Game publisher Konami Digital Entertainment recently announced their region-licensing of their various IP to Mindscape Asia Pacific for the Australia and New Zealand regions. The deal is effective immediately, with one of the first titles published in the region being the recent Silent Hill: Shattered Memories (Elder-Geek review here.)
Satoru Iwata recently teased (in an interview with Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun,) that the next generation Nintendo handheld will be able to read movements, stating that the DS will need “highly detailed graphics, and it will be necessary to have a sensor with the ability to read the movements of people playing”. The article also […]
The Japanese market may seem to have had a good year, if their lead software sales are any indication. Financial firm Enterbrain recently released the calendar year’s fiscal results, and several games post impressive numbers. Dragon Quest IX took first place in 2009 with 4.1 million units sold, Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver following with 3.3 million. Rounding […]
…Unsurprisingly, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. According to .torrent file trend analysts TorrentFreak, Activision’s blockbuster shooter’s records weren’t just limited to launch sales, as the game 4.1 million copies of the PC version game were illegally downloaded on BitTorrent alone. The Xbox 360 version saw the second largest plundering with 970,000 copies reportedly swiped. […]