Given sales data -- and the economic challenge of purchasing $190 plastic instruments in a recession -- some have suggested that music games are a fad already on their way out. Activision Publishing CEO Mike Griffith disagrees. In an investor conference call today, he spoke about a multitude of ways the company intends to extend the "Guitar Hero" franchise.
Continue reading...Thursday, January 15, 2009
While most of the gaming world is waiting for "Street Fighter IV," European PS3 owners are still waiting for the last "Street Fighter" game, 'Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix." The updated 2D fighter came out on the XBLA on the other side of the Pond, but a PSN release was oddly absent, and [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 9, 2009
First “Star Ocean: The Last Hope” gets pushed up, and now Sega has confirmed that “Phantasy Star Zero” will be coming to North America and Europe in Fall 2009. Good day to be a fan of the Japanese RPGs, I’d say.
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 7, 2009
We Americans have to pay for our "Killzone 2" demo, but according to CVG, European PS3 owners will be able to download the demo for free, lucky blokes. For yanks, Sony Computer Entertainment America made the demo accessible only by entering a code awarded after putting money down on a pre-order.
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Steam users in Europe are still dealing with the whole price issue, but at least now you’ll be getting EA games! As of yesterday afternoon, EA’s newly announced Steam titles (except or Warhammer Online) are now available “in most of Europe,” with the odd man out being--inexplicably--the UK. Mainland European Steam players will be able to [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, December 6, 2008
Good news for RPG fans in Europe: Square Enix has announced via their holiday newsletter that they’re publishing several (non-Square) cult favorites in Europe next year. To start things off, in spring 2009 Square Enix is releasing Atlus’ Persona 4, the game I just called one of the best RPGs of the decade. So if you [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 28, 2008
Live in Europe? Own an Xbox 360? If you answered yes to both, then this weekend (November 28-November 30) Xbox LIVE is on the house! Xbox LIVE Xtival ’08 kicks off today, granting European Xbox 360 owners 72 hours of Gold enabled LIVE, as well as exclusive content, competitions, and promotions. Last year’s Xtival ’07 was [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Today Microsoft announced that they, too, are getting in on the Black Friday sales by cutting the prices of multiple Xbox LIVE Marketplace items. After posting the full list on his blog, however, Xbox’s Major Nelson was faced with another issue entirely: angry gamers not in the US. As we already knew, once again Microsoft’s latest [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 24, 2008
On May 8th, 2006 -- the day Kaz Hirai formally announced the PlayStation 3's release -- the main concern on prospective buyers' minds was price. Two and a half years later, that hasn't changed; Blu-ray player aside, the low-end PS3 still costs 1.5 times the price of a comprable Xbox 360, and it seems Sony [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 23, 2008
Only four short months after the gorgeous 2D action-adventure Odin Sphere captivated critics and gamers alike, developer Vanillaware announced its spiritual successor: a Wii-exclusive named Oboro Muramasa Youtouden, set in feudal Japan. Since, the welcome news has arrived that the game will indeed find U.S. release -- but two Tokyo Game Shows have come and [...]
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009
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