Nintendo DS Moving Closer to 100M In Lifetime Sales January 29, 2009 6:28 pm
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Nintendo has released their hardware sales figures for the April 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008 period as well as life-to-date totals. The biggest bit of news from the report is that the Nintendo DS handheld is inching closer to 100 million sales worldwide.
The handheld has sold 25.67 million units in Japan, 31.93 million units in the Americas and 38.62 million in other territories for a total of 96.22 million units sold life-to-date.
Nintendo’s Wii is also doing incredibly well for the company, selling through 44.96 million units life-to-date (7.80 million in Japan, 20.40 million in the Americas and 16.76 million in other territories).
Boom Blox Bash Party Coming This Spring January 29, 2009 2:28 pm
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Electronics Arts and Steven Spielberg last night announced that a sequel to the Nintendo Wii title Boom Blox, is hitting the console sometime this Spring. Boom Blox Bash Party’s focus will be on polishing the experience and offering new features, such as new blocks, new tools, new actions, new multiplayer modes and new characters.
Here’s what Steven Spielberg said about the announcement:
Boom Blox Bash Party is a wild social gaming experience. We know families and friends really enjoyed playing the original Boom Blox together, so we designed more explosive multiplayer experiences with Boom Blox Bash Party.
Source: Reuters
New Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars Images January 28, 2009 3:40 pm
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Some new images from Take Two’s highly anticipated release of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for the Nintendo DS (box art pictured above), have been released.
Check out more images over at MultiPlayerNetwork.
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars hits the Nintendo DS on March 17, 2009.
New Final Fantasy XIII Trailer January 28, 2009 3:22 pm
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A new trailer for Square-Enix’s Final Fantasy XIII has gone live. Watch it embedded below.
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Warner Bros. Working on Tomb Raider Reboot January 28, 2009 3:18 pm
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Warner Bros. and producer Dan Lin are in early development on a reboot of Tomb Raider, based on the popular video game series.
The new project will reimagine the origins of the character, her love interest and the main villain. An actress to take on the role, played by Angelina Jolie in the prior two films, will likely come after a write and director are attached.
Released in 2001, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider grossed $274.7 million worldwide, while the sequel grossed a less impressive $156.5 million in 2003.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
New Songs Added to Rock Band Wii January 28, 2009 3:00 pm
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Harmonix and MTV Games have announced the addition of six new tracks to the Rock Band Music Store catalog for the Nintendo Wii. The tracks, each of which will cost 200 Wii points ($2), include “Siva” (Smashing Pumpkins), “Just What I Needed” (The Cars), “Tell Me Baby” (Red Hot Chili Peppers), “Gimme Three Steps” (Lynryd Skynyrd), “Live Forever” (Oasis) and “Attack” (30 Seconds to Mars).
The songs are already available to Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 owners.
Dead Rising 2 Going Multiplatform January 28, 2009 2:54 pm
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The latest issue of Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu, reports that Capcom is calling 2009 “the year of multiplatform”, with plans to release multiplatform games for both the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. The big get is the sequel to the previously 360 exclusive title Dead Rising. The sequel has been confirmed and will hit both systems in 2009.
Capcom does promise some special exclusives for the 360 version, however.
Source: PS3 Center
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II Multiplayer Beta Goes Live January 27, 2009 7:38 pm
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The multiplayer beta for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II, from game publisher THQ, has gone live (as of 7:01pm ET/12:01am GMT). You can download the beta on Games for Window – LIVE as well as Steam.
The full press release follows after the jump.
Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings Trailer January 27, 2009 7:20 pm
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LucasArts has released the trailer for their upcoming Wii-based game Indiana Jones and the Staff of the Kings. The game will also be released on the DS as well as a currently un-named Playstation system — could be the PS2, PS3 or PSP, or a combination of all three.
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New Trailer for Ghostbusters: The Video Game December 4, 2008 6:54 pm
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Terminal Reality has released a brand new trailer of Ghostbusters: The Video Game. Not only does the game look great, but this is the first time we’ve heard voice work from the original cast: Bill Murray, Dan Akroyd, Harrold Ramis and Earnie Hudson. Check it out below.
Ghostbusters: The Video Game will be released on the Xbox 360, Sony PS3, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS and PC June 2009.
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“Batman: Arkham Asylum” Video Game August 19, 2008 5:49 pm
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While there won’t be a videogame released based on the hit film The Dark Knight, at least not at the moment, there will be a new Batman game. Featuring a story written by Paul Dini, EA has announced that they’ll be releasing Batman: Arkham Asylum in 2009. Click here to check out some scans from the game.
