With the growth of technology in video games, the industry has seen an increased emphasis on compelling stories. The Movie Pool has highlighted 10 games that beg to be made into films.
"For a limited time, you'll get three Xbox 360 Platinum Hits for the price of two. Offer valid February 7, 2010 through February 13, 2010, or while supplies last, when shipped and sold by Amazon.com. Limit one free Platinum Hit per household. To qualify, check out with three of the Xbox 360 Platinum Hits listed below in your cart. The price of the third qualifying Platinum Hit of equal or lesser value will be discounted during check out."
"Electronic Arts Inc. has announced today that the Need for Speed franchise has surpassed 100M units sold life to date. The newest release, Need for Speed SHIFT, pushes the franchise over the 100M mark, making it the best-selling racing brand in the gaming world."
"Can you give us a run down of all the Need For Speed Undercover downloadable content?
The Challenge Series Expansion features two levels of difficulty - Street and Pro - with a Bronze, Silver and Gold event in each level for a total of 60 unique events. There are ten game mode themes: Sprint, Checkpoint, Outrun, Circuit, Highway Battle, Cost to State, Escape, Takedown, Highway Wars and Highway Checkpoint."
"Need For Speed Undercover has been updated with Trophy Support! The best thing about this patch is that the trophies are retroactive. If you have a save file on your profile when you load the game up you will be rewarded with all the trophies you already earned. Before anyone out there tries…copying a save file to your PS3 before installing the patch will not reward you any trophies."
"Black Box, a division of Electronic Arts, has today announced the release of two new content packs for Need for Speed Undercover. These packs will be "The Challenge Series", which is free and will feature 60 events and two new game modes (you can also earn up to three new cars now), and "The premium Boss Car" pack, which will give you access to Undercover's specially boss vehicles, in exchange for $5.00 (corresponding to 400 MS points)."
The NPD Group before the weekend released the top twenty software and top ten software by platform lists for the January 2009 sales numbers, showing the top rankings in software sales for the month. The top ten rankings for accessory sales are also available.
Numbers are inserted where known.
Top 20 Games of December 2008:
01. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 777k
02. [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo) - 415k
03. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) - 292k
04. [360] Left 4 Dead (Electronic Arts) - 243k...
"Of course, we cant say otherwise about Activision or Nintendo, even though the companies could be a bit upset they did not manage to break some records with their titles. But maybe next year
until then, here are the bestselling titles in the UK:
1. FIFA 09
2. Call of Duty: World at War
3. Mario Kart Wii
4. Need For Speed Undercover
5. Dr Kawashimas Brain Training
6. Wii Play
7. Quantum of Solace
8. Professor Layton and the Curious Village
9. Tomb Raider Underworld
10. Wii Fit"
Well now this is good news. EA recently announced that they will be releasing their games on Steam. Well, now it has been revealed that the DRM protection of SecuROM that EA uses on some of their popular titles will be dropped for users that purchase the games on Steam.
"Just in time for the holidays, Valve announced that, Spore, Spore Creepy & Cute Parts Pack, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, Mass Effect, Need for Speed Undercover and EA SPORTS FIFA Manager 2009 are available now to gamers in North America via Steam, a leading platform for PC games and digital content with over 15 million accounts around the world.
In the coming weeks, Mirror's Edge, Command & Conquer Red Alert 3, and Dead Space will also be added to the catalog of EA's titles availabl..."
"Let's look at the stats:
* 1,000 employees without jobs (bout 10% of EA's global workforce)
* $120 mil in company savings
* Restructuring charges of $55 - 65 mil
EA has yet to name the other eight studios it will be shutting down, but it did announce that it will be relocating some employees and franchises to offices in Burnaby, British Columbia."
Here are the top 20 best selling games for all formats, week ending November 29. Mario Kart Wii maintains an impressive #4 spot despite being on just one platform and having been out since April, and Fallout 3 enters at #13. Meanwhile Call of Duty: World at War is at #1 again this week.
Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C)2008 ELSPA Ltd
The iPhone has been a very successful device and because of that, a variety of games have been made for it and they're not stopping anytime soon. Bob Borchers, the Apple senior director of marketing for the phone, showed some of the newer games coming out, which include EA's Need for Speed Undercover.
"We are delighted to be working with EA Mobile to promote Need for Speed Undercover as our new Hero Game title for Europe, says Suresh Sudera, Head of Games at Vodafone Group. The strength of the Need for Speed franchise and the mobile gameplay Need for Speed Undercover delivers are the right ingredients to make this title a big hit with our customers."
"EA Mobile, a division of Electronic Arts Inc, today announced its autumn mobile games lineup for Europe, featuring top sporting titles and action packed racers to brighten up those long dark nights. Kicking off the new lineup is EA SPORTS FIFA 09..."
I normally don't do the top list thing, since there's approximately 19 billion of them already, but PocketGamer does seems to be doing gamers a service with this one, helping you sort through the muck this fourth quarter.
Following up on their Top 10 Q4 DS games to look forward to, this one focuses on the PSP. Oddly it doesn't seem like the most stellar list, but perhaps that's just personal opinion. Nevertheless, do you think this season is a poor one for PSP games?
A look at the top ten most anticipated games before this Christmas by Pocket Gamer writer Damien McFerran - surely a good way to find yourself a new game for Christmas!
Each game is listed by name, developer, publisher, release and a game overview along with a nice explanation of why you'd want to buy it.
Lego Batman: The Videogame has topped the list while the latest game for the popular Dragon Ball series hasn't performed as well at ninth. Are you looking forward to these games for th...
"Need for Speed Undercover has players racing through speedways, dodging cops and chasing rivals as they go deep undercover to take down an International crime syndicate. The new game heralds the return of high-intensity police chases and introduces the all-new Heroic Driving Engine -- a unique technology that generates incredible high-performance moves at 180 miles per hour during breathtaking highway battles.
Going back to the franchises roots, Need for Speed Undercover features m..."
Peripheral manufacturer Logitech has announced that they will be releasing the Wii's first force-feedback steering wheel, the Logitech Speed Force Wireless, in the US and Europe in November, for a retail price of $99.99 USD. The first game that will be compatible with the wheel is the upcoming Need for Speed Undercover from Electronic Arts, that will hit store shelves on November 12th.
The wheel will be wireless, communicating with the Wii via a wireless USB receiver that will be attached...
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