Speaking at the DICE Summit in Las Vegas today, Anita Frazier of the NPD Group has revealed an interesting little piece of information regarding the PC market, saying retail sales are down by over 50%. That’s over the past seven years. Grim reading, then? Not really. Although NPD “has been having trouble with is digital…
Sales update time! Sony announced today that the company has sold 21.3 million PlayStation 3 consoles worldwide, a figure that by February is probably a bit higher, as their tally only runs until December 31, 2008. But 21.3 million is the number they gave, so it’s the number we’re running with. Not disclosed was a…
Americans may not be fully up to speed on the details, but know that nearly half of all PlayStation 2 consoles sold have been sold in Europe. A big part of that popularity has been down to what’s now known as Sony’s “Party Starter” lineup: SingStar, Buzz! and EyeToy. These were all developed by first-party…
Yeah, David Hayter is the voice of Snake in Metal Gear Solid, but his day job is Hollywood script writer. You’d think, then, that he’d be a lock to write the Metal Gear Movie. But no. Originally, Hayter teamed up with cashed-up producer Avi Arad to pitch an idea for a Metal Gear movie to…
Bruce Shelley is an industry legend. Helped Sid Meier make Civilization, created Age of Empires, then joined Ensemble. Now, though, Ensemble are gone. And Shelley is trying to explain why that happened. Taking the stage at this year’s DICE get-together in Vegas, Shelley’s address was devoted to pondering aloud how a studio that had only…
This week, Europe and Australia finally got Super Street Fighter II HD. Shame, really, since with Street Fighter IV also with us this week, it misses much of the point. Also available for PAL owners this week, Noby Noby Boy. If you’ve ever wanted to know what it’d be like playing a game where you…
Capcom’s Jun Takeuchi spoke today about the “rise” of Western gaming. But former Capcom man Atsushi Inaba, well, he goes a little further, saying that, overall, “Western developers are superior to those in Japan”. Chatting with Develop, Inaba says: To be honest, I think that western developers are superior to those in Japan overall. So…
You may remember Panic from their line of Katamari Damacy t-shirts. They were great. Now that Katamari creator Keita Takahashi has a new game out, Panic are doing shirts for it too. There are 8 shirts available, and Panic tell us they’ll be ready to ship in around three weeks (though you can order them…
We’ve a soft spot for Resistance 2 and Japan. Why? Because the game’s marketing there was vastly superior, and also because it’s led Sony Japan to come up with adorable little bundles like this. To be released on March 12 for ¥8980 (USD$95), the little box will include a copy of Resistance 2 along with…
Well done, Microsoft UK. Here we were, thinking that, come 2009, gaming – yes, even 360 gaming – was for everyone, when you go and shove a set of Halo Wars-covered tits in our face. It’s not that we’re complaining. After all, yes, Microsoft, they are a lovely pair. But, just like the Gears of…
True story. If Canadians pick up select packets of Cheese Heads brand mozzarella cheese, they’ll not only get a bag of delicious cheese, they’ll also get a copy of Beyond Good & Evil. Really. What’s more, it’s not a download key, not a mail-away deal. The disc – for the PC version – is right…
It’s OK, Europeans. Yes, your versions of Grand Theft Auto IV have been censored. That’s the bad news. The good news? It’s all a mistake, and Rockstar are working on a fix. “We are aware of an error with the latest GTA IV title update and are confident the issue will be fixed within the…
Do you still hold high hopes for the Street Fighter movie? Really? This might dash them a touch. Turns out the movie won’t be screened for film critics. Which is rarely a good thing. Rather than open the film up for a potential savaging from reviewers, Fox have decided that critics can get in line…
“Spring Fever” continues this week with two new downloadable titles for the PlayStation Network, Zuma and Noby Noby Boy, the latest from Katamari Damacy creator Keita Takahashi. Those two will serve as most people’s highlights, though the Mirror’s Edge DLC is probably also worth a serious look (though the emphasis on floating islands, and not…
For a little while now, Something Awful have been working on “Goon City”, a lovingly-rendered city map made up of everything those guys like. And they like their video games. Scrolling around Goon City will, we warn you, cost you precious minutes. Maybe even precious hours, as you play a dork’s version of Where’s Waldo,…
Europe, your long wait is OVER. After languishing on the sidelines for what must have felt like an eternity, Capcom have finally announced that Street Fighter II HD will be out on PS3 this week. So come February 19 – which by the time you’re reading this, is probably today – you can get your…
Last year, Club Nintendo members in Japan were treated something special. They could get a Wii controller that looked like a SNES pad. Well, thanks to the wonders of global commerce, now you can too! Yes, what was once the domain of Japanese fanboys and cashed-up import fiends is now yours to enjoy for the…
Reports are starting to come in from Europe claiming that the release of Grand Theft Auto IV’s expansion pack, The Lost & Damned, has somehow censored previously uncensored versions of the game. While at this stage these reports are unconfirmed, the complaints are in essence the exact opposite of what’s happened in Australia. Seems that…
Cheaters in online PC games are as numerous as they are despicable. We hate them, you hate them, but developers, well, developers – like Valve, for example – hate them even more. So it must be the highlight of their week when they get to not only catch them, but dream up imaginative new ways…
A Go Nintendo reader – from the retail sector by the looks of it, given the breadth of tips – has come forward with loads of new information on EA & Activision’s 2009 lineup. Details are scarce beyond some brief listings, so we’ll move straight into those. Note that there are some Lucasarts games in…
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