Nintendo dominates August software sales chart
Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Xbox 360
Before Microsoft dropped the price on Xbox 360 resulting in a sales surge, there was August, and August was all about Wii.
Sting Hero: World Tour
PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360
More than a multi-Grammy award winner, more than an awesome songwriter, more than a tasty bassist, solo artist and Police frontman Sting has proven once again that he's a major money magnet as he lends/licenses his voice and likeness to Activision's imminent Guitar Hero World Tour.
Down Lo on the Downloads: Shop-Store-Market 09/08
PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360
You can tell summer is coming to an end as game publishers are starting to let the good stuff come to market. Sorry about your luck, July, but August was a smokin' hot month for game downloads.
NPD: Children, Boomers surpass young males in game market
Handheld, Hardware, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Software, Television, TV Plug-n-Play, Videogame, Wii, Windows PC, Xbox 360
According to the first-ever consumer report on video gaming, the standard as the young male as the quintessential gamer has forever changed. NPD's latest study of video gaming market reveals surprising results among seven unique gamer segments.
Xbox 360 price cut this Friday
Xbox 360
Microsoft just confirmed a long-speculated rumor by announcing a $50 - $80 price cut on all Xbox 360s in the US and Canada.
It's so not about the music, man, Guitar Hero gets sponsors
PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360
Activision and RedOctane just announced that the forthcoming Guitar Hero World Tour game will feature in-game sponsorship as rewards through exclusive partnerships with prominent music instrument and equipment manufacturers.
Mercenaries 2: World In Flames
PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
EA's new go-anywhere, over-the-top sandbox combat game, brimming with Hollywood-grade, oft-comedic violence, is very aptly named. "World in Flames" indeed. It's all good.
Too Human
Xbox 360
Ten years coming, plagued with delays, a terabyte of hate and hype on interweb message boards, one very public lawsuit and two opposing executive windbags postulating on the wherefore of it all, Too Human for Xbox 360 is finally here. If only they'd waited a bit more.
Craig, Dench, sign on for new Bond game
Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, Windows PC, Xbox 360
Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Mathieu Amalric, Olga Kurylenko and more have all signed on to provide their voices to Activision's new James Bond game, Quantum of Solace.
EA signs publishing deal with Epic Games
PlayStation 3, Windows PC, Xbox 360
News you might find useful because it'll net something tangible someday: EA and Epic in bed together. In Poland. Everyone is very excited.