|
|
 Buy on AliExpress.com
DCEmu.Com is a site that brings you the very latest in Gaming news that isnt console specific and the latest Current Gen news from around the world, Part of the
DCEmu Homebrew & Gaming Network.
THE LATEST NEWS BELOW
|
March 15th, 2012, 00:17 Posted By: wraggster
One Piece: Pirate Warriors is the Japanese all-formats number one for a second week, despite sales falling by over 85 per cent week on week.
In second place is Sega's Hatsune Miku And Future Stars: Project Mirai for 3DS, according to Media Create data posted on NeoGaf.
Capcom's fighting game crossover Street Fighter X Tekken enters the chart at number three, with the overwhelming majority of its 67,000 sales going to PS3 owners. Konami's 3DS remake, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater 3D, debuts in fifth.
3DS was once again the week's best-selling hardware, with 68,951 units sold during the week. Vita sales rose, but only by 18 units, to 10,041.
01. One Piece: Pirate Warriors (Namco Bandai, PS3)
02. Hatsune Miku And Future Stars: Project Mirai (Sega, 3DS)
03. Street Fighter X Tekken (Capcom, PS3/360)
04. Mobile Suit Gundam UC (Namco Bandai, PS3)
05. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater 3D (Konami)
06. Mario & Sonic At The London 2012 Olympic Games (Sega, 3DS)
07. Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo, 3DS)
08. Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo, 3DS)
09. Harvest Moon: The Land Of Origin (Marvelous AQL, 3DS)
10. Monster Hunter Tri G (Capcom, 3DS)
http://www.edge-online.com/news/one-...japan-top-spot
To read more of the post and Download, click here!
 Join In and Discuss Here
Submit News and Releases Here and Contact Us for Reviews and Advertising Here |
|
 |
|
|
|
March 15th, 2012, 00:13 Posted By: wraggster
While you might have often heard that PC gaming is dying — detractors have been claiming this for over a decade — one developer has a different take: that consoles are the ones on the way out. In a 26-minute presentation at GDC — available now as a slideshow with a voice-over — Ben Cousins, who heads mobile/tablet game maker ngmoco, uses statistics of electronic and gaming purchases, along with market shares of developers and publishers from just a few years ago, to come to some surprising conclusions. The old guard, including the three big console manufacturers — Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft — are losing out when compared with the new generation of gaming platform developers: Facebook, Apple and Google. With the new companies, the size of the audience is vastly increased because of their focus on tablets, mobile and browser-based gaming.
http://games.slashdot.org/story/12/0...says-developer
To read more of the post and Download, click here!
Join In and Discuss Here
Submit News and Releases Here and Contact Us for Reviews and Advertising Here |
|
|
|
|
|
March 15th, 2012, 00:08 Posted By: wraggster
Intrepid correspondent Timothy Lord writes, "I talked at SXSW with Kari Hale of League For Gamers, an organization started just a few months ago by Red 5 Studios founder CEO Mark Kern. (Kern was also team lead for World of Warcraft.) League for Gamers shares some of the goals of groups like the EFF and EPIC, but — as you might guess from the name — is tightly focused on the world of gaming. The group owes its existence to SOPA; the money used to start it up had initially been budgeted for Red 5 Studios' appearance at the most recent E3, but E3 sponsor's Entertainment Software Association's support for SOPA led Kern to withdraw from the show. Kari gave a quick rundown of the origins of the League, what it hopes to accomplish, and what sorts of efforts it's so far undertaken."
http://games.slashdot.org/story/12/0...r-gamers-video
To read more of the post and Download, click here!
Join In and Discuss Here
Submit News and Releases Here and Contact Us for Reviews and Advertising Here |
|
|
|
|
|
March 14th, 2012, 23:40 Posted By: wraggster
Rumours grow as PayPal steps up drive to take its online system into physical stores.
GigaOM has reported that payPal will unveil the dongle tomorrow, and will thus take the fight directly to Square, Intuit, Verifone and others in targeting modest transactions at thousands of small retail outlets, cafes, bars and so on.
Reports says the peripheral will ve shaped like a triangle, will allow small business owners to process swipes from a PayPay pre-paid card.
It's all part of a push to take PayPal away from its eBay ghetto and get it accepted as a 'real world' payment system.
Indeed, it's already running a 2,000 outlet trial with includin Home Depot that converts existing point-of-sale terminals so they can accept PayPal PINs.
You can see the logic; Square is now processing sales worth around $4 billion a year and has around 1m merchants signed up.
http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/...-dongle/017395
To read more of the post and Download, click here!
Join In and Discuss Here
Submit News and Releases Here and Contact Us for Reviews and Advertising Here |
|
|
|
|
|
March 14th, 2012, 02:07 Posted By: wraggster
 One week before the release of Ninja Gaiden 3, a previously unseen special edition has popped up on the website of Canadian retailer Video Games Plus. The set inclues a PS3 copy of the game and a special "Dragon Sword" accessory for PlayStation Move that mimics the appearance of Ryu Hayabusa's sword. Or, to put it another way, is a tiny bloody foam sword.
We haven't seen this edition for sale anywhere else, so it's potentially either a Canadian exclusive or something that didn't actually make it to production. It's different from the known collector's edition, anyway. We're asking Tecmo Koei now. We just want to know if we and other mature adults will be able to play this M-rated game with a toy sword.
Update: Tecmo tells us the sword is a real item, "okayed" by Tecmo but not 100% official. The bundle, from what we understand, is not an official Tecmo thing. We've asked for more info about its availability.
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/13/re...-bloody-sword/
To read more of the post and Download, click here!
Join In and Discuss Here
Submit News and Releases Here and Contact Us for Reviews and Advertising Here |
|
|
|
|
|
March 14th, 2012, 02:05 Posted By: wraggster
Game won't stock Tecmo Koei titles Ninja Gaiden 3 and Warriors Orochi 3, Tecmo announced today, asking players who have pre-ordered through Game to to try again at another, more stable retailer, such as Blockbuster (ouch). Capcom announced that Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City will also not hit Game shelves, following in Asura's Wrath and Street Fighter X Tekken's foot-stomps.
Game is on the brink of collapse, recently taking new titles from EA, Ubisoft, Capcom, Namco Bandai and Tecmo Koei off its shelves, and is looking to sell itself and everything it has -- which, at this point, isn't much.
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/13/ga...eration-racco/
To read more of the post and Download, click here!
Join In and Discuss Here
Submit News and Releases Here and Contact Us for Reviews and Advertising Here |
|
|
|
|
|
March 14th, 2012, 00:18 Posted By: wraggster
Every part of the games business is transforming. That's both terrifying and exciting, argues Johnny Minkley
The death of specialist retail? The end of optical media in consoles? The last stand for dedicated gaming handhelds? Now more than ever the defining mood of the video games industry is uncertainty.
Take retail. GAME Group, which accounts for a third of the market in the UK, is on the brink of administration. Will GameStop step in, interest piqued by the lure of instant market leadership, to salvage specialist retail?
