Not again! Game giant EA has just offered $2 billion for Take-two Interactive, the publisher of the Grand Theft Auto series. There has been two public rejections by the heads at Take-two interactive so far. As you can see, this is how EA keeps a strangle hold on the gaming industry, by buying out the little guys. To read the full report, go here.

 

Halo 3 was a big hit with many players, but after months since its release, players want more. Finally, Bungie has unveiled their newest map called "Ghost Town". This will be the first map in the new Legendary Map Pack. The map is based in a abandoned base in Africa, hence all the overgrown plants and weeds. Go here to see the full description from Bungie.net

This is just a reminder to check out our Red Alert 3 screenshots gallery.
Please note that EA has not officially confirmed these screenshots as Red Alert 3.

After 7 long years, EA has finally revealed it to us! Red Alert 3 returns to the PC! Red Alert 3 will have improved graphics and a completely redone system. There is three sides now, The Allies, The Soviets, and Japan. A expansion pack is already planed for Red Alert 3 as well. For Mother Russia Comrade!

We are happy to announce that our online games section is now available. You will need flash player to be able to play these games. The required version of flash player may vary from game to game, but you are strongly recommended to install the latest version of the player.

So head on to our Online Games section and have fun. More games coming over the course of next few days.

EA has officially announced Bloom Blox for Wii, the first title developed in collaboration between EA and a famous producer/director Steven Spielberg. A mobile version was announced for Spring 2008.

The game will be a family friendly puzzle with over three hundred levels, thirty wacky characters, and an in game level editor. Player created levels can be shared and played with friends online.

Steven Spielberg:
"I am a gamer myself, and I really wanted to create a video game that I could play with my kids,” said Steven Spielberg. “Boom Blox features an enormous amount of fun challenges and cool scenarios for your kids to solve or for you to master together."

Spielberg is three-time Academy Award winner and is the highest grossing filmmaker of all time. Some of his famous titles include: Jaws, Jurassic Park, Taken, Band of Brothers, Saving Private Ryan, Men in Black, The Goonies, ET and many others.

 

Konami has just announced a "new" Metal Gear Solid game called Metal Gear Solid: The Essential Collection. Surprisingly, it will be for the PlayStation 2 and will come out on March 18. This game will cover the entire series all the way from PSX and PS2. This includes the original Metal Gear, Metal Gear Solid 2, and 3. It will also include director's cuts from the sequels.

It will sell for the cheap price of 29.99! This game will be in a special edition box with artwork from character designer Yoji Shinkawa. This will be the first time a PSX game will be sold in more than three years.

Yep that's right! GTA comes to us on April 29th. Rockstar was hinting a Feburary-April release for a long time now, but hopefully the more time they have to fix the game, the better it will be.

You can see a preview on what the changes will be in this new GTA here.

The judges are finally done for the 2007 Mod of the Year Winners! There are four categories and there are five mods within each category, so expect a wide diversity of mods.

"As always, this year's contest started by rounding out the top 100 through community nominations. Public voting was then held to list to the top five games/mods in each of three categories - indie games, unreleased and released mods. After analyzing and gathering data based on the votes, we are finally ready to present the results. ModDB has approached this year's winners, in advance, in hopes of securing exclusive content for you, the viewer. We've come back with a few goodies that I hope you guys will like. It was a very close race to the number one spot this year. Regardless, every one of the winners showcased in this feature deserve the attention. Without the effort, enthusiasm and dedication behind these projects, 2007 would have been a tough year to try and play something different. "

To view the whole thing, click this and check out what mods won!

In the past few days, Microsoft placed a bid of $44.6 Billion for the Internet company Yahoo. Microsoft is the largest software maker in the world and most computers run off of their systems. What does this mean, is Microsoft taking over the world?

Well... Not quite. In a market where Microsoft is no longer the only one running for the top, the corporates most think of news ways to spread the company out and to get more consumers. Xbox helped, but will buying Yahoo be worth it in the long run? It sure did help Google when it bought You Tube. Besides, now that Apple is gaining on sales, this could be a sign that Microsoft is getting nervous in the global market.

"We have great respect for Yahoo!, and together we can offer an increasingly exciting set of solutions for consumers, publishers and advertisers while becoming better positioned to compete in the online services market." -Steve Ballmer, chief executive officer of Microsoft.