Despite a noisy “Rock Band” session being held outside in Times Square, we got some work done. Check it out:
* No one’s surprised: Sony’s Sixaxis controller is discontinued.
* We go behind the mystery of the PS3’s mandatory hard drive installations , and it causes quite a stir . And while we’re at it, we ask, “What has WiiConnect24 done for us lately?”
* An Xbox 360 gamerscore cheater ‘fesses up and told us why he did it .
* Stephen Totilo talked to “ Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Swords ” producer Yosuke Hayashi , who revealed that the game is good enough for his mom.
* To trilogy or not to trilogy? Silicon Knights justifies why “Too Human” will be a threesome ; BioWare explains the same for “ Mass Effect .”
* CroTilo’s Vs. Mode on “Patapon” concludes with an argument about grinding in games.
* See the newest PSN games — “WipEout HD,” “Echochrome” and “Elefunk” — in action. Patrick Klepek gave us his “WipEout HD” impressions .
* For once, the judges and the readers agree: Ecco the Dolphin is the greatest aquatic animal in video games.
* The NPD found the Xbox 360 to be the most used console for online gaming. But #2 and #3? The PS2 and Wii . Yep, PS- two .
* In his quest to find “ Tetris DS ,” Patrick Klepek found that analysts said games only have “ a few months ” to succeed while EA, the maker of annual sports games, thinks a game’s life cycle is increa ...