Xbox LIVE Arcade is having a great year, according to an analyst group that reports XBLA has grown 13 percent, to $46.1 million in sales in the first half of 2010. The sales were bolstered by Microsoft’s Block Party event in March that netted millions on sales of Toy Soldiers ($4.6 million) and Perfect Dark ($2.4 million). continue reading…
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Archive for July, 2010StarCraft II’s minigame has been revealed, and it’s none other than Blizzard’s original game, The Lost Vikings, albeit with a new theme. continue reading…
StarCraft II arrived yesterday, and if you didn’t already know, it’s subtitled “Wings of Liberty” and focuses on the Terran campaigns, with two expansion packs planned that will focus on the Zerg and Protoss, respectively. continue reading…
Don’t worry parents, the federal government and video games will take it from here. It was recently announced that the federal government is funding a project that will help teenage girls resist peer pressure to have sex before they’re ready. The project comes in the form of a social simulator, and will place players in the shoes of an average teenage girl at a mall, movie theater, and other popular teen hangouts, resisting an onslaught of boys out to steal their innocence.
Well, maybe that’s not entirely fair. But you get the idea…
Well, that isn’t something you every day. Ninja Theory co-founder Tameem Antoniades has said that he feels story is more important than gameplay. Furthermore, he said, “if you get it right, both story and gameplay can be elevated.” continue reading…
