Army of Two, Skate, and Other EA Games Lose Online Play Soon
Electronic Arts has published a list of 17 titles, primarily for consoles, that will be losing their online functionality next month, including Battlefield 2: Modern Combat , Army of Two , and Skate . The decision to do this is made when an extremely small number of players continue to actively play any given game
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Almost $6 Billion Spent by U.S. Gamers in Q1 2011
Roughly $5.9 billion was spent on videogame hardware, content, and accessories in the United States during the first quarter of 2011, according to the NPD Group. That’s an increase of 1.5% as compared with the same period during the first quarter of 2010. $2.03 billion of that figure was spent on new, physical videogame software purchases, a figure that includes PC games sold at retail
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Almost $6 Billion Spent by U.S. Gamers in Q1 2011
Xenoblade Dev Monolith Expands With a Second Studio in Japan
Monolith Software, not to be confused with FEAR and Gotham City Impostors developer Monolith Productions, has opened a new studio in Kyoto, Japan.
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Xenoblade Dev Monolith Expands With a Second Studio in Japan
Vidrhythm in Development at Harmonix
A new trademark filing is the first sign of the next project to come from Harmonix. As discovered by Siliconera , the U.S.
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Vidrhythm in Development at Harmonix
Devoted Club Nintendo Members, Here’s What You Get Free This Year
The Club Nintendo year ended last night, meaning members who earned enough coins over the past 365 days have been assigned an Elite Status. The benefit of this is that you get a free prize of some sort
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Final Fantasy III Arrives on Virtual Console
Nintendo may not have any interest in bringing Wii owners brilliant new role-playing games , but at least they’ve got us covered for the old ones: This week’s Virtual Console update includes one of the most beloved RPGs ever, Final Fantasy III . Of course, you’re a savvy and knowledgeable gamer who knows this is actually Final Fantasy VI, but the point remains.
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Final Fantasy III Arrives on Virtual Console
Call of Duty XP Convention to Unveil Modern Warfare 3′s Multiplayer
We have QuakeCon, BlizzCon, and now we have what amounts to Call of Duty Con. Activision has announced the very first ever Call of Duty XP, a two-day event being held in September where more than 6,000 fans will be able to celebrate Activision’s first-person shooter series. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 ‘s multiplayer mode will make its world premiere at the event, as will the full slate of Call of Duty Elite functionality
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Call of Duty XP Convention to Unveil Modern Warfare 3′s Multiplayer
Xenoblade, Pandora’s Tower, Last Story Still Not Planned for U.S. Release
A fan campaign has been doing its best to convince Nintendo to bring several Japanese Wii games to North America. After a period of silence, the company has delivered its answer and it’s not what we were hoping to hear. The movement began a week ago on IGN’s message boards and has become known as Operation Rainfall .
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Xenoblade, Pandora’s Tower, Last Story Still Not Planned for U.S. Release
Japan Review Check: L.A. Noire, Wii Play: Motion
A selection of the most interesting games due to hit Japan next week, courtesy the review pages of Famitsu magazine: – L.A.
Nintendo’s E3 Showing Big in Japan
Both this guy and the majority of respondents to a Famitsu magazine poll agree: Nintendo had the best showing at the Electronic Entertainment Expo earlier this month. The publisher, which formally announced the Wii U and announced updates to a lot of their core franchises at E3, took the top place in a poll run on Famitsu’s website that asked readers which company put on the strongest overall presentation at the show.
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