-
Plus: Minkley’s Meat Ceiling spotted.
All downloadable PopCap games are half-price from the PopCap website until Monday, 29th November.
This excludes any bundle deals or game packs.
PopCap, a renowned puzzle maker, is responsible for Plants vs. Zombies (9/10 – Eurogamer), Zuma’s Revenge (8/10 – Eurogamer), Peggle Deluxe (9/10 – Eurogamer) and Bejeweled 3 (out on 7th December) – to name a few.
-
Is a direct sequel to Oblivion.
Bethesda Game Studios is hard at work on the fifth game in the Elder Scrolls series, according to a new report.
It’s a direct sequel to 2006’s stonking great fantasy role-playing game Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Eurogamer Denmark said.
We’ve asked the author of the story, Eurogamer Denmark Editor-in-chief Kristian West, to translate into English for us (apparently Google doesn’t do it justice). Here’s what he said:
-
Without it, it’s an AI-only game.
You’ll only be able to play Polyphony Digital’s PlayStation 3 exclusive racer Gran Turismo 5 online if you download a day one update, Eurogamer can reveal.
Sony’s confirmed gamers will need to download the 133MB update before they play the game if they want to take their racing skills online.
The update takes Gran Turismo 5 up to version 1.01, and adds online community features.
-
Plus: Tame raid boss Chromaggus.
Today, World of Warcraft will be torn asunder by a very angry dragon called Deathwing – weeks ahead of the 7th December Cataclysm expansion launch.
In patch 4.0.3a (due later), The Shattering will transform Azeroth as we know it; sprouting lush life in an unlikely Desolace and goring a great scar through The Barrens. And much more.
Most Cataclysm content will be available bar the new zones, races, ability to fly your mount in Azeroth and level 80+ quests and loot. You can even watch the new Cataclysm cinematic when you load World of Warcraft.
-
ShopTo at the moment.
Perhaps the biggest PlayStation 3 exclusive ever goes on sale at midnight tonight: Gran Turismo 5.
As you’d expect, shops are scrambling to offer gamers the best deal possible, knocking pounds off of the £49.99 RRP like a butcher slicing meat.
Because we know it can be a bit confusing working out the best deal, we’ve done it for you, listing all the major players’ deals at the time of publishing. Buckle up.
-
EB Games Australia raise eyebrows to celebrate the launch of GT5; all cars collected to be donated to charity.
Get the full article at GameSpot
“Trade-in toy cars towards GT5 Down Under” was posted by James Kozanecki on Mon, 22 Nov 2010 18:40:51 -0800 -
[UPDATE] Over two weeks after the Kinect launch, Microsoft’s second console celebrates half-decade on the market.
Five years ago today, the first Xbox 360s were handed out at Microsoft’s Zero-hour event in the Southern California desert. A half-decade later, the console celebrated its fifth birthday with a worldwide sales tally of now over 45 million units sold and a track record of both highs and lows.
One of those lows came right after the console’s launch, when both the harddrive-less $300 Xbox 360 Core and 20GB $400 Xbox 360 Pro were in short supply for months. Once stocks of the console were re-established, it came under criticism for its loud fan and an increasingly common problem called the “Red Ring of Death” resulting from overheating. Eventually, Microsoft would pay over $1 billion to extend the warranty of consoles to three years from their production dates.
On the software side, the Xbox 360 launched with 18 titles, including Call of Duty 2, Condemned: Criminal Origins, Madden NFL 06, and Need for Speed: Most Wanted. It would go on to offer a wide selection of both third party favorites such as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Fallout 3, as well as hit first-party exclusives such as Halo 3, Halo: Reach, and, most recently, Fable III.
While the original Xbox’s life cycle lasted from 2001 to 2005, the Xbox 360 will likely be around well beyond five years. In June, Microsoft released the new slimline version of the console, which sported a quieter cooling system and new 40nm chipset with a 250GB hard drive for just $300. (A $200 4GB version of the smaller console was introduced in August.) Last month, Microsoft introduced Kinect, the heavily hyped motion-sensing system which is intended to extend the console’s life cycle for several more years.
Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot
“Xbox 360 turns five, sales hit 45 million” was posted by Tor Thorsen on Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:30:28 -0800 -
Plus, E-readers more popular than PS3?
The iPad is at the top of your average kid’s Christmas list, according to new research – well above traditional gaming consoles.
A recent Nielsen poll, as reported by Gamasutra, revealed that 31 per cent of all six to 12 year olds surveyed were “interested in buying” an iPad in the next six months, compared to just 12 per cent who coveted an Xbox 360.
The top 10 looked like this:
-
Above: The original Reboot Ralph?Ever hear of a movie called ‘Joe Jump?’ It was a Disney flick about a washed-up videogame character, but it never quite… happened. But, like our yet erstwhile protagonist, Disney hasn’t given up on him yet… …
-
News
Call of Duty ‘box art gets pistols wrong,’ says real Black Ops veteran (Call of Duty: Black Ops)
Wolfgang Hammersmith is a real Black Ops veteran. When he first set out to write “Beyond Call of Duty: Gunfight! 10 True Stories from Modern Warfare and Black Ops,” a book chronicling his wartime experiences, Hammersmith originally thought his audience would be restricted to military history buffs. It turns out that it’s gamers who are most interested Hammersmith’s real-life experiences. Speaking to Gamasutra, Hammersmith shared his thoughts on Call of Duty series, and also pointed out an interesting error on Call of Duty: Black Ops’ box art… …
