First Annual Call of Duty Championship

The first annual Call of Duty Championship tournament will take place next week in California.  The exact dates are from April 5th to the 7th of 2013. You can view the participating teams at Call of Duty Elite. The tournament consists of 32 teams with each team containing 4 players.  They are giving away $1 ...

Wii U Black Ops 2 Impressions

My initial reaction is WOW! I can’t believe this is on a Nintendo console.  WooH00!  They have really clawed their way back into the home console market since the dark days of Gamecube and N64.  No more second hand ports for a Nintendo console (at least until the PS4 and next xbox are released). The ...

Wii U Release Date and Price Announced 1

On September 13, 2012 in New York City Reggie Fils-Aime announced the Wii U will become available for purchase in the United States on November 18, 2012 for $299.  For the first time for a Nintendo console they will launch with two different packages.  One will be priced at $299 and comes with a 8gb ...

What Happened to Nintendo Week?

Back in the beginning of March 2012 I noticed that Nintendo Week had a different beginning montage that didn’t feature any clips of Alison, one of the co-hosts.  Instead it showed Gary and Dark Gary playing various newer games. After doing some searching I came across several message boards all talking about the same topic, ...

Wii-U New Name

According to this CVG report, after receiving at best a lukewarm reception at last years E3 and this years CES Nintendo is considering re-branding their newest home console before it makes it depute on store shelves later this year. Nintendo also believes part of the reason for the 3DS’s initial slow sales were caused by ...

Wii U Spotted at CES 2

I am happy to say that the Wii U was shown at this years Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Unfortunately they only showed two game-play demos; one is where the player holds the tablet controller and tries to elude the other players who are looking at the TV screen and using traditional Wii controllers. This demo ...

MW3 Beats Avatar

I was reading the news at yahoo and saw a headline, Modern Warfare 3 is the fastest to $1 billion. The game beats Avatar as the fastest selling entertainment media to reach one billion dollars. Avatar the 3D Movie released in 2009 achieved the feat in seventeen days it took Call of Duty: MW3 only ...

Major League Gaming Gains Viewers 1

I was browsing one of my favorite gaming sites when I came across an article about Major League Gaming gaining viewership in the 18 – 24 male age group. You can read the entire article at gamespot. One shocking quote from the article, “Today, the MLG announced that more than 3.5 million people tuned in ...