Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is a best seller
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 launch has set new records for the videogame industry.
Activision Blizzard has reported that they sold 4.7 million copies of this recently launched game on the first day of availability.
This comes to around USD 310 million in [...]
Microsoft might have banned 1 million Xbox Live players for modding their consoles
Industry sources are claiming that Microsoft has banned as many as 1 million gamers from their Xbox Live network.
These users have been banned for connecting to the network with modified consoles which are capable of running pirated game discs.
Microsoft forbids access [...]
Electronic Arts to cut jobs
Electronic Arts has come out with their latest revenue report and the numbers are not good.
The company has announced that they are going to cut some jobs.
EA has posted a wider quarterly loss and they are now going to cut around 1500 jobs in their global operations.
They [...]
Electronic Arts acquires Playfish for $400 million
Playfish has confirmed their deal with Electronic Arts.
EA is now acquiring Playfish for around USD 400 million.
Playfish is known for their social network games like Restaurant City and Pet Society.
EA said that this acquisition deal would enable them to expand their presence over social networks which are [...]
Rage unlikely to support dedicated servers
John Carmack has admitted that they are unlikely to provide support for dedicated servers in their upcoming videogame title Rage.
Modern Warfare 2 is already a high profile game which has a similar limitation.
Carmack said: “It’s not cast in stone yet, but at this point no, we [...]
id Software launches Doom on Apple App Store
id Software has launched their hugely popular videogame title Doom on the Apple App Store.
It can be played on both Apple iPod Touch and iPhone.
The game has been optimized for the touchscreen device with new updated controls specially designed by John Carmack himself.
It also [...]
Nintendo Wii sales are down big time
Microsoft and Sony have finally managed to overcome the challenge posed by Nintendo and their Wii gaming console.
Nintendo has admitted that the sales of Wii are down massively.
Nintendo executive Satoru Iwata even admitted: “The Wii has stalled. Games of high demand could not be continuously released and [...]
Trials HD on Microsoft Xbox Live Arcade looks very nice
Excitebike coming to Nintendo Wii next month!
This is great news for the fans of Excitebike.
The game is coming to Nintendo Wii next month.
It would be released on November 9.
The developers have improved some elements but it is essentially the same fun game it was.
Here is demo video:
Some of the [...]
Left 4 Dead 2 Trailer
