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Kratos Crowned King of the UK
By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Mar 22, 2010 5:54 AM | CommentIn just two days on the shelves, PS3-exclusive God of War III leaped over Square Enix's Final Fantasy XIII to become the top-selling title in the UK. Indicating just how large sales of Sony Santa Monica's newest Kratos adventure will be worldwide, God of War III week-one sales bettered its predecessor, 2.4-million-selling God of War II, by 2.65 to 1. Read More »
Heavy Rain Postmortem
By Anthony Gallegos | PlayStation 3 Articles | Mar 19, 2010 4:37 PM | CommentQuantic Dream co-founder and co-CEO David Cage, wants to break the conventions of videogames. Much like his last game, Farenheit (known better to U.S. audiences as Indigo Prophecy), Heavy Rain is not meant to be an all-out action brawler with exploding barrels and 1,000 other gaming tropes -- but instead, it's meant to hit you where few games ever do: emotionally. To find out more about Heavy Rain's development, we recently met up with Cage at this years Game Developers Conference, grilling him on how and why he created what could be the most emotionally engaging game ever. Read More »
Nathan Drake Pulls a Kanye During Batman's Acceptance Speech
By Mike Sharkey | Xbox 360 News | Mar 19, 2010 3:33 PM | CommentWhat do Batman, Nathan Drake and Shigeru Miyamoto have in common? Aside from being generally awesome, all three were big winners at Friday night's British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Videogames Awards. Hit the jump for details. Read More »
Critics Be Damned, FFXIII Sets Franchise Sales Record
By Mike Sharkey | Xbox 360 News | Mar 19, 2010 1:53 PM | CommentMore than a handful of critics gave Final Fantasy XIII low marks because it was too linear and lacked the towns that were previously such a big part of the franchise. Gamers were unfazed. According to Square Enix, the game has sold more than 1 million copies in North America and become the fastest selling UK game of 2010 -- all in its first five days of release. Read More »
Stuff, Mount Heavy Rain on April Fool's Day with The Taxidermist
By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Mar 19, 2010 12:30 PM | CommentOn April 1, travel along with Heavy Rain's intrepid journalist Madison Paige as she discovers one of her first leads on the Origami Killer in Quantic Dream's first DLC for Heavy Rain, The Taxidermist. Interact with the jump for details. Read More »
Commander Shepard Gets Keys to the Hammerhead Next Week
By Mike Sharkey | Xbox 360 News | Mar 19, 2010 10:49 AM | CommentIt was odd, in the original Mass Effect, traversing the galaxy at the speed of light via the SSV Normandy and the Mass Relay network and then ending up on uncharted planets in the 1970's Sci-Fi inspired Mako, a clunky six-wheeled vehicle about as high-tech as a dump truck. Thankfully, the folks at BioWare responded to the chorus of Mako complaints, and next week, we'll get to see how they've improved on-world travel with the Hammerhead. Read More »
Last Call for Beta Cops, Robbers in APB
By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Mar 19, 2010 9:27 AM | CommentDave Jones, the man who helped create the Grand Theft Auto and Crackdown franchises, has described his upcoming cops and robbers multiplayer APB: All Points Bulletin as the culmination of nearly 20 years of work. Gamers interested in discovering what Jones and the team at Realtime Worlds have built now have their chance: the third and final APB closed beta session is now underway. Read More »
Sony Europe Wants a Closer Look at Gay Tony's Passport
By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Mar 19, 2010 8:33 AM | CommentPlayStation 3 and PC owners anxious to return to Liberty City will have to wait a bit longer. Rockstar announced the release of the expansion packs for Grand Theft Auto IV has been delayed. Hit the jump after groaning in disappointment. Read More »
Pwning n00bs With an Elvis Wig On... Priceless
By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Mar 19, 2010 7:32 AM | CommentElvis' pompadour (Hound Dog), Washington's powdered wig (Magistrate's Mullet), and Superfly's feathered fedora (Hustler's Hallmark) are a handful of the community creations now available via the latest update to Valve's shooter Team Fortress 2. The Bellevue, Washington-based studio has a long history of implementing fan suggestions, but the latest update marks the first time the company added content built directly by the gaming community. Read More »
Oh, Kratos, You're Such a Tease
By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Mar 19, 2010 6:42 AM | CommentIt's raining, it's pouring, the God of War is snoring. Earning a platinum trophy in the third installment of Sony Santa Monica's visceral franchise leads gamers to a dreary web site offering a mysterious tease. Minor spoiler after the jump. Read More »
MAG: Flashbanging DLC Coming Soon
By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Mar 19, 2010 6:00 AM | CommentThe first DLC for Zipper's PS3 multiplayer shooter MAG drops next week, bringing new weapons, equipment, and uniforms to rookie and veteran faction members worldwide free of charge. Flank the jump for details. Read More »
Microsoft Pries One Finger From Its Cold Grip on 360 Storage
By Mike Sharkey | Xbox 360 News | Mar 18, 2010 2:07 PM | CommentA document written by a senior software development engineer at Microsoft indicates an upcoming Xbox 360 system update will allow gamers to put the console's USB ports to good use. USB storage is finally coming to the 360. Read More »
The Major Leagues of Halo: Reach Multiplayer
By Mike Sharkey | Xbox 360 News | Mar 18, 2010 12:44 PM | CommentThrough screenshots and trailers, Bungie has proven Halo: Reach will upgrade the look of the franchise in a major way. Today we've learned the anticipated title's matchmaking and multiplayer features are also getting a serious makeover. Step into the Arena after the jump. Read More »
Snowblind Takes on Middle-earth
By Mike Sharkey | Xbox 360 News | Mar 18, 2010 11:32 AM | CommentForm your own fellowship to battle Sauron's forces in The Lord of the Rings: War in the North. Publisher Warner Bros. Interactive and developer Snowblind Studios announced today the title will launch in 2011, featuring mature RPG action and three-player online co-op in the LOTR game "fans have been waiting for." Read More »
EA: 2.3 Million Fragging Each Other in Battlefield: Bad Company 2
By Mike Sharkey | Xbox 360 News | Mar 18, 2010 10:50 AM | CommentElectronic Arts is tooting its own horn today, and for good reason: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 has become the best-selling March release on record in North America and Europe, with more than 2.3 million enlisting to wage digital war. Check the stats after the jump. Read More »
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"Inferno" Author Dante Alighieri Rapidly Mashing X In His Grave
Citing recent defilement of his iconic text, the rotting, angry corpse of the deceased Italian poet created a hauntingly rhythmic couplet of a new kind in the form of a furious button-mashing death rattle from beyond the afterlife. Can you hear that, EA?
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