Archive for November, 2006

Namco must sell 500,000 PS3 games to make profit

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

Japanese publisher Namco has revealed the high break-even figures that are required for their new Playstation 3 exclusives.
Due to the low number of consoles available, coupled with the awful attach rate (less than one game was sold per console), this may be unattainable.
In fact, both of Namco’s launch titles were the highest-selling games at launch, […]

PES6 Tournament

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

A friend is starting a PES6 season tournament for the 360.  It will cost you £5 per entry.  1st prize is any 360 game, with prizes also for 2nd and 3rd places. If you are interested in signing up for a season, head on over to HERE

Scarface - EA is at it again

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

EA have released premium content on the Xbox 360 marketplace to coincide with the new Scarface game.  You can now spend your money on various themes and picture packs to support the game.  Why is that newsworthy?  Well, it’s a Playstation/Xbox1 game - you cannot even buy the game for the Xbox […]

Lobster 700TV Mini Review

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

Couple of days ago I went to the shops to buy a cheap (£50) mobile phone. I didn’t really want it for calls but for a decent alarm clock/reminder service. We have lots of mobile phone shops in the town centre and going to just a couple gave me such a headache. […]

Wii Sells 1 per second

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 27, 2006 – Built on a foundation of pure fun, Nintendo’s new Wii™ video game system sold through to more than 600,000 consumers in the Americas in just its first eight days of availability. That’s a rate of nearly one per second continuously since the Nov. 19 launch. Including just first-party software […]

Mario Bros in Vice City

Saturday, November 25th, 2006

An amazing Mario Bros in Vice City video has been posted onto Youtube. It is so brilliantly done I wonder whether it is professionally done for an advert or something, you know like that ever increasing viral marketing.
 

Toys ‘R’ Us: The Motion Picture: Part III

Thursday, November 23rd, 2006

Lets hop right into it. We’re lost, confused, and don’t know what to do. So, we call the Toys ‘R’ Us, and we get reliable directions. We end up at the Toys at noon. There are already people there…looks like my friends won’t be able to get their PS3 pre-orders. We go inside, and talk […]