The Summer of Gaming...

Well, to wrap up my last blog, my power did come back. Actually, it came back sooner than I thought.

Which now means that I can kick back, relax, fire up my X-Box 360, and return to the digital world that I sometimes call home.

So, summer officially started on June 21st. For gamers, however, summer really began this past week, with the release of Battlefield: Bad Company. As Brent has been saying, the game's worth every penny. And, the Gold Edition is definitely worth the extra ten bucks. More guns and more features? Always a bargain.

With Battlefield: Bad Company, EA has once again made a name for itself in the gaming world. From sports, to movie-based action games, to exaggerated sports games (i.e. NBA & NFL Street), Electronic Arts continues to venture into just about every corner of the video game world. With this newest entry in the Battlefield series, EA once again shows why it's one of the premier game companies in the world. The sales numbers are speaking for themselves. Battlefield: Bad Company Gold Edition is already sold out on some retail sites. Sold out, and it's only been available for a few days now.

Leave it to EA to set the tone. As the summer season starts, EA has most definitely laid down the gauntlet. It'll be up to the other game companies to answer the challenge.

With the success of Bad Company, EA looks like it's going to start AND end the summer with a huge splash. Don't forget, as it has proven for the past few years, August BELONGS to EA, as fans anxiously await the arrival of Madden '09, which'll be due out mid-August.