Game Sales Could Drop in 2009
November 2, 2009 || Category: Gaming, The Biz In Show Business | 4 Comments
Video game sales could see a drop for 2009 according to USA Today.
Analyst Michael Pachter of Wedbush Morgan Securities predicts the video game sector will lose seven percent of its sales for the year.
This is significant because until now, video game sales were seen as recession proof.
In May, Pachter says he had hoped for software [...]
Who says romance is dead?
On their fifth anniversary, a gamer used “Super Mario World” to propose to his girlfriend (now fiancee).
The proposal came spelled out in rings within the game.
The gamer secretly recorded the moment and shared it on YouTube for everyone.
She said yes.
The upcoming Mario game for the Nintendo Wii will offer something of a challenge to long-term fans of the popular gaming character, says game designer Shigeru Miyamoto.
“I think what we’ve created this time is in fact pretty difficult,” he told Wired., adding that attempting to create a game that would bring in new gamers but [...]
As the holiday season approaches, a new survey indicates that consumers will spend less on video games as gifts this year.
Market research firm the NPD Group found the results as part of their a broader forecast of consumers’ buying intentions for the upcoming holiday season.
Based on 1,995 responses, 20% say they will buy video games [...]
Following the trend in console games, Nintendo announced that it will drop the price of its popular Wii gaming system from $249 to $199.
The drop comes on the heels of competitors Sony and Microsoft dropping the price tag for their gaming consoles.
All three game console manufacturers hope the drop in price will lead to an [...]
With sequels to “Diablo” and “Starcraft” causing fans to salivate with excitement, game maker Blizzard says that it wants reach out to a wider audience with its next massively multiplayer online game.
Speaking Monday at the Deutsche Bank Securities Technology Conference in San Francisco, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick predicted the game will reach more players [...]
New Maps Coming for “Batman: Arkham Asylum”
September 15, 2009 || Category: Gaming | Leave a Comment
If you’ve already played through and defeated “Batman: Arkham Asylum,” we have good news for you.
Eidos and Warner Bros. Interactive will release two free challenge maps this Thursday for the popular video game according to USA Today.
The Insane Night Map Pack will be available to owners of all three versions - PC, PlayStation 3 [...]
Think you’re good at the classic video-game Pac Man?
You’ll have to be very good to beat the new world-record holder, David Race of Beaver Creek, Ohio.
Race recorded a perfect score at the classic video game and did so in a world record time of 3 hours, 41 minutes, and 22 seconds. The new time [...]
At a recent press conference, game maker Square Equinox confirmed that a thirteenth “Final Fantasy” game will be released in Japan later this year.
Company president Yoichi Wada said that Final Fantasy XIII, exclusive to the PlayStation 3 in Japan, will be released on December 17 for 8,800 yen. That’s about $95.
The company is aiming [...]
The popular multiplayer online game Dungeons & Dragons Online has been given a reboot, reports Wired.
The new version of the game, launched yesterday, is available for players to download and play free of charge.
What’s the catch? you ask.
Well, if you want to upgrade your items and content, you can purchase them a la carte from [...]
If you can’t get enough “Grand Theft Auto” and you’ve got an iPhone or an iTouch, we’ve got good news for you.
The popular videogame is coming to both popular hand helds later this year.
“Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars” will get a release for the iPhone and iTouch this fall. Rockstar Games originally developed the title [...]
Think you’re better than Megan Fox?
If you’re an X-Box Live user, you can prove it tomorrow night….
…at the “Transformers: Rise of the Fallen” video game.
The actress will appear on-line tomorrow evening to take on challengers. According to USA Today, Fox will user the on-line handle of Megan Fox 2009 in a session that begins Saturday, [...]
The Dark Knight is headed to a gaming console near you with today’s realease of the hotly anticipated, “Batman: Arkham Asylym.”
The game, which is available for PC, X-Box 360 and PlayStation 3, puts player into the role of the Dark Knight, who is forced into battle with some of his greatest foes within the confines [...]
Some of you may be too young to remember a time when we didn’t have 3-D first-person shooter games. But there are some of us who may recall the early excitement of seeing the games hit computers for the first time.
The granddaddy of them all was id Software’s popular and groundbreaking game, “Wolfenstein [...]
If you’re an X-Box gamer and you’ve experienced the red ring of death, odds are you aren’t alone. A new survey by Game Informer magazine finds that the systems fail 54.2% of the time. To add insult to injury, those who have their system repaired find that it fails 41.2%.
The results came [...]
