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Strategy Analytics, a research and consulting firm out of London, has released a report today, saying that the industry leaders will sell nearly 200 million units of next-generation hardware by the year 2012, on $47 billion of retail revenue. The PS3 and the Xbox 360 will become cornerstones of each company’s digital home strategy. Sony … Read more

Last year’s Game Freaks 365 Game of the Year, Half-Life 2, today has a new publisher/distributor. The legal wrangling between Vivendi Universal Games and Valve ended in April. Up until now, Half-Life 2 had no publisher. Electronic Arts picked up the pieces today, adding Half-Life 2 to their fall calendar. This comes as great news … Read more

Verizon Wireless, the #2 U.S. mobile provider, will sell video games from Electronic Arts to its customers in coming weeks, the companies said on Monday. Verizon Wireless said it would provide games including Madden NFL 2006, Tiger Woods PGA Tour and NBA Live 2006 to customers of its VCast high-speed data service first launched in … Read more

Newly Announced Asphalt Urban GT 2 (N-Gage) – November 2005 Big Mutha Truckers 2 (PS2, Xbox) – August 23, 2005 Changed Dates Dragon Ball GT: Transformation (GBA) delayed until August 9 Jaws (PC, PS2, Xbox) delayed until October 25 Namco Museum 50th Anniversary (GBA, GCN, PS2, Xbox) – Aug. 30 Pac ‘N Roll (DS) moved … Read more

It’s been confirmed that the Sony PlayStation 2 version of GTA: San Andreas has the ‘Hot Coffee’ sex mini-game. Contrary to Rockstar’s claims that hackers were responsible, PS2 games can not be modified, meaning the mini-game existed in the game’s code. This has raised all sorts of questions, including the legitimacy of the ESRB’s rating … Read more

N-Gage owners will be getting a sequel to last fall’s Asphalt Urban GT in the form of Asphalt Urban GT 2, developed by Gameloft, a subsidiary of Ubisoft. The N-Gage version is scheduled for release in November 2005. Last year’s N-Gage version was of course ported to the Nintendo DS. This has led to speculation … Read more

It was just yesterday that Game Freaks 365 took you behind the curtains of the Game Riot tent in St. Joe, Michigan. Now it’s your chance to win tickets for yourself, at a location near you! It’s as easy as sending an e-mail. For your chance to win a pair of tickets to any remaining … Read more

The Sony PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Xbox shooter Destroy All Humans is about to go Hollywood. THQ today announced that it has engaged United Talent Agency, a leading Hollywood talent and literary agency, to expand the brand of THQ’s recently-released Destroy All Humans! video game title. “The era, characters and irreverent personality created in Destroy … Read more

I had the chance to travel to the nearest Game Riot tour to me, 45 minutes away in St. Joseph, Michigan. Inside are my impressions of the event, pictures from the event, and my interview with Zyos, the #1 Halo 2 player. Game Riot is the largest video game tour open to the public, featuring … Read more

Top video game maker Electronic Arts said Thursday it will delay the launch of The Godfather game, based on the book and movie of the same name, until the first quarter of 2006, sending shares down by nearly 3 percent, after seeing a week in which shares rose above $60 for the first time since … Read more

Senator Clinton said the following today, “We need to do everything we can to make sure that parents have a line of defense against graphic and violent video games and other content that goes against the values they’re trying to instill in their children.” Mrs. Clinton called on a Federal Trade Commission investigation into Grand … Read more

Hillary Clinton, former First Lady, current New York Senator, and possible 2008 presidential candidate, is expected to hold a press conference tomorrow in response to allegations of the “Hot Coffee” mod in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for the PC. The game is also available for Sony’s PlayStation 2 and Microsoft’s Xbox. A statement from … Read more

Shares of Majesco plummeted Wednesday, a day after the company cut its 2005 financial targets and said Chief Executive Carl Yankowski had resigned. Majesco (down $3.61 to $3.28), which started its downward plunge after the bell Tuesday, tumbled 50 percent in afternoon trading. The company said Tuesday it had elected current director Jim Halpin as … Read more

In a news article on Monday, we reported that Hip Interactive had closed its doors. That remains to be the case – at least in Canada. Hip Interactive Europe remains open, confirmed by a statement from the company: Hip Interactive Europe will pursue its activities as a publisher, a distributor as well as a peripheral … Read more

The newest competition we have for you here at Game Freaks is to win a pair of tickets to the amazing touring event called Game Riot! For your chance to win the pair of tickets for any remaining date of your choice, just answer this simple question: ——————————– Who is the number 1 Halo player … Read more

GameSpot is reporting that Canadian publisher Hip Interactive has failed in a last minute effort to secure financial support. Hip Interactive has ceased operations and would close its doors completely shortly. The company was unable to comment on our story. An e-mail sent to a PR representative of the company bounced back, indicating the address … Read more

It’s being reported this afternoon that the state of Minnesota has lifted, at least partially, a ban on horse racing arcade machines under gambling law. The law has affected Sega’s Derby Owners Club, as well as other third party offerings such UltraCade’s Breeders’ Cup: Tournament Edition. Through Sega’s in-house and outside legal counsel, including the … Read more

Since the release of the Nintendo DS, gamers have hoped to see a port (or remake) of the classic Nintendo 64 shooter GoldenEye. The fact that the DS hardware is closely related to the Nintendo 64 in terms of power helped make sense of these wishes. That might not come true, but it seems that … Read more