Or will games lose their presence on the high street, denying casual shoppers the chance to browse and try before they buy, and stripping variety from shelves, as the remaining supermarkets stock the key chart titles and little else?
Entire conferences are devoted to weighing the pros and cons of the business models available to content creators, but no-one is sure which way the wind will blow
The shift to digital is inevitable, but there is no "mp3 moment" for video games given the file sizes involved and current broadband speeds. Intuitively, everyone knows digital is growing rapidly, but by how much? How big is the market?
The official story, based on Chart-Track numbers, is one of decline - yet this analysis is fatally undermined by a lack of data, stubbornly tied as it is to physical sales.
Efforts, coming to fruition, to deliver a digital software chart in the UK are laudable and overdue, but will only ever paint part of the picture without giants like Apple and Valve in the mix - the latter's Steam service now so significant and powerful in PC gaming the man in charge of it is a billionaire.
Take the media. British magazine publishers weep at the might of Game Informer in the US as their circulations collapse and, having wrestled for years with the division of content between dead tree and online, now fret over how to handle the exploding tablet market.
Meanwhile, for professional publishing houses that have scarcely come to terms with the temerity of amateur bloggers to encroach all too successfully onto their hallowed turf, they now have the new broadcasting stars of YouTube to contend with, like Tom Syndicate, a lovely young chap who's amassed tens of millions of hits and hundreds of thousands of Twitter followers with his ultra-lo fi, hyper-enthusiastic videos - making a small fortune in the process.
Even reviewing a game is no longer a straightforward task, when it's increasingly hard to determine when a title can be considered "finished"; where games can be transformed with a free content update, and where the day-one patch has flung timings into chaos. And it's probably for the best I don't have the space to go anywhere near the can of worms marked "embargoes".
No longer, too, can the media rely on the old PR blueprint that ensured the press were the gatekeepers of new product information. In the age of the app, with hundreds of games going on sale every day made by studios with zero PR or marketing budget, the roles have reversed, with professional publications now heavily reliant on their readers for word-of-mouth tips.
Those stranded in-between, still peddling resource-intensive console titles without the marketing or franchise clout of the big beasts, are feeling the squeeze. More will inevitably fail
Take hardware. In the limbo of transition from one generation of console hardware to the next (which, most seem to agree, will be the last cycle as we know it) the clamour grows for news on what's next, hence the frenzied reaction to whispers that the next Xbox will not feature a disc drive.
Yet, as David Cage demonstrated so powerfully at GDC with his Quantic Dream's Kara short running in realtime on PS3, and as the release this week of thatgamecompany's phenomenal Journey shows with equal force, there's plenty of life left in these ageing platforms.
As the medium has matured, many games have come to be defined by the limits of technique, not technology. After all, Nintendo only joins the "HD era", ushered in so noisily by Microsoft in 2005, later this year.
And anyway, what on earth is a third-party developer supposed to make of Wii U? What about cloud gaming? A TV made by Apple that could easily do games? A Steambox from Valve?
Speaking of which, take developers and publishers. The old distinction means little to digital micro-studios bursting into life. Gaming's audience has expanded wildly and the market has polarised, with success enjoyed by heavyweight franchise blockbusters at one end and cheap apps/freemium casual titles at the other.
At the same time, those stranded in-between, still peddling resource-intensive console titles without the marketing or franchise clout of the big beasts, are feeling the squeeze. More will inevitably fail.
Entire conferences and acres of analysis are devoted to weighing the pros and cons of the business models available to content creators today, all very thoughtful and worthy, but no-one is sure which way the wind will blow.
Mills, who heads up UK app developer ustwo, offers a fascinating real-time case study via his Twitter feed (@millsustwo) of one studio's journey through this shifting landscape - sharing details with a degree of transparency unthinkable from a traditional games company.
Those of us fortunate to have lived, worked and played our way through four decades are a lucky generation that has borne witness to the birth and development of a new form of entertainment
As his most recent tweet suggests, there's no safe route to success: "Does anyone else out there feel a little completely and utterly disillusioned by the state of the madness that is digital?"
And then there's Double Fine's sensational Kickstarter crowdfunding experiment, which has set tongues wagging across the globe, while even the UK's most acclaimed and decorated game maker, Peter Molyneux, has seized the moment to jump from the Microsoft mothership and rediscover a passion for indie development.
No wonder the industry has cleaved so passionately to the current "coding revolution" narrative. Couched as it is in the soft blanket of nostalgia, the Raspberry Pi story is at once fresh and exciting, but the philosophy behind it is known, familiar, consoling - redolent of an era when Britannia ruled the gaming waves.
The games industry is barely 40 years old. Those of us fortunate to have lived, worked and played our way through those four decades are a lucky generation that has borne witness to the birth and development of a new form of entertainment, with a rate of evolution unlikely to be experienced again.
And yet the games biz today finds itself in an unprecedented state of flux at every level. That's both terrifying for hundreds of business and tens of thousands of employees, with lives and livelihoods in limbo, and terrifically exciting as the nature of the entertainment created and consumed transforms.
As the screenwriter William Goldman said of Hollywood, nobody knows anything. The questions being asked right now are leading us into a future of uncertainties, mysteries and doubts. But also one brimming with possibilities.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...kle-transition
To read more of the post and Download, click here!
Join In and Discuss Here
Submit News and Releases Here and Contact Us for Reviews and Advertising Here |
|
|
|
|
|
March 13th, 2012, 09:57 Posted By: wraggster
News from Play Asia
The weather is getting warmer as the dragon makes himself comfortable as the presiding zodiac sign of the year. May we all prosper under his auspicious powers. This year we are sticking to the Play-Asia.com tradition, although Chinese New Year is already over, we are prolonging the fun and the energy with The Sales.
Inspired by the mythical beast, we become ambitious. We strive to slash the prices of everything possible, thus, this Incredibly Delayed Lunar New Year Sale. Please take a look at your Christmas Wishlist, there is a high chance that the items inside are now available at a ultra super friendly price.
So let us all be adventurous. Try something you have never done before. Shooters are welcome to try out fighters, fighters can get involved in RPGs, and pop music fans can get a taste of game and anime music.
Since luck is a big component in the year of the dragon, come join our lucky draw. All you have to do is buy a discounted product. The more you buy, the more times your name will end up in the draw. So head on to our sales category now!
Let Suky direct you to the Sales
Meet our image girl. Suky will point you to the bargain items, just check and see if she appears on the product pages. Once you spot her on the page of your targeted item, snatch it, and your name will be entered into the lucky draw.
For regular items that you have missed, please check at the product page regularly to see if Suky is back. Please bear in mind that if you have eyes on products with limited availability, you might have to make up your mind quick. Because once they are sold out, Suky will not return.
Prizes:
•1st Prize: The hottest new gadget - The US version PlayStation Vita 3G/Wi-Fi Model
•2nd Prize: Final Fantasy XIII-2 Lightning Bundle PlayStation3 Console (320 GB Black Mode)
•3rd Prize: An Ice White Nintendo 3DS
•4-10th Prize: A store credit voucher worth US$ 50 each, redeemable for any purchase at Play-Asia.com.
