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Kotick: We Cater To Adults

Activision is well aware that most of its customers are over 18 and plans to address their R-rated expectations, Activision chairman and CEO Bobby Kotick told the Wall Street Journal's Kara Swisher at today's D6 event.

"We try to stick to violence against small animals," said Kotick, (hopefully) joking, when Swisher asked him about the in-game violence issue:

Most of our users are over 18, they go to R-rated movies and we need to to cater to that preference. We are a broad-based medium today and we must appeal to as many demographics as we can. Part of that demographic audience enjoys in-game violence, and that includes gratuitous violence.

Bobby Kotick, Chairman and CEO of Guitar Hero-Maker Activision - D6 Highlights [All Things Digital]

6:00 PM on Wed May 28 2008
By Leigh Alexander
1,348 views, 56 comments

ubisoft

How to Be Successful on the Wii

A lot of third party publishers have gotten burnt with the Wii. Bad. Not Ubisoft! Ubisoft shits candy canes! With titles like Rayman and Red Steel, the publisher has faired relatively well. Good for them. So Ubisoft, what's the secret? Yves Guillemot explains:

Those new things are going to be successful in the future and we'll continue to create new brands for the machine. Compared with other publishers, the difference was going early as well as the huge amount of creativity we channel into the machine.

Of course, the huge amount of hype Ubisoft channeled into the machine didn't do anything.
Guillemot Interview [MCUK]

12:00 AM on Mon Feb 18 2008
By Brian Ashcraft
2,355 views, 53 comments

Latest by dowingba: I really wish Nintendo would just outright ban some developers from ever making games on their console. Ubisoft should be the first one on the chopping block. In my opinion, they've lost their Wii game priveleges, and they more »

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XBLA Adds Cheap Arcade Hits

A quintet of Xbox Live Arcade releases are permanently getting a price drop, ushering in the Arcade Hits program. What makes something an Arcade Hit? Something that was, at one time, more expensive than it is now. Distinguished company, no? The first games to get the Arcade Hits designation will be Lumines Live!, Zuma Deluxe, Small Arms, Marble Blast Ultra and Bankshot Billiards 2. Lumines Live! for 800 Microsoft Points, here I come!

Arcade Hits [Xbox]

3:20 PM on Mon Dec 3 2007
By Michael McWhertor
1,648 views, 33 comments

xbox 360

Xbox Live Fire Sale

Larry Hyrb points out that Microsoft is slashing prices on four Xbox Live titles starting Sunday and ending Monday night. The Live fire sale cuts Small Arms, Zuma Deluxe, Gauntlet and Dig Dug prices in half starting 12:00 a.m. GMT on Sunday, September 2 and continuing until 11: 59 p.m. GMT on Monday, September 3.

Hit the jump for the list of games, description and prices.

More »

3:00 PM on Fri Aug 31 2007
By Brian Crecente
5,769 views, 46 comments

dlc

New Small Arms Characters, Levels Hit

The Ivar & Gullarp pack for Small Arms just hit the Xbox 360 Live Arcade. More »

good things come in small packages

Mini Alex Kidd and Friends

Anyone who hasn't gotten their hands on a Wii so they can play a little VC can finally forget that regretful day that they traded in their Sega Genesis for a popsicle and a deck of Garbage Pail Kids cards. Amazon has dropped the price of the Arcade Legends Sega Genesis 2 all-in-one from $29.99 to $9.99. That's a $20 difference, which of course in Amazon speak means you now actually have to pay for shipping. That's ok, there were probably some books you wanted to pick up anyway. More »

12:40 PM on Tue May 22 2007
By Kim Phu
1,169 views, 19 comments

Latest by cringer8: @stranger: I count eleven, but I guess I've always been an exceptional counter :P The reason there are so many tags is because there are so many games on this thing. Try not to bitch so much about the little things. more »

all the small things

Game Case For Ity-Bity Things

DS games? Small! PSP (ProDuo game or music) cards? Tiny! Wii SD cards? Micro! Here's a holder for those mini-media. Dubbed the Jimi Game Shell, it holds either two DS games, two Wii SD cards or two PSP cards. Made from 100 percent recycled polypropylene, it's water resistant, shockproof and can be attached to your backpack or keyring. They're US $9.95 each and good if you like to leave your house. Brian Ashcraft More »

