Even though in 2008 in Japan things did not look too good game sales-wise, in Europe and especially in the UK things were a lot different. According to ELSPA reports quoted by Eurogamer, the videogame sales in the United Kingdom reached all time highs in 2008, with almost 83 million games sold (which mean that [...]

Although sales were not as high as anticipated for Media Molecule’s “console seller” LittleBigPlanet, the game still sold enough copies to be granted Gold status by the ELSPA in the UK. This means that the game sold more than 200k copies in the United Kingdom only.

However, according to Edge Online, Sony’s game might go for [...]

Although it appears that the crisis does not fully affect the video games industry (take the impressive Xbox 360 sales as an example), it’s just an illusion. For example, Japanese sales declined in 2008, ending the year 15% down from the previous year. Analysts are unsure if sales will keep falling throughout this year as [...]

Let’s not forget about the console wars! There are sale charts, there are fanboys slamming other fanboys’ data, there are all sorts of ways to “decide” the winner of the console wars… One of them is, of course, checking the exclusive games and that’s exactly what we’re planning to do now. So, the battle is [...]

Many people would agree with one thing: user generated content is the future of gaming. And we all know that when it comes to such content, Media Molecule’s LittleBigPlanet is by far the winner. But did you ever wonder what would happen if LBP and real life would be merged together? The creator of the [...]

Just as I’ve promised yesterday, this first week of 2009 is the week of stats and lists and Capcom is the first company we’re going to talk about. Actually, we’re going to talk more about their impressive 2009 games lineup for the first half of the year. Because they do have a few titles to [...]

Activision won the last week of 2008, at least sales-wise, with Call of Duty: World at War grabbing the first spot according to Chart Track reports. Activison’s game has been a constant No. 1 during the past weeks, being defeated only by FIFA 09 in the race for Christmas number 1. I’m sure they won’t [...]

Harmonix has just announced that virtual rockers will get a chance to sing along with legendary Roy Orbison starting tomorrow, January 6 (for Xbox 360 versions of the game) and January 15 (for PlayStation 3 versions). Roy Orbison Track Pack 01 – which suggests that at least a second pack will be released in the [...]

When it comes to game consoles, there’s a real war out there: PlayStation 3 fanboys vs. Xbox 360 fanboys are ready to fight to the virtual death for their favorite console. But when it comes to mass opinion, they barely have a word to say, since most of the gamers play for fun (as everybody [...]

According to marketing research firm iSuppli, Sony has cut the cost of materials used to make its PlayStation 3 console by 35 percent, compared to the prices of mid-2007. The news was not officially confirmed by Sony, and it probably never will, but it seems to be as solid as a rock.

iSuppli checked all the [...]