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One louder.
Here’s what we were picking from: Out This Week.
It was never going to match last week for quality – but the quantity continued as the games industry tipped another skip-load of new releases into the shops in week two of the seasonal rush. And this week, it seemed like there was something in the water.
“Albion! Where everything you touch turns to fun,” sang Tom of Fable III, apparently experimenting with reviewing videogames in the style of an MGM musical. Which was appropriate, considering the spring in this lovely game’s step although unlike Brigadoon, it’s British to the core. It may not be the revolutionary RPG we wanted, but it’s a wonderful place to be, and it’s just for us.
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New Wii title ends the handheld RPG’s five-week rule over the charts.Pokemon Black/White has been knocked off the top of the Japanese software charts by Super Mario All-Stars on Wii for the week ending October 24.
The Wii game, released as part the 25th anniversary celebrations of Super Mario Bros., made its chart debut with 307,755 units sold. Pokemon Black/White sales declined from 168,541 units the previous week to 81,915.
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Plus: MS research spend up $65 million.
The global total of Xbox 360 consoles sold now stands at 44.6 million, Microsoft has announced. And the game-per-console attach rate has risen to 8.9.
Those figures arrive after an “exceptional” three month performance by the house that Bill Gates built – particularly the Entertainment and Devices Division.
From the start of July to the end of September, Microsoft sold 2.8 million Xbox 360s worldwide – 38 per cent more than during the same period last year.
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You’ll just have to wait, says Microsoft.
A word of warning to anyone who receives a Kinect game in advance of the official release date – trying to boot it up could leave you unable to access Xbox Live.
The problem was spotted by Joystiq. Apparently when playing the new discs you’re asked to download an update, but you won’t be able to do so – and that will mean you can no longer sign in to Live.
“Due to a retailer error, a very small number of customers were shipped copies of a Kinect game ahead of launch,” Microsoft said in a statement.
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Hybrid coming to XBLA next year.
5th Cell, the studio which brought us the Scribblenauts series, is hard at work on a brand new game.
Titled Hybrid, it’s a third-person shooter set in a post-apocalyptic landscape. Despite this, 5th Cell is promising “a completely new gameplay experience never seen before in the genre”.
A new site is up over at Whatishybrid.com, complete with teaser trailers and storyline snippets. It seems there are two sides at war, the Paladins or the Variants, and not all the characters in the game are human.
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Sony Computer Entertainment Australia drops A$200 ($195) off the RRP of its HDD-only handheld console.
Get the full article at GameSpot
“PSP Go price slashed Down Under” was posted by James Kozanecki on Thu, 28 Oct 2010 18:47:57 -0700 -
17-year-old game sells by the bucketload.
Super Mario All-Stars: 25th Anniversary Edition has topped the charts in Japan after its first week on sale.
The game unseated the all-conquering Pokémon Black/White, selling an impressive 308,000 copies in the process.
The Wii re-release gathers together SNES-era remakes of the first three Super Mario Bros. games and bundles in a commemorative booklet and CD soundtrack.
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Zipper Interactive’s 256-player online shooter expands next month with new capture-and-hold gametype for $10.
Get the full article at GameSpot
“MAG Escalation DLC ramping up November 2” was posted by Tom Magrino on Thu, 28 Oct 2010 17:08:04 -0700 -
Want to be successful in the game industry? Try making a game in which the bad guy shoots out evil sperm out of his penis arms.
The developers behind Adventures in Sex City, a game featuring characters with names like Wonder Vag and Captain Condom, and a villain known as the Sperminator, is working on a sequel. And it’s all with the good graces of the Canadian government. Crazy Canucks… …
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Irrational Games has revealed a nearly-10-year-old document written by Ken Levine. The 2001 pitch describes ”Monster Island,” a console action game inspired by ’50s Japanese film monsters.
The post is a couple days old now, but it’s too cool not to share anyway, especially because Irrational Games artist Jorge Lacera created some awesome monster illustrations to be included retroactively… …