Saturday, 13 December 2008

New Releases - Week - December 15th

With the Christmas period releases are few and far between with many developers already having their Christmas games out the door and on shelves early in order to maximize sales, but there are still a few.

UK
AC/DC Live: Rock Band Track Pack

USA
Rise Of The Argonauts

50 Cent Offers A Challenge

50 Cent has his own game being published by THQ due out in January. He says that he has had some time to play his own game and has gotten pretty good at it, as a result he is calling out any gamers who think they can beat him. He came out with this statement below.

"If anybody out there wants to create a challenge or wants to bet some money online, we could play the game right now."

Here's a copy of the Interview, so come and take him on if you think you can.

Major Nelsons Podcast Episode 302

Xbox lives Major Nelson has just released his newest Podcast, I enjoy listening to his podcast as they contain a lot of interviews with some big hitters in the Xbox world. Anyway I urge you to take a listen you wont be disappointed.

Major Nelson Podcast Episode 302

Mirror's Edge & Dead Space Sequels

There is a strong possibility that we will be seeing sequels to both Mirror's Edge and Dead Space in the next coming years after EA spoke about them recently. Due to their rapid success in the charts EA are looking to push these IP's forward. The following was said by EA's John Riccitiello,

"We're very pleased with a lot of our new franchises this year. Spore... [looks like an] ongoing franchise, Dead Space looks like a long-term big winner for us... Warhammer will continue to perform very well."

"Mirror's Edge was very strongly reviewed - That one's going to go forward. We'll be looking at some issues around the design to make sure that strong IP is married with strong business."

So stay tuned for announcements by EA on these titles in the future.

NPD Sales November

The list of the top 20 games sold over November 2008 in the US has been released and the Xbox 360 has managed to get 7 titles into the top 20 claiming both the top spot and the number 2 slot with Gears 2 and COD:WOW respectively. Left 4 Dead was the only other 360 title to break into the top 10 sales. Sadly Fable 2 has dropped from the number 1 spot last month down into a sad 19th spot this month, Lionhead will be hoping that this months DLC will pick sales up again. Check out the full top 20 list via the link.

NPD Top 20 November

X-Blades New Screenshots

New screenshots have been released of X-Blades. This is a game developed by Gaijin Entertainment and Topware Interactive it follows Ayumi, a brave a beautiful thrill seeker, who's obsession with hunting treasures leads to the fight of her life. The game uses an Anime inspired art style so check the screens out and see what you make of it.

X-Blades Screenshots

Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 Trailer + Screens

Namco Bandai games have today released the first trailer and some new screenshots of its upcoming game Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2. This game is set for release in 2009.

Screenshots

Trailer