November 15, 2009
We’ve all moved on from GTA IV now, right? The latest installment of the long-running Grand Theft Auto series was a massive hit last year but the release of Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 means GTA IV has now been superseded as the fastest-selling game of all time. But don’t worry, as GTA V is on the way, although it may be further away than some people have assumed.
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Posted in Games, Industry, Opinion, PS3, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | 49 Comments » Posted by: Dave Parrack
November 14, 2009
Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision might be one of the most hated figures in the gaming industry right now, but you can’t deny his brilliance. Straight off the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Kotick made a cool $20 million off-loading Activision stocks.
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Posted in Games, Industry, Microsoft, PS3, PlayStation 3, Sony, Xbox 360 | 18 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro
November 11, 2009
As promised, I didn’t rush out and buy Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 2 on launch day. But millions of people did. In fact, so many people couldn’t wait even 24 hours to make the purchase that Modern Warfare 2 has now snatched the title of fastest-selling game of all time away from Grand Theft Auto IV.
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Posted in Games, Industry, Opinion, PS3, PlayStation 3, Sales Figures, Xbox 360 | 117 Comments » Posted by: Dave Parrack
November 11, 2009
Grand Theft Auto IV has one of the biggest DLC deals in video game history between Rockstar and Microsoft. The studio created two substantial DLC content exclusively for one platform, the Xbox 360. However, the word on the street is that the exclusivity around this content is set to expire very soon.
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Posted in Games, Industry, Microsoft, PC, Xbox 360 | 113 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro
November 10, 2009
While the majority of the gaming community plays Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, those boycotting the game may find themselves looking for other games. Never fear as Gamer.Blorge is here to help solve your gaming dilemma, with a list of alternative games you could be playing.
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Posted in Games, Industry, Microsoft, PC, PS3, PlayStation 3, Sony, Xbox 360 | 74 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro
November 9, 2009
In a recent interview with the president of Gearbox, he called the guys at Valve fanboys for making negative comments towards the PS3. Other folks and developers have even taken notice of Valve’s amateurish actions. Will Valve apologize to the PS3 community or will it continue to act like fanboys?
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Posted in Games, Industry, Microsoft, PS3, PlayStation 3, Sony, Xbox 360 | 199 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro
November 8, 2009
Recently Valve struck out at the PS3 community once again leaving many angry at the studio. An employee of Valve indicated that the Xbox 360 and PC community is “head and shoulders” above the PS3 community. He stated this as the main reason why Left 4 Dead was not on the PS3.
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Posted in Games, Industry, Microsoft, PS3, PlayStation 3, Sony, Xbox 360 | 163 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro
November 7, 2009
Microsoft created 343 Industries, a new internal studio. This studio will be handling future Natal projects and also take over the development efforts of Halo games. According to a new job posting, it seems like Microsoft is ramping up to work on a new Halo game internally.
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Posted in Games, Industry, Microsoft, Rumors, Xbox 360 | 125 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro
November 7, 2009
The PSPgo recently launched in Japan this month and the initial sales figures are in. It seems like the new PSPgo is giving the Playstation brand the boost needed to completely dominate the video game market it Japan.
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Posted in Hardware, Industry, PSP, Sales Figures, Sony | 15 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro
November 6, 2009
It doesn’t seem to matter how successful the Wii is, analysts and industry watchers consider there to be something missing. Which is why these same people have been talking about the possibility of a Wii HD or Wii 2 coming out in the near future seemingly forever. However, there is no new Wii on the way, at least according to Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime.
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Posted in Hardware, Industry, Nintendo, Opinion, Wii | 5 Comments » Posted by: Dave Parrack