Source: Game Informer
Vivendi and Sony Partner for “Ghostbusters” Video Game November 15, 2007 10:42 pm
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Vivendi Games and Sony Pictures are partnering up to turn Ghostbusters into a videogame franchise, and the original cast is on board. The first title, to be released under Vivendi’s Sierra label, is set to debut in the fall of 2008.
“Biohazard/Resident Evil” Cartoon Planned for 2008 October 31, 2007 4:28 pm
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Sony and Capcom to ream on Biohazard/Residen Evil cartoon.
August NPD Software and Hardware Sales September 13, 2007 8:37 pm
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Nintendo remained on top with the two best selling consoles. The two consoles combined to sell nearly 787,000 units.
This marks the 10th consecutive month in which the Wii (#1 – 403,600) and DS (#2 – 383,300) have held the top two spots on the chart, and the second in a row in which the Wii overtook the DS.
Nintendo Virtual Console Releases June 18, 2007 2:28 pm
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It’s Monday, which means a new batch of releases for Nintendo Wii’s Virtual Console service The three games released today are NES Open Tournament Golf (NES), World Sports Competition (TurboGrafx-16) and Bloody Wolf (TurboGrafx-16).
US Video Game Hardware/Software Sales for April May 18, 2007 1:26 pm
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The Nintendo brand continues to sell amazingly well, while Sony is still stuck in neutral with their new Playstation 3, which was the second to last selling system for the month, only able to outsell last generation’s Nintendo GameCube.
“Halo 3” Dated: September, 25 May 16, 2007 4:34 pm
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Microsoft today announced the release date of their highly anticipated video game for the Xbox 360, Halo 3. The game will be released on Tuesday, September 25.
Sony Sets Launch Date for PS3 in Europe January 27, 2007 3:06 pm
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Sony has officially set the launch information for the European and Australian debut of the Sony Playstation 3.
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Sets Single Day Record January 25, 2007 5:00 pm
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Blizzard announced in a press release that Burning Crusade, the expansion pack to the worldwide hit World of Warcraft sold more than 2.3M copies in its first 24 hours of release, making it the fastest selling PC game ever in North America and Europe.
World of Warcraft subscriber base reaches 8 million January 11, 2007 9:31 pm
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Ahead of the release of the anticipated expansion, World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade (due January 16), developer Blizzard has announced that the number of WoW players worldwide has exceeded eight million.
“Dead Rising” reaches one million units January 11, 2007 9:12 pm
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Capcom has announced that they have shipped over one million copies of the Xbox 360 exclusive “Dead Rising” around the world insix months.
Mario is #1 in sales January 11, 2007 12:30 pm
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The Mario franchise is the number one bestselling game franchise, selling a total of 193 million, followed by Pokémon with 155 million.
Microsft Zune to be Video Game equipped by July 2008 January 10, 2007 6:49 pm
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Microsoft Corp. said that they expect to introduce video games for its Zune music player within 18 months, in an effort to stay on equal footing with Apple Inc.’s iPod.
The Zune hasn’t had much success against the Apple iPod, selling in the “..hundreds of thousands”, according to Robbie Bach, president of the Entertainment and Devices division of Microsoft.
Source: — [Bloomberg.com] — Microsoft Will Add Video Games to Zune by July 2008
Nintendo Wii Hardware Sales at 4 million January 7, 2007 8:35 pm
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VGCharts, which is a website dedicated to keeping track of videogame hardware and software sales, has the Nintendo Wii at 4 million sales worldwide. It’s unclear how accurate this is because VGCharts does not release their source. We should soon get a report from Nintendo relating to if they have hit their 1 year sales goal.
The charts also show the numbers for the Xbox 360 and PS3. If the numbers hold, this would be great news for Nintendo and its fans for their hopes to claim the number 1 spot this generation.
Following are the breakdowns for each region.
Wii- 4.00 million
Japan- 1.2 million
Americas-1.86 million
Other Regions- 0.94
Xbox 360 – 8.34million
Japan- 0.32
Americas-5.38 million
Other Regions-2.64 million
PS3- Total 1.40 million
Japan-0.55
Americas-0.86
Other Regions- 0.0
Source: — [VGCharts]
Second version of Xbox 360 revealed January 5, 2007 8:11 pm
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Engadget has an article up detailing a possible new model of the Xbox 360 console. The unit (codenamed Zephyr) will feature a new 65nm processor (for cooler operation) as well as an added HDMI port for full 1080p output (the current Xbox 360 does allow 1080p output, but its limited only to those with a VGA cable, which is an analog connection. 1080i/720p is also output through a Component cable).
The site also reports from their source that the system may come bundled with a 120GB hard drive. No other details including price or release have been announced.
Head on over to Engadget for the scoop.
Source: — [Engadget] — The second Xbox 360 revealed: codename Zephyr
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