When Soccer Gaming outgrew its name, A Game Network was born. In the beginning Soccer Gaming was exclusively dedicated to soccer games news, reviews, downloads, forums and everything you’d expect from a good dedicated games site. Well as time went on, and the Soccer Gaming network began to expand, we decided it would make sense to begin hosting websites outside the soccer world. A couple of GTA websites took up our hosting offers, and before we knew it we had a games network on our hands. Only problem, the site was still called Soccer Gaming, so no one really knew what we did and why we suddenly were linking to GTA, cricket, sports, racing, RPG and Nintendo Wii sites. Now though, with the birth of AGN, we finally have the structure of a true games network.

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I spent the last 3 days in Vancouver, Canada at EA’s Blackbox studios getting a first hand experience of the final version of NFS Pro Street on the xbox360.  The PC demo also got released about the same time, so go check out the review and download the demo if you’re interested in checking NFS PS out for yourself.

Here’s an excert:

“ We got to play thru the career mode for the first time, I’ll try to give a bit of an overview of how it goes and was setup. We started out with a video introducing us to the character Ryan Cooper and his fight to get into the Battle Machine racing Org. They introduce the street king as well, and you get the idea that he doesn’t think very highly of us. Ryan’s a hot racer from the streets looking to go legit and race with the best competition. They wind it up with you getting put into Ryan’s shoes and you need to win one final GRIP race to win the raceday and get into the Battle Machine racing org. “

I’m not the only one who shares these thoughts. The video games journalist’s have spoken, and their message is clear… Skate now owns park. Look at the metacritic scores of the two games for instance:

Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground - 74

Skate - 85

Watch out Activision… because things can only get better for EA. This is the first iteration of Skate, and even with some obvious features missing (I wish I could jump off my board and run around) the game just feels a hell of a lot more realistic and simply more fun.

For anyone who has doesn’t have all of the info on NFS Pro Street, check out the latest community day event write up for a hands on preview of NFS Pro Street. Keep an eye on things as the last community day is coming up soon and we’re getting really close to release right now.

Apple has announced

My friend turned up for work the other day with his new toy and told me about his plan to join the SIM unlockers and take advantage of his phone here in Canada. I must say, I certianly felt the desire to fork out the $500 and join him… but I resisted the temptation… for now that is.

My plan is simple… I’m waiting until February. This is when Apple plan to open the iPhone to the world of third party developers. Bring on the iPhone version of Skype I say! With seemingly unlimited wireless access points all over the populated parts of the world, I plan to take full advantage and effectively eliminate my need for a cellular voice plan.

Think about it… if you have Skype on your iPhone, and you work in a location with access to a wireless internet, why will you ever need a voice plan?

Actually maybe I won’t have to wait until February after all.

So which game is it for you? FIFA or PES?

Post a comment and let us know.

Ten years ago (almost to the day) Soccer Gaming was born. In the beginning Soccer Gaming was exclusively dedicated to soccer games news, reviews, downloads, forums and everything you’d expect from a good dedicated games site. Well as time went on, and the SG network began to expand, we decided it would be cool to begin hosting websites outside the soccer world. A couple of GTA websites took up our hosting offers, and before we knew it we had a games network on our hands. Only problem, the site was still called Soccer Gaming, so no one really knew what we did and why we suddenly were linking to GTA, cricket, sports, racing, RPG and Nintendo Wii sites. Now though, with the birth of AGN, we finally have the structure of a true games network.

So there you have it, ten years of growth and evolution summed up in one paragraph.

What should you expect from AGN? Really… just good quality blogging from a select group of experienced video games webmasters about the world of video games.

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