Archive for November, 2009

Avatar: Blockbuster Action Trailer

VIDEO: Get your dose of Hollywood blockbuster action in James Cameron’s Avatar: The Game.

Familiar Faces to Kick

VIDEO: Meet Adon, Cody, and Guy. Old familiar characters ready to join the fight in Super Street Fighter IV.

Direct2Drive: Recent Digital Distribution Market Estimates ‘Misinformation At Best’

Digital distribution service Direct2Drive is disputing claims made by competing digital storefront owner Stardock, which recently claimed its Impulse service is second in market share only to Valve’s Steam — but Stardock is restating its initial claims. “Stardock’s recent assessment of its service [that Impulse holds a clear number two position in the digital distribution [...]

Best of FingerGaming: From Monopoly to Labyrinth 2

[Every week, Gamasutra sums up sister iPhone site FingerGaming's top news and reviews for Apple's nascent -- and increasingly exciting -- portable platform, as written by editor in chief Danny Cowan and authors Louise Yang and Jonathan Glover.] This week, FingerGaming covers upcoming titles like Sega’s sequel to its early iPhone hit Super Monkey Ball [...]

Heavy Dreams: Pushing Interactive Narrative

Quantic Dream’s ambitious upcoming PS3 title, Heavy Rain, looks to change the definition of “interactive movie.” The studio’s co-CEO Guillaume de Fondaumiere explains how he thinks Heavy Rain can show people that can be truly meaningful.

News: Dunaway: Wii sales up 85% week-on-week since price reduction

The Wii not only regained its position in October as the best-selling console, it has also seen weekly sales increase 85 per cent following its USD 50 price reduction according to Nintendo’s Cammie Dunaway. The executive VP of sales and marketing told the San Francisco Chronicle the console’s global price cut has increased sales significantly, [...]

Prince Of Persia To Return In Forgotten Sands, May 2010

Ubisoft today revealed it is developing a new Prince of Persia game, titled The Forgotten Sands, for consoles and handhelds. The game, scheduled for release in May 2010, will revisit the storyline of the popular 2003 Prince of Persia game The Sands of Time and its two sequels, promising the return of “fan-favorite elements from [...]

Ubisoft Preparing 10 Titles For Natal, Fewer For Sony Motion Controls

When new motion control technologies launch for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Sony’s PlayStation 3, Ubisoft will be ready with a significant slate of titles. CEO Yves Guillemot revealed the publisher’s preparations for new input devices today on Ubisoft’s fiscal first half results call to investors, and said the company’s prepping almost double the number of [...]

Ubisoft Reports $117M Loss On Sales Drops, Catalog Discounting

With first-week sales of Assassin’s Creed II up 32 percent over the previous title, Ubisoft says the game is likely to beat expectations — but for the first six months of its fiscal year, the company reported a € 78 million ($117 million) operating loss. The loss, which comes alongside sales of € 166 million [...]

News: HMV drops PSPgo price to £149

Entertainment retailer HMV has dropped the price of the PSPgo to GBP 148.99 in the UK. The handheld hardware was first launched at the start of October with an RRP of GBP 224.99, but retail quickly slashed the price to below GBP 200 after less than a week on sale. While larger retailers were happy [...]

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