•11-50th Prize: A store credit voucher worth US$ 20 each, redeemable for any purchase at Play-Asia.com
Spread the word about the Play-Asia.com Spring Sale and share the fun as you earn!
Share the fun with your friends. Join the Play-Asia.com Affiliate Program and earn up to 12% commission on every shipped order generated through your referals. Just head over to the Play-Asia.com Affiliate Program and sign up today!
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Here are some recommendations on the hottest products in each category:
There are a lot of punches and kicks and pretty girls. Take to the tournament with the Phantom Breaker girls to see who's the fairest of them all, or become Duke Nukem who gets both the babes and the gun. In the more serious side, there is a war with the psychics in F.3.A.R and slayers are welcome to the world of Dragon Age II to face the giant lizards.
Loyalty is overrated, take a romp with the infamous Catherine and escape from the nightmare she weaves. And when you want to go back to the good ol' days, the Dreamcast Collection is waiting for you.
Xbox360
Beowulf
ASIA
US$ 12.90
Fallout: New Vegas
ASIA
US$ 12.90
Dreamcast Collection
US
US$ 14.90
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
US
US$ 16.19
Raven Squad: Hidden Dagger
ASIA
US$ 12.90
Universe at War: Earth Assault
ASIA
US$ 13.90
Green Lantern: Rise of Manhunters
US
US$ 16.90
Konami Classics Volume 1
US
US$ 16.90
MotoGP 09/10
US
US$ 18.90
Nail'd
ASIA
US$ 17.40
Operation Flashpoint: Red River
KOR
US$ 16.90
Borderlands Expansion: The Zombie Island of Dr Ned / Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot
US
US$ 17.90
Duke Nukem Forever
ASIA
US$ 17.90
F.3.A.R.
US
US$ 21.90
Dragon Age II
US
US$ 44.90
Catherine (Primary Cover)
US
US$ 62.40
Phantom Breaker [Limited Edition]
JPN
US$ 99.90
Duke Nukem Forever (Balls of Steel Edition)
US
US$ 109.90
Power Gig: Rise of the SixString (Band Kit)
US
US$ 104.90
Monster Hunter Frontier Online (Anniversary 2011 Premium Package)
JPN
US$ 109.90
Ace Combat: Assault Horizon [ebten Limited Edition]
JPN
US$ 149.90
Musou Orochi 2 [Treasure Box]
JPN
N/A
Lord of the Rings: War in the North (Collector's Edition)
US
US$ 139.90
Venture deep into the labyrinth and rescue a mysterious girl in ICO and head to the war zone to protect your HomeFront. Defeat the hollows in Bleach Soul Ignition. Zombies are running rampant, so control them in Biohazard Revival. There might be rules in the pit, but it's no less brutal, join a team in Fifa Soccer 12.
Quite a few very special packages are waiting to be claimed. Venture into Killzone 3 with all the extra help you can get from the Helghast Edition and learn all the magic spells in Final Fantasy XIII.
PlayStation3
Overlord 2
ASIA
US$ 49.90
Brutal Legend
US
US$ 24.90
Homefront
ASIA
US$ 16.90
ICO
ASIA
US$ 29.90
Biohazard: Revival Selection
ASIA
US$ 46.90
Bleach: Soul Ignition
JPN
US$ 49.90
Final Fantasy XIII-2 (English language Version)
ASIA
US$ 54.90
FIFA Soccer 12
US
US$ 54.00
Ryu ga Gotoku: Of the End
JPN
US$ 86.29
Street Fighter IV
JPN
US$ 52.90
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
JPN
US$ 82.79
Resistance 3 (Doomsday Edition)
ASIA
US$ 79.90
uDraw GameTablet (w/ uDraw Studio Instant Artist)
US
US$ 79.90
Killzone 3 (Helghast Edition)
ASIA
US$ 89.00
Nobunaga no Yabou: Tendou with Power-Up Kit
JPN
US$ 124.40
Beyond the Future Fix: The Time Arrow [Limited Edition]
JPN
N/A
Green Lantern: Rise of Manhunters
US
US$ 62.90
Mindjack
ASIA
US$ 15.90
Operation Flashpoint: Red River
KOR
US$ 13.90
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition
US
US$ 21.90
TNA Impact!
US
US$ 19.40
Duke Nukem Forever
ASIA
US$ 15.90
Look for the epic party on the Nintendo Wii. Beat the drums and learn the rhythm in Taiko no Tatsujin 3 Yome. The brave adventurers can head off to a foreign planet in Earth Seeker, to the land of paper in Paper Mario, or fight in the SD Gundams. Take the Raving Rabbids to Travel in Time, or visit the Hogwarts, Lego Harry Potter takes games through the first four years of his adventures.
Since the otherworldly elements are involved, they need to be controlled, do it through Ghost Busters, and when you are done with the strife, get a plot of land to farm in Rune Factory Oceans.
Nintendo Wii
Ghostbusters: The Video Game
US
US$ 14.90
Tamagotchi: Party On!
US
US$ 15.90
Busy Scissors
US
US$ 12.90
Remington Super Slam Hunting: Alaska
US
US$ 12.90
Chaotic
US
US$ 12.90
Hyper Fighters
US
US$ 12.90
Wheel of Fortune
US
US$ 12.90
Ghost Squad
US
US$ 14.90
Winter Sports 3: The Great Tournament
US
US$ 14.90
Groovin Blocks
US
US$ 16.90
Hot Wheels: Track Attack
US
US$ 14.90
Super Paper Mario (Nintendo Selects)
US
US$ 25.90
Rune Factory Oceans
JPN
US$ 49.90
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
US
US$ 49.49
Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Minna de Party * 3-Yome!
JPN
US$ 57.49
Earth Seeker
JPN
US$ 59.90
Sonic to Ankoku no Kishi
JPN
US$ 69.90
Metroid: Other M
JPN
US$ 74.40
Pandora’s Tower: Until I Return to Your Side
JPN
US$ 79.40
Super Robot Taisen NEO
JPN
US$ 86.40
Issho ni Asobu! Dream Theme Park (w/Mat)
JPN
US$ 69.90
uDraw Black GameTablet (w/ uDraw Studio Instant Artist)
US
N/A
World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 Play Maker (w/ Classic Controller Pro Black)
JPN
US$ 89.90
Michael Jackson The Experience [Limited Edition]
JPN
US$ 79.90
SD Gundam G Generation World [Collectors Pack]
JPN
US$ 82.90
XCM 1080p Mega-Cool VGA Box
US$ 76.69
Test the powers of your Sony PS Vita with these action heavy games. See what the back touch pad and the gyrosensor contribute to your experience in Blazblue: Continuum Shift Extend and Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3. For some family fun, roll the universe into a ball in Katamari Damacy No-Vita and MJ The Experience.
Now with a new console, you need to get special protection. Get a colourful and stylish Airform Pouch, card cases and some screen guards.
