A Look At Namco Bandai Namco Bandai Games Europe announced on November 29 that it has launched an updated version of its official website, which now supports a number of different European languages. The website, which features corporate and product information as well as up-to-date official announcements, is now available in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.The company has also recently announced Family Ski...... Source : Online Strategy Games
Established: Video Game Rentals Hurt Sales Frank N. Magid Associates has been looking into the buying and renting habits of consumers recently. Their report begins by noting that approximately 40 percent of console gamers - 30 percent of which are adolescents - rented at least one game in the last year. Only half of this number goes on to buy the games that they rent. The report concludes by noting that a mere nine percent of game...... Similar Editorial : Im Established Now by nitron. | Source : Online Strategy Games
No Console Plans For World Of Warcraft - Blizzard An discussion with Itzik Ben Bassat, Blizzard Entertainment's vice president of business development and international, earlier this year established that World of Warcraft won't be coming to the PSP or the Xbox 360 anytime soon. Bassat elaborated that, "when we come to consider the new game we're developing, we'd have to take that into consideration and ask ourselves if we want to...... Similar Editorial : World of Warcraft by Justin Hopley. | Source : Online Strategy Games
Record Sales Before And On "cyber-monday" Wedbush Morgan Securities forecaster Michael Pachter recently sat down with GamesIndustry.biz to talk about his calculations regarding hardware and software sales for the end of 2007. Pachter notes that with regard to the top-selling hardware title of the holiday season, "depending on when we start counting, Guitar Hero has a chance to be number 1."Earlier this year, DFC Intelligence, expert...... Similar Editorial : Record Pools by jaci_rae. | Source : Online Strategy Games
Sonic The Hedgehog On The Psp Sonic the Hedgehog is a video game character and the hero of a video game series released by SEGA, as well as various spin-off comics, cartoons and books. Designer Hirokazu Yasuhara, artist Naoto ÅŒshima and programmer Yuji Naka are generally credited with the creation of the character, a blue, anthropomorphic hedgehog, whose ability to run faster than the speed of sound is a major part of game...... Similar Editorial : Sonic Payday Loans by Ian Frazer. | Source : Online Strategy Games
Vivendi Games And Activision To Become One December 2 saw the birth of a new umbrella corporation in the gaming industry. Activision and Vivendi Games are to combine into one great powerhouse and be called ... Activision Blizzard! So what exactly are we looking at here? Apart from a slew of well known titles such as Guitar Hero (Activision) and Crash Bandicoot (Vivendi), the games libraries of both companies span across all platforms,...... Similar Editorial : Pc Games by Alden Jerry. | Source : Online Strategy Games
Far Cry 2 Makes Console Announcement Ubisoft commissioned an assortment of console ports after the original Far Cry's success on PC. The company is already ahead of the ball and has announced PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of the sequel, Far Cry 2. You can expect a pretty similar gameplay experience since it's announced so close to the PC version, but there are no details about the prospect of console-specific features.The...... Similar Editorial : PS2 Console by Alden Jerry. | Source : Computer Game Reviews
Free Xbla Game For Everyone Microsoft is to present all its subscribers worldwide with a free Xbox Live Arcade game as a "token of appreciation" following several connectivity problems with the service over the Christmas period, GamesIndustry.biz reports. Xbox Live's general manager Marc Whitten made the statement on the Major Nelson blog, explaining that while the service was never totally offline, the team was â€...... Similar Editorial : Free Online Game Utopia by Bob Flushman. | Source : Computer Game Reviews
Mad Catz To Make Wireless And Wired Rock Band Instruments Mad Catz will be manufacturing and distributing both wired and wireless peripherals for EA and Harmonix's Rock Band music game. The company has an agreement with MTV Games to make guitars, microphones, and drums in both wired and wireless flavors. The new instrument controllers should arrive sometime before June.Darren Richardson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Mad Catz, said, "This...... Similar Editorial : Musical Instruments And Accessories by James Brown. | Source : Computer Game Reviews
Bully: Scholarship Edition Coming To Xbox 360 Also called Canis Canem Edit (Latin for dog eat dog) in the PAL region, Bully is a third-person action adventure videogame originally released by Rockstar Vancouver for the PlayStation 2 in October 2006. Rockstar announced Bully: Scholarship Edition for the Xbox 360 and Wii in July 2007. The game will feature additional new content. A Rockstar fan site revealed the option of online play on the...... Similar Editorial : Diversity and Bully by Deb Capone. | Source : Computer Game Reviews
Soul Calibur IV This latest installment in the Soul Calibur series will be released July 29, 2008. One of the first surprises is a guest character, Darth Vader of Star Wars fame. It also has a limited edition guide. Soul Calibur IV continues the ongoing struggle of good vs. evil being pitted against its anti-thesis, Soul Edge the cursed sword. Expanded customization options allow you to give your character a...... Similar Editorial : Body And Soul by Jon Wickham. | Source : Pc Computer Games
Warner Bros. Confirms Blu-ray Exclusivity Warner Bros. has announced that they will be supporting Blu-ray exclusively. The decision, according to their statement, was chiefly because of strong consumer liking for the format."In response to consumer demand, Warner Bros. Entertainment will release its high-definition DVD titles exclusively in the Blu-ray disc format beginning later this year, it was announced today by Barry Meyer,...... Similar Editorial : Time Warner Cable by Julia Hall. | Source : Advanced Innovative Technologies
