Articles Archive for May 2009
Bethesda has released a new trailer for the third DLC expansion for Fallout 3, Broken Steel, due out for Xbox 360 tomorrow, May 5. We strongly suggest that you don’t play the video if you haven’t finished the game, since it spoils something big (and metal). If you’ve finished the game (or just don’t care), by all means, play away. But precede with caution.
EA’s expected to announced a loss for its fourth fiscal quarter tomorrow, with a Reuters poll pointing to a 43 cents per share downside on sales of $631.9 million.
A new study had been release today which has found that 57 percent of AT&T Wireless customers play mobile games on there phones. Something tells me that the IPhone has a extremely large part in this, I’m sure the app store has pretty much revolutionize mobile gaming.
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is one of the most successful games of this generation; having sold well over 10 million copies by this point, it serves as an example of the art of making military first person shooters fresh and engaging.
A big part of that puzzle is the art. Creating a believable world that’s worth fighting in is one of the biggest challenges, particularly for a game set in contemporary times — and in a variety of contexts, as the game touches on more than just the battlefield.
Former Factor 5 lead environmental artist Jericho Green has cited some interesting information in his LinkedIn experience. He now works for EA Los Angeles (Medal of Honor: Airborne) and is working on an untitled Medal of Honor game. Medal of Honor: Airborne received mixed reviews overall, it will be curious to see how this shapes up. No word on any platforms, but if the previous title and the fact that it’s EA we will most likely see this out for most platforms.
After a week of extremely high PS3 Sales, it looks like the ride is finally over, the high of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children finally ran of steam, and sales are a bit back to normal, but the PS3 still continues to out sale the Wii but by a smaller margin. I still guess many Sony fans will continue to be happy. But on the bright side Wii, PSP, and PS2 sales pick up for the week.
Yesterday in Philadelphia, a crowd of 100 marched on a mall demanding the shutdown of the “U.S. Army Experience” – a video-game based recruiting station. Seven were arrested for wearing masks.
It’s a new week with new deals. Things get back to normal this week with the big sales from Best Buy and GameStop ending.
Toys R Us and Amazon have the best deals this week including Killzone 2 for $49.99 at Amazon. There are also some PSP deals this week, although nothing ground breaking.
Buy.com has just kicked off their Buy 2, Get 1 FREE promotion on select Xbox 360 Platinum titles ($19.99 – $29.99). Hurry up before they are all gone!
A report last week by trusted sources said that Apple (AAPL) is preparing to slash prices on its entry level MacBook and iMac models has triggered a flurry of speculation about what the new price points might be.
