No Xbox 720: “We Have No New Plans For Another Xbox”, Says Microsoft
So, you’re already getting prepped for the next Xbox, nicknamed Xbox 720? Just hold on right there. Microsoft’s Steve McGill has said that they have no new plans for another Xbox: We’ve no plans for another Xbox. You’ll continue to see us bring amazing new experiences to the console, without you having to buy a […]
Analyst Expects PS3 To Overtake Xbox 360 By 2012
Just a few years ago it seemed improbable. How the gaming industry can change in such few short years. Speaking to IndustryGamers, EEDAR analyst Jesse Divnich believes Sony’s PS3 will finally overtake the Xbox 360 by 2012 in terms of worldwide sales. “Worldwide, Sony will eventually take the lead from Microsoft, likely by the end […]
Fallout: New Vegas Ships 5 Million Copies Worldwide, $300M In Sales
Bethesda has just announced that Fallout: New Vegas shipped 5 million copies worldwide and raked in $300 million in sales since its October 19th release date. “We are delighted by the reception Fallout: New Vegas has received from fans around the world,” Bethesda president Vlatko Andonov said on the numbers. “Despite the large launch quantities […]
CoD: Black Ops To Sell 20% Less Than Modern Warfare 2
Cowan & Company analyst Doug Creutz predict that Call of Duty: Black Ops will sell 20% less than Modern Warfare 2. Speaking in an investor meeting, the analyst said, “This includes an assumption that the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops comps negatively against last year’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, despite the fact […]
Dead Space 2 Developer: Market ‘Not Rewarding’ Single-Player Only Games
Dead Space 2 developer Ian Milham of Visceral Games believe that the market is “not rewarding” single-player only games and the reason why Dead Space 2 will have multiplayer. Uncharted 2, BioShock 2 and a host of others have added multiplayer modes to their sequel where the first was single-player only. Speaking to ThatVGBlog, Ian […]
AMD Topples Nvidia As The Top Market Leader In Discrete Graphics Cards
Well folks, AMD is now the market leader in discrete DirectX 11 graphics cards. Much of the strong performance is due to the strength of the firm’s DirectX 11 graphics cards with more than 25 million of those sold alone. AMD managed to add 5.6 percentage points to its market share tally and now commands […]
Fable 3 Takes No. 1 Spot In UK, Topples Fallout NV And MoH
Fable 3, Microsoft’s exclusive Xbox 360 game has taken the #1 spot in UK software charts, toppling the previous #1 Fallout: New Vegas to third place. EA’s Medal of Honor has slowed down to sixth place. The top ten games in UK as of today, are given below: This Week Last Week Title 1 New […]
Hitman 5 In Trouble? IO Interactive Laysoff Workers, “Cancels Project”
News of Hitman 5 being under development at IO Interactive hit the net as the main voice actor revealed the game. The studio responded by denying it had any connection with the said voice actor. Now fans of Hitman may be further worried as IO Interactive has laid off “as many as 35 [workers], and […]
Why Japan Hates The Xbox And Still To This Day
Did you ever wonder why the original Xbox and the Xbox 360 never caught up in Japan? Turns out, the Japanese had issues with the Xbox even before the original released. Ed Fries, the former vice president of game publishing at Microsoft has revealed in his interview on Develop-Online that, …when I went to Japan […]
Golden Joystick Awards: ME 2 Takes GoTY, AC2 Best Action/Adventure And More
The Golden Joystick awards have ended, marking their twenty eighth year. The Golden Joystick Awards are voted by the gaming community. Mass Effect 2 was voted as the Ultimate Game of the Year as well as RPG of the year. Assassin’s Creed 2 takes the place of best action/adventure game of the year. All results […]
Sony’s PlayStation Business Makes $84M Profit
Sony’s Networked Product and Services division, which houses the PlayStation business, PC and other connected devices, swung to a ¥6.9 billion ($85.5m / £53.6m) operating profit for the second quarter of the financial year, compared to a ¥59 billion ($731m / £458m) loss for the same period last year. However, sales in the game category […]
Microsoft’s Xbox Division Makes $382M Profit In Large Part To $350M Halo: Reach Sales, Office 2010 And Win 7
Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices division, which includes the Xbox, Zune and Windows Phone 7 businesses, has reported an operating profit of $382 million for its first financial quarter, up 46 per cent on the same period last year. Revenues were up 27 per cent to $1.79 billion as the company shipped 2.8 million Xbox 360 […]
Nintendo Reports First Half-Year Net Loss in Seven Years Due To Weak Sales And 3DS Delay
Nintendo has reported that it made a loss for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, largely because of a strong yen, weaker sales of the Wii and the company’s games, and a delay in the launch of the 3DS handheld gaming system. For the April-September period, Nintendo reported loss of ¥2.01 billion ($24.7 million) versus […]
SOF Banani Brings PS3 Jailbreak To Bangladesh Market
SOF Banani at UAE Market, Kamal Ataturk Avenue has brought PS3 Jailbreak modchips. The PS3 Jailbreak will be priced at Tk 2,200 the shop told Gamersworldbd today. As of now PS3 Jailbreak only works upto firmware 3.42 3.41, firmware 3.5 is still not supported. You can bypass games that require firmware 3.42 so you can […]
