3 Feb, 2012

Anyone out there remember uDraw? That kind of artistic game based around some tablet peripheral? No? Well you may be seeing it soon, at your local discount store that is. THQ told Kotaku that instead of sending the hugely underselling game to the scrap-heap, we would be likely seeing it in “non-traditional game retailers and discount stores”. THQ...

30 Jan, 2012

FIFA 12 successfully held off against a surge in Modern Warfare 3 sales to remain at number one last week, with Skyrim dropping into third place and Just Dance 3 into fourth. Battlefield 3 remains in fifth place and – finally – we have some new blood in the chart in the form of 3DS title Resident Evil: Revelations which has entered in sixth. There...

30 Jan, 2012

Last week, Nintendo’s President, Satoru Iwata announced during a meeting with investors that Nintendo would have an online gaming service on par with Xbox Live and the PSN Network. This would obviously need to bring together into one place Nintendo’s various attempts to compete with Microsoft and Sony. Iwata said that Nintendo is “aiming to...

30 Jan, 2012

A month after the holiday seasons brings the first week where we finally see the big titles release. Well, perhaps not the biggest of the biggest titles, but certainly anticipated titles. Square Enix starts off the barrage with Final Fantasy XIII-2 as we continue the journey of Lightning and her floppy haired-friends. Why Square Enix isn’t spending this...

30 Jan, 2012

It was another round of musical chairs this past week for the Top 10 titles. Kinect Adventures! and Just Dance 3 continue to fight for the #1 spot. Skyrim‘s dragons aren’t backing down from Modern Warfare 3‘s gunfire, and Mario doesn’t seem to care that his race kart is stuck in the middle. Let’s just let those crazy 10 keep...

28 Jan, 2012

In a market of increasing competition, Nintendo says that both handheld gaming devices like its own 3DS can succeed next to Apple’s iPad. While initial sales figures of the 3DS would say otherwise, President Satoru Iwata says that handheld gaming devices, specifically the 3DS, will still live on. “Last summer, when the sales pace of the Nintendo 3DS...

24 Jan, 2012

It was a game of musical chairs in the Top 10, but it was a deathmatch for the Top 20. While Mario Kart and Mario 3D Land fought with the Dragonborn, Kinect Sports, Just Dance 3, and Dance Central battled it out with SWTOR and UFC Personal Trainer. Let’s just say that the Force wasn’t too strong with that particular one. Zumba Fitness 2 climbed its...

23 Jan, 2012

EA’s FIFA 12 is celebrating its fifth week at the top of the chart and shows no signs of slowing down any time soon. Skyrim and Just Dance 3 have switched places and are now in places two and three respectively; Modern Warfare 3 and Battlefield 3 have done likewise and finish at four and five. Highly popular fitness games Zumba Fitness and Zumba Fitness 2...