The NPD released their monthly US sales data today for May 2014. Overall sales for the games industry are up, and according to the report, “May 2014 launches sold 800 percent more in dollar sales than May 2013 launches did their respective launch months.” Looking at total video games software sales, May 2013 brought in […]
Official NPD US May data is coming out later today, but Nintendo is getting ahead of the announcements with some good news: Wii U sales are up over 85% over April and over 90% over May of last year. Part of that success was likely driven by anticipation for Mario Kart 8, which had immensely […]
Sony may begin selling PlayStation 4 systems with digital copies of select Activision games already loaded onto them so they are ready for purchase, according to Baird analyst Colin Sebastian. In a Baird investors note sent out recapping developments at E3, the possibility of preloaded games is brought up. “One point of interest from our […]
When I first heard that Nintendo was forgoing a proper press conference this year in lieu of a video presentation, I was worried. I felt like, without the energy of a crowd, without Reggie Fils-Aime’s voice and presence commanding attention in a massive convention hall, there was no way that Nintendo’s E3 presentation could compare […]
Last year was not a great E3 for Microsoft. After an Xbox One reveal that offered a terrible first impression with If anything, that separation of messaging helped to define the Xbox One in the lead-up even more as a machine with a broad audience. Rather than trying to cram every detail into one presentation, […]
Microsoft did a decent job this E3, and have made considerable effort to mop up the mess from that disastrous Xbox One unveiling last year. Their conference was tight and lean, throwing out game after game with only the barest minimum of tedious waffle. I applaud Phil Spencer’s direction and leadership since he inherited the […]
Fez creator Phil Fish has announced that his company, Polytron, has partnered with Canabalt developer Finji to present Panoramical, “a digital anthology of musical landscapes with analog controls.” Panoramical is being developed by two indies, Fernando Ramallo and David Kanaga, who’s best known for composing the soundtracks for Dyad and Proteus. They’ve been showing Panoramical […]
Games like Day Z and Rust have proven that smaller developers can make a lot of money on games before they’re even finished, and now bigger publishers and developers are considering taking the same path. Battlefield 4 developer DICE’s general manager Karl Magnus Troedsson recently told Game Informer that the company doesn’t have anything to […]
Wargaming is getting in on the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil celebrations by adding a Soccer mode to its popular free-to-play game World of Tanks. The Soccer mode will have two teams of three players in special T-62A Sport edition tanks competing on a soccer field arranged in the middle of Central Square on the […]
Microsoft’s E3 press conference was packed with games, so you might have missed the news that Double Fine’s Massive Chalice was announced as a console exclusive for Xbox One. The strategy game was successfully Kickstarted last year, raising a total of $1,229,014, well over the $750,000 funding goal Double Fine was looking for. At the […]
