Monthly Archives: November 2010
Thu, Nov 11, 2010 | 22:38 GMT
The 3rd Birthday TSG trailer – now with more English
Square Enix has re-released its TGS trailer for The 3rd Birthday, this time with English subtitles.
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Posted in: Action, PSP, Shooter, Square Enix
Tags: The 3rd Birthday
Thu, Nov 11, 2010 | 22:14 GMT
Durkin: Kinect can “track some” usage and possibly “cater what content gets presented to you”
Dennis Durkin, Xbox’s chief operating officer,has said Kinect can provide Microsoft with the means to track consumer usage thus offering the customer experiences which they would be interested in.
Thu, Nov 11, 2010 | 21:20 GMT
GFWL Marketplace update hitting November 15
Microsoft plans to relaunch Games For Windows Live as a web-based store on Monday, adding Marketplace to the title.
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Posted in: Microsoft, PC
Tags: GFWL update
Thu, Nov 11, 2010 | 20:48 GMT
Atari financials: Revenue down 58% for first half of year, Yars’ Revenge coming to PSN/XBL/PC
Atari has released its financial results for the first half of the fiscal year ending September 30, and the report shows a 58 percent loss in revenue for the firm.
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Posted in: Atari, Financials, PC, PSN, Retail, Trade, Xbox Live
Tags: atari first hald financials 2010, Yars' Revenge
Thu, Nov 11, 2010 | 20:35 GMT
Miyamoto says his favorite Mario game is Super Mario World
Shigeru Miyamoto has said his favorite Nintendo game starring Mario was Super Mario World for the SNES, which likely has to do with finally being technologically able to give Mario a dinosaur companion like he always wanted.
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Posted in: Development, Hot, Nintendo
Tags: miyamoto, shigeru miyamoto, snes, Super Mario World, Super Ninetendo
Thu, Nov 11, 2010 | 19:51 GMT
THQ’s Farrell: $59.99 price point is “keeping people out” of gaming
THQ CEO Brian Farrell believes games need to be less expensive, otherwise, there’s a risk of losing new customers.
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Posted in: Retail, THQ, Trade
Tags: brian farrell
Thu, Nov 11, 2010 | 19:36 GMT
Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood videos show Rome, Ezio
FirstPlay has released a couple of videos for Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, and the spotlight is on the city of Rome and Ezio’s mad skills.
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Posted in: Action, PC, PS3, Ubisoft, Xbox 360
Tags: ac: brotherhood, acb, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, brotherhood
Thu, Nov 11, 2010 | 20:58 GMT
EA shows off its Create puzzler with two new videos
EA has released two new videos for its puzzler Create, which provides players with different types of challenges to be bested using “thinking and problem-solving”.
Thu, Nov 11, 2010 | 18:51 GMT
Capcom releases new art and trailer for Bionic Commando Rearmed 2
Anyone else think Sergeant Dean Wilcox looks like Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, the People’s Eyebrow and all?
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, Capcom, PSN, Xbox Live
Tags: bionic commando, bionic commando: rearmed 2
Thu, Nov 11, 2010 | 18:35 GMT
Nintendo: US Wii installed base is 8.5 million more than 360, and 16.9 million more than PS3
NOA’s Reggie Fils-Aime revealed some figured during his talk at the BMO Capitals Market presentation in New York today, and according to Nintendo’s figures, its installed base is larger than any of the competitors.
Thu, Nov 11, 2010 | 18:14 GMT
Japanese software charts Nov. 1-7: God Eater Burst devours Mario All-Stars, again
Last week, God Eater Burst took the top spot on the Japanese software charts, moving the Super Mario Collection to the number three spot with a bit of help from Winning Eleven 2011 (Pro Evo 11).
This week, Mario clawed his way back toward the top, but was still bested by God Eater Burst which moved 4,986 units more than Nintendo’s offering.
Thu, Nov 11, 2010 | 17:41 GMT
Coming soon to XBLM: Alien Breed 3 and Crazy Taxi for 800 MSP
Major Nelson has posted a list of games heading to Xbox Live Marketplace, and along with Alien Breed 3 and Crazy Taxi, there’s some nice Deals of the Week and game add-ons listed as well.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: avatars, coming soon to xbl, deal of the week, Games on Demand
Thu, Nov 11, 2010 | 17:22 GMT
Drake: Harmonix sale won’t affect games, “several buyers” being courted
Harmonix PR John Drake has assured that Viacom’s just-announced sale of the firm won’t impact support of its current properties.
Thu, Nov 11, 2010 | 17:49 GMT
New L.A. Noire trailer is a go, spring 2011 release confirmed
As promised earlier this week, Rockstar’s released the first new trailer of LA Noire in four years.
Get reacquainted with the game in a whole new way below.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PS3, Rockstar, Xbox 360
Tags: L.A. Noire, team bondi
Thu, Nov 11, 2010 | 16:48 GMT
Shogun 2: Total War releasing March 15 worldwide
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Posted in: Hot, PC, Sega, Strategy
Tags: creative assembly, Shogun 2: Total War
Thu, Nov 11, 2010 | 17:03 GMT
Analysts predict Xbox 360 will top October NPD charts
Industry analysts Michael Pachter and Jesse Divnich have donned their prediction hats and are expecting a repeat performance from Xbox 360 on the October US sales chart.
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Posted in: America, Apple, Charts, Hot, Microsoft, Nintendo, Retail, Sony, Trade
Tags: EEDAR, Jesse Divnich, michael pachter, october 2010 npd, october npd
Thu, Nov 11, 2010 | 16:24 GMT
Reggie: “The holidays are more important to Nintendo than to other manufacturers”
Reggie Fils-Aime has said Nintendo expects Wii to do very well during the holiday shopping period this year, despite high-profile offerings from rival console manufacturers.
Thu, Nov 11, 2010 | 15:48 GMT
Home patch 1.4 is live, adds LittleBigDerby and other goodies
Sony has released patch 1.4 for Home, and it slyly added a LittleBigPlanet paintball game to it right under our noses.
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Posted in: Home, PS3, PSN, Sony
Tags: home update 1.4, littlebigderby
2K Marin staff working on second major project