Friday, February 19th, 2010 | Posted by Vincent Lam | 4 Comments

Winners for the 2010 Annual Interactive Achievement Award (DICE awards) voted by the entire video game development community has been announced. Along with announcing top games of 2009, the Annual Interactive Achievement Awards has honored successful game designer and Activision co-founder, David Crane with the AIAS’ first Pioneer Award. Entertainment Software Association (ESA) founder, Douglas Lowenstein (Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon) was inducted into the Hall of Fame honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Find the list after the break.

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Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 | Posted by Gavin Greene | 1 Comment

Sony Computer Entertainment of America CEO Jack Tretton recently released some non-specific stats on a couple high-profile releases on the Playstation Blog, in between thanking consumers for “a Great 2009.”

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Thursday, February 11th, 2010 | Posted by Vincent Lam | 8 Comments

Nintendo takes the lead in both hardware and software sales as the Nintendo Wii and New Super Mario Bros Wii takes the number one spot in the charts 3 and 2 months in a row respectively. Mass Effect 2 had a great 6 day run in January selling around 570,000 units (2 million internationally according to EA). On the flip side Bayonetta, although with it’s high praises didn’t make the top 10 list having been released the first week of January.

Hardware Sales
• Wii — 465,800
• Nintendo DS — 422,200
• Xbox 360 — 332,800
• PlayStation 3 — 276,900
• PlayStation Portable — 100,100
• PlayStation 2 — 41,600

**Numbers based on units sold

Thursday, February 11th, 2010 | Posted by Gavin Greene | 2 Comments

Although Playstation 3 owners are still hoping for a 2010 Gran Turismo 5 release, last year’s portable installment in the driving simulator franchise has boosted the overall sales of the IP past 55 million units. Series-developer Polyphony Digital announced the benchmark online, along with the reveal that Gran Turismo PSP nearly passing 2 million units on its own. Find the charted figures for each individual title in the franchise, broken down by region as well as worldwide, after the jump.

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Thursday, January 21st, 2010 | Posted by Vincent Lam | 3 Comments

The NPD has updated the best selling games of all time list as of December 2009 (US sales numbers) and has added Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 to the list coming in fourth place. The NPD has not yet release full sales data for all games, but have declared Wii Play the top selling game selling 11.1 million followed by Guitar Hero III at 10.2 million (all platforms), GTA: San Andreas at 9.8 million on (Xbox and Playstation 2) and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 at 8.82 million. The top 10* best selling games are as follows:

1. Wii Play (Wii)
2. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360)
3. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2, Xbox)
4. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (PS3, Xbox 360)
5. Wii Fit (Wii)
6. Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
7. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PS3, Xbox 360, DS)
8. Madden NFL 07 (PS3, Xbox 360, Xbox, PS2, PSP, DS, GC, GBA, Wii)
9. Call of Duty: World at War (PS3, Xbox 360, DS, Wii)
10. Namco Museum (DC, GBA, PS2, GC, Xbox, PSP, N64, PS3, Wii, DS, PSP, PS, Xbox 360)

*US only. Does not include PC sales figures.

Monday, January 4th, 2010 | Posted by Vincent Lam | 1 Comment

EA has made a public announcement that they are shutting down a host of online servers to make way for new ones in the future, “All of us at EA would like to thank you for your valued participation in our online gaming community. We hope that your enthusiasm for these games extends to our current lineup and beyond”. Some servers that are cut include titles such as Burnout Revenge, Facebreaker, FIFA 07, Fight Night Round 3, NASCAR 09, Marvel Nemesis, Medal of Honor: Rising Sun, Need for Speed: Underground 2 and Tiger Woods 07. EA has also listed online servers to be shutdown on February 2nd:

February 2, 2010 Online Service Shutdown
UEFA Champions League 07 PC and x360
Facebreaker x360 and PS3
Fantasy Football 09 x360 and PS3
FIFA 07 PSP, PS2, PC
Fight Night Round 3 PS2
Madden 08 Wii
Madden 08 PC
Madden 09 Xbox1
Madden 09 Wii and PSP
March Madness 07 x360
NBA 07 PSP, x360
NBA 08 PS2, PSP, Wii
NBA 09 Wii – Europe only
NBA Street (2007) PS3 and x360
NCAA Football 08 PS2
NCAA Football 09 PS2
NASCAR 08 PS2
NASCAR 09 PS2
NASCAR 09 PS3 and x360 – Europe Only
NFL Tour PS3 and x360
NHL 07 PSP and x360
NHL 08 PC
Tiger Woods 07 PC
Madden 09 x360 and PS3
Madden 07 Xbox 360