3:00 AM on Fri May 18 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
763 views, 17 comments

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A Very Small Commodore 64

How darling! Insert Credit points to Jason Winters and his Commodore 64 palmtop. Backstory: Jeri Ellsworth created a line of C64 plug 'n plays that were sold to Walmart and the like. The interesting part was that she put the entire thing on a chip, making it possible to create devices like this truly cool C64 palmtop. Nice work. Brian Ashcraft More »

5:22 AM on Tue Jan 23 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
614 views, 11 comments

assault heroes

Small Arms Out, Assault Heroes In

I spent an hour or two playing Small Arms on the 360 last night and have come to decide that while I like it, it's a little too simple to be fun for long bouts of gaming. More »

10:00 AM on Wed Dec 13 2006
By Brian Crecente
278 views, 12 comments

xbox live

The Xbox Live Arcade Challenge

Microsoft announces the Xbox Live Arcade Challenge, a gaming tournament that focuses on games downloadable through Xbox Live. There are actually two different competitions. The Lumines Live! challenge will run from the 17th to the 23rd of December, with the Small Arms tourney running from the 24th to the 30th. When the competitions end, the top 105 people on the leaderboards are winners. More »

12:40 PM on Mon Dec 11 2006
By Mike Fahey
116 views, 19 comments

live arcade

Small Arms Hits Live Wednesday

Small Arms is set to hit the Xbox Live Arcade this Wednesday! I've been looking forward to this one, because I am a big fan of anything that successfully combines cute and deadly, two great adjectives that go great together.It's like Super Smash Bros with guns on speed.

In "Small Arms," up to four players can join in the battles across many dynamic and richly detailed levels. Gamers can choose from a cast of outrageous fighters like the cyborg tabby cat, assassin truffle pig and mutant chimney sweep. While jumping from platform to platform shooting with 360 aim, gamers of all skill levels will be able to pick up and play this innovative side-scrolling action title.

Dibs on the cyborg tabby cat! The game should be available this Wednesday morning at 1AM PST, for the price of 800 Microsoft Points. More »

3:55 PM on Mon Nov 20 2006
By Mike Fahey
226 views, 21 comments

Latest by kftgr: @Promethean: Price for the newer games are almost all 800. Only the retro games and stuff that got a big push (Geo Wars) were 400 points. more »

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Hirai: PS3 Competing With iPod, YouTube

The Wii? Whatever. The Xbox 360? Pffft. Sony's playing field is wider than that. Way wider! While giving his typical we-were-never-first spiel, he got down to brass tacks regarding whom Sony is competing with: More »

12:20 AM on Thu Nov 9 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
541 views, 26 comments

ps3

Kaz Hirai's Son Cannot Get a PS3 (Neither Can Mine)

Just because your father likes to make an ass out of himself at E3 press conferences does not mean he can get you a PLAYSTATION 3. A PlayStation 2? That, he can swing. But, forget about that new Sony console, sonny. More »

12:22 AM on Tue Nov 7 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
200 views, 30 comments

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Ridge Racer Producer On Kaz's "Riiiidge Racer"

While the humor has long worn off, the meme still exists in the internet's deepest bowls. Somewhere someone is clacking our "Riiiiiiiiiiiiidge Racer" and cackling. Alone. We have since moved on and found different things to make fun of. But for those who missed the follies... More »

4:22 AM on Tue Oct 31 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
339 views, 15 comments

kaz hirai

Kaz Smack Talks Competitors' Online Service

Microsoft has rolled out an impressive online service with Xbox Live—a service that has taken the company years to create. Sony's coming late to the party, so how can the company compete? More »

7:22 AM on Wed Oct 18 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
105 views, 39 comments

capcom

Dead Rising Text Will Never Be Patched

Hey, thanks, Capcom! After oodles of potential zombie killers deprived of HDTV started complaining that the text in Dead Rising was so small that a single letter could be comfortably mapped upon the convexity of a single micron, there was great hope for a patch. More »

7:00 AM on Tue Sep 12 2006
By kotaku.com
2,328 views, 40 comments