U.S. video game sales in April weren’t spectacular. They were down 23% year-over-year. Mind you, April 2008 was huge, with Grand Theft Auto IV and Mario Kart Wii rocketing to the top of the charts. April 2009 wasn’t quite as storied, with Wii Fit topping the NPD Group‘s software sales chart with 471,000 units sold.…
The launch of the Nintendo DSi appears to have been the sole saving grace of the video game industry in the U.S. during April, according to NPD Group sales data. The new Nintendo handheld helped the DS platform move more than a million units in April, almost double what the Nintendo DS sold during March.…
Sony is going PSP bundle bananas this year, releasing “Entertainment Packs” packaged with Rock Band Unplugged, Hannah Montana: Rock Out the Show and Assassin’s Creed. Today we can add one more bundle to the pile. Square Enix’s Dissidia Final Fantasy is also getting the Entertainment Pack treatment, bundling the Final Fantasy-themed fighting game with a…
Konami has publicly released the first in-game image from Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 showcasing the series’ annual graphical improvements with a shot of cover star Lionel Messi. Sure, Konami’s bragging a bit about the visual tweaking its doing to player models for the 2010 iteration because we already have solid details on what to expect…
Next week’s new additions to Rock Band and Rock Band 2 have been announced earlier than normal, thanks to the Rock Band Community Zine. Expect a dose of classic hard rock and modern day emo. Six tracks from Alice Cooper will join new songs from Taking Back Sunday in the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3…
Nintendo’s newest Pokémon spin-off, Pokémon Fushigi no Dungeon: Sora no Tankentai, returns to the top of Japan’s bestseller list after taking a few weeks off. That means a return to Nintendo DS dominance. The top four bestselling games last week in Japan, via Media Create, were all Nintendo DS games, including the newest WarioWare title…
Ubisoft may be keeping Beyond Good & Evil 2 more under wraps at this year’s E3 than we were expecting. The recently leaked trailer for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 game may be it. According to Ubisoft reps, by way of UGO, Beyond Good & Evil 2 won’t be making a playable appearance at…
As previously threatened, the Konami’s Metal Gear Solid team has kicked off a storm of pre-E3 announcement hype online. Kojima Productions has launched the teaser web site for the developer’s next project today. What does it tell us? About as much as the print ad running in the newest issue of Famitsu, showing only a…
How pleased is AMD? So pleased. Pleased enough with its video card accomplishments to issue a press release—and pretty product shots!—about its 1 gigahertz ATI Radeon HD 4890. There’s just a slight catch. The new ATI Radeon HD 4890 GPU does get to say “First!” to reach those speeds straight from the factory, but AMD…
Softmax’s Magna Carta II once again shows off the artistic talents of Korean artist Hyung-tae Kim, courtesy of brand new character designs that are as detailed as they are flexible with human anatomy. Appreciators of Kim’s work on Magna Carta II—previously featured here—will likely be extremely pleased that the game is not just limited to…
If for some reason you weren’t expecting Microsoft to show off Forza Motorsport 3 for the Xbox 360 at this year’s E3 expo, start expecting it. German racing wheel maker Fanatec says its new Porsche 911 Turbo S wheel controller, the one built with Forza 3 in mind, has entered pre-production and will be shown…
Round two of Sniper class update related news has hit the official Team Fortress 2 site. What’s new? Well, the new “Payload Race” game mode, for one, and two snazzy looking new maps. Payload Race looks to transform the already-released Payload mode—which shipped alongside the Medic class update last April and requires the escorting of…
Imminent chiptunes compilation project Kind of Bloop asks “What would the pioneers of jazz sound like on a Nintendo Entertainment System?” We’ll find out soon, when the 8-bit homage to Miles Davis‘ popular album releases. The computer generated cover of seminal 1959 jazz album Kind of Blue is still just a project. But it’s a…
Crafty criminals are reportedly bypassing traditional means of running their nefarious bad guy operations from the confines of prison, turning to video game consoles to deliver orders to the outside world. So says the UK’s Serious Organized Crime Agency, which pegs generation non-specific “PlayStations” as the newest tool used by crime committing types to do…
Fighting fans hoping to see Fatal Fury femme fatale Mai Shiranui added to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 ports of The King of Fighters XII are likely going to be disappointed. The ESRB has weighed in on the console versions of SNK Playmore’s newest 2D fighter, giving it a T-rating. That’s par for the…
Lost fans—myself included—may not find the idea of typing six numbers into a computer terminal every 108 minutes, as show characters were forced to do, particularly fun. But there’s an app for that. Smallrock Software’s Doomsday Terminal application for the iPhone and iPod Touch recreates the thrill of plugging a sequence of numbers into a…
The most recent trailer for PlatinumGames Bayonetta comes and goes in a mere 90-seconds, an attention-stealing high speed montage of gameplay and cut scenes. Hardly enough time to appreciate its subtly and secrets. That’s why Bayonetta director Hideki Kamiya spends more than 23 minutes explaining the trailer in nitty-gritty detail. In yet another example of…
Square Enix‘s iPhone endeavors expand today with the release of Crystal Defenders: Vanguard Storm on the iTunes App Store, a “defensive simulation” that follows in the footsteps of the previous Crystal Defenders touchscreen controlled game. Vanguard Storm may not look like your standard “tower defense” title, with a battlefield and multi-tiered plane system that looks…
Infinity Ward’s eagerly anticipated follow up to Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare hits retail shelves this November, but the sequel is being featured in the latest issue of Game Informer right now. And that means highly coveted details on Modern Warfare 2 went from print to internet at lightning speeds. Game Informer subscribers and…
Meet Grapple Buggy, an upcoming Xbox Live Community Games title that reaches deep within the psyche to reference fondly remembered games like Bionic Commando and Blaster Master, with a little Contra-esque alien design. Boutique developer Mommy’s Best Games—also responsible for the award-winning Community Games title Weapon of Choice—describes Grapple Buggy‘s gameplay as a “sumptuous blend…
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