome
Original Features:The Great Retro Olympics!: GymnasticsWhat the gaming world looked like when the Internet beganWe need more bossfight games!
Destructoid Reviews:Destructoid Review: Izuna 2: The Unemployed Ninja ReturnsiPhone review blitzkrieg: Project X
Contests:Contest reminder: Get your ball-hitting pics in for a Top Spin 3 prize package!
News:Overlord II? YES! Three new Overlord games taking over systems in 2009PSP is no ‘dumb terminal,’ is in for the long haulMan whose name is Wii has better life thanks to NintendoCastle Crashers is officially 1200 MS points: Enjoy!Pure demo speeding to PSN and XBL this SeptemberSanjay Dutt and his pink tambourine announced for TNA iMPACT!Nani kore? Japanese electronics mega-store sells out of Xbox 360sProductivity in the crapper: View Geometry Wars leaderboards in your browserHouser is honored to be hated by ‘creeps with weird agendas’New details on Konami’s XBLA game, Beat’n GroovyMore Guitar Hero World Tour tracks revealed by OXMAnother PSP model is in the works, but don’t get your hopes upNew screens and box art sneak in as Velvet Assassin Web site goes liveActiBlizzard cuts down Prototype dev: Note to self, don’t work for ActivisionSouth Park XBLA game gets a genre, still ten years lateOrder Xbox 360 DLC on your PC with Microsoft’s new servicePut those triple-X creatures to work: Spore finally has gone goldCould Piktura be the name of the next Pikmin game?Sega: EA will ruin FacebookX-Blades lead wears little clothes, confirmed for PS3, 360, and PCUbisoft getting sued for at least $26 millionSega CEO refers to Wii software line-up as ‘flood of crap’Are Ready at Dawn ready to get ‘SuperNormal’?Surprise: Criterion bringing Burnout Paradise to PSN for $29.99 this fallBREAKING: Suda 51, Grasshopper working on new horror game published by EABREAKING: EA signs publishing deal with Epic GamesGaming magazines aren’t dead yetBionic Commando: Rearmed won’t be heading to SteamValve talks Left 4 Dead DLC, the possibility of a demo
Videos:What if: Pokemon characters as Dragon Quest monsters
Rumortoid:Rumortoid: EA price-fixing secondhand games?Rumortoid: Rock Band may never hit AustraliaRumortoid: Microsoft hiring for new Halo-specific studio
