Archive for January, 2009
2009 game industry sales to grow this year over last even amidst recession, say analysts
2009 will be an even bigger year than 2008 according gaming industry analysts who say that sales growth for this year is expected to be greater than last even amidst the global economic downturn and the U.S. recession. However that growth won’t be as substantial as 2008 which saw the video games industry post gains…
The Wheel of Time 2 videogame and MMO sequels announced by EA and Red Eagle
Red Eagle Games just announced they have signed a strategic distribution agreement with Electronic Arts for games based on Robert Jordan’s beloved fantasy series, The Wheel of Time. This will be the second time, after the 1999 original The Wheel of Time videogame, that a game will be created based on the books. Red Eagle…
Top 5 game sales per system worldwide in week 2, 2009
What are the best-selling games in America, Japan, and Europe (UK, France, Germany) this week? Thanks to Amazon online sales data here are the games that are the most popular right now. Nintendo Wii North America: 1. Wii Fit (Nintendo), 2. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo), 3. Rayman Raving Rabbids (Ubisoft), 4. Wii Play (Nintendo), 5….
Amplitude 2 possible for PS3. Amplitude might come to PSN
Alex Rigopulos, CEO & co-founder of Harmonix, was interviewed about the developer’s creations Guitar Hero and Rock Band, a discussion that leads back to their earlier music-rhythm titles FreQuency and Amplitude along with the possibilities of a sequel to the latter. Offworld pressed Mr. Rigopulos on the idea of working with Sony to get the…
The Lord of the Rings Conquest review video
The Lord of the Rings: Conquest puts players into the thick of the tremendous battle over The One Ring, playing out battles from both sides of the confrontation! Conquest will let players take control of many of the characters and creatures from the series and pit them on any of the franchise’s famous battlefields. From…
Videogames popularity rises, while Film, Music, TV hit decline
As almost any gamer can tell you, video games are apparently on the rise in popularity while every other medium of entertainment and leisure including music, movies, television, books, magazines and newspapers are on the decline. This was given in a speech by Activision’s Mike Griffith at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show. To quote: “Movies,…
Ys Online: The Call of Solum MMORPG announced for PC
Ys Online: The Call of Solum has been announced as an all new MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game) for PC based on the infamous Y’s series. There Ys series was originally developed by Falcom but for this new game Nihon Falcom has teamed up with CJ Internet Game Studio to convert the Y series…
No Blu-ray player coming to your Xbox 360, confirms Microsoft
Microsoft has confirmed that Blu-ray disc playing will not be coming to the Xbox 360. That doesn’t mean that it won’t be available in the NEXT Xbox gaming system, but for this generation Microsoft is content to stick with the DVD format it already has to allow gamers who do want to watch HD movies…
System and game sales for December 2008 and all year in the USA
December’s American video game sales data from the NPD is in, and like almost any month in the past years, it shows an unchanged result: A Nintendo system on top, this time the DS outsold all other systems, it also marked the first time any hardware system has sold over 3 million units in one…
Kirby’s Adventure review (NES, Wii VC). Kirby is colored a glorious shade of pink for his home console debut
Kirby’s Adventure marked the cute puffball’s home-console debut where he appeared in glorious pink for the first time in a game that is highly regarded as one of the best titles for Nintendo’s first game system. In addition, Kirby’s Adventure was one of the last titles released for the NES (Nintendo Entertainment System). The game…
On the PAL Wii Shop today: Lonpos
Today Nintendo of Europe and Australia added a new game to the popular Wii Shop Channel. The game went live at midnight CET. Wii owners with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points to download the game. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel or at stores like Amazon UK. The…
On PlayStation Network today: Magic Ball, Ultimate Ghost ‘n Goblins, GTI Club+, more
Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) announced what new PlayStation Network downloadable games, expansions, demos and videos were released for PlayStation 3 and PSP today in America and Europe. AMERICA PlayStation Store for PS3 Downloadable Games Magic Ball for PS3 ($9.99): A fresh spin on classic brick-breaking gameplay, in which players bust apart a 3D environment, piece…
Persona 5 not set in stone for PS3
When Atlus USA was asked in December 2008 about their plans for the Persona series in 2009, they ignored Siliconera‘s question, but indirectly hint they’ll continue publishing PS2 games. To quote Atlus’ Aram Jabbari: “*glances at the clock* Oh gosh, look at the time, we’ve really gotta skiddoo. *pushes the production staff toward the door*…
Cowabunga! Do you want a TMNT game from the Batman team? I do! 
I woke up thinking about playing Dance Central. I just want to dance. I just want to dance my life away.
