Don’t you go thinking just because it’s January we’re done with the “best of 2008″ lists. Because we are so not. Latest comes courtesy of Microsoft’s Larry Hryb, and charts the years top Xbox Live games.
Famitsu Editor-in-Chief Hirokazu Hamamura has looked into his crystal ball and has opinions about how Dragon Quest IX will do in 2009. And it’ll do mega, he forecasts.
For the past week I’ve been counting down my personal top ten for 2008, with the #1 game revealed just a few moments ago. In case you missed them, I thought I’d help you out like the guy in the above pic and give you the full list in one convenient post. Let me know what you think of my choices!
Here we are at number one. So without further ado, this is my pick for the best game of 2008…
The best of the best! The best of the worst! Here’s a look at the sales tallies for the biggest sellers (and not sellers) in Japan broken down by platform. Oh, the suspense.
We got tipped by an anonymous Gamestop employee that the chain won’t accept original Xbox games, consoles and accessories as of Feb. 9. Looks like this is officially it for the console.
The limitations of the 360′s D-pad are well known (and well trolled). This modder’s building a D-pad with eight individual switches so that when he hits a diagonal, dammit, he hits a diagonal.
This gentleman goes after Portal’s “Still Alive” in Rock Band 2 using a rather novel approach: a theremin. How’d he do? Much better than you might expect.
Video, of course, takes its root from the Latin word for “see.” So a “video game” for those who have lost their sight might look like a paradox, but it doesn’t sound like one.