Originally Posted by wraggster Rockstar's epic detective caper L.A. Noire sold 899,000 copies in the US during its debut month on sale. While that doesn't sound too shabby to us, industry analyst Wedbush Securities isn't impressed. Its monthly investor report noted that the game's performance was "below our estimate of one million units". The game, which scored a sturdy 8/10 from Eurogamer last month, topped the monthly NPD sales chart, as reported last night. ...
Originally Posted by wraggster Since Sony unveiled its new portable device earlier this year, it seems to have confirmed Vita versions of almost all its key franchises. New iterations of Uncharted, Resistance, LittleBigPlanet, WipeOut, Killzone and ModNation Racers are all incoming, however, no mention has yet been made of Twisted Metal. David Jaffe told Eurogamer at E3 last week that Sony is yet to speak to him about a portable take on his car combat franchise. "They haven't ...
Originally Posted by wraggster The downloadable Bit.Trip games are being rounded up onto a single Wii disc later this Summer, developer Gaijin Games has announced. Bit.Trip Complete will include all six episodes in Gaijin's genre-hopping revisionist jaunt through the history of game development, and a treasure trove of extras on the side. Here's the full rundown of additional content promised, as detailed on the developer's blog: 120 completely new Bit.Trip challenges spanning all ...
Originally Posted by wraggster BioWare has hit back at analyst criticism of upcoming Star Wars MMO The Old Republic. After an E3 2011 hands-on Cowen and Company analyst Doug Creutz slammed the game, calling it "highly derivative" of World of Warcraft. "Despite promises from EA/Bioware that the title represents a major step forward in MMO design, what we saw was essentially a World of Warcraft clone with Star Wars character skins and the BioWare RPG nice/nasty dialogue tree mechanism ...
Originally Posted by wraggster There used to be breathing space between Halo games (Halo 1 2001, Halo 2 2004, Halo 3 2007), but in recent years Microsoft has been flinging the IP at us: Halo Wars 2009, Halo 3: ODST 2009 and Halo: Reach 2010. With the E3 announcements of Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary (Halo 1 remake) coming this year and Halo 4 in autumn 2012, has Microsoft adopted an annual rhythm? Microsoft Game Studios head Phil Spencer dismissed the proximity as coincidence, not master plan. ...
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