News by Matt S. The PlayStation 4 launched two days ago in Japan, and has sold 320,000 units in those two days. This number is significantly better than the launch of the PlayStation 3 (less than 90,000 in its first two days), and it’s worth noting that Japan is a…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. If you haven’t picked yourself up a copy of Deadly Premonition yet, then I must admit I’m a little disappointed in you. It’s one of the most creative and intelligent games ever developed, after all. But, if for some reason you have held off, then some…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Sony’s early momentum with the PS4 continues, with the manufacturer announcing that to date it has sold 5.3 million units worldwide. This figure means an additional 1.1 million units for the year to date. This also means the console will shortly overtake the Nintendo Wii U…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Here’s a bit of depressing news; MCV Pacific has published the list of the 100 best selling games in Australia in 2013. GTA V won, unsurprisingly, but aside from a couple of Nintendo-developed 3DS games (Pokemon, Animal Crossing and Luigi’s Mansion), four games in the entire…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Have you heard of developers, Supercell? What about Clash Of Clans? I thought that one would ring a bell. The game that took the crown for “poster child of iOS gaming” has been doing very well for its parent. According to a report on Gamasutra, we…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Assassin’s Creed IV hit Ubisoft’s expectations with 10 million units shipped, according to the company’s third quarter financial report. Just Dance 2014 also performed strongly at six million units, but the news aside from those two titles was not as rosy for the publisher. For the…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Contrast, the rather exceptional indie title from Compulsion Games, has hit a landmark; it has been downloaded one million times by people playing it on PlayStation hardware (PS3 and PS4). Of course, a big part of that success was due to the fact that it was…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. When a game sells 20 million copies, it’s safe to say it was a success. And 20 million copies is precisely what Bethesda has achieved with Skyrim. This figure makes it the most successful RPG ever developed (with the exception of a couple of Pokemon games),…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. I know this headline and topic is going to cause some people to get defensive (I look forward to seeing you all in the comments…), but it needs to be said. I want to see Nintendo succeed. I bought both the 3DS and Wii U at…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Nintendo has signficantly revised down its financial year sales expectations for both the Wii U and the 3DS. In fact, its own sales expectations for the Wii U are now truly dire for the period April ’13-March ’14. Where it had previously projected Wii U sales…
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