Sony PS Vita
Aris Professional PSVita screenguard (Crystal Clear & Low Reflection Screen Only)
US$ 5.90
Card Case 6 for PlayStation Vita (Pink)
JPN
US$ 5.99
Airform Pouch (Black)
US$ 6.99
Airform Pouch (Blue)
US$ 3.69
Airform Pouch (Red)
US$ 3.69
Airform Pouch (Silver)
US$ 3.69
Airform Pouch (White)
US$ 3.69
iMAG Professional PSVita screenguard (Anti-Dazzling & Anti-Fingerprints Screen Only)
US$ 7.40
Card Case 12 for PlayStation Vita (Pink)
JPN
US$ 8.99
Mira Professional PSVita screenguard (Blue Glass Mirror Screen Only)
US$ 8.09
Mira Professional PSVita screenguard (Green Glass Mirror Screen Only)
US$ 8.09
Card Case 24 for PlayStation Vita (Pink)
JPN
US$ 11.99
Hard Pouch for PlayStation Vita (Red)
JPN
US$ 13.49
Rewind Earphone V for PlayStation Vita (Red)
JPN
US$ 13.49
PS Vita PlayStation Vita Memory Card (4GB)
ASIA
US$ 28.69
PSVita PlayStation Vita Memory Card (8GB)
JPN
US$ 51.49
Michael Jackson The Experience HD
ASIA
US$ 44.90
Ridge Racer
JPN
US$ 48.40
Ridge Racer
ASIA
US$ 44.99
Army Corps of Hell
ASIA
US$ 47.89
Blazblue: Continuum Shift Extend
ASIA
US$ 49.49
Minna no Golf 6
ASIA
US$ 52.69
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
ASIA
US$ 49.49
Katamari Damacy No-Vita
ASIA
US$ 54.19
Asphalt: Injection
JPN
US$ 59.69
Power Smash 4
JPN
US$ 59.69
Blazblue: Continuum Shift Extend
JPN
US$ 63.39
F1: 2011
JPN
US$ 63.39
Shin Kamaitachi no Yoru: 11 Hitome no Suspect
JPN
US$ 63.39
The UMDs are tiny in weight but massive in terms of fun. Find the ultimate happy ending in Final Fantasy IV Complete, turn defeat into victory in Duodecim, and head off to the intergalactic war in Macross Frontier and A.C.E Portable. Head to a new wild world with a partner in Frontier Gate.
Venture into a darker world in Persona 2, save a world from total annihilation in The 3rd Birthday and head to the fighting ring to exchange punches with the Blazblue Continuum Shift II cast.
Sony PSP
Saikyou Shogi Bonanza (Best Selection)
JPN
US$ 24.90
MLB
US
US$ 7.90
NBA 2K10
US
US$ 11.40
Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee (Greatest Hits)
US
US$ 9.90
Harvey Birdman: Attorney At Law
US
US$ 24.40
Ape Escape: On the Loose (Greatest Hits)
US
US$ 7.90
Mortal Kombat: Unchained (Greatest Hits)
US
US$ 12.90
Wipeout Pure (Greatest Hits)
US
US$ 12.90
Dragon Ball Evolution
ASIA
US$ 10.90
Patapon 2: Don-Chaka (Chinese Version) (PSP the Best)
ASIA
US$ 9.90
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II
ASIA
US$ 22.90
Persona 2: Tsumi (Innocent Sin)
JPN
US$ 49.90
Final Fantasy IV Complete Collection
JPN
US$ 54.90
Dissidia 012: Duodecim Final Fantasy
JPN
US$ 59.90
Another Century's Episode Portable
JPN
US$ 59.90
Eiyuu Densetsu: Ao no Kiseki
JPN
US$ 60.90
Macross Triangle Frontier Itsuwari no Utahime Pack
JPN
US$ 69.90
Hanayaka Kana, Ware ga Ichizoku Twin Pack
JPN
N/A
Mother Goose no Himitsu no Yakata: Blue Label [Deluxe Edition]
JPN
US$ 92.90
Omochan no Kuni no Alice: Wonderful Wonder World [Deluxe Edition]
JPN
US$ 99.90
Hiiro no Kakera: Twin Pack
JPN
US$ 89.90
Memories Off: Yubikiri no Kikou [+Sweets Pack]
JPN
US$ 89.90
Okashi na Shima no Peter Pan: Sweet Never Land [Limited Edition]
JPN
US$ 97.90
Kaitou Tenshi Twin Angel: Toki to Sekai no Meikyuu [Limited Edition]
JPN
US$ 109.90
Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 5 [Treasure Box]
JPN
US$ 124.90
Mahou Shoujo Nanoha A's Portable: The Gears of Destiny [Limited Edition God Box]
JPN
US$ 144.90
Dive head first into the Nintendo 3DS screen, catch all the Pokemon in Pokemon Rumble. Try on your Ninja shoes and the special skills in Naruto Ninrattai Emaki. Look for some peace, get a plot of farmland in Harvest Moon, and get a pet in Nintendogs and Cats. After that, set your adrenaline on fire in Ridge Racer and Asphalt.
Classics are revived with more vitality than ever. The much loved Star Fox 64 and Pac-Man. And after fighting the war around you, fight the one in your body in Virus Shooter.
Nintendo 3DS
Rayman 3D
US
US$ 24.90
Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition
US
US$ 38.50
Virus Shooter XX
JPN
US$ 24.90
Ridge Racer 3D
US
US$ 39.00
Bust-A-Move Universe
US
US$ 33.40
Cubic Ninja
US
US$ 29.90
Face Racers: Photo Finish
US
US$ 25.90
Mahjong Cub3D
US
US$ 27.90
The Hidden
US
US$ 27.90
Thor: God of Thunder
US
US$ 29.90
Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions
US
US$ 34.90
Nintendogs + Cats: Toy Poodle & New Friends
JPN
US$ 34.90
Ridge Racer 3D
JPN
US$ 39.90
Pokemon Rumble Blast
US
US$ 43.09
Naruto Shippuden: Ninrattai Emaki! Saikyou Ninkai Kessen!!
JPN
US$ 39.90
Asphalt 3D: Nitro Racing
JPN
US$ 42.90
Starfox 64 3D
JPN
US$ 46.90
Ken to Mahou to Gakuen Mono. 3D x 3D
JPN
US$ 59.90
SD Gundam G Generation 3D
JPN
N/A
World Soccer Winning Eleven 2012
JPN
US$ 59.90
Slime MoriMori Dragon Quest 3: Taikaizoku to Shippo Dan
JPN
US$ 59.29
Hakuouki 3D
JPN
US$ 59.90
Sengoku Musou Chronicle
JPN
US$ 46.90
FabStyle
JPN
US$ 68.40
Tales of the Abyss
JPN
US$ 69.40
Runabout 3D Drive: Impossible
JPN
US$ 67.09
Hakuouki 3D [Limited Edition]
JPN
US$ 84.90
Sail the seas of games with the One Piece crew. The 2nd Gigant Battle is on, and the Limited Edition comes with a special figure of Luffy. Embark on a Strange Journey with your Persona, or take the Pokemon for a new adventure in Pokemon White. Take to the skies with the Soratorobo crew or meet all the pink balls in Kirby Mass Attack.