Friday, December 25th, 2009 | Posted by Vincent Lam | 2 Comments

EEDAR, the Electronic Entertainment Design and Research has release sales figures for 2009.  As a whole, 1,099 games were released this year as opposed to 1,092 the year previous. Jesse Divinich, spokesperson of EEDAR states that, “”For just the current generation home consoles (PS3/360/Wii), 2009’s release quantities increase the total availability of games to consumers by 55 percent. Unless retail shelf space grows by the same amount–and it isn’t–than the retail shelf life for an average game decreases dramatically. “  In terms of video game released in relation to gaming platforms, Divnich noted that  DS and Wii has significant bumps in their release numbers despite drops in console sales early on in the year, while Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 were slightly down and would be lower if not for digital distribution. Divnich predicts that there will be a 5-8% drop this coming year due to industry and marketing trends seen from the previous console generations.

Thursday, December 17th, 2009 | Posted by Gavin Greene | 5 Comments

The editorial writers at Adweek Media have compiled their list of the best advertisements of the decade as part of their “Best in 2000s” countdowns. The only two game-related pieces to make the extensive list were Halo 3’s “Diorama” trailer, which featured a scrawling shot of an epic diorama-esque art piece depicting a battle between the UNSC and the Convenant, and the Playstation 2’s “Mountain” trailer, which literally asked consumers to become “king of the mountain” with the system’s online services. While neither of the trailers made it past the finalist stage, the prize went to automaker Honda for their “Grr” commercial. Both of the trailers can be viewed in their entirety after the jump.  Make sure to give us some of your favorite trailers that AdWeek might have missed in the comments section below!

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Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 | Posted by Mats Paasche | No Comments

A piece of news that is sure to shock and sadden Silent Hill fans everywhere, Akira Yamaoka (the series composer) is leaving Konami. The news was leaked by Helldecent.com (a Silent Hill fan site) yesterday. Akira is moving on to pursue “possible solo projects”, exactly what he’ll be working on isn’t known.

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Monday, November 23rd, 2009 | Posted by Vincent Lam | 17 Comments

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Tuesday
WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2010 – $39.98 (360)
Buy a Wii, get a select game free
DJ Hero Renegade Edition Bundle – $149.78 (360)
Wednesday
Guitar Hero Smash Hits (PS3)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Thursday
Tekken 6 (PS3)
Wii Ski and Snow Board (Wii)
Friday
Dsi bundle with pre-installed titles
PS3 120gb with 2 games
Xbox 360 bundles with 2 games

Best Buy

Friday door buster (5am while supplies last)

Sony Playstation 3 120gb slim bundle with LBP GOTY and Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time $299.99

–$34.99 Xbox 360 game Titles–
Brutal Legend
Dragon Age
Fifa Soccer 10
Left 4 dead 2
Madden NFL 10
NBA Live 10
Need for Speed: Shift
NHL 10

FRIDAY & SATURDAY SALE

Free $20 GC w/ purchase of DSi $169.99
Xbox 360 Elite 120GB Holiday Bundle (Pure and Lego Batman) w/ free Sonic The Hedgehog, Spiderman: Web of Shadows, Wall-E, and Ghost Recon 2 $299.99

–$4.99 PC titles–
Assassin’s Creed
BioShock
Civilization IV
FarCry 2
Slots
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
World of Warcraft

–$9.99 DS and Wii Titles—
Bolt (DS)
Cooking Mama (DS)
Crash: Mind Over Mutant (DS)
Deca Sports (Wii)
Guiness World Records: The Videogame (DS)
Legend of Spryo: Dawn of the Dragon (DS)
Marker Man Adventures (DS)
My Sims Kingdom (Wii)
My Word Coach (DS)
NBA Live 09 All-Play (Wii)
Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party (Wii)
Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood (DS)
Sudoku Ball: Detective (DS)

