Earlier you may have noticed that Castle Crashers had went up for sale at 50% off the 1200 Microsoft Point cost. But it looks like that won’t be the only title on sale for half off today. In a one day only sale from Microsoft a number of titles have been placed on sale for 50% off their asking price. And better yet all of these games were originally $15 or 1200 MSP which means they have now been dropped down to only $750 or 600 MSP.
Each of these titles are definitely worth a look, but the sale is only for today Friday April 15th so you best act quickly if you have been waiting for one of these titles to go on sale.
Looks like Sony has been making a big push in sales lately because they have announced today that they have reached 50 million units sold worldwide. This figure comes from a report in March 29th and is certainly a great milestone for the company and the console as a whole. The better news for Sony is that their Move controller has shipped 8 million units. Now although this figure only marks shipped units it still is a good sign that retailers require that much stock.
With such a large number of units around the world Sony also states that they have 79 million different PSN accounts across 59 countries worldwide. This news certainly bodes well for Sony which has been seen as the console bringing up the rear of this generation. With Blu-Ray built directly into the system it can serve as more than a gaming console at that.
It seems that enough time has passed for Sony to feel that it wouldn’t offend anyone if they released MotorStorm Apocalypse. The title was struck with an indefinite delay after the events that occurred in Japan but it appears that the title now has a release date of May 3rd. The game’s urban destruction theme from earthquakes and other natural disasters struck a bad chord around the world and was delayed.
In an effort to make fans of the series not feel so let down by the delay Sony is providing a Premier Pack DLC voucher for every new copy of the game that is purchased. The Premier Pack adds two exclusive in-game vehicles so… at least there is that.
Namco Bandai have unleashed a teaser trailer for their newly announced Ridge Racer Unbounded. We’ve already had some handheld Ridge Racer this year on 3DS, but coming 2012 is Ridge Racer Unbounded, for the larger screens of PS3, Xbox 360 and PC.
There’s still plenty of time until its vague 2012 release date , probably why there’s no gameplay yet, only some teaser footage that they have compiled. Either way, it looks like it will be high-octane stuff, with drivers having to weave their way between other motorists at break-neck speeds through the urban environments.
Take a gander at the trailer below and let us know what you think of it.
Topware has announced that the first DLC pack for Two Worlds II will be called Pirates of the Flying Fortress. There currently has been no price given and only a little bit of information about the title but with at least 2.5 million copies sold around the world, Antaloor has plenty of different areas to still explore to give fans more of what they love.
Flying Fortress adds a few dozen new weapons, new breeds of houses, a selection of different boss enemies, rain and thunderstorm effects to the weather patterns and of course a new single player storyline. Also added will be new multiplayer maps. Honestly this DLC sounds like a combination of added content and a patch to make the game look better than it does already. When I reviewed the game back in January it was miles apart form the other Two Worlds game and despite being buggy it was truly enjoyable so having more content is always a plus.
Well you can take this news as it is, but Nintendo has just released sales data for their 3DS as it launched around the world. The 3DS sold slightly under 400,000 units in the first week it was released in the US; which is below analysts’ expectations that sales would rise up to 500,000 or even to 750,000 according to Gamasutra.
Nintendo didn’t release a specific number unfortunately but NPD does state that the title sold 100,000 less than the original DS did during the first month of sales, making the 3DS only selling roughly 380,000. Europe saw sales of 303,000 for the first weekend it was released and Japan picked up 371,000 copies but unfortunately sales of the handheld have dropped drastically in Japan and the PSP is already outselling the handheld. Whether this can be because of price differences or something else is unseen.
Nintendo’s latest adventure into a unique gaming platform may not have made quite as big as a sales splash as analysts thought but that doesn’t mean it won’t be able to bounce back. There are a number of factors that probably are holding sales down, bad press for the effects that the 3D causes as well as a poor line-up of launch titles that don’t really have the drawing power that Nintendo usually offers. Hopefully things will pick up for the handheld as more titles are released in the future.
Looks like Epic Games was happy enough with how it’s latest release, Bulletstorm performed because they are thanking fans of the series by releasing the entire Bulletstorm soundtrack for free. You can download it over at Epic’s website and get a taste of what the game will sound like if you haven’t played it yet.
While the game’s music was nothing spectacular it was composed by Michal Cielecki and Krzysztof Wierzynkiewic who have decided to keep the music free of any of the profanity that riddles the rest of the game. That doesn’t mean that this is laid back music either that you should listen to with your grandparents, unless they like today’s music that is. Let us know what think of the music if you happen to download it.
Air Penguin has bounced and glided its way onto the app store, courtesy of publishers GAMEVIL and developers Enterfly Corporation.
You guide your penguin using simple multi-directional tilt controls, made possible with the gyroscope in iPods, iPhone and iPads, pinging from platform to platform until you manage to reach the end flag. Air Penguin slides across ice to pick up extra speed to propel himself/herself further. But, bouncing from ice block to ice block doesn’t come without dangers; hazards like cracking ice mean you’ve got to move on and animals like sharks and swordfish aim to give you a hard time. The endless Survival mode will mix things up for a fresh challenge, or items can be used to help get through the 100 stages of Story mode as Air Penguin ventures to save his family from melting ice caps.
It looks like a fun casual game to kill some time on. Air Penguin is available for $0.99 from the App Store on iPhone, iPod touch and iPad – BUY IT HERE
EA’s Coconut Dodge brings the PSP minis cult hit to the iPhone and iPod Touch. Help the excellently named ‘Clawrence the crab’ dodge falling coconuts and weave through crazy airborne mazes to collect shiny treasures.
The game has multiple game modes including “Arcade” and “Maze Master” over 30 tropical themed levels that offer a multitude of fun challenges. Social support allows you to link in with Facebook and share your scores with friends, and a leaderboard extends its lifespan, with the easy to play, hard to master gameplay being practiced to reach the heights of the leaderboards.
It was released today for the price of $0.99 and can be found HERE
If you a Gears fan whatsoever, I probably don’t even have to remind you that the multi-player beta is starting just 10 short days from now on April 25th. Well I guess I just did, technically, but either way those who pre-ordered Gears 3 from EBGames/Gamestop or simply purchased Bulletstorm: Epic Edition will be heading into the multi-player beta as a reward. If you haven’t yet done either, there is still time so no reason to panic as you still have time and if it helps in your decision of just which selection to go with to get into the beta, I recommend both of course but Bulletstorm owners will get to access the beta one week earlier on April 18th.
Of course the biggest news possible that everyone should already know about Gears of War 3 is that the game will now be hosted on dedicated servers as well as new modes such as Team Deathmatch. Cliff Bleszinski and Rod Ferguson (as well as a few other lead developers) recently sat down with to discuss just how this highly anticipated follow-up was created to please all the Gears Faithful out there in a new short video documentary, Making Gears 3: Dedicated Execution. So sit back, grab a few pieces of popcorn (as the clip is only a few minutes long), and check out just how much the awesome crew at Epic Games listened to their fans to create a game that could very well be a front runner for Game of the Year. Watch that video below and don’t forget to grab a beta code while you can.
