The NPD Group have released the sales figures for the month of June today.
The DS is currently holding the top spot in hardware sales, with its home console counterpart trailing behind. Amazingly, the PlayStation 2 is still almost selling as much as the PlayStation Portable. The price is obviously a big factor in consumer decisions, with the failing economy and other circumstances.
As for software, Prototype debuted and sold over 400,000 copies, topping the charts. Many sports titles follow the sandbox action game, including Tiger Woods PGA Tour and Fight Night Round 4.
Sega has revealed a new teaser website, showcasing an upcoming mystery game. The site’s title is simply “Jackpot” and shows a container filled with lottery-esque balls. Pulling the lever lets a few of the balls go, which represent a timer for when the formal announcement for the game will come out.
There’s no telling what the game could be, but seeing the teaser site’s theme, one can assume that it will most probably be a sequel to Sega Casino for the Nintendo DS. But who knows, it could even be the return of the Dreamcast for all we know.
On Tuesday, we got the prices for the Modern Warfare 2 Hardened Edition and it turns out that we’re not so happy about the impact these special editions are having on our wallets. And who can forget about the Prestige Edition, complete with night vision goggles, which costs $150.
Fortunately, CheapyD from CheapAssGamer brings us some relief with a promotion over at Amazon, offering $10 store credit for reserving any of the versions.
So, if you’re really planning on investing on those goggles, Amazon is probably the best way to get the game. If you’re looking for even more of a bargain, then you’re going to want to combine it with a 50% off trading promotion, along with Amazon Prime.
The European open beta for Rumble Fighter has gone live today, as hosted by OGPlanet. The game is described as a “casual fighting multiplayer online game“. By the way, it’s also free. Players who reach level 5 within the beta period will receive an exclusive in-game item – The Ultimate Beta-fro of Awesomness. Sounds enticing.
The game itself has very low system requirements and looks pretty fun, so there’s no real excuse not to try it out. Right now, the publisher is not offering any premium cash services, so if you want to take advantage of the game in its most balanced form, now is the time.
For American gamers, the game is already out of its beta stage and can be downloaded over at the North American Rumble Fightersite.
It appears that co-op level creation will be one of the highlights of the upcoming LEGO Indiana Jones sequel, as revealed by LucasArts in the Develop Conference in Brighton.
It would be only natural that a LEGO game would allow you to create maps, so this is a step in the right direction for the franchise. However, level creation is limited to the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii systems. No word on whether the feature will be included in the PC, Nintendo DS, or PSP versions of The Adventure Continues.
LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues will be out in North America on November 20th.
While the attractive black Wii makes its way onto Japanese shelves on August 1st, one can’t help but wonder if the color will also be coming to North America. Responding to GameDaily’s question to Nintendo of America if there are any plans to bring the SKU to the States, the company simply said “There are no plans to have other colors of Wii in the U.S.”
Be assured though, this doesn’t mean that there will never be multicolored Wii’s in America; Nintendo is notorious for pimping out the colors of the rainbows on all of their systems. Going back to the days of the Nintendo 64 and Gameboy Pocket, the company is almost guaranteed to release different hues of their console. However, these releases are usually made in the middle of the lifespan of the consoles.
Along with Capcom uncovering the release date for Resident Evil 5, they have also released a benchmark tool to test your NVIDIA 3D performance and experience first hand on how it looks and feels.
If you’re not fortunate enough to have all the gear to run 3D Vision, you can still download the tool and see if your computer is capable of running the game with no problems; the demo runs fine without all the fancy vision kits.
The download clocks in at 581MB and can be downloaded at NZone.
Featured in the above video is what looks to be an iPhone port of the popular Source-based puzzler, Portal. As you can see, the controls look a bit difficult to master but the same could be said for many other iPhone titles on the market.
While the above video may be fake, the iPhone (especially with the 3GS’ updated processor) could definitely handle the graphics rendering said video features.
I for one would love to give this game a go, let’s hope Valve makes note of this and considers an iPhone port.
First we heard that DiRT2 2 would pay homage to the late-and-great Colin McCrae, then we heard that the PC version would be getting delayed due to DirectX 11 implementation and now we know the official console release date.
Codemasters has let us know the DiRT 2 will be released for the Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS and PSP on September 18th in the US, Septmber 8th in Europe and September 10th in the UK.
The NPD Group have released the sales figures for the month of June today.
It appears that co-op level creation will be one of the highlights of the upcoming LEGO Indiana Jones sequel, as revealed by LucasArts in the Develop Conference in Brighton.
