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Sunday Comics: Dead Island With active users surpassing the 25 million mark and a 205 per cent jump in year-over-year unit sales, 2009 was an extremely good year for Valve’s Steam service.
Despite the recession and a drop in video game sales last year, December was the biggest month in the history of video games.
In advance of next week’s December NPD results, Nintendo is calling the holiday season a huge success, with US huge Wii sales numbers in December and the DS lineup setting a record for most consoles sold during a calendar year.
Staggering layoffs, a slew of delays, console price drops, promising new technology and two new gaming platforms: For fans of video games, 2009 was one heck of a roller coaster ride.
Every year in sports has its winners and losers, but in sports video games, the results aren’t about pennants and trophies. And they’re not always clear-cut, either.
Looking back on 2009′s many kerfuffles and foofaraws, it may not have been the most contentious year the gaming industry has ever seen. But it certainly was among the most entertaining.
Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima has taken the reigns of the Castlevania series from fellow Konami designer Koji Igarashi for the series’ latest title Lords of Shadow.
