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April 12th, 2007

Island of Rhodes Nothing to Get Excited About

Yep, we were let down by the gaming hype yet again as Island of Rhodes turned out to just be a site where developers of God of War II could post videos about the game. So much for an announcement.
The site features videos from the games director Cory Barlog as well as other designers, animators, […]

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April 11th, 2007

God of War Countdown Coming to an End

The God of War countdown at IslandofRhodes.com will come to an end tonight at midnight eastern. The countdown does not have anything to do with the PSP version of the game but speculation abounds that it may be an announcement on God of War II, already released for the PS2, or an announcement about a […]

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March 24th, 2007

Japanese Sales Numbers

Japan has very different sales trends often times than North America or Europe which makes them all the more interesting to look at. japan has a marked slant towards both Nintendo products as well as handhelds. Here’s the numbers for Japan from March 12th-18th courtesy of Joystiq:
- DS Lite: 121,471 12,959 (11.94%)
- Wii: 67,070 […]

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March 20th, 2007

God of War Rumors

With God of War yet to make the jump to PS3 some news is coming out on what the future holds for the popular series. Here’s a condensed version of what Joystiq had to say:

Much of the rumors surrounded the series upcoming PSP title. The game will not be a port and will have its […]

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March 16th, 2007

“Nintendo Dominates February”

GameDailyBiz has the numbers from February and they are inpressive. Here’s a piece from the article:
“On the hardware front the DS sold more than any other platform with 485K units, followed by the Wii with 335K units. The PS2 once again outsold the Xbox 360, 295K vs. 228K. Meanwhile, the PS3 sold a disappointing 127K, […]

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March 14th, 2007

New Video Game Releases: Week of March 12th

Here is a complete list of all video games set to be released this week from GamerDeals:
Xbox 360
Call of Duty 3 Gold Edition
PlayStation 3
College Hoops 2K7
Nintendo Wii
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2007
PlayStation 2
God of War 2
PSP
Call of Duty 3: Roads to Victory
DS
Mind Quiz: Your Brain Coach
Herbie Resuce Rally DS
Spectrobes
Tags: DS, PS2, PS3, PSP, Video Games, wii, […]

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March 8th, 2007

PS2 Comes Out on Top

The numbers are in on Decemeber pre-holiday console sales and the runaway winner was the 6-year-old PlayStation 2. From Slate.com:
More than 1 million Xbox 360s were sold in December. Nintendo sold 600,000 Wiis that month. Sony brought up the rear, selling half a million of its $600 PlayStation 3 consoles. Still, Sony was the surprising […]

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March 21st, 2006

This Week’s Top Selling Video Games from Amazon.com

Just an FYI post to let everyone see Amazon.com’s list of Top selling video games for the Xbox, Xbox 360, PS2, and Game Cube
Xbox 360

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - 2K Games
Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter - Ubisoft
Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII (pre-order) - Ubisoft
Call of Duty 2 - Activision
The Outfit - THQ
Fight Night Round 3 […]

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March 18th, 2006

Ubisoft Shares are Up

Ubisoft, I believe, has created the first killer app for the 360, Ghost Recon: Advance Warfighter, and it seems that gamers are letting Ubisoft know the game is amazing.
Ubisoft’s shares have risen 4% on account of this one title for the 36O and Xbox. GRAW has sold over 240,000 in the US and 120,000 in […]

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March 14th, 2006

Take-Two Secures GTA Future

The agreement, outlined in a 10-Q filing yesterday, is for a three-year term, and provides for the payment of $25 million in restricted stock, plus unspecified internal royalties.

The 10-Q explores the value of Rockstar’s creative heads, and the risk to the company of any failure to offer a decent package to GTA’s bosses. It states, “We rely on our management and other key personnel for the successful operation of our business. In particular, we are highly dependent on the expertise, skills and knowledge of certain of our Rockstar employees responsible for content creation and development of Grand Theft Auto and other titles.”

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