Not only is Nintendo the undisputed champion of hardware sales – it seems its software is causing cash registers to whirr in a frenzy too. According to NPD’s end of year figures, five of the top ten selling games of 2008 were from the Japanese giants. Other juggernauts include GTA IV – which sold a total of 5.18 million copies …
Nintendo have announced, by means of a particularly German press release, that they have made obscene amounts of money in Europe last year. Nintendo’s market-dominant waggle machine has sold 8.3 million units in in 2008, bringing total euro sales figures to a staggering 14.2 million. Up 58% from the previous year, this benchmark makes it the largest annual home console …
An N4G poster who goes by the name of “Graphics Whore” has posted up images that show a L4D pre-order card from Best-Buy in front of his machine, causing the “L4D on PS3” rumours to fly all over the place again. A lot of readers (including me) think that the card is fabricated but I won’t dismiss the rumours just …
The hype is really starting to build for this one and I have to admit that this video completely creeped me out. There isn’t much more to say really, I need this game. Last Updated: January 16, 2009
Karl reported a while back about how he felt Ubisoft were ripping the ring when it came to charging 400 points for some dodgy clothing in Shaun White’s snowboarding game…Â Well it seems that Ubisoft has taken notice of our complaints and have moved to fix the problem, it has just been announced that the next set of DLC for …
LittleBigPlanet, the Playstation 3 exclusive made my Media Molecule, has been nominated by the LittleBigCheese (ok I’ll stop now) of the King of British gaming himself- Peter Molyneux – for the ‘most important creative innovation of 2008’ award in the Creative and Business International Network review of the past year. He gave Media Molecule a huge e-pat on the back …
I have to admit that the upcoming PSN game Flock is looking pretty cute and I am sure it will be good enough to keep you entertained for a couple of hours but I can’t see the long lasting appeal right now. By all accounts you need to herd some animals into the ship and then move onto the next …
In the beginning of 2008 you didn’t have to look far to see a story about how 2008 was going to be the year of the PS3, I always thought that the Wii would cakewalk it again and some people expected a price drop on the 360 would propel it into the lead. So how did it all go in …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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