In an interview with MCV (via Edge) MTV Games general manager Scott Guthrie admits he was not happy with the sales of The Beatles: Rock Band in Europe, released during last years critical holiday season. Guthrie goes on to blame “a tough economy” and “a lot of competitive products” for the disappointing sales figures. ”We underestimated the competition,” said Guthrie.
Sorry Sonic fans. Sega has just announced that Sonic 4: Episode 1 has been delayed from its Summer release window back to “late 2010.”
For a brief moment, it seemed that Starcraft 2 was going to come out in Korea with an Adults Only rating, but today FOMOS, a Korean e-sports website, reports (via 1UP) that Blizzard will release a censored version of Starcraft 2 for Korea which has been granted an Age 12 rating. The report was translated by a Team Liquid forum member gngfn. ”Since Starcraft 2 was originally developed to be a game adolescents could enjoy, we’re very pleased with the Game Rating Board’s decision,” stated Blizzard via the translation.
Heavy Rain asks a simple, yet powerful question – “how far would you go to save someone you love?”. The proposition is paralyzing when extended beyond mere thought and brought into the realm of actuality. This emotion is what Heavy Rain attempts to draw you in with and drives its narrative heavily laden doubt, fear, anger, and love. The big question is whether this interactive drama sinks or swims.
Time for yet another return to the land of Ferelden today as Bioware released a new downloadable quest that lets you play as a bloodthirsty darkspawn general. Set in an alternate universe in which your Warden character never survived the Joining Ritual, your poor friend Alistair is the last remaining Grey Warden and is tasked with defeating the Blight. Needless to say it ends in disaster for the good guys. And yes, I am playing it.
Dr. Clyde Yancy, president of the American Heart Association, and Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing
The American Heart Association and Nintendo of America announced their new partnership today to promote healthy lifestyles through physically active play. The two organizations will work together to promote to consumers how active-play video games like Wii Fit and Wii Sports Resort can contribute to healthy living.
Where the hell did this come from? After a good couple of weeks with less than a handful of notable releases, we’ve suddenly got a week jam packed with games worthy of anyone’s attention. It’s like… like… a third Christmas or something. Isn’t this supposed to be the summer months? Isn’t this when we’re supposed to be so bored out of our minds that we… we… go out? And play or something? Whatever’s the reason, we’re in no shortage of anything to do this week. Hell, with this week alone, we may have something to play for all summer!
Despite Media Molecule saying they have no plans for a Little Big Planet sequel (via 1UP), they went ahead and did it anyways. Meet LittleBigPlanet 2.
Yahoo! Games reports that this intricate sword controller is meant for just one game. And that one game’s title is equally cumbersome: Dragon Quest Monsters Battle Road Victory. It’s based on a Japanese arcade game that lets players scan trading cards to summon creatures into battle.
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