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Assassin’s Creed, Arkham City authors nominated for Writers Guild award
The Writers Guild of America have made their nominations for the 2012 Writers Guild Awards. The titles, which were selected from the time period of December 1, 2010 and November 30, 2011, marks for the fifth time that the WGAs have dedicated a category towards the video game industry. The credited writers also have to […]
Best Selling Xbox 360 Indie Games of 2011
Microsoft’s Major Nelson has released an Xbox Live Indie Games Best Sellers List for 2011 accounting for full purchases for the year. The chart is comprised of 11 indie games released in 2011 with many older hits comprising the other nine. It’s of note that among the top ten indie games are four Minecraft clones […]
Eat Taco Bell, Get A PS Vita
Sony has partnered with fast-food chain Taco Bell for a new promotion for the upcoming PS Vita. Starting January 26, and running through March 11, Taco Bell customers will have three ways of possibly winning the portable. The three ways of winning, courtesy of the PlayStation Blog are: UNLOCK THE BOX: Beginning January 26th, Taco […]
Microsoft Cancels Live TV Service for Xbox Live
Sadly, Microsoft has dropped it’s announced live TV service through Xbox Live due to the high costs of licensing fees. Ironically, Microsoft had just received an award from CES for innovation in TV. The service would have required a monthly fee for Xbox Diamond service, which would have allowed users to watch all their favorite […]
Persona 4 The Golden: New Screens, Commercial
Persona 4 The Golden releases this spring in Japan, and Atlus has released a bunch of new screens, and a new commercial. The screens include shots of the new winter ski trip segment, new winter battle costumes, shots of the new team attacks, and two of the new persona evolutions. The game will have five […]
Sony is Encouraged by 3DS’ Success
By many counts, the launch of the 3DS was considered lackluster. Nintendo’s latest portable machine has since bounced back and is selling like hotcakes with titles like Super Mario 3D Land, Mario Kart 7, and Monster Hunter 4 boosting sales in the States and overseas. Sony is hoping for the same success with PlayStation Vita, […]
Gamers Need to Remove Payment Info from Xbox Live
With reports of people still being affected by fraudulent charges coming from their Xbox Live Account, all gamers should take the necessary precautions so they don’t end up being a victim. Whether you call it Hacking or Phising, gamers are still having money stolen from their accounts to purchase Microsoft Points. So the best thing to do right now is to […]
Minecraft and Firefall Shutting Down Jan. 18 in SOPA Protest
Over the past week a few game companies publicly denounced Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), but now two companies are shutting down their services on Janurary 18 in protest of SOPA. Mojang (creators of Minecraft) and Red 5 Studios (creators of Firefall) will both be shutting down their games protesting SOPA. Going even further, Red […]
Wadjet Eye Games’ Four-Game Blackwell Series Debuts on Steam
Wadjet Eye Games, an indie developer, announced today that the long-running point-and-click adventure series Blackwell are now available on Steam. The PC titles can be purchased individually, or as a bundle for $19.99. To celebrate the launch, Steam is offering a 25% discount which brings the bundle price down to $14.99. The discount will last until January […]
Amazon’s Top Selling Games of 2011
Amazon revealed its top-selling video games in December 2011. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and in a surprise, Deus Ex: Human Revolution took the top for each category. The former took best selling physical title and the latter took tops in digital sales. Amazon also noted that the sales was combined of all platforms, […]
PS2 Still Selling A Decade Later
The Playstation 2 is seen as one of the most successful consoles of all time and its success is still being measured to this day. This year at CES, Sony stated that its Playstation hardware has sold over 6.5 million units, a totaled amount that consists of Sony’s entire Playstation hardware lineup. The Playstation 3 […]
Bungie: “we all agree that SOPA sucks”
Last week we reported that two more gaming companies had publicly denoucned SOPA and the ESA’s support of the bill. Last Friday Bungie decided to toss their two cents in the mix and also released a statement calling this “a clumsy effort to curtail online piracy.” In the statement Bungie said that SOPA “will hurt […]