Yesterday Electronic Arts announced that Burnout Paradise was downloaded over 20,000 times in the first three weeks of its PlayStation Store launch. In light of this news, it comes as no surprise that EA is investing $150 million in digital distribution.
Burnout Paradise goes for $30 a download, and thanks to some basic algebra, that means EA pulled in over $600,000. Not too shabby considering that this is only downloaded copies. Hopefully EA will continue to release triple-A titles both in stores and online.
EA CEO John Riticello today promised that there will be a Mercenaries 3, and said: “…if I have anything to do with it, there will be a Mercenaries 10.”
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames has already sold 1.9 million copies worldwide, so a sequel is definitely justified, from a business perspective. I’m just not sure I can get behind the other six games in the series.
Another former Sierra game orphaned by the Activision Blizzard and Vivendi merger has found a new home. Originally developed as a remake of Escape from Butcher Bay, Dark Athena was owned by Activision Blizzard which declined to pick up the project when merging with Vivendi Games this summer. Now Atari has bought the publishing and all licensing rights for Riddick from Read: Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena saved
With Halloween a few hours away, it just seems right that I post a news item about Left 4 Dead. Today Valve and EA released the a TV ad for Left 4 Dead, featuring funky music, guns and lots of zombies. Valve and EA are really pushing advertisements for this game. Reports say that the two companies spent a total of $10 million on advertising just for Left 4 Dead.
If you ask me it’s money well spent. While in class today, I over heard two guys, who didn’t looks anything like gamers, talking about games they are anticipating. On that list was Left 4 Dead. Valve and EA, keep up the good work.
Here’s the skinny: GGL has received 3000 Call of Duty: World at War PC beta keys to give away to the community.
There are two ways for you to get a key and get in on the CoD:WaW beta action:
1. Join the Big Air Gaming League. BAGL will soon have a Call of Duty: World at War tournament, but the tournament will use the full version of the game–this means that you will be able to practice up before the game launches! You’ll receive your beta key within 24 hours of signing up. The beta lasts until Nov. 11.
The grand prize for the BAGL tournament is a trip to the 2009 Honda Session in Vail, Colorado! Just visit BAGL to begin.
2. Add Call of Duty: World at War to your collection at GGL. By adding the game to your GGL collection, you will join our Call of Duty: World at War game community and be able to add news, videos and tips to the CoD: WaW game page. Share your favorite strategies and news about the game with other fans of the CoD series!
In both cases, you’ll receive your Call of Duty: World at War beta key within 24 hours of signing up. You will need to be a registered member to join BAGL or add CoD:WaW to your collection. Register here if you are not already a member.
GGL.com is thrilled to announce integrated game stats and scores with two of your favorite EA Sports titles, NBA Live 08 and NHL 08. That means that your stats from those two games (Xbox 360 only) are automatically imported when you play, and update right to your GGL profile. And to celebrate we’re launching a ladder competition for each!
Join the ladder of your choice, play matches, and watch as you climb up (or fall down) the rankings. And then check your GGL profile page to see as your game stats are updated in real-time. Where does your rebounding average rank among other GGL members? How about your power play percentage?
Warhammer Online fans can now celebrate Witching Night, the game’s first live event as patch v1.04 goes live. During the Witching Night, players will be able to enjoy four new public quests and all new content where you can earn rewards such as rare masks and cloaks. To entice players into Realm vs Realm play, you can loot some of these rewards from enemy players. You can find more information on the Witching Night here! As for the patch notes, click the appropriate section. Read: Warhammer Online patched to v1.04
Speaking with GamesIndustry.biz, Bethesda’s publishing executive, Paul Oughton, hinted at a potential 2010 release for the next iteration in the widely popular Elder Scrolls franchise. Paul Oughton explained the publishing plans that Bethesda has set for the future, and how the company is not contemplating working on titles for Nintendo consoles: At the moment we’ve got Fallout 3 for this year and potentially there’s a new Elder Scrolls title in 2010. At the moment we’re not that interested in … Read: Next Elder Scrolls game to be completed in 2010
There is no doubt that Mirror’s Edge is one of the most anticipated games of this year. It offers a fresh look on the first-person shooter genre. Unfortunately, whenever there is a new take on something, people are going to be hesitant to throw down money on it. That is why EA is releasing a demo for Mirror’s Edge.
Arriving tomorrow, Oct. 30, on the PlayStation Network and then Xbox Live Marketplace the day after, Oct. 31, the demo will feature “the prologue of the game, a tutorial and a segment of the single-player story mode.”
Sounds great to me. Hopefully tomorrow i can pry myself away from Fallout 3 long enough to download the demo.
Yesterday the latest installment of the Guitar Hero franchise, Guitar Hero World Tour, arrived in stores. If you guys are anything like me, you rushed out and picked up a copy as soon as the stores opened. Much to my dismay, the one song I wanted to play happened to be at the very end of the track list. Am I going to waste the rest of my day playing a bunch of crappy songs just to get to the one track I want? Of course not. All you have to do to unlock all the songs in Guitar Hero World Tour is enter this code in the “Cheats” section under the “Options” menu: Blue, Blue, Red, Green, Green, Blue, Blue, Yellow.
Tah dah! Every song is unlocked. Now go forth and rock.
Deep Silver has released a new patch for S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, bringing the game up to v1.5.06. A less extensive changelog than patch v1.5.05 but still contains importnant fixes and improvements to both the single and multiplayer elements of the game. Please note that previous save games from v1.5.04 and v1.5.05 are compatible with v1.5.06: Game changes Fixed an error when the wounded guide didn’t want to lead the player anywhere. Increased the number of items for sell for the trader at the … Read: S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky patch v1.5.06 released
misato already made it to the sweet 16 in bracket 2, but is trying his luck in bracket 3 as well. ScorpionXIII, meanwhile, got booted out in the second round of bracket 2. One of these guys is going down; it’s just a matter of who is hungrier.
Yesterday Electronic Arts announced that Burnout Paradise was downloaded over 20,000 times in the first three weeks of its PlayStation Store launch. In light of this news, it comes as no surprise that EA is investing $150 million in digital distribution.
EA CEO John Riticello today promised that there will be a Mercenaries 3, and said: “…if I have anything to do with it, there will be a Mercenaries 10.”
Here’s the skinny: GGL has received 3000 Call of Duty: World at War PC beta keys to give away to the community.
GGL.com is thrilled to announce integrated game stats and scores with two of your favorite EA Sports titles, NBA Live 08 and NHL 08. That means that your stats from those two games (Xbox 360 only) are automatically imported when you play, and update right to your GGL profile. And to celebrate we’re launching a ladder competition for each!
There is no doubt that Mirror’s Edge is one of the most anticipated games of this year. It offers a fresh look on the first-person shooter genre. Unfortunately, whenever there is a new take on something, people are going to be hesitant to throw down money on it. That is why EA is releasing a demo for Mirror’s Edge.
Yesterday the latest installment of the Guitar Hero franchise, Guitar Hero World Tour, arrived in stores. If you guys are anything like me, you rushed out and picked up a copy as soon as the stores opened. Much to my dismay, the one song I wanted to play happened to be at the very end of the track list. Am I going to waste the rest of my day playing a bunch of crappy songs just to get to the one track I want? Of course not. All you have to do to unlock all the songs in Guitar Hero World Tour is enter this code in the “Cheats” section under the “Options” menu: Blue, Blue, Red, Green, Green, Blue, Blue, Yellow.
Two brackets are progressing simultaneously in