Download XBOX 1 games on Live Arcade - get one free XBLA game
Big news being reported by Gamasutra today - according to the site, Microsoft is about to start allowing XBOX 1 games to be sold on Live Arcade! Priced at 1200 points ($15 USD, $14 CAD), the games will become available on December 4. The first titles are going to be Halo, Psychonauts (for the [...]
Guitar Hero boosts sales
This is a story I can relate with - According to Wired’s Game|Life blog, downloads of DragonForce’s track “Through the Fire and Flames” increased by 183% the week Guitar Hero III was released. The track is featured as a bonus song in the game; when you complete the game (at any difficulty) you get to [...]
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix becomes more than just a graphical update
If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you might notice that I am pretty stoked for Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix. I was a huge fan of Street Fighter II in the arcade, and always love playing retro games redone with new graphics. SSFIITHDR was already looking to be [...]
Halo 3 Pwns everyone else
NDP’s numbers for September are in, and what we all knew would happen happened. But I didn’t expect such a dramatic number:
Halo 3 |XBOX 360| 3.3 million
Wii Play w/ Remote |Wii| 282K
Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass |DS| 224K
Madden NFL 08 |PS2| 205K
Skate |XBOX 360| 175K
Madden NFL 08 |XBOX 360| 173K
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption |Wii| 167K
BioShock [...]
Bionic Commando is COMING BACK!
Looks like I was thinking along the right lines, as Bionic Commando was my first choice when coming up with a list of old school 2D video games that need to be revamped - in 2D. Okay, so I was only partially correct this time; Capcom also wanted to make a new Bionic Commando game, [...]
Taiwanese winner creates controversy at World Cyber Games in Seattle
To the average spectator, it was just another medal given out to a player at the World Cyber Games Finals, which took place in Seattle last weekend. The winner would step onto the podium, wave their nation’s flag with pride, and receive their medal. But in the case of PGR3 bronze-medalist You-Chen Liu of Taiwan [...]
Unreal 3 PS3 delayed until 2008
Remember when Sony announced the big coup of Unreal 3 being exclusive to their console until some time in 2008? Their plan was to be the only console with Unreal 3 this holiday season.
Unfortunately, things aren’t going to pan out, as today Midway announced that the game will be delayed until 2008. It may still [...]
