Namco Bandai Games announced today that Dark Souls will be available in North America on October 4th and October 7th in the UK. With tense dungeon crawling and fearsome enemy encounters, the seamlessly intertwined world of Dark Souls is full of extreme battles, rewarding challenges, nuanced weaponry and magic, and the flexibility to customize each character to suit any desired play style. The innovative online component allows gamers to draw Read More ...
Recently at PAX Prime, GameTrailers held a panel with Ken Levine, Todd Howard and David Jaffe, in which Geoff Keighly talked to the trio about their inspirations and what makes games different from other mediums such as books and movies. As usual, David Jaffe, creator of God of War and Twisted Metal, had some interesting opinions.
With rumors circling around that the Wii console might be hitting a price drop, Nintendo took the initiative to cut one of its premiere titles. Wii Sports Resort as well as Wii Party received a price drop today going from $49.99 down to $39.99 in the States. Wi Sports Resort packs in 13 party game modes and more then 80 mini game modes. The game shows off the power of Read More ...
Nintendo announced this morning that an official release date has been set for the upcoming remake of the Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time 3D. The game is set to hit store shelves on June 19th in the States. The game will feature updated graphics, new gameplay elements, especially thanks to the touch screen on the 3Ds. It also appears the game will also have newly implemented motion controls as Read More ...
Just yesterday, Nintendo released to North American shores the 5th generation Pokemon titles for the Nintendo DS, Pokemon Black and White. There is an entire new set of more then a 150 Pokemon to catch this time around. Along with new features like changing seasons which only certain Pokemon will appear. The games features also include Triple Team Battles and Rotation Battles. Those with a broadband internet connection will be Read More ...
Nintendo has confirmed plans to ship 4 million Nintendo 3DS’ worldwide by the end of March. 1.5 million units of that total will be going to Japan, whereas the rest will be heading to North America and Europe. Launch details for those territories will be unveiled on 19th January.
Nintendo has confirmed that US customers picked up a lot of their products during the Black Friday week (November 21-27). Internal estimates say that they managed to sell 900,000 DS units (that figure is across all models of DS) and 600,000 Wiis. Should these numbers prove to be true, the NPDs will be pretty interesting for this month.
Game Hunters recently had the chance to catch up with Shigeru Miyamoto who landed in New York this past week for the Anniversary party for 25 years of Super Mario Bros at the Nintendo World Store. It’s a pretty entertaining interview as Miyamoto delves deep into the history of the Mario character all the way down too the innards of its game design and how some of its elements affected Read More ...
On November 1st, Microsoft will release to the world its newest Fall 2010 update. This new dashboard update will completely redesign the interface to also adding Kinect support. That’s not all, here are some of the features you can expect from the update: - ESPN – Updated voice quality with a new audio codec – Faster browser interface for making purchases throughout the Xbox Live Marketplace There are certainly a Read More ...
Ubisoft announced today that the next in series for Assassins Creed: Brotherhood has officially been declared gold by developers today. Eizo is back and ready for a new adventure taking on the Temple Order. For the first time in the franchise’s history, Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood offers never-before-seen multiplayer, awarded “Best Multiplayer Game,” by the prestigious Game Critics organization, at e3 2010. Players will have the opportunity to experience things from Read More ...
With the celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the original Super Mario Bros, Nintendo will finally be releasing the Red Nintendo Wii console over here in North America. Priced at it’s regular retail price of $199.99 the bundle comes with a Red Wii console, New Super Mario Bros Wii, Wii Sports, and a Red nunchuk controller. Also revealed was a Red Nintendo DSi XL bundle which will include Mario Kart Read More ...
Halo Reach has become the biggest-selling game in North America this year. It managed 3.29 million sales by the end of September, which is double what Halo 3: ODST sold in the same period (1.52 million) but equal to Halo 3 (3.3 million). Halo 3 went on to flog 4.7 million copies in North America by the end of 2007.
Nintendo has confirmed that they have sold 30 million Wiis in the US. It’s been on sale in North America for less than four years. The company also released first and third party top ten lists for the platform.
Activision has announced that Soundgarden’s greatest hits album will be included in the first million launch units of US copies of Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock. European gamers will not get anything with their copies. We’re not sure if the album will be DLC in the UK or not yet either. Soundgarden’s new single, Black Rain, will also debut on the Warriors of Rock disc. Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock Read More ...
US videogaming retail chain GameStop has purchased Kongregate, a flash gaming website. Kongregate attracts about 10 million users apparently, and GameStop plans to use them to strengthen its digital platform. We’re not sure what else the company has planned as of yet.
