Continuing a long tradition of MMO games based on established IP, publisher Atari has revealed that Star Trek Online has got off to a great start in life. The new massively-multiplayer game, which was only released earlier this week, has already attracted over one million fans, who have created accounts at the official website, a…
It’s entirely fair to say that, while once well-matched adversaries, the last fifteen years haven’t quite worked out for Sonic the way they have for Mario. Meetings of the two may not be quite this awful in real life, but in my mind, this is exactly how such a reunion would go down. Click to…
Collaborating like they do in times of great need, market research companies The NPD Group (North America), GfK Chart-Track (PAL) and Enterbrain (Japan) have combined to bring us the five best-selling games in the “world” for 2009. Course, they don’t really mean the entire planet. Only the figures from the world’s three largest markets –…
The PC charts were last week dominated by the likes of Mass Effect 2, Battlefield Bad Company 2 and Star Trek Online. No surprises there. So we’ll instead focus our admiration on Tim Schafer’s Psychonauts instead. The platformer was on sale for $2 during this time, and made it to #8 on the Steam charts.…
Sony just released its quarterly financial results, and said results are mixed for the company’s games division, an increase in PlayStation 3 sales set against a slide in sales of the PlayStation Portable. Between October and December 2009 (Q32009), Sony sold 6.5 million PlayStation 3s worldwide. In the same quarter last year, Sony sold 4.5…
I’ve been playing Mass Effect on a 50″ screen, and even I noticed that in some places the game has some tiny, tiny text. So spare a thought for people playing it on a standard-definition TV set. In the latest example of a developer building games for only half the market, it’s been revealed that…
Valve’s Team Fortress 2 got a little more interesting today, with the addition of a new game mode called “Highlander”. Yeah, you can see where this is going. With the classic 1986 film still on the developer’s minds following the recent Demoman update, Highlander mode sees two teams of nine square off, with only one…
For a game that’s been delayed more times than we dare to recount, it’s nice to see Ubisoft has a sense of humour about Splinter Cell: Conviction, announcing today that a new release date has been set in stone. Literally. There’s your new, final release date for the game, as sent to IGN’s offices: April…
I just finished Mass Effect 2. Quite the ending! Well, it was for me, anyway. Judging by the number of times my 360 spun the disc, and the number of choices involved, I’d say yours may have been quite different. So please, share. It’ll be fun to see the number of different outcomes people wound…
While Sony is warming to the idea of releasing more PS1 and PS2 games on the PlayStation Network, those hoping for more PS3 games being made available for download might want to find something more constructive to do. Asked by IGN whether Sony would be releasing more “full” PlayStation 3 titles (like Warhawk and Burnout…
According to a report on British trade site MCV, publisher Take-Two will soon commence a massive restructuring operation which will see up to 400 employees let go. Updated with comment from Take Two. That’s 20% of the company’s total workforce, with cuts expected to be made at both the publisher and development studio level. UPDATE:…
PBS premièred a series tonight called “Digital Nation”, where a bunch of people are asked their thoughts on modern technology. This one features Patrick Stewart, and how he’s afraid of his video games. While the man made famous by Star Trek (and Oblivion!) loves his iPhone, loves the internet and loves email, he’s not so…
There’s an interesting piece up over on Capcom’s Japanese Street Fighter blog today, showcasing some of the concept art used during the production of Street Fighter IV. Of particular interest is this show of the various art styles the team toyed with before settling on the “bubbly”, rounded and colourful look of the final game.…
Valve let us know today that Steam, its online multiplayer hub and shopfront for the PC, will be down for maintenance this Thursday, February 4. It’s scheduled to come down at 1800 PST, Valve estimating it should take around three hours to perform the necessary fixes. During that time most of the network will be…
We were inundated with tips this week about supposed “proof” that code found within Mass Effect 2 on PC “confirmed” the presence of a PS3 version of the game. It does not. Seeking to clarify the situation, a statement on BioWare’s forums reads: The Unreal Engine is cross platform, hence the PS3 code. This was…
It was a little disappointing to hear that EA’s NBA Jam remake was destined for the Wii, if only because I like my multiplayer a little more convenient. But hey, if it looks this good, I can overlook that. These screens (well, the first two are screens) were featured in the latest episode of GameTrailers…
With the game out in a matter of days, 2K has been ramping up the marketing for BioShock 2, culminating in this, the game’s launch trailer. If you saw it already on Jimmy Fallon, great. He’s a funny kid, deserves the viewers, doesn’t deserve the flak he gets. If you haven’t already seen it though,…
Having sorted out some problems over the use of the word “Hell”, EA and Super Bowl broadcaster CBS have agreed that a trailer for Dante’s Inferno can run during the game. This is that trailer. Click to view
At the moment, Australia’s classification laws are stuck in the stone age. There’s support for changes from gamers, of course, but hardcore gamers don’t have much in the way of political clout. Multinational companies, however, do. EB Games Australia announced today that it’s throwing its weight behind the push for an R18+ classification (ie adults…
This is a PC casemod. Meaning there’s a personal computer somewhere inside that mannequin of Kratos, star of Sony’s God of War series. Meaning terror is only ever a spreadsheet away. I admire the intent. And the craftsmanship. But the execution? No way I could have that thing anywhere near me while using a PC.…
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