If you've been playing the Call of Duty series for any length of time, you've likely encountered one of the game's many Double XP weekends. A time where the developers give players an opportunity to earn more points for their time spent in the game's multiplayer component. This week, Modern Warfare 3 players will earn double xp on all playlists and platforms from May 23rd until May 29th.The Double XP week comes alongside a brand new content pack for the shooter that includes new maps, special ops missions, and a ...
Apparently, Diablo III is extremely popular. That's according to recent figures released by Blizzard that indicate the recent launch of the game as the biggest PC-launch of all time. Within the first 24-hours of Diablo III's release, more than 3.5 million copies of the game had been sold, setting the new record for a PC-release.Following up on the strong first day sales, the first week sales tally has grown to more than 6.3 million according to Blizzard, who says that this figure doesn't factor in Korean players who are playing the game in popular "game-rooms", where the title is also very popular."We also regret that our preparations were not enough to ensure everyone had a seamless experience when they logged in."Mike Morhaime, CEO and co-founder of Blizzard had this to ...
Take-Two delivered its quarterly earnings report yesterday evening and despite giving any concrete dates to go by, their financial guidance could indicate that Rockstar could have GTA V ready by early 2013. The company which issues forward looking statements about its future earnings potential for the fiscal year points to a strong one for the publisher. Industry analysts have already started disceting the information, and at least one believes that GTA V will arrive in less than a year's time.'Rockstar unlikely to risk delay very far in the face of ...
Microsoft and Motorola have been embroiled in a legal battle over technology used in the Xbox 360. While this isn't the first we've heard of the fight, latest developments point to the Xbox 360 possibly seeing a ban in the United States for the Xbox 360 Slim 4GB and 250 GB models.Judge David Shaw recommended that because of the patent infringement, Microsoft should post a bond "equal to 7 percent of the declared value of unsold Xbox inventory already in the country" alongside the ban of future imports. This recommendation comes after his determination that Microsoft is infact infringing on four of Motorola's patent back in April.Microsoft's defense at this point is that a ban of the Xbox 360 "does not serve the public interest because it would leave consumers of video game consoles with only two options to satisfy their needs: the Sony PlayStation and the Nintendo Wii."On the ...
Ghost Recon Future Soldier launched today, and after a extended hiatus the franchise returned to a generally positive reception from critics. With an even stronger focus on battlefield technology, the tactical shooter takes a somewhat different approach than what most developers have been doing as of late.Reviews have been "generally favorable" in aggregate, commending Ubisoft for a smooth transition of the franchise yet again. Here are a selection of reviews that we read today, and our video review of Ghost ...
Capcom's latest release seems to have critics inable to agree on whether the game is great or absolutely horrible. The brand new franchise for Capcom marks a different type of adventure than what the publisher has been throwing at its fan-base in recent history. By most accounts its a cross ...
Yesterday a report out of Los Angeles gave us our first details of Bungie's secretive project that they've been working on for the last couple of years. Project Destiny is no secret, what it is however, is still unknown. In the report, a release schedule was leaked that had Bungie making four titles in the "Destiny" series over the course of eight years, with expansion packs released on odd years. The report did indicate that "Destiny" was a shooter/sci-fantasy/massively multiplayer experience.Bungie replied to the reports by taking to B-Net to ...
As fans were counting down the days to Diablo III's release, the farthest thing from their mind was probably having their account stolen just one week after release. Unfortunately, that's exactly what happened to a few poor souls who've taken to the Blizzard forums to air their grievances.Account theft in the digital world is big business apparently, as these thieves sell digital currency for that of the real world variety, but Blizzard says that these account compromises are "historically in-line" with other game releases.A representative ...
Devil May Cry will not be arriving this year, according to a recent statement out of Capcom. Developed by Ninja Theory, the franchise reboot has been rescheduled for January 15th, 2013. Though Capcom has delayed the release of the title, they did reveal one new character for the game.Kat is a former runaway that joined The Order very early in her life. She is a medium and a gifted psychic who can see into Limbo, the demon realm, but not directly interact with it in the way that Dante does. She is the right hand girl to the Leader of The Order and devotes her life to him, often putting herself in grave danger to gather intelligence from Limbo.There is ...
Apparently Bungie's next title is due to arrive exclusively on the Xbox 360 in 2013, according to recently uncovered court documents discovered by the L.A. Times. After leaving the shadow of Microsoft's umbrella, Bungie signed on with Activision back in 2010, and has agreed to a four game deal, with four downloadable add-ons over the course of eight years. The first game in the franchise codenamed "Destiny", is due exclusively on the Xbox 360 in 2013, with a possible release on other platforms at a later date and on the next generation Xbox 720.Stemming from Activision's recent legal battle with Jason West and Vincent Zampella, the court documents uncovered other details about what to expect from Bungie in their next game. The "Destiny Property" as is described in the contract is a "Massively multiplayer, sci-fantasy, action shooter game".According to the contract, Bungie is set to release new titles in Fall ...
Critics have showered praise on Blizzard Entertainment's latest work with Diablo III. The Dungeon Crawling sequel has recieved mostly positive reviews from news outlets, but fans don't seem to have the same opinion. According to the review aggregator Metacritic, there's quite a discrepancy between what critics are saying and what users are saying.While Diablo III has critic based metascore of 89 out of a possible 100, users have rated the title a paltry 4.1 out of a possible ten. Here's a selection of reviews from metacritic, and elsewhere."Blizzard's expertise is ...
A new rumor suggests Konami is readying an E3 announcement of a brand new Castlevania title for Nintendo's 3DS called Castlevania: Mirror of Fate. A Dutch gaming website outed the news earlier and was discovered by NeoGaf users before the website was asked that the information be taken down.The site then updated their original message to readers: "Although Konami asked us to get the original message offline, we have found proof thatalternative proof Castlevania: Mirror of Fate is in development for the Nintendo 3DS. To justify it we put online this message again."No further details about the title were revealed, but they did note that David Cox ...
Minecraft on the Xbox 360 turned out to be a hugely popular game, but unfortunately for some, the game wasn't all it was cracked up to be if you don't own a high definition television. The XBLA version of the game advertises the feature of local split-screen cooperative play, but only for those with HD televisions.The problem wouldn't have been an issue, but purchasers had no way of knowing this stipulation, as it wasn't listed in the features or requirements for the game. If you happen to be one of ...
