Surprise! A Lot of People Bought Black Ops (And Other Games in 2010)

Surprise! A Lot of People Bought Black Ops (And Other Games in 2010)

The NPD Group, the group responsible for tracking sales and revenue data for the video game industry in the United States, has expounded upon their earlier top 10 selling games of 2010 list by providing platform specific top ten lists for the past year. While no concrete sales numbers accompany the lists...

Developers! Developers! Developers! – The Flow Chart

Developers! Developers! Developers! – The Flow Chart

This is by no means the be all, end all, definitive history of video game development studios. There is still room for additional studios and for clarification of individual studio history, as well as more connections between the shift of studio talent from one company to another. Have an addition or...

Is Take Two double dipping with BioShock 2 DLC?

Is Take Two double dipping with BioShock 2 DLC?

When fans first heard word that they were going to get an opportunity to return to Rapture, the masses rejoiced. Not only was BioShock 2 the sequel to one of the biggest surprise hits of this console generation, but it also took a stab at bringing the franchise’s trademark flare to the multiplayer...

Keep it in the family with the new Mafia II trailer

Keep it in the family with the new Mafia II trailer

2K Czech has graced us with a nice new trailer for Mafia II. This might just make up for the extra long wait for the game which should now be out sometime in the third quarter of this year. Popularity: unranked...

Top 5 Surprise Games of 2009

Top 5 Surprise Games of 2009

No one was really surprised when Modern Warfare 2 shattered records. Not to mention that Madden will always sell consoles. Even throwing “Mario” on a game title is a license to print money. When in comes to video games, there are certain franchises that that can be banked on with some degree of...

Review: Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned (360)

Review: Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned (360)

Release: Feb 17 2009 Developer: Rockstar North Publisher: Rockstar Games Genre: Action, Adventure ***Post-release content is a somewhat different beast to full retail titles and as such we do not currently award fixed scores to such products. The Lost and Damned redefines what the increasingly fashionable...

Crazy Mr.T Is At It Again

Crazy Mr.T Is At It Again

That crazy Jack Thompson is up to his old shenanigans again. This time flat out stating that the fall in the stock market for developer Take-Two is God reaching down to spite them. This comes from the conversation posted on GamePolitics where Mr.T is quoted as saying; “…If you had any...

Rockstar Takes-Two

Rockstar Takes-Two

Take-Two Interactive Software announced today that it has established a new incentive compensation program for the Rockstar Games label that is primarily based on a profit sharing arrangement, and at the same time has entered into new long-term employment agreements with members of the creative team of its...