Microsoft has announced that on Black Friday–perhaps the biggest shopping day of the year–sales of their Xbox 360 console tripled that of Sony’s PS3. Microsoft noted that November 28th was a “historic Black Friday for Xbox 360,” with an estimated 25% jump in hardware sales over Black Friday 2007 (citing U.S. retailer reports.) Microsoft [...] [...more]
2K Games has detailed the upcoming PS3-exclusive downloadable content for their underwater shooter title BioShock, including pricing, date and gameplay info. The download will arrive Novmeber 20th for $9.99 and include three challenge rooms, packing new trophies along with “new locations, objectives and artwork not seen anywhere else in the game.” Full details on the challenges: [...] [...more]
2K Games has revealed what platforms BioShock 2: Sea of Dreams will hit when it arrives in Q4 of the publisher’s 2009 fiscal year–spanning August to October of next year. “BioShock 2 is destined for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Windows PC platforms,” 2K rep Charlie Sinhaseni explained to GameSpot. No surprise here as these are the [...] [...more]
PS3 owners will be given a ‘better late than never’ gift this Thursday, October 23rd, with the arrival of the first episode of Penny Arcade Adventures on the Playstation Network. Players will finally have access to the famous comic duo’s first series title Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precpice of Darkness with a $15 [...] [...more]
If you’ve been playing chicken with Sony on not buying a Playstation 3 until you see a price cut, you might want to jump out of the way. In response to an Edge article in which an analyst urges the compnay to consider a price adjustment, Patrick Seybold, director of corporate communications at Sony Computer [...] [...more]
Activision has announced through press release that their kill or be killed hunting game Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts 2009 has officially been released for the Xbox 360, Wii, PS3 and PS2 systems. Claimed to thrill both the hunting and (slightly larger) FPS niche, CDH includes 25 of the “world’s most dangerous animals,” and while you may [...] [...more]
LittleBigPlanet, the PS3-exclusive customizable platformer, has gone gold and will hit North American store shelves October 21st. Europe joins the party a few days late, but will still get the title in the same week. From the official PlayStation Blog: “We’ve received great news from Media Molecule–the game code has gone ‘GOLD’ and we’ve [...] [...more]
Capcom today used its blog to announce the release dates for Mega Man 9, revealing that Wii owners will get first crack with Playstation owners getting the title a few days later. No reason was provided for why the Xbox 360 version won’t be ready until Wednesday, October 1st. The title’s price point has had [...] [...more]
The latest effort in Jordan Mechner’s highly praised Prince of Persia platform franchise will land in retailers for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 on December 2nd, Ubisoft has announced. A new look to the series, Prince of Persia loses the time rewind feature that functioned in the previous three titles, focusing instead on one-on-one combat [...] [...more]
EA has announced that its upcoming action title Mirror’s Edge will release November 11th for Xbox 360 and PS3, while the PC version of the game is now confirmed for “later in the winter.” Additionally, the company confirmed that a demo will be available featuring “the tutorial” and a scene from the single-player campaign. If [...] [...more]
