It took StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty just 24 hours to become the best-selling PC game of the year, with more than 1 million copies sold worldwide, according to Blizzard Entertainment. Another half million copies sold in the game’s second day of availability, making StarCraft II the fastest-selling strategy game of all time, the company…
A new Sims game revealed today that drops the popular characters in the Middle Ages will feature “compelling gameplay never seen before in the history of The Sims”, according to publisher Electronic Arts. The Sims Medieval, the first in a series due out in spring 2011 for the PC and Mac, will have players create…
Nope. At this year’s E3 gaming expo, Capcom showed off two still-in-development Nintendo 3DS games: Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition and the tentatively titled Resident Evil: Revelations. Don’t look for them to be hitting your local game shop anytime soon, though. At a recent investors meeting, Capcom was asked whether it planned to release…
You hear a lot of talk about shares in Nintendo, but have you ever wondered what one actually looks like? It looks a little something like this. Thanks, Snacky
Last month we took a close look at a new version of classic board game Settlers of Catan, one being readied for Microsoft’s giant touch-screen computer. Since then, a new build of the game has been released. God this stuff looks good. It really is the best of both worlds; the social intimacy of a…
There’s a big book coming out that’s all about classic PC adventure games. Monkey Island, Police Quest, Zork, the works. Sounds good! But as you can see on the front cover, you’ll be paying for the pictures and the fact it’s bound as an actual, physical book, because where there should be the name of…
Square Enix is making a Kingdom Hearts game for the Nintendo 3DS. The main characters will be Sora and Riku, and players will alternate between them while playing as they make their way through the game’s “mysterious” story. How…mysterious! While unable to go into great length about the game system, designer Tetsuya Nomura says that…
On May 28, 2010, an early morning fire raged through a two-story house in Urbana, Illinois. All but one made it out safely. Ashley Ames, 23, was burned over 80 percent of her body and was airlifted into intensive care. On July 6, she sadly passed away due to medical complications. Volition’s Steve Jaros, senior…
With the PlayStation Move being essentially a Wii Remote for the PS3, it was only a matter of time before the stupid accessories crowd jumped from Nintendo’s console to Sony’s. Here’s one of the first examples: CTA Digital’s PlayStation Move gloves, which are…gloves with velcro straps to secure a PlayStation Move controller to. So, you…
As seen by Game Watch Impress at a Pocket Monsters Black & White event in Tokyo.
After months of rumours, EA Sports confirmed today that NBA Jam won’t just be released on the Wii, with high definition versions also on the way for the PS3 and Xbox 360. Warning: some bad news follows. While the game will technically be coming to the PS3 and 360, it won’t be available individually. Instead,…
In Taiwan. With this lady. Sony is launching the PlayStation Move in Taiwan on September 15 and recently promoted the motion controller, some demo kiosks and a Nissan. There were balloons, too. There always are. [採訪]PS3體感新玩法！PS Move媒體搶先體驗會報導 [Mobile01 小惡魔新聞台]
It’s time for another lawsuit against EA Sports’ Madden series, and this time it’s the football juggernaut going up against around 6000 former NFL players. Former RB Tony Davis (pictured) is acting as plaintiff for the players, whose class action suit accuses EA of “knowingly and intentionally” capitalising on retired player’s likenesses without paying a…
Comedy writer and Sarah Silverman beau Alec Sulkin entertains himself with Halo music. More amusing Sulkin tweets over at his Twitter page. Alec Sulkin: Girlfriend gone [Twitter]
You might want to grab a cup of tea for this one; at 23 minutes, it’s not your average web clip. But if you want to see a procession of every single gaming console ever released, 23 minutes is what it’s going to take. * – I’m not going to even try to pretend I…
Photographers gather around a cosplay of Nintendo DS game Love Plus. As seen on 今日もやられやく via ANN by @mikedo2007
Activision boss Bobby Kotick has lost a legal stoush with renowned lawyer Patricia Glaser over a 2007 sexual harassment case involving Kotick’s private jet and one of its former flight attendants. Kotick and Andrew Gordon, the head of the LA branch of Goldman Sachs investment bankers, run a company called Cove Management, which was created…
Nintendo UK Hints At 3DS Pricing Comment by: mindsale Nominated by: kyoshizen UK pricing follows a very simple formula. Take the price in US dollars, convert 1:1 for pounds, then roll 2 six-sided dice. Take the higher number first and use it as a tens-placeholder. Use the lower number for the ones-digit. Add the amount…
NetDragon, the same guys behind the curious-looking Dungeon Keeper Online, were this week revealed as the developers for a new massively-multiplayer online game based on the Transformers license. The game has been officially sanctioned by Hasbro, will be a role-playing game, and…will only be released (at least initially) in China, “Asia”, Russia (and CIS states),…
Complain about the cost of Call of Duty map packs all you want; it doesn’t stop Activision charging a ton for them, and it’s certainly not stopping people from buying them. The publisher revealed today that over 20 million map packs for the Call of Duty franchise have now been sold. That’s not just Modern…
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