Monthly Archives: February 2010
Wed, Feb 03, 2010 | 15:01 GMT
Report – Global game unit sales declined by 8% in 2009
GfK-ChartTrack has released a report on the state of global gaming in 2009, and found that unit sales declined by 8 percent worldwide, totaling 379.3 million units.
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Posted in: America, Charts, Financials, Hot, Japan, Retail, Trade, UK
Tags: enterbrain, GfK-ChartTrack, Inc, npd, Top Global Markets
Wed, Feb 03, 2010 | 14:20 GMT
EB Games pushing for R18 rating in Australia
Retailer EB Games has launched a petition in Australia to try and help the fight to legalise an R18 classification in the country.
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Posted in: Australia, Politics, Retail
Tags: Attonery General Michael Atkinson, eb games, Steve Wilson
Wed, Feb 03, 2010 | 14:06 GMT
Analyst: “Darksiders didn’t perform up to THQ’s expectations”
THQ’s Darksiders hasn’t made muster at retail, according to one analyst, who predicted that Vigil’s adventure missed company “expectations.”
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Posted in: Action, PS3, THQ, Xbox 360
Tags: darksiders, vigil games
Wed, Feb 03, 2010 | 13:51 GMT
Gas Powered Games to announce “next big thing” on February 15
Gas Powered Games is set to announce its next project on Monday, February 15 according to the studio’s Chris Taylor.
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Posted in: Hot, Square Enix
Tags: chris taylor, Gas Powered Games, supreme commander 2
Wed, Feb 03, 2010 | 15:02 GMT
Chart-Track: Modern Warfare 2 world’s biggest game in 2009
Chart-Track’s put out its global sales analysis for 2009, claiming Modern Warfare 2 was the biggest title last year on a world level with sales of 11.86 million units.
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Posted in: Action, Activision Blizzard, America, Hot, Japan, PC, PS3, Shooter, Trade, UK, Xbox 360
Tags: GfK Chart-Track, infinity ward, modern warfare 2
Wed, Feb 03, 2010 | 13:19 GMT
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands scanned in Spanish mag
Spanish mag Micromania’s scooped a cover feature on the upcoming Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands. Some enterprising soul’s scanned the lot and put it on the internet.
Wed, Feb 03, 2010 | 13:06 GMT
First shots of NBA Jam reboot released, still looks bonkers
EA’s released the first shots of its reboot of NBA Jam. It’s still in 2D, and still looks properly bonkers. That’s a good thing, by the way.
Wed, Feb 03, 2010 | 13:03 GMT
Splinter Cell: Conviction gets three new shots
Ubi’s put out three new Splinter Cell: Conviction shots, showing red goggles and an AK for Sam.
Wed, Feb 03, 2010 | 12:55 GMT
Kojima: KP keen to make another home console title
Speaking in the latest issue of Famitsu, Hideo Kojima has spoken of his studio’s interest to make another title for the home consoles.
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Posted in: Hot, Konami, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: hideo kojima, kojima productions, metal gear solid rising, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
Wed, Feb 03, 2010 | 12:43 GMT
Forza dev starts work on “next big thing”
Turn 10 has started work on its next major game, it’s been confirmed to VG247, with the studio now looking at how to turn car games into a “way of life”.
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Posted in: Hot, Microsoft, Racing, Xbox 360
Tags: Dan Greenawalt, forza 3, forza 4, forza motorsport, forza motorsport 3
Wed, Feb 03, 2010 | 12:30 GMT
Star Ocean PS3 gets new CG-tastic shots
Square’s released some new shots of Star Ocean: The Last Hope: International Version, coming to PS3 next week.
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Posted in: PS3, RPG, Square Enix
Tags: Star Ocean: The Last Hope International Version
Wed, Feb 03, 2010 | 15:30 GMT
Report – Take Two to drop 20% of global workforce [Update]
Update 2: Take-Two says redundancies are at the corporate level only. More through here.
Update 1: Just got this from a Take-Two rep: “No comment at this stage, I’m afraid.”
Original: According to MCV, Take-Two is to drop over 20 percent of its global workforce.
Wed, Feb 03, 2010 | 12:46 GMT
Interview: Forza Motorsport’s Dan Greenawalt
By far the most significant racing release of 2009 was Turn 10′s Forza Motorsport 3. Thanks to both the studio’s delivery of a superb package and GT5′s belligerent absence, the 360 sim has become an immediate essential in the genre, racking up 13 million hours of Live play it just over three months.
We were lucky enough to grab some time with the game’s director, Dan Greenawalt, on the title itself, the IP’s future, Gran Turismo 5 and plenty more.
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Posted in: Hot, Interview, Microsoft, Racing, Xbox 360
Tags: Dan Greenawalt, forza 3, forza motorsport 3, turn 10
Wed, Feb 03, 2010 | 11:14 GMT
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 gets destructive new shots
EA’s shipped out a couple of new screens for Battlefield: Bad Company 2′s single-player.
Get them below.
Wed, Feb 03, 2010 | 10:14 GMT
Activision appoints new Guitar Hero CEO
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Music, Rhythm action
Tags: Dan Rosenweig, David Haddad, guitar hero, Mike Griffith
Wed, Feb 03, 2010 | 10:35 GMT
Visceral: “No plans” to do Dante’s Inferno II
Visceral Games’ producer Jonathan Knight has said in an interview the studio currently has no plans to develop a sequel to Dante’s Inferno.
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Posted in: EA, Horror, Hot, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: dante's inferno, Dante's Inferno II, dead space 2, Jonathan Knight, visceral games
Wed, Feb 03, 2010 | 09:06 GMT
Codemasters denies US office is set to close
Responding to an IGN rumour this morning, Codemasters UK has denied its US office is to close, but has confirmed that three marketing staff have been laid off.
Wed, Feb 03, 2010 | 08:55 GMT
GoW III scans are properly, properly epic
Some new God of War III scans have appeared from the latest issue of OPM France.
Properly, properly epic is how we’d describe them.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PS3, Sony
Tags: god of war III, Studio Santa Monica
Ace Attorney 5 in the works, original trilogy getting HD brush up