Morgan Signs as Story Director for “Wheel of Time” Games
August 4, 2009 || Category: Gaming | 3 Comments
Veteran Hollywood screenwriter Chris Morgan has been tapped by Red Eagle Games to be the upcoming story director for their “Wheel of Time” video games according to Variety. The games, based on the best-selling fantasy series by Robert Jordan, are currently in the development stage with no specific time line announced for when the [...]
KoKu Gamer has this great new screenshot from the highly anticipated Serious Sam trailer.
“Mario Marathon” Raises Money for Charity
July 16, 2009 || Category: Gaming, Human Interest | Leave a Comment
A group of gamers from Lafayette, Indiana recently completed a video game endurance test, playing seven Mario games in four days. Their goal was to raise money for Child’s Play, a charitable organization benefiting children’s hospitals.
The Mario Marathon 2 began on July 10 and ended Tuesday, totaling 96 hours and collecting $28,684.01 for the [...]
A new video-game for the PSP may have one of the longest names ever.
Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman! What Did I Do To Deserve This? (or HIOPBMWDIDTDT) is a port of a popular Japanese game that is making its way to the United States thanks to NIS America.
The goal of the game is simple: as [...]
Thanks to RapidEye for sending in this one to us.
In the current economic recession, gamers are escaping the realities of everyday life a bit more and doing it a bit more economically a new Nielsen report indicates.
“The Value Gamer” is report based on a survey of the first five months of the year. According to the survey, gamers are spending an additional one to [...]
Transform Your Desktop Into a Classic Videogame
June 18, 2009 || Category: Cool Stuff, Gaming | 2 Comments
Frustrated with your computer? Looking for a way to relieve that tension without throwing your computer out a seven-story window?
If you are, then the U.K.’s SciFi web site has a solution for you. Surf over and download the new Desktop Blaster application.
Using Adobe Air the game turns your own desktop into a game of asteroids [...]
Zelda fans rejoice!
At a round table discussion at the annual E3 show, game designer Shigeru Miyamoto confirmed that Nintendo is working on a new entry on the popular Zelda game series.
“Perhaps this game will be Wii MotionPlus only,” he told USA Today. “We’re quite far into development of title, though, but we hope to [...]
Personal Effects: Dark Art: This Book Is Only Half the Story
May 31, 2009 || Category: Gaming | Leave a Comment
This Book Is Only Half the Story
By Mike Musgrove | Washington Post | Sunday, May 31, 2009
A video game blogger named Rachael Webster created a minor stir in the blogosphere last year, when it turned out that she didn’t exactly exist.
Sure, Webster has been cranking out interesting enough commentary at a site bearing her [...]
The popular video-game character Duke Nukem may have saved the planet in the first three games in the “Duke Nukem” franchise, but even Duke couldn’t fight off bankruptcy. According to BBC News, 3D Realms, the software company behind the games, has closed due to lack of funds.
Founded in 1987, the firm was a leader in [...]
The co-creator of the popular role-playing game “Dungeons and Dragons,” Dave Arenson has passed away at the age of 61. Arenson passed away Tuesday after a long battle with cancer reports SciFi Wire. He is survives by his wife and daughter.
Arneson was an avid table-top gaming fan in the early 60’s. He [...]
Back in the 90’s, one of the greatest video games of all time hit the market. Yes, we’re talking about the mother of all first-person action shooters, “Duke Nukem 3-D.”
The first game revolutionized the first-person shooter and was a bestselling and groundbreaking game. But it’s been years waiting for a sequel, which has been on-again, [...]
While the new “Ghostbusters” game will feature the vocal talents of most of the original cast from the popular movie, it will be missing two components of the original ensemble–Rick Moranis and Sigourney Weaver.
Moranis is not participated due to his retirement from acting and Weaver declined to reprise her role from “Ghostbusters.”
Actress Alyssa Milano has [...]
The Beatles are coming to the digital realm when the highly anticipated “The Beatles: Rock Band” hits stores later this year.
Harmonix, MTV Games and the band’s Apple Corps said Thursday that the game– the first in the “Rock Band” franchise based on a single band — will be released worldwide for Xbox 360, Playstation 3 [...]
Despite having the best-selling video-game franchise in the world right now, Activision Blizzard posted fourth-quarter losses of $72 million according to the Hollywood Reporter. Strong sales from the “Guitar Hero” franchise didn’t prove to be enough to put the company in the black for the pivotal holiday sales period according to the Hollywood Reporter.Â
The company recently [...]
