EXPLOSIVE WEB TRAFFIC: PWNED.COM received over 2 Million unique page impressions in February, which is a 400,000+ increase from January’s 1.6 Million unique page impressions. PWNED.COM traffic is on track in March to surpass 2.5 Million unique page impressions. IN THE NEWS: PWNED.COM was recently mentioned on Yahoo Business in a press release from The Electronic Consumers Association (ECA) in regards to their expanding growth and support. Link: http://biz.yahoo. Read More...

World Cyber Games has announced their official tournament games for 2008. Halo 3, Guitar Hero III, Starcraft: Brood War, Warcraft III:The Frozen Throne will all be a part of WCG. Also for the first time, Asphalt 3: Street rules, a mobile game will be part of the tournament. "It is with great honor that the WCG announces the most powerful, broad-reaching and distinguished lineup of tournament games in the history of eSports," said Hyoung-Seok Kim, president and CEO, International Cyber Marketing, organizers of the WCG. You can now register at www.worldcybergames. Read More...

Boston's mayor, Thomah Menino is now backing a Massachusetts Bill sponsored by Rep. Linda Dorcena Forry according to GamePolitics.com. The Massachusetts legislature will be talking about the bill on Tuesday. The bill was penned with the help of Jack Thompson, of course, but prior "games as porn" bills have failed in Lousiana and Utah. Entertainment Software AssociationGames-for-Grownups spokesman Dan Hewitt told the Boston Herald, “Every time states have tried to restrict access to First Amendment-protected material, it has been considered unconstitutional.” You can contact the mayor of Boston here: http://www. Read More...

While this is old news we are happy to say PWNED.com has made it on Yahoo Biz and we are all happy. While there is no specific paragraph about who and what we are just the fact we are mention is icing on the cake. “The depth and breadth of new coalition partners and sponsors is truly impressive,” said Hal Halpin, the association’s president. “In just over a year we have solidified an amazing list of well-established corporations, non-profits and entities that are not just seeing the potential of the ECA, but doing everything in their power to support us during our formative stages. That says quite a lot about them actually, but it also speaks volumes about game consumers and the faith that these organizations have in us collectively. Read More...

  little overview of Abel’s specials moves, how they work, and a few of the horrible things you can do with them to the people you love.  If you are too good for youtube, a more easily ipodified link can be found here. Read More...

It's sad, but true, the Cyberathlete Professional League has announced that they will be closing the league. CPL has been around and popular since 1997, but the showey World Series of VideoGames and CGS have taken a toll on CPL. All events that were scheduled for 2008 have been cancelled. "Effective immediately, the Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL) will cease operations. Therefore, all CPL events currently scheduled for 2008 are hereby canceled," said a post on the CPL website. "The current fragmentation of the sport, a crowded field of competing leagues, and the current economic climate have prompted the CPL to suspend its pro-tournament operations. Read More...

Nintendo Wins February Console War, but PS2 makes a jump!   The Nintendo DS and Wii took the top two spots on NPD Console sales for the month of February, but that is not the biggest news. Playstation 2 in the month of February sold almost 100 thousand more than the Playstation 3. Total hardware sales this month were $480 million, compared to last year which was $402 million. Read More...

  NPD Announces: COD4 Sales Number Pwns!   Call of Duty by Infinity Ward for Xbox360 pwns this month’s NPD group in Games sales. This multiplatform game went up against several notable debuts this month and still came out number one!  01.   Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Xbox 360) - 296,200 02.   Devil May Cry 4 (Xbox 360) - 295,200 03.   Wii Play (Wii) - 289,700 04. Read More...

Free is something that all gamers love and can appreciate. To celebrate St. Patricks day, Activision is offering the Dropkick Murphy's track pack. The track pack includes the following songs: "Famous for Nothing", "Flannigan's Ball", " Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya" as performed by DropKick Murphy’s. If you have never heard of DropKick Murphy's, get on iTunes and educate yourself. They are an amazing band. Perfect to get you in the mood to do a little St. Read More...

      Recently I contacted Joel “FPS Doug” Gardiner on Myspace to tell him about Pwned.com and he seemed very impressed with the site. For those of you who do not know who “FPS Doug” is, shame on you. Joel “FPS Doug” Gardiner is an actor who also loves gaming and appeared on the hit gamer Internet show called Pure Pwnage. (www.purepwnage. Read More...

Thanks to [Via Kotaku], we can now use our eyes on another brand new Street Fighter IV character. A, Lucha Libre wrestler known as El Fuerte. That's about all we know for now, but enjoy the picture. He looks pretty cool.  As the last new guy that had been revealed. Reminds me of Rey Mysterio, like all Luchadores. Read More...

Viacom withdraws 'Guitar' suit Just goes to show you that when things look down, something good comes along to pick ya back up. And for any PS3 owner, here is a good one for ya. It looks that Sony is sending out e-mails to people who have registered their unit (Heh, I said unit.), that they can register in for the open beta for their new social network Home. So far, this e-mail has only been seen by members of the Official European PlayStation Forums. The report makes it seem like there is more than just one person stating this, at least out of Europe. Read More...

  Press release from Vince Desi from the upcoming Postal movie. I for one will be happy to watch this movie! Tucson, AZ: After a year of touring the world via film festivals and preview screenings, the film version of Running With Scissors’cult video game franchise POSTAL now has a firm release date. Moreover, Postal: The Movie will make its big screen bow on May 23rd, in direct competition with the first weekend in release for the latest Lucas/Spielberg Indiana Jones flick. “We will go out and destroy Indiana Jones at the box office! Read More...

As we all have heard Futuremark Game Studios recently requested to have pwnage trademarked and the gaming indusrty was fuming. Recently a petiton came to my attention and I urge all of you who disagree with the trademarking of this typo turned cultural phenomenon. It is an easy process I swear! Read More...

Happy Birthday Chuck Norris. I have some awesome Chuck Norris Birthday words for you from all over the web. They will tell you how PWNED.com feels for you Chuck. There is no 'ctrl' button on Chuck Norris's computer. Chuck Norris is always in control. Chuck Norris destroyed the periodic table, because he only recognizes the element of surprise. Chuck Norris can kill two stones with one bird. When Chuck Norris was denied an Egg McMuffin at McDonald's because it was 10:35, he roundhouse kicked the store so hard it became a Wendy's. Read More...