NPD: Children, Boomers surpass young males in game market
Handheld, Hardware, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Software, Television, TV Plug-n-Play, Videogame, Wii, Windows PC, Xbox 360
According to the first-ever consumer report on video gaming, the standard as the young male as the quintessential gamer has forever changed. NPD's latest study of video gaming market reveals surprising results among seven unique gamer segments.
Carnival Games
Nintendo DS
No way! A minigame collection? How novel. But wait, a minigame collection based on a previously released minigame collection with a couple of new minigames thrown in for good measure? This is gonna be good! Or not.
Craig, Dench, sign on for new Bond game
Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, Windows PC, Xbox 360
Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Mathieu Amalric, Olga Kurylenko and more have all signed on to provide their voices to Activision's new James Bond game, Quantum of Solace.
Bangai-O Spirits
Nintendo DS
If you enjoy freakishly difficult games as you whittle away at your down time on your Nintendo DS, by all means, check out Bangai-O Spirits.
E3 '08: Nintendo unveils Cowbell Hero w/enahanced Wii-mote
Nintendo DS, Wii
E3 2008 has enabled videogame vendors to strut their stuff and roll out their latest and greatest this week. Nintendo took the opportunity to unveil a Wii-mote enhancement device plus a "Cowbell Hero"-type game called Wii Music.
Sierra scrapes memorabilia barrel, finds Ghostbusters car
Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, Windows PC, Xbox 360
Sierra Entertainment and Sony Pictures Consumer Products just announced the "Ghostbusters' Ecto-1 Tour" which will see the quasi-famous hearse making stops at various events to help hype a forthcoming Ghostbusters game.
Stop Smoking: The Game. Seriously.
Nintendo DS
Developed at Ubisoft Quebec City, Allen Carr’s Easyway to Stop Smoking will make its debut on the Nintendo DS system in November, 2008. If you want to quit before then, try playing a videogame; it'll keep your hands busy and your brain distracted. Oh, wait...
DFC: PS3 to overtake Xbox 360 in 2009
Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Windows PC, Xbox 360
The record game sales of 2007 are just a start for the soaring videogame business according to industry research firm, DFC Intelligence. Further, DFC forecasts that sales of the formerly floundering PlayStation3 should overtake the Xbox 360 in sales in 2009, finishing in a strong second behind the Nintendo Wii.
Insecticide
Nintendo DS
If you're left handed, or if you covet subtle humans niceties like, oh, eyesight, you might want to steer clear of Insecticide, even though it's otherwise a pretty good bang at that whole murder mystery action/adventure thing.
NPD reports Nintendo Wii tops Canadian sales charts
Nintendo DS, Wii
According to NPD Group, Nintendo's little white console that could has surpassed its Canadian competitors (i.e. PlayStation3 and Xbox 360) in lifetime sales. Welcome to the Great Wii North.