Fly away to outer space on giant mecha in Super Robot Taisen L let your imagination wander in Drawn to Life or jump right into Bowser's tummy with the pipe cleaner in Mario and Luigi RPG 3
Nintendo DS
Populous DS
US
US$ 7.90
Again
US
US$ 24.90
Diner Dash: Sizzle & Serve
US
US$ 8.90
High School Musical 3: Senior Year Dance
US
US$ 8.90
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
US
US$ 8.90
Spore Hero Arena
US
US$ 9.90
Boogie
US
US$ 9.90
Magic Taizen
JPN
N/A
Nacho Libre
US
US$ 10.90
Naruto: Ninja Destiny
US
US$ 8.90
Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter
US
US$ 9.90
Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey
US
N/A
Super Robot Taisen L
JPN
US$ 29.90
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
US
US$ 32.90
Kimi ni Todoke: Tsutaeru Kimochi [Premium Pack]
JPN
US$ 59.90
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
JPN
N/A
Radiant Historia
JPN
US$ 69.40
Tales of Hearts (Anime Movie Edition)
JPN
US$ 59.90
Devil Survivor 2
JPN
US$ 74.40
Bae Yong-joon to Manabu Kankokugo DS (Limited Set)
JPN
US$ 64.90
Shin Hisui no Shizuku: Hiiro no Kakera 2 DS [Limited Edition]
JPN
US$ 66.90
Sokukoku no Kusabi: Hiiro no Kakera 3 DS [Limited Edition]
JPN
US$ 72.90
Kaigo Navi DS
JPN
US$ 108.90
One Piece: Gigant Battle 2 - Shinsekai [Limited Edition]
JPN
US$ 119.90
Here is a console everybody has. It opens the door to Dead Space 2, where you revisit a blood bath floating in space. And when you come back to the earth, there are wars that needs your participation in Dark Spore, Dragon Age II and Lord of the Rings. Feel the speed and the scenery whipping past your windscreen in F1:2011.
Head into Battlefield 3 and fight the demons within in Alice in Madness. Quite a lot of control sticks are available, and they are compatible with the Xbox360, PlayStation3 and the PC: Qanba Fighting Stick and the Fanta Stick.
PC Games
Spirit of Wandering
ASIA
US$ 1.80
King Mania
ASIA
US$ 2.90
Hide & Secret 2
US
US$ 3.90
Restaurant Empire
ASIA
US$ 4.90
Buku Dominoes
ASIA
US$ 4.90
The Rise of Atlantis
ASIA
US$ 5.90
The Day After: Fight For Promised Land
ASIA
US$ 6.90
Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers (ReplayGem)
ASIA
US$ 5.90
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days (DVD-ROM)
ASIA
US$ 10.90
Grey's Anatomy (DVD-ROM)
ASIA
US$ 12.90
Dragon Age II (DVD-ROM)
ASIA
US$ 24.90
F1: 2011 (DVD-ROM)
ASIA
US$ 24.90
Lord of the Rings: War in the North (DVD-ROM)
ASIA
US$ 32.90
Dead Space 2 (DVD-ROM)
US
US$ 34.90
Darkspore (DVD-ROM)
US
US$ 34.90
Two Worlds II (Game of the Year Edition) (DVD-ROM)
ASIA
US$ 44.90
Need for Speed: The Run (Limited Edition) (DVD-ROM)
US
US$ 44.90
Nobunaga no Yabou: Tendou (Chinese) (DVD-ROM)
ASIA
US$ 52.69
Saints Row: The Third (DVD-ROM)
US
US$ 46.90
The Darkness II (DVD-ROM)
US
US$ 49.49
Call of Duty: Black Ops (DVD-ROM)
US
US$ 43.90
Rage (DVD-ROM)
US
US$ 49.90
ARMA X (Anniversary Edition) (DVD-ROM)
ASIA
US$ 42.90
Battlefield 3 (Limited Edition) (DVD-ROM)
US
US$ 65.09
Bioshock 2 (Special Edition) (DVD-ROM)
ASIA
US$ 69.90
Get a dose of Ayumi Hamasaki, listen to the disco mix of her repertoire in Ayu-mi-x 7 and feel her range in Five. The mini album includes the theme song of Tales of Xillia. Rising stars such as Hey! Say! Jump! demonstrates their Magic Power. And K-POP Kings share with everyone their beat in Juliette and the Republic of 2PM.
Don't forget about the anime theme songs, LiSA sings Oath Sign for the Fate Zero series and the K-ON! girls have more songs for their movie such as Singing and Unmei wa Endless.
Music CDs
Ayakashi [First Press] (~Koichi Domoto)
JPN
US$ 2.49
Bandage [Limited Pressing] (~Lands)
JPN
US$ 2.49
Going [CD+DVD Limited Edition Type A] (~Kat-tun)
JPN
US$ 6.49
Ayakashi [CD+DVD Limited Edition] (~Koichi Domoto)
JPN
US$ 7.49
Magic Power [CD+DVD Limited Edition 1] (~Hey! Say! Jump)
JPN
US$ 11.49
Kawatta Katachi No Ishi [CD+DVD Limited Edition] (~Kinki Kids)
JPN
US$ 12.49
Going [Limited Edition Type B] (~Kat-tun)
JPN
US$ 14.99
J Album (~Kinki Kids)
JPN
US$ 16.49
We Never Give Up [CD+DVD Limited Edition Jacket A] (~Kis-My-Ft2)
JPN
US$ 19.99
We Never Give Up [CD+DVD Limited Edition Jacket B] (~Kis-My-Ft2)
JPN
US$ 19.99
J Album [CD+DVD Limited Edition] (~Kinki Kids)
JPN
US$ 21.49
Five [Limited Edition] (~Ayumi Hamasaki)
JPN
US$ 24.99
Lucifer [CD+DVD+Photo Booklet] (~Shinee)
JPN
US$ 21.49
Five [CD+DVD] (~Ayumi Hamasaki)
JPN
US$ 34.99
Juliette [CD+DVD+Photo Booklet Limited Edition Type A] (~Shinee)
JPN
US$ 47.49
Lucifer [CD+DVD+Photo Booklet Limited Edition Type B] (~Shinee)
JPN
US$ 32.49
Republic Of 2pm [CD+DVD Limited Edition Type A] (~2pm)
JPN
US$ 62.49
Lucifer [CD+DVD+Photo Booklet Limited Edition Type A] (~Shinee)
JPN
US$ 49.99
Ayu-mi-x 7 Limited Complete Box [Limited Edition] (~Ayumi Hamasaki)
JPN
US$ 119.99
Dance if you can't dance (~DS-10 Dominator)
HK
US$ 1.90
Oath Sign [CD+DVD Limited Pressing] (~Lisa)
JPN
US$ 22.49
Kinki Kids 2010-2011 - Kimi Mo Domoto Family (~Kinki Kids)
JPN
US$ 64.99
Kinki Kids 2010-2011 - Kimi Mo Domoto Family [Limited Edition] (~Kinki Kids)
JPN
US$ 85.99
The story of Rapunzel is re-imagined in Tangled, with songs and jokes abound. Go back to the classics and enjoy Bambi. The romantics find their treat in heartbreaking A Beautiful Life and dog lovers are welcome to visit the fluffy puppy Wasao. If you have yet to find out what happened to Puella Magi Madoka, the final episodes are available.
