This Week In The Business: There Are Hits, And Then There Are Hits
STAT | 3 million - The number of Dark Souls 3 copies shipped by Namco Bandai in the year ended March 31. The game launched March 24.
New Tool Lets You Build A Fallout 4 Character's Stats Early
For me, going into an RPG like Fallout always means spending hours agonizing over every single stat. Thanks to the wonders of the internet, however, I can now start that meticulous process before the game is actually in my hands.
This Week In The Business: What Exactly Is A Console, Anyway?
QUOTE | “Just as the line between gamer and non-gamer has been destroyed, I think the distinction between console and mobile will become less distinct over time.” - Scopely’s Walter Driver thinks Apple TV is just one more step toward an ultimate convergence in gaming.
You might already know all about the SPECIAL system in Fallout, but you should give this Fallout 4 short about the strength stat a watch anyway: it’s cute and funny!
YouTube's 10 Most Popular Games Of All Time
According to the people at YouTube, they are:
The Best Pokémon For Each Situation
With over six hundred pocket monsters to choose from, not all Pokémon are made equal. Some Pokémon are better than others. And if you're looking for the very best Pokémon you can own, your choices are limited.
Smash Bros. for Wii U's Soundtrack has 437 Songs
According to a thread on Smash Boards, a Gamefaqs user has found all 437 available tracks in Smash Bros. Wii U. The full track list and the stage each song can be played on is listed below.
Total Hours of Smash Bros. 4 Played So Far and Other Stats
Smash Bros. for Wii U has a "World Status" mode, which lets you watch a ticker of random statistics collected from players. These include total number of hours played, total number of Kos people have gotten, and the total distance the Sandbag has been launched in home run contest. All of this is show on a nice global…
Times Bayonetta Would Need To Fire Her Heel-Guns to Fly to the Moon
While I'm waiting for Bayonetta 2's release here in the states, I've been listening to the sound track, particularly the remix of "Fly Me to the Moon" waaaaay too much. It did get me thinking, though. Iron Man uses his repulsors for combatand propulsion. What if Bayonetta wanted to use her guns to fly? What if she…
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Who The Hell Is Watching Porn On a 3DS?
PornHub released a bunch of graphs yesterday breaking down what platforms people are viewing their service on. Among other curiosities (there are humans in 2014 watching porn on Windows NT and Blackberry phones), the company showed what gaming systems are most commonly, um, used.
The Most Popular Current-Gen Game Console, According To Facebook
While sales numbers are the tried and true method of calculating the most successful video game console in a generation, on Facebook everything's a popularity contest, and the most popular console in the U.S. is the Xbox One.
What's In 100 Battlefield 4 Battlepacks?
JackFrags plays a lot of Battlefield 4. As a result, he's got a lot of Battlepacks to open. So here are the results of what was contained within 100 Battlepacks.
Dark Souls II Players Have Collectively Lost 13,051,713,397,869 Souls
That. That is a big number. I had to turn my phone sideways and everything to work that out. I don't even know how to say it. The staggering figure is the combined souls lost across both 360 and PS3, and the result of some 252, 163, 804 deaths overall.
How much stuff goes into a video game? To celebrate Broken Age going on sale on Steam, Double Fine has released an infographic with a collection of stats from the number of textures in the game to the total coffee consumption of the team.
World of Warcraft's Impressive First Decade, By the Numbers
The numbers may be shrinking a bit in recent years but, when you look at it, the sheer aggregate of people who've made a toon, joined a raid or bought a pet in World of Warcraft is still mind-boggling.
This might seem obvious to some, but it's still kind of sad: as people grow older, they tend to care about video games less according to Facebook data. Do you think this will happen to you?
What Facebook is Playing This Week: Still Stuck on Candy Crush Saga
Clinging tenaciously to its top spot on the Facebook daily active users list, King.com's Candy Crush Saga keeps itself a couple hundred thousand players beyond FarmVille 2 by getting everyone stuck on level 86 and then taunting them.
Kickstarter Backers Pledged $83,144,565 To Games In 2012
Ready for some math? 1,378,143 Kickstarter users pledged $83,144,565 to game projects in 2012. There were 2,796 game Kickstarters launched. Of those, 911 were successful.
Facebook Gainers: How the Heck Does Bubble Safari Ocean Score 23 Million Players?
I often pick on Zynga's social games; that's what comes of being the biggest fish clumsily flopping through the pond. I poke at the company's financial troubles, bemoaning game closings. I've been known to revel mildly when their more popular games lose players to the underdogs (every other Facebook game developer).…
