While Gearbox Software has been busy readying at least two batches of downloadable content for shooter-RPG Borderlands, it’s also gotten around to addressing many of the game’s long-standing quirks, bugs and sources of player frustration. Perhaps most notable are fixes focused on the loss of skill points and character data. Equally as welcome are changes…
After months of so-so weekly sales in Japan, the Wii returns to the top of the country’s hardware sales charts, its best weekly tally since the release of Monster Hunter 3. Thank New Super Mario Bros. Wii for that! Japanese Wii sales more than doubled on the release—and massive sales—of the new four-player Mario game,…
After the blissful torment of 30-plus hours spent in the world of Demon’s Souls this past week, I’m going to need something a little more cheerful for my weekend. And New Super Mario Bros. Wii isn’t too hard, right? Truth be told, I’ve yet to actually dabble in the Wii game, despite intentions to do…
Say what you want about Blizzard’s ability to get Diablo III out the door in a timely fashion. But you can’t knock the developer for its support of older games, especially in light of Diablo II’s new patch. Version 1.13 of Blizzard’s nine-year-old action-RPG is now yours for the public testing. Simply opt-in to Diablo…
Valve’s next Team Fortress 2 update will add new maps, new “surprises” and three new weapons each for the Soldier and Demoman classes. Somewhat surprisingly, a seventh top secret weapon is also en route. And it’s up for grabs. Either the Soldier or Demoman class will be on the receiving end of that to-be-revealed unlockable.…
Activision and Robomodo’s peripheral-based reboot of the Tony Hawk‘s Pro Skater franchise had what may be considered a disappointing first month on the market, selling 114,000 units in the U.S. in November, according to the NPD Group. GameSpot reports that the majority of those sales were to Wii gamers, with 67,000 copies of Tony Hawk…
Nintendo hardware once again dominates U.S. video game sales, with the Nintendo DS and Wii selling more than 2.96 million units combined in November, with the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 settling for third and fourth, respectively. It would appear that Modern Warfare 2’s big software sales numbers on the Xbox 360 had a nice…
As widely expected, Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 moved over 6 million copies in the U.S. last month on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, making the first-person shooter November’s best selling video game. Settling for third, behind the two versions of Modern Warfare 2, was Nintendo’s New Super Mario Bros. Wii,…
Valve has put forth a new update for the PC version of Left 4 Dead 2, fixing up a long list of outstanding bugs, tweaking gameplay and much much more. Expect the same fixes “later this month,” Xbox 360 players. Most of the changes appear to be relatively small, somewhat reducing the effectiveness of the…
PixelJunk fans and PSPgo owners have plenty to look forward to in this week’s North American PlayStation Store update. Warm up the wallets, kids! Perhaps most notable is Q Games newest, PixelJunk Shooter, a mere ten dollar download. The PlayStation Network game is joined by side-scrolling beat ’em up Revenge of the Wounded and top…
Zipper Interactive‘s upcoming game that is not another SOCOM has already racked up an impressive 18 million kills. And that’s before MAG even moves beyond its public beta, soon to be nestled in the massively action-filled box art revealed today. That’s got to be the most straightforward box art we’ve seen in years, loaded with…
Nintendo released New Super Mario Bros. Wii in Japan last week, giving the console its biggest first-week software sales in the country to date, more than 950,000 copies sold, according to Media Create. That puts it ahead of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, ahead of Mario Kart Wii, and ahead of everything else released in Japan…
Gearbox Software pumps out Borderlands’ second batch of downloadable content later this month (for the Xbox 360 at least), announcing Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot. What do you get for your ten bucks? According to official word, Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot offers three new Riot Mode arenas, the option to store more of your loot in…
Sega and Rebellion Entertainment‘s upcoming Aliens Vs. Predator gets a little more Alien cred in the form of Lance Henriksen. The actor has been tapped to reprise his role as Bishop in voice and face for the forthcoming shooter. That’s Karl Bishop Weyland, mind you, descendant of Charles Bishop Weyland from the Aliens vs. Predator…
A Tribute to id Software‘s Doom, as seen on Flickr via Nerdcore. Thanks, teknohed!
To: Ashcraft From: McWhertor Re: Ten Years, Man, Ten Years. Crap. You sound about as excited as I do to enter “The Year We Make Contact” with Jupiter-sized space fetuses. I remember seeing 2010 in the theater back in 1984, a theater going experience that induced a very strange panic attack in me as a…
Activision has an all-new Transformers game on its slate for next year, one that looks like it will be taking gameplay cues from Gears of War. According to the newest issue of Game Informer, Transformers: The War for Cybertron is a third-person shooter that chronicles the Autobot’s battle waged against the evil forces of the…
The most recent update to Valve’s two-year-old shooter Team Fortress 2 did more than just fix bugs, it added a bunch of new sound files for the game’s Announcer, newly referencing friendships, betrayals and mercenaries. So, new game mode? Nope! While some Team Fortress 2 players are left scratching their heads, some have already heard…
Sega confirmed earlier today that the rumors of Yakuza 3‘s Western release were true, announcing a March 2010 release date for the PlayStation 3 gangster game. This new trailer, with English peppered throughout, offers further proof. The new trailer for the game released in Japan earlier this year both pans across and zooms in on…
Street artist Posterchild—installer of Super Mario Bros. question blocks and Portal companion cubes in the real world—has let loose Star Fox nemesis Andross in New York City. Fear him, subway riders! Super Smash Bros. Brawl fans may recognize this version of Andross as he appeared in the original Star Fox for the Super NES, but…
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