At the Sony Electronics press conference at CES today, Kaz Hirai announced that this past holiday season was the most successful holiday for the PlayStation 3. What that means is that following the last week of November, over 3.8 million units were sold worldwide. Sony is saying that’s a 76% increase over the previous year, no doubt partly in fact due to the introduction of the slim PS3 model, along with the console’s price drop....
If you prefer your DS games to be full of blood and swearing, don’t get your hopes up in anticipation of any more.Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Warsdid not sell on half as well on the DS as Rockstar had hoped, but even with its disappointing performance, it still accounted for almost 50% of the M-rated DS games sold since the DS launched. There are six other M-rated games on the DS:Resident Evil: Deadly Silence, Dementium: The Ward, Ultimate Mortal Kombat, Theresia, Touch the DeadandC....
[Update: The event for the competition has been chosen — it’s the racer event named “First Offence” which can be found in Eagle Crest on the career map. This is an early in-game event and has been chosen so that all who enter will have near-immediate access to event! This post will be updated daily with top five scores so you can see where you stand. Good luck!] Need for Speed: Hot Pursuithas hit shelves, and if you like arcade-style racing andyou read a word I wrote about it, you’ve probably already purchased it....
Get yourpetitionsready, kids. We’ve recieved word today that adorable puppies will no longer be exclusive to any one major console; news that is sure to hit many a loyal fanboy like a 12-ton wrecking ball to the face. Before the fiery flames of flaming fire start to consume every gaming forum on the web, let’s hear what the Destructoid staff had to say about this shocking turn of events: Niero:“Sw33t! I like doggies....
I sometimes think God hates me. Then I look at all my money and stuff and simply laugh, laugh,laugh. Still, I cannot contain my rage over the fact thatKoei’s European wingwill be sellingDynasty WarriorsChibis at this year’s London Expo, the first expo since I left England. These adorable little warriors were spotted atKoei’s Tokyo Game Show booth last year, where I instantly fell in love with them and wanted to steal the lot....
Watch out. The red-clad, gun-toting mercenary Deadpool will be playable inMarvel Ultimate Alliance 2: Fusion(or whatever the subtitle ends up being). Activision recently dropped some footage of the fan-favorite antihero that you may watch after the jump. You won’t hear Deadpool spewing any brilliant social satire through his cute mask, but you’ll be able to catch a glimpse of what he will bring to the table in terms of combat. (Hint: pistols, swords and grenades....
The UGO acquisition of 1UP throttled the gaming community. The acquisition signaled the end ofElectronic Gaming Monthly, the leading videogame magazine. We celebrated the magazine’s rich and influential history on our own main page the day we found out that it had been cancelled. More important than any magazine, were the gifted people that lost their jobs that day. It was the sad, bile-building reality of the deal brokered between the two publishers....
It is the first videogame designed from the ground up to work with the New Xbox Experience’s avatars, and as such, I was expecting it to be total rubbish. You’d imagine that a game designed around one central gimmick — especially something as twee as avatars — would be shallow, silly and not very much fun. Well, two out of three isn’t bad. A Kingdom for Keflingsmight surprise you if you give it a whirl....
If you were born in the eighties (or did your retro homework), you may have have fond memories of a little Commodore 64 game by the name ofWizardry. I was only four years old when it came out, but I managed to get my hands on it a few years later, and I clearly remember wandering through the game with a sense of awed fascination. The game became famous for spearheading the dungeon-crawler genre (although the firstrealdungeon crawler wasPedit5, back in 1974) thanks to its dark atmosphere and brutal difficulty....
The second edition of Destructoid’s monthly picks has arrived! Scheduled to run on the first Wednesday of every month (alcohol binges and road trips to Tijuana notwithstanding), we make that hard decision for you — what games should you be blowing your hard-earned money on? October represents a turning point, where the industry is bracing itself to explode all over your … store shelves. Where did you think I was going with that?...
“Take a dump on the face of common sense.” Seriously, that’s a line stated in theDisgaea 4trailer here. This is just crazy and only a company like NIS would be able to pull off this type of insanity. As for the game itself, there’s a lot you may do. The six-minute trailer covers the basics, such as the weapons system, how you’ll be grinding, how you can battle, steal your friend’s characters over the online battles to much more....
Hey, likeDragon Age? Like blood? Like girls covered in blood killing stuff that has to do withDragon Age? THEN THIS IS THE PERFECT TEASER FOR YOU! Unlike most fan film trailers, this looks like it’ll be an actual series as the YouTube description states that the short film will be out in a few months.
I would love to have been a fly on the wall during the Microsoft/Square-Enix meeting when it was decided thatFinal Fantasy XIIIwould also be coming to the Xbox 360 and not remain a PlayStation 3 exclusive. Seriously, how did this happen? For years, Sony has been banking on releasingFFXIIIand reaping all the numerous sales benefits in return. Well, now it’s official: the next chapter in the revered Final Fantasy series is coming to the Xbox 360....