–14.99 Wii Titles–
Bloom Blox Bash Party
Cooking Mama: World Kitchen
Excite Bots: Trick Racing
Madagascar 2: Escape 2 Africa
Marvel Ultimate Alliance
Pikmin
We Ski & Snowboard
$19.99 PS3 and Xbox 360 Game Titles
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood
Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
Fallout 3 (Excludes GOTY Edition)
Hasbro Family Game Night
Resident Evil 5
The Bigs 2
Tom Clancy’s Hawx

eStarland.com

HARDWARE/ACCESSORIES:

PS3 Dual Shock 3 Controller (Black/Red/Blue/Silver) – $39.99 with promo code:

SOFTWARE:

Chrono Cross – $16.95 (PS1)
Eternal Poison w/ Soundtrack CD – $19.95 (PS2)
EyePet Bundle w/ PlayStation Eye – $69.95 (PS3)
Final Fantasy Origins – $16.95 (PS1)
Final Fantasy Chronicles – $16.95 (PS1)
Final Fantasy Anthology – $16.95 (PS1)
Final Fantasy VIII – $16.95 (PS1)
Final Fantasy IX – $16.95 (PS1)
Soul Calibur IV – $19.50 (PS3)

Game Crazy

Thursday and Friday

–$4.99 Selected Titles–
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith (PS2,PS3,Wii, xbox360)
Infinite Undiscovery (Xbox 360)
Kung Fu Panda (PS3,Wii, xbox360)
Madden ‘09 (PS3,Wii,360)
MLB2k8 (PS3,Wii, 360)
Samba De Amigo (wii)

Thursday 10am

–$14.95 Selected Titles–
Bionic Commando (PS3/360)
Fight Night Round 4 (PS3/360)
Super Smash Bros. Brawl (wii)
Soul Calibur IV (PS3/360)

Friday 5AM-8AM

–$14.95 Selected Titles–
Animal Crossing: City Folk
Guitar Hero: World Tour (PS2,PS3,Wii,360)
Prototype (PS3,360)
Pokemon: Mystery Dungeon Time/Darkness (DS)

11/27-11/29

Buy 2, Get 1 Free on all USED games.
30% more trade credit for all games
Save $20 on Guitar Hero 5 Bundles.
Free Extra Controller with the purchase of Xbox 360 Elite.

GameStop

Trade in Bonuses

Trade-in bonus: Trade 2 +10%, Trade 4 +20%, Trade 6 +40%
Extra $25 trade-in credit when you trade in a Xbox 360, PS3, or Wii System
Extra 30% trade-in credit on anything traded towards the purchase of a Mario or Brain Age DSi Bundle
Trade in two select PS3, Wii, 360 games, get New Super Mario Bros. Wii for $9.99
Trade in two select PS3, Wii, 360 games, get Left 4 Dead 2, Brutal Legend, Tekken 6, Uncharted 2, Assassin’s Creed 2, or Dragon Age: Origins for $19.99

Friday Door busters – 6AM-11AM

PS3 120GB Slim w/free LittleBigPlanet GOTY & God Of War Collection
Xbox 360 Elite Holiday Bundle w/choice of free COD4 or Bakugon
Batman: AA (PS3, Xbox 360) $39.99
Call of Duty: World at War (PS3, Xbox 360) $39.99
Free 2nd Wii MotionPlus with Wii Sports Resort

Friday Only

PSP Road Gear Kit $9.99 (PSP)
Final Fantasy Crisis Core $9.99 (PSP)
Monster Hunter Freedom 2 $9.99 (PSP)
Rainbow Six Vegas $9.99 (PSP)
Tekken 6 $39.99 (Xbox 360)

Friday and Saturday Only

World of Warcraft $4.99

Friday, Saturday, and Sunday

Buy 2 used games & accessories, get 1 free
DS Lite $59.99
Borderlands (PS3,Xbox 360) $49.99
Fallout 3 (PS3, Xbox 360) $49.99
Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3, Xbox 360) $19.99

