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Watch Dogs sets new record for launch sales of an original property
Watch Dogs has been flying off the shelves since it was released on May 27, selling more than four million copies in just one week. This marks it as the fastest-selling brand-new intellectual property at launch, and the best-selling first week game for Ubisoft. The record sales are (presumably) ongoing.
Ubisoft’s senior vice president of sales and marketing Tony Key was very pleased, saying “With such strong sales momentum and positive feedback from gamers, Watch Dogs has positioned itself as the must-have game of the moment… We’re really proud of this achievement, and are confident that the Watch Dogs brand has a promising future.”
Over one million of those who purchased the game also got ctOS Mobile, the free companion app, which allowed them to check Aiden Pearce’s Chicago at anytime right from their mobile devices. This app also allows for dual-screen gameplay.
Watch Dogs launched last week for PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. It will be released on the Wii U system this coming Fall.
Hit the jump for the full press release. (more…)
Mario Kart 8 now the fastest-selling Wii U game after 1.2 million copies sold over first weekend
In the kart race that is the 8th Generation Console War, Nintendo picked up a Blue Shell over the weekend in the form of Mario Kart 8. The latest addition to Nintendo’s popular racing franchise bowled over the competition and sold 1.2 million copies in its first three days of availability across North America, Europe, and Japan. That makes it the fastest-selling Wii U game ever and the seventh Nintendo-published title to sell more than a million copies.
“The early response to Mario Kart 8 demonstrates that the best days for Wii U are still ahead,” said Nintendo of America President and COO Reggie Fils-Aime. “This year’s E3 is just days away, and it will be all about the future games for Nintendo platforms. This milestone is a great place to start!”
So I guess that ultra-creepy live-action commercial actually increased sales of Mario Kart 8. Mean Mario means business!
Posted in News, Wii U
Tagged Mario Kart 8
Little Orbit adapting Falling Skies into a strategy RPG
Fans of the TNT science fiction show Falling Skies will be happy to know that Little Orbit will soon be turning the show into a video game. The show will be made into a tactical strategy RPG, and will be released on the PC, PS3, Wii U, and Xbox 360 as a digital download.
President of Little Orbit, Matt Scott, said “Our goal for Falling Skies is to recreate the humanistic elements from the television series so that players can grow with the characters as they play through intuitively designed strategies… We want to bring that same character driven storyline derived from the series to the game all while making it easy to navigate for every player.”
The game will allow players to see all of their favorite characters from the show, and will allow them to play in “a never-ending list of missions” in their fight against the aliens. There will be hundreds of unlockable skills and character upgrades, as well as dynamic enemy AI and map randomization.
The Falling Skies video game is scheduled to be out this Fall. Hit the jump to view the full press release. (more…)
Murdered: Soul Suspect, PixelJunk Shooter Ultimate, 1001 Spikes, more added to PS Store
The release calendar for June is a bit bare, but thankfully, Sony came through with a batch of quirky new downloads in the first PlayStation Store update of the month.
The supernatural detective story Murdered: Soul Suspect is this week’s biggest new release. Available for both the PS3 and PS4, the game follows the recently departed Ronan O’Connor as he attempts to track down his murderer, a serial killer known as The Bell Killer. It’s joined by four other PS4 releases including the free-to-play World War II sim, War Thunder; the latest game in the Worms franchise, Worms Battlegrounds; an enhanced version of the fourth PixelJunk game, PixelJunk Shooter Ultimate; and the latest brutal platformer, 1001 Spikes. Those last two are also available as PS4/Vita Cross-Buy games, so you can also take them on the go.
One other PS3 game was added to the PS Store this week and it’s Don Bradman Cricket 14. I’m not entirely sure, but it might be the first cricket game ever released in North America. If I cared in the slightest about cricket, I’d do some research and find out for sure.
Finally, the Vita is now home to a Sony-produced pet simulator, PlayStation Vita Pets, and a diva simulator known as Hyperdimension Neptunia: Producing Perfection. Don’t let your real dog and American Idol know you’ve been cheating on them.
More information about all of these games can be found after the break. (more…)
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Tagged 1001 Spikes, Hyperdimension Neptunia Producing Perfection, Murdered: Soul Suspect
Killzone: Shadow Fall Review: Proof That the PS4 Launched With A Bang
Killzone: Shadow Fall, brought to us by Guerrilla Games, is the sixth installment in the ten-year-old Killzone franchise. While it’s still not the transcendent shooter that Guerrilla is clearly capable of producing, the team has taken a lot of feedback on the previous titles and incorporated it into Shadow Fall to create the best game in the series. (more…)
Posted in PS4, Reviews, Top Story
Tagged Killzone: Shadow Fall
Daily Scoop: June 3, 2014 – Get your Mortal Kombat on
There’s a brand new Midweek Madness deal going on at Steam, and it’s a good one! For those of you excited about all the recent announcements, you can get the Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition for $4.99. That’s not all: you can also get Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition for just $7.49. These deals are good until Friday at 10am!
They’ve also got a new Daily Deal, which is one of mine and Anthony Amato’s favorites: Torchlight 2! This awesome multiplayer game is on sale for just $6.79. Looking to play with some friends? Grab a four pack for $20.39! Can’t play it without playing the original first? Pick that up for $5.09. They’ve got every angle covered!
That’s all for deals, but don’t worry – there are plenty of t-shirts to keep you happy! (more…)
Posted in Daily Scoop, Etcetera, News
Ultra Street Fighter IV upgrade now available to download on PS3, Xbox 360
If you own Super Street Fighter IV or Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition, Capcom wants to let you know (via the embedded launch trailer above) that you can now download the Ultra Street Fighter IV digital upgrade for the PS3 and Xbox 360. The upgrade is priced at $14.99 and includes five new characters (Rolento, Elena, Hug, Poison, and Decapre), six new stages, and a bunch of balance tweaks.
The game also has the word “Ultra” in the title now and “Ultra” is clearly superior to “Super.”
The retail version of Ultra Street Fighter IV will be available for the PS3 and Xbox 360 on August 5. The PC edition (both the digital upgrade and a full game download) is set for release a few days after.
Posted in News, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Street Fighter IV
Crytek USA will release Hunt: Horrors of the Gilded Age as free-to-play title this Fall
Looks like we finally know what Crytek USA (the studio formerly known as Vigil Games) is up to. Crytek announced this morning that their Austin-based subsidiary is developing Hunt: Horrors of the Gilded Age, a free-to-play third-person action game about demon hunters in the late 1800s. Hmm…
Comparisons to Ready At Dawn’s The Order: 1886 aside, Hunt seems to take most of its inspiration from Valve’s Left 4 Dead series as four players will be able to team up to cooperatively challenge the assorted monsters at the center of Hunt. Crytek USA plans to heavily focus on this type of close collaboration between players, especially in the “grueling” boss fights that will pop up at unexpected times. And speaking of the unexpected, a special content generation system will randomize the environments and enemy sets that players will encounter in Hunt, so no two games will be the same.
Crytek USA’s CEO, David Adams, said: “Players will be counting their bullets and crying out for help as they delve deeper into the shadowy world we’ve created. From the outset of the development process, we’ve poured our imaginations into the game so that everyone who plays Hunt will discover a challenging experience that feels fresh, captivating and rich in possibilities.”
Hunt: Horrors of the Gilded Age will be available as a closed beta this Fall for the PC and consoles. But we won’t have to wait that long to get our next taste of the game. Crytek plans to unveil a gameplay trailer during next week’s E3 Expo.