Earlier today we heard that Activision was laying off staff, and it’s now being reported that among the casualties is RedOctane, the company best known as the publisher of Guitar Hero and Guitar Hero 2 , prior to being acquired by Activision in 2006. See the original post: Original Guitar Hero...

Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime made a pretty bold prediction back in November. Prior to their respective releases, he said that New Super Mario Bros Wii would outsell the 360 version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 by the end of holiday season Originally posted here: NPD Fallout:...

Second verse, same as the first. Tonight’s January NPD numbers aren’t terribly surprising; most systems kept their relative positions. The obvious exception is the constant battle between the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3. Here is the original post: January NPDs: Mass Effect 2 Nips at...

In case you were wondering why March Madness is nearly upon us and there’s still no word of an NCAA Basketball game from EA, it’s because there isn’t going to be one this year — maybe not even next year. EA Sports’ senior director of communications David Tinson relayed...

Xbox 360 owners have had plenty of alone time with the Microsoft-exclusive, charity-benefitting “All You Need is Love” DLC for The Beatles: Rock Band , but it’s about time PlayStation 3 and Wii users had a crack at it. Harmonix announced this morning that the best-selling Beatles download...

Activision used today’s Q4 conference call to give us a slightly better idea of when some items from their 2010 line-up will be hitting. The time-bending FPS Singularity will be coming in May, along with Transformers: War for Cybertron . The company was bullish on the sales prospects for their...

After releasing a mind blowing 25 Guitar Hero SKUs last year, Activision is planning on scaling things back a bit for 2010. Read this article: Activision to Release Far Fewer Guitar Hero Games in 2010

Tony Hawk Ride didn’t receive a glowing reception, but Activision is still confident in the future of the peripheral and its associated series and plans to launch another game using it this year. During the company’s Q4 Results call today, CEO Mike Griffith acknowledged the game’s...

Many gamers are feeling up to their ears in zombies. See the original post here: Rock of the Dead Combines Music, Zombies

There’s no doubting it any longer — Snake, hero of the Metal Gear Solid series, is the best character of all time. So said the readers of Famitsu magazine, who voted earlier this year on which video-game hero (or anti-hero) they liked the most. Snake beat out such noted video game icons...