Artists are usually all rounded, watch their MTVs or see them dance on stage. Meet Ayumi Hamasaki in A Clip Box, join the Kinki Kids Family, or watch Hatsune Miku's concert in Mikunopolis.
Movies
D.Gray-Man Vol. 1
HK
US$ 2.90
Avatar (~Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Zoe Saldana, Michelle Rodriguez)
HK
US$ 6.90
The Prince of Tennis: Two Samurais, The First Game [The Movie]
HK
US$ 7.90
Kekkaishi Volume 3 [Episodes 25-36]
HK
US$ 9.90
Eastern Condors (~Yuen Biao, Sammo Hung, Lam Ching-Ying, Dr. Haing S. Ngor, Joyce Godenzi, Yuen Wah, Yuen Wo Ping, Yasuaki Kurata, Phillip Ko Fei, Billy Lau Nam-Kwong, James Tien Chun, Ng Hon)
HK
US$ 17.90
A Beautiful Life (~Shu Qi, Liu Hua)
HK
US$ 19.90
The Eloquent Ji Xiaolan IV [7-Disc Edition] (~Guo-Li Zhang, Tie-Lin Zhang, Miriam Yeung)
HK
US$ 19.90
Cats And Dogs 2: The Revenge Of Kitty Galore (~Chris O'Donnell, Bette Midler, James Marsden, Christina Applegate, Nick Nolte)
HK
US$ 23.29
The Green Hornet (~Seth Rogen, Cameron Diaz, Jay Chou, Christoph Waltz)
HK
US$ 25.90
Green Lantern [2D+3D 2discs Collector's Edition] (~Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard)
HK
US$ 34.39
Michael Jackson: The Life Of An Icon (~Michael Jackson)
HK
US$ 34.90
Transformers: Dark of the Moon [BLU-RAY+DVD MEGATRON] (~Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Tyrese Gibson)
HK
N/A
Transformers: Dark of the Moon [BD+DVD: Steel Box] (~Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Tyrese Gibson)
HK
US$ 52.39
Kinki Kids 2010-2011 - Kimi Mo Domoto Family [Limited Edition] (~Kinki Kids)
JPN
US$ 85.99
Puella Magi Madoka Magica / Maho Shojo Madoka Magika 6 [Blu-ray+CD Limited Edition]
JPN
US$ 91.99
Hannah Montana Season 3 [Vol. 1] (~Miley Cyrus, Emily Osment, Mitchel Musso, Jason Earles, Billy Ray Cyrus)
HK
US$ 6.90
Alice In Wonderland (~Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Sheen)
HK
US$ 11.90
Bambi [Diamond Edition] (~Hardie Albright, Stan Alexander, Bobette Audrey, Peter Behn, Thelma Boardman)
HK
US$ 26.29
Meet the Browns: Special Edition [dts] (~Angela Bassett, Rick Fox, Margaret Avery, Frankie R. Faison, Jennifer Lewis)
US
US$ 9.09
Kanayan Tour 2011 - Summer [Limited Edition] (~Kana Nishino)
JPN
US$ 68.99
Mikunopolis In Los Angeles - Hajimemashite Hatsune Miku Desu (~Miku Hatsune)
JPN
US$ 77.99
A Clip Box 1998-2011 [Limited Edition] (~Ayumi Hamasaki)
JPN
US$ 379.49
Hunt for meat with Nico Robin, or head to the races with Hatsune Miku, or AliceSoft's mascot girl Alice. Amp up the action with the Figma magical girls Madoka and Homura. Some of the girls hide their claws and teeth and pretends to be lady-like, Hitagi and Remillia Scarlet are two of them. Or play with femme fatales like Sylvia Christel and Mistral Nereis.
Naruto and Sasuke face off against each other here, and please don't neglect the many Androids and trading figures.
Toys
Statues & Action Figures (27)
Gundam Series DX Heroes & Monsters 2 Pre-Painted Figure: Monster Shiifuzaku
JPN
US$ 2.90
Gundam Series DX Heroes & Monsters 2 Pre-Painted Figure: Senshi Gun Canon
JPN
US$ 2.90
One Piece Mini Big Head Vol. 8 Pre-Painted Trading Figure
JPN
N/A
Umineko No Naku Koro Ni Deformation Maniac Pre-Painted PVC Figure Collection Pocket 2 : Ushiromiya George
JPN
US$ 2.90
Bakemonogatari Mascot Pre-Painted Trading PVC Figure
JPN
US$ 4.49
Cosmos Burning Collection: LED Base Blue Ver.
JPN
US$ 5.49
One Piece World Collectable Pre-Painted PVC Figure vol.12: TV093 - Genzo
JPN
US$ 6.90
Black Rock Shooter Pre-Painted PVC Figure: Pixtone Black Rock Shooter
JPN
N/A
Black Rock Shooter Pre-Painted PVC Figure: Pixtone Dead Master
JPN
US$ 5.90
Cosmos Burning Collection: LED Base Yellow Ver.
JPN
US$ 6.49
Google Android Non Scale Pre-Painted Vinyl Mini Collectible Series Special Edition: Cycle-On (Villain)
ASIA
US$ 6.90
Google Android Non Scale Pre-Painted Vinyl Mini Collectible Series Special Edition: Greentooth (Villain)
ASIA
US$ 6.90
The Nightmare Before Christmas Pre-Painted Desktop PVC Figure: Special Set B (6 pieces)
JPN
US$ 6.49
Lucky Star Non Scale Pre-Painted PVC Figure: Mini Display Special Asst. 4
JPN
US$ 7.40
Lucky Star Non Scale Pre-Painted PVC Figure: Mini Display Special Asst. 5
JPN
US$ 7.90
Lucky Star Non Scale Pre-Painted PVC Figure: Mini Display Special Asst. 6
JPN
US$ 7.90
Lucky Star Non Scale Pre-Painted PVC Figure: Mini Display Special Asst. 7
JPN
US$ 7.40
Durarara!! Deformed Pre-Painted PVC Figure Vol.1: Mikado
JPN
US$ 7.90
One Piece Piece High Spec Coloring Vol.6 Pre-Painted PVC Figure: Aokiji
JPN
N/A
Naruto Shippuden Figuarts Zero Non Scale Pre-Painted PVC Figure: Uchiha Sasuke
JPN
US$ 27.90
Naruto Shippuden Figuarts Zero Non Scale Pre-Painted PVC Figure: Uzumaki Naruto
JPN
US$ 29.90
Vocaloid Miku Hatsune 1/8 Scale Pre-Painted PVC Figure: Racing Miku 2010 Ver.
