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These Are The Biggest-Selling Wii, DS Games Of All Time
Nintendo have today released more information from their 2009 fiscal year reports, this time showcasing the lifetime sales figures for many of the company’s top-selling titles. While we had some of these numbers last night, this is a far more extensive list, giving us lifetime, worldwide sales figures for every game on the Wii and…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 7, 2009 - Uncategorized
Get Ready For (Sigh) Guitar Hero TV Shows, Concert Tours
Like that fat bloke in The Meaning Of Life, the world is this close to having its fill of Guitar Hero. Know what will finally blow us up? A TV show and/or concert tour. Yes, according to The Hollywood Reporter, Activision are in talks with entertainment and promotion types with an eye towards bringing Guitar…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 7, 2009 - Uncategorized
Starcraft II Beta Will Start This “Summer”
Did you sign up for the Starcraft II beta? Silly question. Of course you did. Well, if you get in, looks like you won’t have long to wait to get your Zerg on! It was announced during Blactivision’s conference call earlier today that the “external beta” – that’s the one where you guys can play…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 7, 2009 - Uncategorized
PlayStation Store Update: Patapon 2, Galactrix, Disgaea Add-On Madness
The first download-only PSP title hits the PlayStation Store this week, along with the PS3 debut of Puzzle Quest: Galactrix and an oddly-priced set of downloadable Disgaea 3 content. This marks my first time posting the PlayStation Store Update, so forgive me if I go astray. This week seems particularly packed with goodies, with three…
By Mike Fahey Published May 7, 2009 - Uncategorized
Upgrading My Parents
To: Bashcraft From: Fahey Re: How Was That First Day Of School? It’s nearly Mother’s Day, and my siblings and I have scrounged together enough cash to finally replace my mother’s fifteen year-old 30 inch television with a shiny new 42 inch HDTV. For years now I’ve enjoyed the benefits of having my own flat…
By Mike Fahey Published May 7, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Best And Worst In Star Trek Video Games
With theaters across the country delivering a brand new Star Trek experience to fans tonight, we take a look at some of the best and worst in Star Trek video games. Just as J.J. Abrams’ new film seeks to refresh the aging franchise with a fresh look at an older story, Star Trek video game…
By Mike Fahey Published May 7, 2009 -
UncategorizedPlants vs. Zombies Music Video Causes Cute Overload
PopCap Games’ Plants vs. Zombies sounds weird, plays well and looks so cute in this music video, it makes me want to dance and puke at the same time. The game itself is tower defense strategy. Only instead of a tower, you’ve got a lawn to seed with plants that shoot, plants that explode and…
By AJ Glasser Published May 7, 2009 - Uncategorized
Microsoft Snatches Up BigPark
Microsoft Games Studios welcomes another new addition today as Microsoft agrees to acquire Vancouver-based developer BigPark. BigPark was formed in 2007 by a group of industry veterans formerly of Distinctive Software and Electronic Arts Canada. One of the founders was Don Mattrick, who went on to become the senior vice president of the Interactive Entertainment…
By Mike Fahey Published May 7, 2009 - Uncategorized
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising Stealthily Slips To Fall
Amidst a flurry of new screens and one relatively impressive trailer, Codemasters’ Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising slips from summer 2009 to autumn 2009. The new screenshots and trailer show off the expansive island of Skira, where the action of Dragon Rising Takes place. Had it not been for the date flash at the very end…
By Mike Fahey Published May 7, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Tony Hawk Detailed At E3 2009
Will the king of skateboarding video games make a comeback in 2009? Activision plans on delivering new details on the next Tony Hawk game during E3 2009. We’ve not heard much from the Tony Hawk front since traditional developer Neversoft shifted focus to work on the Guitar Hero franchise for Activision. So far all we…
By Mike Fahey Published May 7, 2009 - Reviews
Klonoa Review: Do Hew Wahoo?
Namco Bandai‘s Klonoa, the Wii remake of the 1997 PlayStation game Klonoa: Door to Phantomile, is a game from a simpler time, when “platformers” involved actual side-scrolling platform-to-platform jumping as their core mechanic. Such is the case with the 2009 version of Klonoa, which is amazingly simple in its concept, with regular play requiring only…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 7, 2009 - Uncategorized
Pay-Per-“P” Pricing Confounds On Xbox 360 Video Marketplace
You’ll never forget how much some 720p videos cost on the Xbox 360 Marketplace. Fans of the fighting arts may be wondering, like me, why some videos on the Xbox 360 Marketplace are so expensive. They have easy-to-remember price points, but those price points are high. Want to watch an hour of Ring of Honor…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 7, 2009 - Uncategorized
Activision Earnings Way Higher Than Activision Expected
The publisher of Call of Duty and World of Warcraft released a sunny financial report today, and revealed that Guitar Hero is big in Europe. Activision Blizzard pulled in $981 million in revenue in the first quarter of this year ending March 31. That’s up from the company’s projected $860 million (which happens to be…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 7, 2009 - Uncategorized
Zen Pinball Launches Next Week On PSN
PlayStation 3 didn’t have long to wait for their pinball fix, as Zen Studios announces a May 14th launch for Zen Pinball on the PlayStation Network. Announced just last month, Zen Pinball delivers four tables worth of mission-filled pinball action to pinball-hungry PlayStation 3 owners. According to the developer, the final product is looking very…
By Mike Fahey Published May 7, 2009 - Uncategorized
These Konami Code Enabled Web Sites Are Bill And Lance Approved
The Konami Code—up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, Start—does wonderful things to games like Gradius and Contra. But it also does unexpected things on the internet, as ESPN.com recently proved. The sports news outlet isn’t the only online destination to (unwittingly?) have its behavior change when video game nerds input the…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 7, 2009 - Uncategorized
Madden Wii Developers Re-Re-Think Motion Controls
EA’s football developers may be ushering in a third era of Wii motion control game development — a better one. Remember when Wii controls involved swinging your arms wildly or making gestures that could more easily be inputted with the press of a button? The developers of the next Madden on Wii are trying to…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 7, 2009 - Uncategorized
Please Play ‘Today I Die’
Daniel Benmergui, creator of the impressive Flash-based game I Wish I Were The Moon, has released the equally creative Today I Die, a gorgeous little adventure with a fascinating gameplay twist. In Today I Die, players must manipulate the game’s characters and a few lines of ever present text to progress. Benmergui is able to…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 7, 2009 - Uncategorized
Bakugan DS and Wii Screenshots
You may have never heard of Bakugan, but that doesn’t really matter because legions, and legions, and legions of kids have. The game, good, bad, or indifferent, can’t help but do massive sales thanks to that clamoring fan base. Set for release late this fall, here’s a look at th DS and Wii versions of…
By Brian Crecente Published May 7, 2009 - Uncategorized
D3 Does Astro Boy
Only one robotic child stands between Metro City and the evil President Stone’s robot army in Astro Boy: The Video Game, coming this October from D3 Publisher. Astro Boy: The Video Game for the Nintendo Wii, DS, PSP, and PlayStation 2 is the game adaptation of Imagi Studios’ new CG-animated movie, being released internationally this…
By Mike Fahey Published May 7, 2009 - Uncategorized
Broken Steel PC DLC Triumphantly Returns
The initially broken Broken Steel downloadable content for the PC version of Fallout 3 has reappeared in the Games for Windows Live Marketplace. The Broken Steel add-on first became available two days ago via Games for Windows Live, only to be taken down due to a DRM issue said to originate from Microsoft’s Live service.…
By Mike Fahey Published May 7, 2009