I hate to leave you guys hanging like I have been lately, but I’ve been occupied by other various things. My blog list just keeps adding up like crazy.
I can’t promise a blog tonight, because everytime I do, it never happens.
Well, regardless, I might have to start posting once a week. That will probably be during the weekend. But for now I have plenty of videos and sites you guys can check out via the links provided in my posts.
I’d like to apologize for not posting over the past few days, but I’ve been rather busy. So let’s get this started shall we?
First off, a BioShock 2 DLC will be released for PC this Tuesday. It’s the same as the 360 version, the Rapture Metro Map Pack, 2 Characters, and the new Kill ‘Em Kindly Multiplayer Mode (for free).
Speaking of BioShock, Irrational Games has released the original pitch for BioShock 1. Take a look at it here. It’s pretty interesting to see what BioShock could have been and what it evolved into.
GameStop has done fairly well for itself, it’s first quarter sales rose 5.1% from one year ago to 2.08 billion dollars. While everyone else is doing not so good, GameStop is showing some impressive growth, although the executives would like to see something even better. Go figure.
One of my top anticipated games of the year, Mafia 2, will feature really impressive graphics for the PC: “The integration of PhysX and NVIDIA APEX technology, including the APEX Clothing and Particle modules, enable the city and personalities of Empire Bay to truly come alive on Windows PC. The NVIDIA APEX Clothing module allows for more dynamic movement in clothing, making in-game characters even more realistic and reactive to environmental conditions.” I honestly can not wait for this game. But for right now, I’m stuck playing the original Mafia.
According to this week’s All Format Chart, Alan Wake has taken the #2 spot on the charts just below FIFA World Cup 2010. From what I have played of Alan Wake so far, I think it is a really excellent game. I think it should get the number one spot. I definitely think it is better than FIFA. Maybe because I’m just not really into that kind of thing, but I really enjoy the story for Alan Wake. I was a bit skeptical as to how this game would turn out, but I really think it came together nicely. Your opinions?
The top 10 list:
FIFA World Cup 2010: South Africa (EA Sports, EA)
Alan Wake (Remedy Entertainment, Microsoft)
Lost Planet 2 (Capcom, Capcom)
Just Dance (Ubisoft, Ubisoft)
Skate 3 (EA BlackBox, EA Games)
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (EA DICE, EA Games)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Infinity Ward, Activision)
Final Fantasy XIII (Square Enix, Square Enix)
Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo, Nintendo)
Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo, Nintendo)
I think I forgot to mention the additional details about Modern Warfare 2’s new DLC due to be released to the X360 on June 3rd. In Major Nelson’s latest, “Mr. Modern Warfare”, Robert Bowling discusses the new maps in some detail. A new Trailer Park map will be added, which is narrow, cutting through trailers and is very maze like. There’s a Carnival based map, and another map that was described as “sniper heaven” which is set in an oil refinery.
Lately, I have seen a lot of topics focused around Photo Dojo, a fighting game released exclusively for the Nintendo DSi. Well, until June 11th, Photo Dojo is absolutely free. The game uses the DSi’s camera to take pictures of people and various objects and lets the player assemble a custom fighting game off those images. After the deal is over, you must pay 200 Points in order to get it from the DSi Shop.
Harmonix is aiming toward more artist-specific Rock Band games. They recently took a poll on their forum asking fans if they would want to see more games like The Beatles: Rock Band. The responses were positive, of course, with people wanting to see more individual artist based games. With that said, here is a link to the Rock Band forum regarding the matter.
In business news, according the New York Times, video game sales faced a decline in April. In the United States, the sales dropped by 26% or 766.2 million. Hardware dropped by 37% and software dropped by 22%. DS sales decreased in the month of April, although it was still the best selling system in that month. Wii sales declined, while Ps3 and Xbox 360 saw an increase.
Harmonix is aiming toward more artist-specific Rock Band games. They recently took a poll on their forum asking fans if they would want to see more games like The Beatles: Rock Band. The responses were positive, of course, with people wanting to see more individual artist based games. With that said, here is a link to the Rock Band forum regarding the matter.
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