Archive for Gaming Industry


Gamefly Opens New Midwest Shipping Center

Gamefly subscribers who live in the Midwest can now rejoice - Gamefly has announced the opening of their Austin, TX shipping center. This make a total of 4 shipping centers, the other three covering the Southwest, NorthEast and SouthEast portions of the US.
Before moving back to California, I lived in Missouri for a year and […]

GTA IV Lead Voice Actor Gets The Shaft

As reported by Yahoo! Gaming News, the voice actor for GTA IV’s Niko Bellic, Michael Hollick, only made $100,000 for 15 months of work.
“It’s tough, when you see Grand Theft Auto IV out there as the biggest thing going right now, when they’re making hundreds of millions of dollars, and we don’t see any of […]

Out of The Blue; My Xbox RROD Update

Part II
As I mentioned in my previous article, my Xbox received the red rings of death (RROD) and I was going to attempt at going through the normal process of calling the Xbox customer support hotline. Before I could even get the chance to make the call today, my house phone rings and I glance […]

Xbox 360: 10 Million Units Sold

The Xbox 360 has become the first current generation console to break the 10 million mark in the US.
“This year will be the largest in the history of the videogame industry, with Xbox 360 leading the charge in the U.S. and abroad,” said Don Mattrick, senior Vice President of the Interactive Entertainment Business in the […]

Another One Bites The Dust; Xbox 360 RROD

Part I
Since GTA IV came out, it would seem like the perfect time to get lots of fun gaming in. After enjoying the game for week after purchasing, my Xbox 360 freezes up on me as I’m driving Niko around in a sweet ride I had just busted into. “What’s this? Dammit, that car took […]

Thefting Autos in Grand Fashion

At midnight I swooped into my local Best Buy and picked up a copy of Grand Theft Auto 4 - along with many others. And perhaps like many others, I still have not slept since as I write this. The intense hold that GTA III was renowned for is alive and well for its true, […]

GTA IV Reviews

Kotaku has rounded up some of the reviews from several different gaming resources, and in the usual Kotaku-fashion, puts a twist on which review hyped up GTA IV the most.
Well be bringing you our own opinions when take GTA IV for a test drive this week!

GTA IV Stealing Guinness Records?

The Guinness World Records organization has announced they’ll be closely watching the launch of GTA IV, as it has the potential to shatter game selling and game feature records. Below are Grand Theft Auto’s previous accomplishments:

First Full “Sandbox” Action-Adventure- GTA III
Biggest Selling Game of 2001- GTA III
Biggest Selling Game of 2002- GTA: Vice City
Best-selling Playstation […]

Countdown to GTA IV

With GTA IV about to break the horizon tomorrow, many gamers are looking forward to new adventures in Liberty City. With several retailers doing a midnight launch for GTA IV, I’m sure many will not be getting much rest tonight - including some of our staff. As for myself, Grand Theft Auto is without a […]

Video Games Booming as Xbox 360 Returns to No. 2

The sluggish economy doesn’t seem to be hurting the video-game market. U.S. sales of game hardware and software skyrocketed 57 percent in March compared to the year-ago period, according to the NPD Group.

Girlz Of Destruction

I recently had a chance to talk with members of the professional all female team, Girls of Destruction. The participating members are Tunesha “Chickamungus” Davis, Yvonna (formerly “Coochie Dimes”) “CharismaPlus2″ Lynn, Therese “Trito” Andersson, and Ana “aNouC” Oliveras. We chatted a little about their team, the challenges they faced, tournaments, and what exactly a “Coochie […]

EDG BlogSite Update and New Forums

Hello EDG Community,
As you may or may not be aware of there has been less activity on the site and that is mostly due to the staff doing a lot of work behind the scenes restructuring and refocusing our commitments to various areas. Owning and running a gaming site isn’t as easy and as glamorous […]

Xbox Live Arcade Tidbits

I’m going to compile this information for all of you and/ or the few who may have missed it elsewhere.
This week like many others is a Xbox Live Arcade Wednesday and the game for this week is “Triggerheart Exelica.” This is a fast paced old school shooter that is remixed for Xbox Live Arcade with […]

Getting Back In The Swing of Things…

Hello All and a Happy New Year. As I’m sure you can tell things have been a little slow around here and a lot of that has to do with the holidays, people spending time with family, friends, and loved ones. In my case it also has a lot to do with the fact I […]

EDG Links: Cyber Monday Deals

Happy Cyber Monday ya’ll. First off we here at EDG hope everyone had a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving. Today is the Internet’s Black Friday and we have a list of deals you should check out. Hurry fast a lot of these deals will sell out well before the end of the day – as most […]