JPN
US$ 84.90
One Piece - Door Painting Collection 1/7 Scale Pre-Painted Figure: Nico Robin Western Ver.
JPN
US$ 89.90
Bakemonogatari 1/7 Scale Pre-Painted PVC Figure: Senjyogahara Hitagi (Alter Version)
JPN
US$ 109.90
Kyosho Alice Motors 1/8 Scale Pre-Painted Cold Cast Figure: Race Queen Alice
JPN
US$ 129.90
Creators Labo No 29 No More Heroes 2 - Desperate Struggle Non Scale Pre-Painted PVC Figure: Sylvia Christel
JPN
US$ 124.90
Touhou Project Non Scale Pre-Painted PVC Figure: Remilia Scarlet POP Ver.
J
http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-28-...-35t-84-n.html
To read more of the post and Download, click here!
Join In and Discuss Here
Submit News and Releases Here and Contact Us for Reviews and Advertising Here |
|
|
|
|
|
March 12th, 2012, 22:20 Posted By: wraggster
Epic believes that the next round of home consoles will have to be "bleeding edge" if the likes of Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo want to stay relevant in the video game market. Speaking to CVG, Epic VP Mark Rein noted that the publisher is "pushing" console makers to use the best possible hardware. "Because if they don't," said Rein, "Apple will go right past them."
He added that console gaming is about console makers "delivering something that's way out past the bleeding edge" and making their investment back with software royalties. If console makers don't opt for the latest and greatest tech, he said, there's a chance that consumers "won't want to take the leap" to future consoles.
In Rein's view, it's Epic's job to push console makers with advanced technology demos like the "Samaritan" video shown at GDC 2011 (above). Incidentally, Rein isn't worried that console makers will under-deliver with the next generation, believing that they will instead "blow us all away." With Unreal Engine 4 aimed at next generation consoles, and assuming UE4 is even more impressive than the UE3-powered Samaritan demo, we certainly hope he's right.
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/12/ep...xt-generation/
To read more of the post and Download, click here!
Join In and Discuss Here
Submit News and Releases Here and Contact Us for Reviews and Advertising Here |
|
|
|
|
|
March 12th, 2012, 22:15 Posted By: wraggster
Tim Cook says the darnedest things. Why, just last week Apple's head honcho suggested that iPad users are ditching their home consoles in favor of Cupertino's favorite slate. Bold words, ones that can't be sitting well with the gaming industry's big three. Steady thy rifle, hardcore gamer, Cook has a point: the console wars have shifted irreversibly. Gone are the days of bickering over somewhat similar 16-bit consoles and their supposed lack of "blast-processing"; today's gaming armies wage war with wildly different artillery. In the pursuit of your mobile gaming dollar, Nintendo towed a traditional line with a new twist. Sony, on the other hand, seems to have bundled every input method it could get its mitts on into its next-generation portable. Microsoft, however, puts the "mobile" in mobile gaming, echoing Apple's own approach with an Xbox Live platform that eschews dedicated hardware to float across Windows Phone devices as a "feature."
Take a step back, and suddenly it seems like the major players of consumer gaming aren't even driving on the same track. This war isn't about the "most powerful" console anymore; it's about creating the right experience for today's gamer. We ducked under the unspoken truce of last week's Game Developer Conference to get a bead on Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony's portable gaming strategies. Read on to see what they're doing to differentiate themselves from the competition.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/12/N...g-at-GDC-2012/
To read more of the post and Download, click here!
Join In and Discuss Here
Submit News and Releases Here and Contact Us for Reviews and Advertising Here |
|
|
|
|
|
March 12th, 2012, 22:00 Posted By: wraggster
Sales of Sci-fi trilogy's conclusion may be affected, but chart position is not
Mass Effect 3 has taken number one in the UK software chart, despite not being stocked on the shelves of GAME.
Whilst its absence from the stores of the country's largest specialist games retailer has clearly not been beneficial, sales figures seen by GamesIndustry International indicate that the title has had a very healthy release period nonetheless.
EA also takes second place, with last week's number one, SSX, slipping one place to make room for Mass Effect. The publisher also holds fourth with FIFA 12 and sixth with The Sims 3: Showtime.
Capcom also has a top-ten entry with crossover beat-'em-up Street Fighter X Tekken in third. Unit 13 is the highest-charting Vita title, reaching fifteenth on its week of release.
All chart data is courtesy of GfK Chart-Track.
| Last Week |
This Week |
Title |
|---|
| New entry |
1 |
Mass Effect 3 |
|---|
| 1 |
2 |
SSX |
|---|
| New Entry |
3 |
Street Fighter X Tekken |
|---|
| 2 |
4 |
FIFA 12 |
|---|
| 3 |
5 |
Mario Party 9 |
|---|
| New Entry |
6 |
The Sims 3: Showtime |
|---|
| 5 |
7 |
Mario & Sonic London 2012 Olympic Games |
|---|
| 7 |
8 |
Modern Warfare 3 |
|---|
| 9 |
9 |
Assassin's Creed: Revelations |
|---|
| 14 |
10 |
Zumba Fitness |
|---|
| 16 |
11 |
Rayman Origins |
|---|
| 10 |
12 |
Battlefield 3 |
|---|
| 13 |
13 |
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim |
|---|
| 17 |
14 |
Just Dance 3 |
|---|
| New Entry |
15 |
Unit 13 |
|---|
| 4 |
16 |
Uncharted: Golden Abyss |
|---|
| 6 |
17 |
UFC Undisputed 3 |
|---|
| 12 |
18 |
Batman: Arkham City |
|---|
| 18 |
19 |
Saint's Row: The Third |
|---|
| 20 |
20 |
Rage |
|---|
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...ence-from-game
To read more of the post and Download, click here!
Join In and Discuss Here
Submit News and Releases Here and Contact Us for Reviews and Advertising Here |
|
|
|
|
|
March 12th, 2012, 21:38 Posted By: wraggster
Customers, developers and the press are all responsible for 'an appetite for sameness', says Chris Hecker
If the industry wants variety in gaming, it must be proactive in demanding it, says former Maxis dev.
Speaking at GDC during his ‘The Dysfunctional Three-Way’ presentation, Chris Hecker explained that customers, developers and the press are all responsible for a lack in genre variety.
He said that the relationship between all three sides of the industry were broken, as they all demand, develop and cover the same games repeatedly, which he called “an appetite for sameness”.
Hecker suggested that customers need to demand more of developers, whilst the press also needs to cover and promote different styles of games, and let users know when a title was not innovating and shaking up the genre, touting the media as “the conscience of the industry”.
He said that as far as Call of Duty games, the bad parts in press reviews only focused on the short campaigns, “not that you bought the same ****ing game”.
http://www.develop-online.net/news/4...wn-to-everyone
To read more of the post and Download, click here!
Join In and Discuss Here
Submit News and Releases Here and Contact Us for Reviews and Advertising Here |
|
|
|
|
|
March 12th, 2012, 21:30 Posted By: wraggster
Two-thirds of children with a handheld games console also own an iOS device.