–Discounts Multiplatform Titles–
Energizer Controller Charger (PS3, xbox 360) $19.99
Guitar Hero 5 (PS3, xbox 360) $39.99
Need For Speed Shift (PC, PS3, xbox 360) $39.99
NCAA Football 10 (PS3, xbox 360) $49.99
Prototype (PS3, xbox 360) $29.99

–Discounted PS3 Titles–
Blazblue $49.99
Prototype $29.99

–Discounts Xbox 360 Titles–
Buy any 360 game, get 50% any new 360 Family Game
Free Lego Keychain with Lego Rock Band
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood $19.99
Dirt 2 $49.99
Dynasty Warriors 6
Forza 3 $39.99
Halo 3: ODST $39.99
Left 4 Dead 2 $39.99
Smackdown vs Raw 2010 $49.99
Spiderman Web of Shadows $19.99

–Discounted Wii Titles–
Wii Sports Accessory Pack $9.99
Sandisk 2GB SD $7.49
Sandisk 4GB SD $14.99
Ben 10: Alien Force $9.99
Chicken Blaster Bundle $29.99
Drawn to Life $39.99
EA Sports Active: More Workouts $29.99
TMNT Smash Up $29.99
Price is Right $19.99
World Zoo $29.99

–Discounted DS Titles–
Ds Lite Traveler Case $4.99
DS Duo Game Case & Stylus $4.99
Ben 10: Alien Force $9.99
Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter $19.99
Littlest Pet Shop Starter Kit $14.99
Naruto Shippuden: Ninja Destiny 2 $19.99
Style Lab: Jewelry Design $19.99
Style Lab: Makeover $19.99

–Discounted PC Titles–
Guild Wars Trilogy $24.99
Left 4 Dead 2 $29.99
The Sims 3 $29.99
World of Warcraft Battlechest $19.99

–Discounted Used Titles–
Buy Super Mario Galaxy, Get Wii Music Free $39.99
DS System $49.99
GBA SP System $29.99
SanDisk Pro Duo 2GB $14.99
SanDisk Pro Duo 5GB $19.99
PSP System $79.99
Guitar Hero III (PS3 Xbox 360)$4.99
Guitar Hero World Tour (PS3 Xbox 360)$14.99
Guitar Hero Aerosmith (PS3 Xbox 360)$7.49

Kohls

(Sale begins 4am)

Entire Stock of Wii and DS Games 20-30% OFF
Video Wii Accessories 20-50% OFF

Kmart

FRIDAY DOORBUSTERS (6 AM – 11 AM)

Need For Speed: Nitro $29.99 (Wii)
Spore Hero $29.99 (Wii)

FRIDAY & SATURDAY SALE

$25 Nintendo gaming coupon with any DS system
Buy limited edition Assassin’s Creed Bloodlines Entertainment Pack and get Assassin’s Creed II for PS3 Free $199.99
Buy the holiday Pack XBox 360 Elite And Get Halo 3: ODST free $299.99
Rock Band 2 $99.99

–$14.99 & Under Bin–
ATV Offroad Fury 3 (PS2)
Game Party $9.99 (Wii)
Game Party 2 $9.99(Wii)
High School Musical 3 Dance Bundle $9.99 (PS2)
Hot Shots Golf Open Tee (PSP)
Jak & Daxter (PS2)
Lego Batman (DS)
Lego Star Wars Complete Saga (Wii)
My Sims Kingdom (Wii)
Petz Rescue Ocean Patrol (DS)
TNA Impact (PS3)

–$19.99 Wii Titles–
Ben 10 Alien Force (Wii)

–$29.99 Wii Titles–
Cars Race O Rama (Wii)
SpongeBob’s Truth Or Square (Wii)
TMNT Smash-Up (Wii)
World of Zoo (Wii)

–$39.99 Game Titles–
Batman: Arkham Asylum (PS3, Xbox360)
Brutal Legend (PS3, Xbox360)
Dirt 2 (PS3, Xbox360)
Dragon Age (PS3, Xbox360)
Drawn to Life $19.99 (Wii)
Halo 3: ODST (xbox360)
Left 4 Dead 2 (Xbox 360)
WWE Smackdown Vs Raw 2010 (PS3)’

