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Madden NFL 12 blitzes the September NPD list
Boom! After taking the month of August off thanks to the NFL lockout, the debut of Madden NFL 12 has reclaimed its rightful spot at the top of The NPD Groups’s monthly rankings.
The football sim was joined at the top of the charts by other big new releases: Gears of War 3 chainsawed the second spot and Deep Silver’s Dead Island landed at #3 (behold the power of hype, folks). EA Sports claimed the rest of the top five with FIFA Soccer 12 at #4 and NHL 12 a spot below. Resistance 3 at #7 and Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine at #10 round out the bevy of new releases on this NPD list.
Holdovers from previous months include Deus Ex: Human Revolution (#6), Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars (#8) and Call of Duty: Black Ops (#9).
The complete top ten can be found after the break. (more…)
Posted in 3DS, DS, News, PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360
Tagged Call of Duty: Black Ops, Dead Island, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, FIFA Soccer 12, Gears of War 3, Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars, Madden NFL 12, NHL 12, NPD, Resistance 3, Warhammer 40000: Space Marine
Activision confirms Amazing Spider-Man game
It should come as a surprise to no one, but Activision has confirmed they have a game based on next Summer’s The Amazing Spider-Man movie in production.
Doing their best Peter Parker, IGN snapped a picture of a poster advertising the game adaptation at this weekend’s New York Comic-Con. But aside from confirmation of the developer (Beenox, who has worked on the last two Spider-Man games), there’s very little to go on.
Allow me to go out on a limb and guess that it’ll be released in late June (just ahead of the movie’s July 3, 2012 opening) for every platform under the sun.
Posted in News
Tagged The Amazing Spider-Man
Daily Scoop: October 13, 2011 – Dysentery is no longer a concern
Thursday’s here, and it’s brought with it a ton more rain. Like Philadelphia needed more rain! Ha. It’s also brought some joy, though – I finally caught up to where my boyfriend is in “Breaking Bad,” meaning we can watch more of season 4 together tonight. I’ve been thinking, too – wouldn’t it make an amazing video game? I can see it already: meth lab Quick Time Events. Brilliant!
Moving on to today’s deals! Amazon’s Deal of the Day in video games is Activision’s Call of Duty: World at War for $15.99 on the PlayStation 3. If you don’t already have this amazing Treyarch game, you might want to pick it up. Come to think of it, I don’t have this game! I may want to scoop it myself…
Today’s Ript is entitled “Trail Invaders,” and marries Oregon Trail to Space Invaders, just as you suspected when you read the name: (more…)
Posted in Daily Scoop, Etcetera, News, PS3
Multiply your nostalgia with this GoldenEye 007: Reloaded multiplayer trailer
If you spent your high school and/or college days crowded around multi-day multiplayer sessions of GoldenEye 007, this new trailer for GoldenEye 007: Reloaded will be of great interest to you.
For the kids? No, for me (and everyone like me that grew up on the original GoldenEye).
GoldenEye 007: Reloaded will be available for the PS3 and Xbox 360 on November 1.
Posted in News, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged GoldenEye 007: Reloaded
Nintendo Download: October 13, 2011
This week’s Nintendo Download features a pair of furry games and a pair of big numbers.
The furriness is provided by Catrap (3DS eShop), a maze game originally released for the Game Boy, and Furry Legends (DSiWare), a puzzle platformer based on the WiiWare title of the same name.
The big numbers are provided by 101-in-1 Explosive Megamix (WiiWare), a massive collection of minigames, and 1001 BlockBusters (DSiWare), a brick-breaking game that promises… you guessed it… 1001 levels.
More details on all of this week’s additions to the Nintendo Download can be found in their weekly newsletter.
Grand Theft Auto III hijacks mobile platforms for 10th anniversary re-release
Grand Theft Auto III reshaped the video game landscape when it was released in 2001. You might say that Liberty City left us speechless (rimshot).
This Fall, in commemoration of the game’s 10th anniversary, Rockstar plans to bring GTA3 to a new generation of gamers on select iOS and Android devices:
Apple iOS Devices: iPad 2, iPhone 4S
Android Phones: Droid X2, HTC Evo 2, LG Optimus 2X, Motorola Atrix, Samsung Galaxy S2
Android Tablets: Acer Iconia, Asus Eee Pad, Motorola Xoom, Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
Support for additional devices will be announced at a later date.
Posted in Mobile, News
Tagged Grand Theft Auto III
Here come the Men in Black (in a new game)
Here come the Men In Black // Galaxy defenders // Here come the Men In Black // They won’t let you remember.
After lodging that little ditty in your ear for the rest of the day, I can now use the rest of this post to talk about the new Men In Black game just announced by Activision.
Launching for “consoles and handhelds” alongside Men In Black III‘s Spring 2012 theatrical opening, the Men In Black game will be a standalone story that builds on the universe established in the movies to “bring back familiar faces, while also introducing new foes.” We have also been promised “action-packed, yet light-hearted gameplay mixed with edge-of-your-seat shooting excitement from the universe’s most elite peacekeeping force.”
“The Men In Black franchise is an unbeatable starting point to deliver a genre-bending gaming experience with a level of production value on par with Hollywood,” said David Oxford, Executive Vice President of Activision Publishing.
Activision has promised to reveal more gameplay details and characters (hopefully that means Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith) in the future, so don’t forget about the Men In Black!
Daytona USA drives onto PSN, XBLA this month
I can’t even begin to calculate how many quarters I pumped into the Daytona USA machine at my local mall back in 1993. And the mall in the next town over. And at the mini-golf course. And at rest stops during family vacations. Yeah, I played a lot of Daytona USA.
But it’ll only take 40 quarters (AKA $10 AKA 800 Microsoft Points) to relive those memories in my living room on October 25 when Sega adds Daytona USA to the PlayStation Store and Xbox Live Arcade. The downloadable port will feature enhanced graphics (but really, how can you enhance those polygons?), steering wheel support and online play. Up to eight players will be able to race around the game’s three tracks, simulating the system link feature Daytona USA was known for.
The PSN/XBLA version will also retain the game’s iconic soundtrack, but now there’s a Karaoke Mode because, according to Sega, “you know you have been singing along anyway.”
Posted in News, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Daytona USA