New research from Nielsen shows the power of the mobile gaming platform, claiming it boosted total gaming time by seven per cent between 2011 and 2012.
This is reflected in the rise in ownership of mobile devices for gaming. The data says 66 per cent of American households with children aged six to 12 that own a Nintendo DS or Sony PSP also own an iOS device.
However, gaming on the whole is also growing with more than half of US homes in possession of at least one games console, reaching 56 per cent in January 2012, up from 50 per cent last year.
* Are you interested in how games development is being addressed by cross-platform tools? Check out our 'cross platform development' month in April. For more info, click here.
http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/...ameplay/017363
To read more of the post and Download, click here!
Join In and Discuss Here
Submit News and Releases Here and Contact Us for Reviews and Advertising Here |
|
|
|
|
|
March 11th, 2012, 23:29 Posted By: wraggster
Embattled high street shop GAME "has two weeks to turn its fortune around", according to a new report.Senior members of the GAME management have been told administration is possible, MCVclaims.The UK trade publication said the first step in this process is the firesale Eurogamer reported on earlier today.GAME launched a Spring Clean promotion today, offering games, hardware and accessories at heavily discounted prices.MCV said this was an effort to keep the company alive - something we've heard from our own sources.GAME has struggled to stock new titles in recent weeks, including the biggest game of the year so far: Mass Effect 3. That omission could cost GAME Group £2.5 million in lost profit.US giant GameStop reportedly wants to buy GAME's shops in Spain and Portugal - a total of 288 stores. Apparently GAME put its 663-stores overseas operation up for sale by appointing advisers at Rothschild in January.We understand GameStop is one of a number of companies looking at the struggling shop. Last month GAME managed to convince its syndicate of lenders, led by Royal Bank of Scotland, to relax its debt covenant. But sources said it was running out of patience.GAME said it does not comment on rumour or speculation.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...ortunes-around
To read more of the post and Download, click here!
Join In and Discuss Here
Submit News and Releases Here and Contact Us for Reviews and Advertising Here |
|
|
|
|
|
March 11th, 2012, 21:59 Posted By: wraggster
The US videogame market brought in 20 per cent less in February than it did last year, according to the NPD Group.
Total physical videogame sales at US retail came to $1.06 billion (£671m), down from $1.33 billion in February 2011. There were declines in every sector, with hardware sales down 18 per cent, software down 23 per cent, and accessories down 16 per cent.
NPD notes, however, that hardware sales actually increased in terms of unit sales, but cheaper prices hit revenue hard. The figures include just four days of PlayStation Vita sales; in terms of units sold, hardware sales rose 62 per cent during the month without Vita numbers, and 87 per cent with sales of Sony's new handheld taken into account.
The company's data only tracks sales of new, physical games at US retail, and NPD analyst Anita Frazier estimates that sales through other channels - pre-owned, DLC and full-game downloads, mobile games, rentals and subscriptions - brought in between $550 million and $600 million.
Xbox 360 was the month's best-selling hardware, with Activision'sCall Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 topping the software chart.
http://www.edge-online.com/news/npd-...lines-continue
To read more of the post and Download, click here!
Join In and Discuss Here
Submit News and Releases Here and Contact Us for Reviews and Advertising Here |
|
|
|
|
|
March 11th, 2012, 21:47 Posted By: wraggster
Issue 239 of Edge, featuring Borderlands 2 on the cover, will hit UK newsagents on March 14 and should already be arriving at subscribers' doors. Our six-page preview of Gearbox's love letter to gun fetishists includes a design showcase and in-depth hands-on.
We also take a close look at the ramifications of Double Fine's Kickstarter success story, speak to Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi to discover why he has returned to directing, and Hip-hop poet Scroobius Pip tells us which games have occupied his spare time.
We investigate the psychological games used in free-to-play to lever funds from your wallet, then speak to Twisted Metal creator David Jaffe about his storytelling philosophy. There's also an exclusive extract from Jacked: The Unauthorised Behind-The-Scenes Story Of Grand Theft Auto, the new book from Masters Of Doom author David Kushner.
We profile Warner Bros' Laura Fryer, take another spin aroundWipeout's Sol2 course and consider the importance of Jade's camera in Beyond Good & Evil. Finally, we take another opportunity to enjoy the austere artwork of Mirror's Edge, visitParadox Interactive, and discover how Rock Band came to pass in our Making Of series.
There's also an extensive selection of previews and reviews, of course, including Dragon's Dogma, Dead Or Alive 5, ShootMania Storm, Mass Effect 3, Syndicate and Journey.
For more about the issue, visit its magazine page, where you can subscribe to our print edition or digital edition through Zinio. You can also now get Edge through Newsstand on iOS devices.
http://www.edge-online.com/news/introducing-edge-239
To read more of the post and Download, click here!
Join In and Discuss Here
Submit News and Releases Here and Contact Us for Reviews and Advertising Here |
|
|
|
|
|
March 11th, 2012, 00:07 Posted By: wraggster
GDC might be winding down, but we'd be remiss if we didn't catch up with Forth Dimension Displays, theKopin subsidiary responsible for all those little microdisplays inside your camcorders and, we're told, specialized military gear. While neither of those are terribly exciting to consumers, the outfit's latest concept is. Similar to last year's E3 demo, the company's new rig is built to highlight the kinds of use cases it would like OEMs to build using its microdisplays. The above jury-rigged setup above consists of a helmet rocking two of the company's SXGA (1280 x 1024) microdisplays which are in turn connected to back-mounted drivers which are then attached to your run-of-the-mill gaming PC. But unlike previous endeavors, when head-tracking happened in the helmet, this year we've got a plastic gun stuffed with an air mouse which controls onscreen movement. It's admittedly hacked together and certainly not flawless -- the cursor tended to bob upwards in our time with it -- yet very immersive and an amazing way to frag combine soldiers in the trenches of Half Life 2. But don't take our word for it, ogle at the gallery below, or watch a video of it in all its glory after the break.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/09/f...t-stuffs-half/
To read more of the post and Download, click here!
Join In and Discuss Here
Submit News and Releases Here and Contact Us for Reviews and Advertising Here |
|
|
|
|
|
March 11th, 2012, 00:04 Posted By: wraggster
Those Raspberry Pi Linux PCs you've been waiting on? Well, they've hit another "bump in the road" no thanks to a manufacturing process error. The production gaffe, which integrated non-magnetic jacks where the opposite was clearly needed, resulted in a backlog of defective devices incapable of achieving network connectivity. The company's managed to rectify the gaffe easily, as repairs are reportedly already underway, so if you've place an early order your shipment should still arrive on time. Further setbacks are expected, however, for later batches due to an unforeseen component shortage. Schadenfreude types can delight themselves with additional shots of these faulty ports in question at the source below.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/10/r...ing-error-ini/
To read more of the post and Download, click here!
Join In and Discuss Here
Submit News and Releases Here and Contact Us for Reviews and Advertising Here |
|
|
|
|
« prev
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
next » |
|
|