Newegg

Eat Lead: Return of Matt Hazard (PS3, Xbox 360) $10
FEAR Files (Xbox 360) $10
Flatout: Ultimate Carnage (Xbox 360) $12
House of the dead overkill (Wii) $13
Game Party (Wii) $10
Game Party 2 (Wii) $15
Onechanbra: Bikini Zombie Slayer (Wii) $10
Virtua Tennis 2009 (Xbox 360) $11

Old Navy

Lego Rock Band free when you buy $20 or more

Office Max

(Sale begins 7:00am)

50% off selected LEGO console games for Xbox 360 and DS

Sams Club

(Sale begins at 5am)

120 GB Bundle – $299
Active Life Mat Wii Bundle w/Mat – $69
Family Wii Bundle – $349

Sears

FRIDAY DOORBUSTERS (4 AM – Noon)
Nintendo Wii System w/ free Nerf Racing Wheel ($9.99 value) = $199.99
Sony PS3 Slim 120gb System w/ free Official Blu-ray Remote ($24.99 value) = $299.99
Microsoft XBOX 360 Elite Holiday Bundle (Lego Batman + Pure) w/ free XBL 12-Months Card ($49.99 Value) = $299.99

Crash Time and Battle Fantasia (2 pk) $24.99 (Xbox 360)
Drawn to Life $19.99 (DS)
Golf Clubs and Ultimate Board Game Collection (2 pk) $14.99 (Wii)
Guitar Hero World Tour w/ Guitar Bundle $49.99 (PS2, Wii, PS3, Xbox 360)
StormRise and Bionic Commando (2 pk) $24.99 (PS3)
Superman Returns + KOF + DT Carnage (3 pk) $9.99 (PS2)
Tornado and Smthing generic (2 pk) $14.99 (DS)
TMNT SmashUp $29.99 (Wii)
World of Zoo $19.99 (Wii)

FRIDAY & SATURDAY SALE

–$14.99 & Under Bin–
SOCOM 3 (PS2)
Cooking Mama (DS)
TNA Impact (PS3)
Facebreaker (Xbox 360)
SOCOM Fireteam Bravo (PSP)

–$29.99 Wii Titles–
Boy & His Blob
The Biggest Loser
Jillian Michaels Workout

–$39.99 PS3 and Xbox 360 Titles–
Brutal Legend (Xbox 360)
DragonAge (PS3, Xbox 360
Forza 3 (Xbox 360)
Halo ODST (Xbox 360)
Left 4 Dead (Xbox 360))
NFS Shift (PS3, Xbox 360)

Radio Shack

PS3 Dual Shock 3 Controller $29.99
Wii Gigaware Recharge Station $12.99
Wii Niko Wand $24.99
XBox 360 Elite Bundle Deal w/ LEGO Batman and Pure $299.99 with $60 gift card

Target

FRIDAY DOORBUSTERS (5 AM – 11 PM or Until Supplies Last)

Free $20 GC W/ Purchase of DSi Game System $169.99
PS3 Black DualShock 3 Controller $39
Video Rocker Extreme 2 $29.98
Wii Play Bundle (Wii Play & Wii Controller) $39
XBox 360 Black Controller $39

FRIDAY & SATURDAY SALE

FREE $10 GC W/ Purchase of:
Assassin’s Creed II $59.99 ( PS3, Xbox 360)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 $59.99 ( PS3, Xbox 360)
Mario and Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games $49.99 (Wii)
Nerf N-Strike Elite Bundle $59.99 (Wii)
Wii Sports Resort $49.99 (Wii)

Free $50 GC w/ purchase of an Xbox 360 Elite Holiday System Bundle (Pure & Lego Batman) $299.99
or XBox 360 Elite Modern Warfare 2 System Bundle $399.99

–$7 Game Titles–
Personal Trainer: Cooking (DS)
Rock Band Unplugged (PSP)
Shaun White Snowboarding Target Edition (PS3, Xbox 360)

–$17 DS Titles–
Gardening Mama
Hannah Montanna The Movie
iCarly
Littlest Pet Shop Friends: Beach
Style Lab: Makeover
Super Hero Squad

–$27 Wii Titles–
Animal Crossing: City Folk
Call of Duty: World at War
Need For Speed: Nitro
SimAnimals Africa
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Smash-Up
Wii Music

