Microsoft has announced today that sales of the Xbox 360 have exceeded the 10 million unit mark in the U.S., with over 19 million sold globally. Microsoft are also very excited about the Xbox 360 being the first current-generation console in the U.S. to break the 10 million unit mark. “History has shown us that the first company to reach 10 million in console sales wins the generation battle,” said Microsoft’s Don Mattrick....
The Independent Games Festival isgrowing ever stronger, with this year’s festival bringing in 391 Main Competition entries. I like to think we do a decent job of covering the incredible work these smaller developers put out, and then I see a list like this and sort of freak out. The judges are going to have a heck of a time this year, that’s for sure. For the time being, I’d recommend yougive the gamesa quick glance, and seek out the ones that speak to you....
Patriotismmay not be my favorite thing ever, but I do love a good revolution. That’s a big part of why I love the videogame industry. In television, movies and music, truly revolutionary moments are few and far between. In videogames, they hit every couple of years, if not sooner. No artistic medium that I know of has evolved this far, this quickly. Knowing that videogames are in a perpetual growth spurt makes scouring for gaming news every morning a daily exercise in excitement....
Last month, there were a ton of blogs written for June’s Monthly Musings, “The start of the affair”. Twenty-seven “The start of the affair” blogs were promoted in all to the front page, setting a new record for how many blogs were promoted to the front of Destructoid. Reverend Anthony has laid down July’s Monthly Musing theme and I expect even more blogs to be written for the new theme, “A cast of thousands…of polygons“....
I just realized I forgot to do a recap ofNovember’s A Time to BuildMonthly Musings so HERE YOU GO: There weren’t too many blogs promoted last month, but what was promoted was great. There were a great variety of subjects covered. The one blog that really stood out to me from last months promoted stories belonged to Snake726. It fit the A Time to Build theme very well as it was about a game he actually helped build for a class project....
Most boring headline ever, right? Maybe a bit out of date too? I mean, Pac-Man is a bit old by now so why talked about how the ghosts in the game work? Mostly because it’s an amazing reminder of how simple programming often works better than complex rules, and a great example of how little details are so insanely important to how we interact with games. You can read the excerpt fromGame Internalswrite up below....
Need some good games for your PSP? Maybe one of these Atlus-published Irem games will fit the bill. Now is a good time to check one out, as Atlus is having a 50 percent off sale. Space strategy gameR-Type Command; super-Japanese platformerHammerin’ Hero; and cute mech gameSteambot Chronicles: Battle Tournamentare all discounted “for a limited time.” That means that they can pull the plug on the sale at any time. Better get movin’!...
Factor 5 just can’t catch a break. Its notorious PS3 exclusiveLairwas a critical flop, the firm had to declare bankruptcy and now it’s beingsued by former employeesfor fraud. According to the claimants, Factor 5’s founders fraudulently transferred funds and assets to a new company before declaring bankruptcy. “We allege in the suit that Factor 5 and its three founders fraudulently transferred assets, including source code and other intellectual property to Blue Harvest, which is now known as White Harvest,” said lawyer James Smith....
Game’s have art? Are games art? I’ll never know, but maybe Behemoth’s lead artist Dan Paladin will know a thing or two about videogame art. He’s responsible for the cute and yet gory art that makes up the unique style of titles likeCastle Crashersand their new gameBattleBlock Theater. We talk about cats and The Great Depression!
I’ve never been a huge fan of Billy Bob Thornton, certainly not as much as Dennis Hopper, but he’s a competent actor. And he managed to bed Angelina Jolie, which would award just about anybody the status associated with being a folk hero. Hell, that alone should mean he can be in any videogame he damn well chooses, as far as I’m concerned.Lo and behold, here he is talking a (very) little bit aboutDeadly Creatures, a THQ title for the Wii that releases next month....
The day of judgment has arrived; can your PC still get the job done or will your Xbox 360 game collection get $60 bigger (or more if yousplurge on the Limited Edition) come this August? You’ve seen how spectacularBioShocklooks, so itgoes without sayingthat you’ll need a great rig to see the game’s full potential. Then again, there’s always the option of buying the Xbox 360 version, unless you seriously hate playing first-person shooters with anything but a mouse and keyboard....
Despiteretail listings,rumors, and other online shenanigans, BioWare maintains that its hit titleMass Effect 2will not be coming to the PlayStation 3. The latest rumblings came when direct references to the PlayStation 3 were found inside game code for the sequel. Sorry PS3 fans, BioWare’s Chris Priestly has shut the speculation down. “The Unreal Engine is cross platform, hence the PS3 code,” he writes on theBioWare forums. “This was brought up back inMass Effect 1days as well....
Despite Microsoft claiming that the Xbox 360 is the only place to playCall of Duty: Black Ops, it would appear that the latest in the premier shooter franchise has been a success on both consoles, with both Microsoft’s Don Mattrick and Sony’s Jack Tretton claiming a slice of theBlack Opspie. “Call of Duty: Black Opshas been an incredible success on PlayStation 3,” says the Sony boss. “Treyarch’s latest efforts are driving unprecedented traffic to the PlayStation Network with the flagship online experience this holiday season....
