Six of the games that made the top ten chart in January were able to continue their success in February. Call of Duty: Black Ops once again held the number one spot, just as it has since it was released in November. Marvel vs.
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NPDs: Black Ops, Marvel vs. Capcom 3 on Top in February
Despite being unsure if it would end up as a complete disaster, Dead Rising 2 ‘s downloadable prequel, Dead Rising: Case Zero , has proven to be a big success for Capcom.
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Could Resident Evil or Mega Man Go ‘Case Zero’?
I have yet to subscribe to PlayStation Plus, even though there has been the occasional benefit I could have gotten out of it in the past. With the addition of cloud save games in tomorrow’s firmware update, I might finally subscribe
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Today in Gaming – 3/9/11: 10 Million Kinects, Sony Cancels Games
When a game is deemed “good” by reviewers, it’s typically meant as a compliment, not a slight. That’s not how Take-Two views it, as CEO Strauss Zelnick has explained that “making good games just isn’t good enough.” Speaking at a conference today, Zelnick said, “I believe good is the new bad
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Strong Review Scores are Critical, "Good" the New Bad
Shocking: New Pokemon game is a success . Selling more than one million copies in just one day in the United States is nothing to scoff at, most certainly.
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Today in Gaming – 3/8/11: Dance Hero, De Niro on Uncharted Film
Looking at this year’s lineup of games for the Wii, there’s not much coming from Nintendo outside of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword . By contrast, you can look at either the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 and find at least a couple of big first-party releases coming down the pipe. Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has explained the lack of upcoming, first-party Wii content is due to the company’s focus on launching the 3DS and Pokemon Black and White
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Pokemon, 3DS to Blame for First-Party Wii Drought
Between the success of Just Dance and Dance Central (pictured above), it’s not an entirely unexpected move to hear Activision is reportedly interested in getting involved with the dancing game market. Not long after killing off the DJ Hero and Guitar Hero franchises (at least for the foreseeable future), it now looks like the newest ‘Hero’ game will be Dance Hero. In the midst of the Guitar Hero/rhythm game frenzy back in 2008, Activision Blizzard filed for a trademark of ‘Dance Hero.’ Nothing has come of it to date.
As much as I would like to see Rockstar take Grand Theft Auto somewhere new, I’m not entirely opposed to seeing one based in Los Angeles. San Andreas did partially take place in an LA-inspired locale, but that was a much less serious game than the direction Rockstar has gone with since then
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Today in Gaming – 3/7/11: Console Price Cuts and GTA5 Details
The Game Developers Conference is, to me, the single most exciting videogame event of the year. While it’s not heavily populated with the exciting announcements of E3 and the Tokyo Game Show, it is filled with fascinating discussions from the brightest minds in the industry. That’s not to say we don’t get the occasional reveal — we learned this week that Bungie is indeed working on an MMO and that a 3D Mario game is in development for 3DS
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Today in Gaming – 3/4/11: Gears of War 3, SOCOM 4 Betas Detailed
GameStop has the recently-released You Don’t Know Jack on the cheap this week: it’s just $19.99 instead of $29.99. GamersGate continues to have Dead Space 2 on PC for $39.95, $20 cheaper than its usual price
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Weekend Deals: THQ Ultimate Pack, Dead Space 2