–$37 Game Titles–
Batman: Arkham Asylum (PS3, Xbox 360)
Guitar Hero 5 (Wii)
Halo 3: ODST (Xbox 360)
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 (PS3, Wii, Xbox 360)
Need For Speed: Shift (PS3, Xbox 360)
Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes (PS3, Xbox 360)

Toys R US

FRIDAY DOORBUSTERS (12 AM – 1 PM)

DSi Holiday Bundle w/ free EVA Sleeve Kit & DSi Car Adapter $159.99
Wii Nerf N-Strike Bundle $14.99
XBox 360 Arcade System W/ FREE Carrying Case, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, PopCap Arcade Vol. 1, and Namco Museum Virtual Arcade $229.95

–$19.99 & Under PSP Accessories–
Screen Protectors
Star Wars Gamer Bundle
Tech Case

FRIDAY Door Buster (5 AM – 1 PM)

–$23.99 Wii Titles–
iCarly
Scooby-Doo First Frights

–$24.99 Wii Titles–
Dead Space Extraction
Spore Hero

–$29.99 Wii and DS Titles–
Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs (Wii)
Guitar Hero On Tour / Decades 2 Bundle (DS)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Smash-Up (Wii)

–$34.99 Xbox 360 Titles–
Forza 3 (Xbox 360)
Halo 3: ODST (Xbox 360)
Need For Speed: Shift (PS3, Xbox 360)

FRIDAY & SATURDAY SALE

All iCarly Video Game Accessories $4.99-7.49
Nintendo DS Lite Starter Kit $11.99

–$5 DS Accessories–
Bling Kit
Game Cases on a Chain
Photo Frame Kit
Pink Sleeve
Shoulder Strap
Star Wars Clone Wars Battle Accessories

–$10 Wii Accessories–
3-in-1 Player’s Sports Kit
Dual Glow Sabers
Wii Maracas

–$15 Wii and Xbox 360 Accessories–
Carrying Case (Wii)
Messenger Bag (Xbox 360)

–$9.99 Wii and DS Game Titles–
Avatar: The Last Airbender-Into The Inferno (DS, Wii)
Chrysler Classic Racing (Wii)
Crash: Mind Over Mutant (DS)
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (DS)
Imagine: Family Doctor (DS)
Imagine: Party Babyz (Wii)
Jelly Belly Ballistic Beans (Wii)
Kawasaki Jet Ski (Wii)
Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon (DS)
Monsters Vs Aliens (DS)
MySims Kingdom (DS)
MySims Party (Wii)
Petz Horseshoe Ranch (DS)
The Price Is Right (Wii)
Tony Hawk’s Motion (DS)

–$17.99 DS Titles–
Chaotic: Shadow Warrior
Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Autobots

–$21.99 DS and PSP Titles(Buy 1, Get 1 Free)–
Dinosaur King (DS)
Hellboy: The Science of Evil (PSP)
Hot Shots Golf Open Tee (PSP)
Mushroom Men: Rise of the Fungi (DS)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (PSP)
Sonic Rivals 2 (PSP)
The Cheetah Girls: Pop Star Sensations (DS)
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (DS)

Walmart

FRIDAY DOORBUSTERS (5 AM – 11 AM)

Nintendo DS Lite $98
Playstation 3 Slim W/ FREE Infamous, Batman: Arkham Asylum, and The Dark Knight BD $299
Rock Band Special Edition $50 (PS3, Xbox 360)
XBox 360 Arcade W/ FREE Madagascar 2: Escape 2 Africa, Madagascar DVD, and Madagascar 2: Escape 2

FRIDAY SALE

–$7 Game Titles –
Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader: Make The Grade (PS2)
Celebrity Sports Showdown (Wii)
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 (Xbox 360)
Lock’s Quest (DS)
Neopets Puzzle Adventure (DS)
Shrek’s Carnival Craze (PS2)
Suzuki TT Super Bikes (PS2)
Tak: Guardians of Gross (Wii)

–$10 Game Titles –
Big Beach Sports (Wii)
Carnival Games (Wii)
Grand Theft Auto 4 (Xbox 360)
Midnight Club LA (Xbox 360)
MX Vs ATV Unleashed (DS)
Need For Speed: Undercover (PS3)
The Godfather II (PS3)

