Monthly Archives: January 2010
Fri, Jan 15, 2010 | 09:15 GMT
New GT5 screens, video released, still looks awesome
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Posted in: Hot, PS3, Racing, Sony
Tags: gran turismo 5, Polyphony Digital
Fri, Jan 15, 2010 | 08:50 GMT
Volition’s “Secret Project X” is probably Saints Row 3
THQ-owned Volition appears to have put Red Faction: Guerrilla to bed: it’s now flaunting a “Secret Project X” on its site’s “games” page.
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Posted in: Action, Development, Hot, PC, PS3, THQ, Xbox 360
Tags: saints row, saints row 3, volition
Fri, Jan 15, 2010 | 08:22 GMT
Tell Visceral what you want in the Dead Space 2 CE
Visceral’s asking for help on what to include in the Dead Space 2 Collector’s Edition. Speak now, Isaac fans.
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Posted in: Action, EA, Horror, Hot, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: dead space 2, visceral games
Fri, Jan 15, 2010 | 07:16 GMT
Analyst: DS2 will be announced “within the next eight months”
Nintendo may have sold a stupefying 11.2 million DS units in the US last year, but that isn’t going to stop Nintendo announcing a full hardware revision this year, if EEDAR’s to be believed.
Fri, Jan 15, 2010 | 07:01 GMT
New God of War III screens are just amazing
Andriasang’s got a new set of hi-res God of War III shots, and they’re not going to do anything for your nerves if March is already too far away.
Fri, Jan 15, 2010 | 06:22 GMT
December ’09 and year-end NPD – everything on one place
Now hold up there, cowgirl. Don’t you dare go missing those amazing year-end stats from the US last night. Hit the links for everything: people nearly died to bring you these, so read them. Wii, eh?
Fri, Jan 15, 2010 | 06:17 GMT
US PSN update – Much ado about a bunch of nothing
Normally, we don’t call out Sony for providing a slim update to its PSN service, we just usually say its “thin this week” because we are a nice bunch of folks.
Not so today. It’s rather dismal. Blame the holidays if you like, but its still pretty shabby.
Read on below the break just in case, though.
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Posted in: America, PS3, PSN, PSP, PlayStation Store, Sony
Tags: psn updates
Fri, Jan 15, 2010 | 06:18 GMT
NPD December 2009: Nintendo finishes the year with multiple sales records
Nintendo has responded to tonight’s December NPDs, citing Wii’s best month in history, and DS’ best calender year “of all time”.
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Posted in: America, DS, Hot, Nintendo, Retail, Trade, Wii
Tags: december npd 2009, year-end npd 2009
Fri, Jan 15, 2010 | 14:28 GMT
NPD year-end 2009: Industry totals $20.2 billion, declines 8% YoY
NPD issued its US games industry figures for December 2009 tonight, and along with the monthly report, it also revealed overall sales for the year in full.
Fri, Jan 15, 2010 | 06:19 GMT
NPD December ’09 – Uncharted 2 passes a miliion in US, says SCEA
SCEA confirmed tonight that Uncharted 2: Among Thieves has sold 1 million units since it went on sale in October.
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Posted in: Action, America, Hot, PS3, Sony, Trade
Tags: december npd 2009, naughty dog, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Fri, Jan 15, 2010 | 06:20 GMT
NPD December ’09 – Microsoft: 2009 was a “breakthrough year” for 360
Microsoft has responded to tonight’s NPD figures, saying it was a “breakthrough year” for Xbox 360.
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Posted in: Hot, Microsoft, Xbox 360
Tags: december npd 2009
Fri, Jan 15, 2010 | 01:29 GMT
December NPD ’09 – Modern Warfare 2 biggest selling PS3 title in the US during 2009, says SCEA
SCEA’s confirmed that the biggest selling title for the PS3 during 2009 was – surprise, surprise – Modern Warfare 2.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, PS3, Shooter, Sony, Trade
Tags: december npd 2009, infinity ward, modern warfare 2
Fri, Jan 15, 2010 | 06:21 GMT
NPD December 2009: Sony says it was a “great year” for PS3
In response to tonight’s December NPD figures for 2009, Sony has claimed that it was a “great year for PS3″, with the console seeing a double digit growth of 22 percent for the calender year with 4.3 million in total, compared to 3.8 million in 2008.
Fri, Jan 15, 2010 | 01:21 GMT
December NPD ’09 – Wii sells 3.8 million, PS3 edges 360
Amazing.
The latest NPD for the month of December 2009 has revealed Wii was the biggest hardware winner, with a staggering 3.8 million units sold
Fri, Jan 15, 2010 | 06:21 GMT
NPD December 2009: Super Mario Bros. Wii tops with 2.8M copies
NPD has released the software figures for December 2009, and it looks like New Super Mario Bros Wii outdid Modern Warfare 2 for the month.
Fri, Jan 15, 2010 | 06:13 GMT
December NPD ’09 – raw data
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Posted in: Hot, Trade
Tags: december npd 2009, npd
Thu, Jan 14, 2010 | 22:45 GMT
Japanese software charts – Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep tops
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep has topped the Japanese sales, having moved 446,000 units during its first two days on the market.
Thu, Jan 14, 2010 | 22:29 GMT
Nintendo plans to focus on its DSi brand in 2010
Nintendo has said that this year, it plans to increase focus on the DSi brand, while continuing to manufacture DS Lite and bringing its new DSi XL to shops.
Fri, Jan 15, 2010 | 02:14 GMT
SEGA wanted Dreamcast to be compatible with original Xbox
Rumors abounding for years state that at one time, Microsoft planned to buy SEGA. Being gamers, most of you have heard this rumor.
What you may not have heard, though, was that at one time, SEGA wanted its Dreamcast games to be compatible with the original Xbox.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Sega, Xbox, hardware
Tags: bill gates, dreamcast, isao okawa, peter moore, sega dreamcast
Thu, Jan 14, 2010 | 21:29 GMT
PSP Digital Comics Store update – 46 comics added to service
Sony has added a massive amount of comics to its Digital Comics Store, 46 to be precise, with highlights including the newly released: Army of Two no.1, Wormwood, and more.
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Posted in: PSN, PSP, PlayStation Store, Sony
Tags: psp digital comics, psp digital comics store update
Ace Attorney 5 in the works, original trilogy getting HD brush up