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Pachter: New Xbox Accounted For 40 Percent of US Sales
By now you probably know Michael Pachter, the Wedbush Morgan analyst for video games and his own web-show. Pachter has said that the new Xbox 360 Slim accounted for 40% of Microsoft’s overall sales in the US in June 2010. The contributing factor has been the pride drop rather than the introduction of a new […]
Nintendo 3DS To Launch In March 2011?
According to VG247, “Nintendo is telling UK publishers 3DS will release in Britain next March.” “Nintendo is apparently touring British companies for meetings relating to the machine”, reads VG247. Commenting on the rumor, Nintendo UK said, “That’s rumour and speculation as we’ve not announced any date for 3DS.” Nintendo’s official statement is that 3DS will […]
Xbox 360 Slim UK Release Exceeds PS2, PS3 Slim Launches, Says Chart-Track
Chart-Track a UK company that monitors retail sales of music, video and software in the UK reports that the launch of Xbox 360 Slim in the UK has surpassed those of both PS3 and PS3 Slim. The report states: “Microsoft’s new, improved, slimmer Xbox 360 console, the Xbox 360 250GB (or Xbox 360S) achieves the […]
Details On The Huge Dragon Age Patch From BioWare
BioWare is prepping a huge patch for both Dragon Age: Origins and its expansion, Awakening. For the full list of fixes, head on to BioWare’s forum. The PC patch is complete and will release in July 19 2010. The patch will release on PS3 and Xbox 360 as soon as it passes certification on the […]
Killzone 3 Will Have More Responsive Controls, Says Guerrilla
Guerrilla has updated the Killzone site with info on how Killzone 3 will control. The developers wanted “to keep the unique sense of weight in the game while ramping up the accuracy and responsiveness of the controls. Our first priority when we started working on the controls for Killzone 3 was to listen closely to […]
Bungie Answers All Your Halo: Reach Questions And More
Can’t get enough of Halo: Reach? Bungie has got you covered in its weekly update. This week Bungie answers many community questions, touches on a variety of Reach campaign specifics, including how the game will treat newbies, how past Halo entries have affected the design of Reach, how Bungie went about setting the campaign’s dark […]
Kane & Lynch 2 Demo Coming Next Week On PS3
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days demo will be available to PlayStation users next week for download. Previously, the demo was only available on Xbox 360 redeemed via tokens handed out by Square Enix. PlayStation Plus subscribers will get early access to the demo on July 20 2010 and it will be available to everyone […]
Check Out New F1 2010 Gameplay Video
Saddened by the news that F1 2010 will have no demo?
To cheer you up, Codemasters has released a new gameplay video featuring Spa in the dry. Check it out […]
No Demo For F1 2010, Says Codemasters
F1 2010 is Codemaster’s take on the Formula 1 racing. Sadly, there will be no demo available to sample the game. Codemasters community manager Ian Webster has said on the game’s official forums, “Due to the nature of the game, and its layers of licensed content, it will not be possible to make a cut-down, […]
StarCraft II Cost More Than $100 Million To Develop
[Update] This has been an error on part of the Wall Street Journal. It was actually World of Warcraft that took $100 million to develop. A Wall Street Journal article reports that Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick, has said that Blizard has so much faith in StarCraft II that it has spent more than $100 […]
PS3 Limits 3D Games To 720p
Sony’s senior development manager, Simon Benson has said that 3D games on PS3 will be limited to 720p. Games that natively run in 1080p will be downscaled to 720p when using 3D, even though the PS3 is capable of displaying 1080p 3D images. The reason is that running 3D games at 1080p comes at the […]
Killzone 3 Gets Rid Of Loading Screens
You read that right. Killzone 3 does not have any loading screens, the game is practically “streamed”. In an interview with Hurman Hulst, CEO of Guerrilla Games, he said “We’re excited what the PS3 can do for us and what we can do for it… (speaking of loading screens), literally everything is streamed now”. Killzone […]
StarCraft II PC System Requirements Released
Blizzard just confirmed the PC system requirements to Big Download. Can your PC survive the onslaught of the Zerg? Minimum System Requirements: PC: Windows XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7 (Latest Service Packs) with DirectX 9.0c 2.6 GHz Pentium IV or equivalent AMD Athlon processor 128 MB PCIe NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT or ATI Radeon 9800 PRO video […]
Halo: Reach Gets Limited Collectors Edition
Bungie has announced a special limited edition for Halo: Reach. For $80, you get goodies such as in-game items, a custom case, art book and others. Halo: Reach is scheduled to release in September 14 2010 (USA) only on Xbox 360.
