OP-ED: THQ and Ignition Troubles Show That Gamer Taste Threatens the Industry
This week was not kind to video game publishers. THQ announced plans for 240 lay-offs amidst the board of directors and CEO giving themselves a 50% paycut.
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OP-ED: THQ and Ignition Troubles Show That Gamer Taste Threatens the Industry
Top Games of 2012 Video
You may have noticed us spamming the site with games of 2012 lists for the past week.
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Top Games of 2012 Video
THQ Denies it Has Canceled its 2014 Games
A number of rumors emerged over the weekend involving the future of THQ, none of which painted an especially promising picture for the publisher. Despite suggestions that it had canceled its entire slate of games set to come out in 2014, it has released a statement denying that is the case.
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Modern Warfare 3, Xbox 360 Top December and Annual 2011 NPD Charts
The NPD Group’s sales data for both December and the entirety of 2011 has been released today. Unsurprisingly, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 was the best-selling game in both December and 2011
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Modern Warfare 3, Xbox 360 Top December and Annual 2011 NPD Charts
Club Nintendo Now Offering Majora’s Mask, Kirby, and Dr. Mario
Looking for a new downloadable game to play on one of your Nintendo systems, but don’t want to spend any money? As promised last month, a new batch of downloadable games are now available on Club Nintendo.
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Club Nintendo Now Offering Majora’s Mask, Kirby, and Dr. Mario
Sonic 4′s Physics "Reworked" for Episode II
Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II has been officially announced and is coming sometime in 2012, Sega revealed today. In what will be a fairly lengthy wait for an episodic series (as long as we don’t use Half-Life as the benchmark ), Episode II will be coming more than a year after release of Episode I in 2010. Today’s announcement mentions that the physics are being “completely reworked” in this new game, which is very welcome news for those who felt that particular problem plagued Episode I.
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Sonic 4′s Physics "Reworked" for Episode II
VVVVVV and Bionic Commando Now Available on 3DS
For the last Nintendo Download update of the year, the company didn’t hold back.
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VVVVVV and Bionic Commando Now Available on 3DS
Nintendo Direct Recap: Fire Emblem Dated in Japan
Tonight’s Nintendo Direct wasn’t as newsworthy as the first one for those outside of Japan.
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Nintendo Direct Recap: Fire Emblem Dated in Japan
3DS eShop Adds Game Boy Tetris, Swapnote, and Mighty Switch Force
This week’s Nintendo Download update brings with it not only a handful of games, but also a new app for 3DS users to play around with. Swapnote allows you to exchange notes with other 3DS users that you’ve draw on the touchscreen. You can also attach photos and then share these notes through either SpotPass or StreetPass, meaning they can end up on the 3DS of people you are near or those on your system’s friend list.
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3DS eShop Adds Game Boy Tetris, Swapnote, and Mighty Switch Force
Nintendo Japan to Fix Borked Skyward Sword Save Games
Should you be among those unfortunate enough to have encountered the game-breaking bug in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword , you may not have to restart your game from scratch if you live in Japan. Nintendo of Japan’s website published a message today explaining how to avoid the bug, which occurs when players do things in an order that was not intended. These instructions have been making the rounds (see here for how to avoid running into the issue yourself) but was only of help to those who had not yet run into the bug.
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Nintendo Japan to Fix Borked Skyward Sword Save Games
