It’s the end of the year. Know what that means? Time for lists! End of year lists! And know who loves lists more than anyone else? TIME magazine. Those guys are crazy for lists.
Microsoft Games published Crackdown selling 1.5 million copies pretty much guarantees a sequel. If that doesn’t, then two Microsoft execs talking about how they’d like Crackdown 2 should.
Britain’s The Times (Online) have a piece up on Home. The headline reads “PlayStation fiends finally get a second life”. To stave off the Second-Life-induced yawns, however, it offers something.
Namco Bandai Games America has announced Surge, a new studio and publishing label. While NBG’s parent company is based in Japan, its US arm hopes that Surge will strengthen its Western ties.
Little bit loathe to post this, seeing as it’s mostly corporate chest-beating, but then, there’s value in this corporate chest-beating beyond the actual chest-beating.
We knew that there were a lot of shoot ‘em ups for the Xbox 360. We didn’t know exactly how many. At the recent “Xbox 360 Shooting Festa!” in Tokyo, Microsoft provided a breakdown:
New classes? Better graphics? We are pleased, Relic. Proceed.
Who likes numbers? Well, lucky for you, we have numbers. Lots of numbers. Numbers about American gaming habits. Let’s dive in:
A friend of mine once interviewed the late Don LaFontaine — the “Voice of God” for zillions of film trailers — and on request Don left him a splendid in-character voicemail.
Last month, Brash Entertainment laid off 20 workers and axed some projects, but pointedly remained committed to publishing a game based on the film SAW. Now that has been cut loose.