–$25 Game Titles –
Bakugan (Wii)
Call of Duty 4 GOTY Edition (PS3)
Madden NFL 10 (PS2)
NBA 2k10 (Xbox 360)
Smackdown Vs Raw 2009 (PS3)
The Sims 3 (PC)
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 (Wii)
UFC Undisputed (Xbox 360)

Sunday, November 15th, 2009 | Posted by Vincent Lam | 1 Comment

Sunday 11.15

New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii) $49.99

Tuesday 11.17

Assassin’s Creed 2 (PS3, Xbox 360) $59.99
Assassin’s Creed II Discovery (DS) $29.99
Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines (PSP) $39.99
Discovery Kids: Spider Quest (DS) $19.99
Disney The Princess and the Frog (DS, PC, Wii) $19.99-$39.99
EA Sports Active: More Workouts (Wii) $39.99
Formula One 2009 (PSP, Wii) $39.99
Foto Frenzy (DS) $19.99
God of War: Collection (PS3) $39.99
Just Dance (Wii) $39.99
Imagine: Artist (DS) $29.99
Kamen Rider Dragon Knight (DS, Wii) $29.99
Left 4 Dead 2 (PC, xbox360) $49.99-$59.99
LittleBigPlanet (PSP) $39.99
LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues (DS, PC, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360) $29.99-$49.99
NCAA Basketball 2010 (PS3, Xbox 360) $59.99
Petz Dogz Talent Show (DS) $29.99
Petz Hamsterz Superstars (DS) $29.99
Planet 51 (DS, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360) $29.99-$49.99
The Sims 3 World Adventures Expansion Pack (PC) $39.99
Rec Room (Wii) $29.99
Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles (Wii) $49.99
Scene It: Bright Lights Big Screen (PS3, Wii, Xbox 360) $39.99
SingStar Latino (PS2, PS3) $29.99-$39.99
Sony PSP Assassin’s Creed Bloodline Bundle (PSP) $199.99
Stoked: Big Air Edition (Xbox 360) $39.99
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s Tag Force 4 (PSP) $29.99

*Dates maybe subject to change. Based on US release dates. Does not include DLC
**Prices at MSRP

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 | Posted by Gavin Greene | 2 Comments

Despite many gamers contesting Harmonix’s Rock Band franchise superiority over Guitar Hero, Activision stands behind the series’ consistently top sales in describing its popularity among all types of consumers. The media director at Activision UK, Andrew Brown, spoke for the company in a recent interview with online editorial MCV.

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Monday, November 9th, 2009 | Posted by Vincent Lam | 1 Comment

We’re finally here, this week Modern Warfare 2, the sequel to the mega hit Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare hits the street. In addition to this the first Modern Warfare is released for Wii and DS in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Reflex and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Mobilized.

For a full list with prices, dates and box art follow the break.’

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Saturday, November 7th, 2009 | Posted by Vincent Lam | 3 Comments

Harmonix, in several interviews, has stated that their next rhythm based game, Rock Band 3, will actually teach people how to play music. In an interview with the Chicago Tribune, Harmonics consultant Dhani Harrison states,

“I’m working on Rock Band 3 and making the controllers more real so people can actually learn how to play music while playing the game. Give me a couple years, it’s going to happen”.

He further iterated the idea to the Boston Herald, which netted this response, “Now Harrison is working on Rock Band 3 to make it even more realistic. His goal: to get the game to actually teach people to play music, not just to pantomime in rhythm.” Rock Band 3 is to include teaching tools that will help with real world skills by tutorials presented in the game.

Sunday, November 1st, 2009 | Posted by Vincent Lam | 3 Comments

Imagine if you will; Babyz Fashion, the next respectable frontier in the clothing, fashion and games industry…

No but seriously, this week we have a bunch of big releases, and headlining them all is the much anticipated Dragon Age: Origins. On the Wii front we have the arcade racer Need for Speed: Nitro, the new Dance Dance Revolution and Rock Band: LEGO. Jak and Daxter blast their way onto the PS2 while the Star Wars Battlefront is moving on PSP. Last but not least, the stage is hijacked by the new Band Hero.

Take the jump for a full list with dates, prices and box art.

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