Today Activision is reporting that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 made $550 million in the first five days of the videogame's release.

It appears even in this challenging economic climate, Modern Warfare 2 is indeed a top seller setting a new entertainment industry record.

Press Release: Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 Sets All-Time Entertainment Industry...

Posted 3 days ago      13 Comments      Read More »


The PS2 turns nine years old this week, which Sony originally launched in the US sporting a $299 price tag.

The slimline PlayStation 2 console, introduced in 2004, still remains available on store shelves for a retail price of $99.

According to Sony Computer Entertainment America, the console has a worldwide installed base of nearly 140 million, with a library...

Posted 24 days ago      9 Comments      Read More »

Just a day after the rumor that Mass Effect 2 was slated to hit PS3 in 2010 came a second based on a listing from EA's Russian Web site for Left 4 Dead 2.

Today EA has confirmed to VG247.com (linked above) that both listings are an error, and have now been corrected. Whether both titles will stay exclusive to Microsoft in the future or not remains to be seen.

To quote:...

Posted 40 days ago      9 Comments      Read More »


Here comes the US PSN update, courtesy of PlayStation Store Senior Manager Grace Chen.

To quote: It’s time for the weekly PlayStation Store Update.

Downloadable Games
Critter Crunch ($6.99)
Critter Crunch is an award winning, arcade-style puzzle game, starring the loveable Biggs. Using his long, sticky tongue to grab critters from vines, he feeds them to each other...

Posted 44 days ago      5 Comments      Read More »

Creat Studios' Director of Business Development Scott Hyman has announced today that Digger HD will be hitting PS3 tomorrow on PSN for $9.99.

To quote: If you’re a fan of classic games, but not so much a fan of tired, ancient graphics, then you’re going to love Digger HD.

Creat Studios has reconstructed the timeless 1980s PC hit, Digger, for the 21st century as...

Posted 52 days ago      0 Comments      Read More »


Today JoyStiq (linked above) have made available the first details and some screenshots to the upcoming IP from Ninja Theory dubbed Enslaved.

Publisher Namco Bandai and UK-based developer Ninja Theory's Enslaved is slated to hit the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 console sometime in 2010.

To quote: The game takes place in a "perilous, post-apocalyptic America" and...

Posted 53 days ago      0 Comments      Read More »

Sony's PSP and PSPGo are preparing to welcome some new titles that will mark the return of the consoles in front of the stage.

Below is the Autumn PlayStation Portable release list, as follows:

October 2009:

01/10: Fieldrunners (NHP English): a port directly from the iPhone, fans of Warcraft III are familiar with the principle of this game that will ask you...

Posted 59 days ago      0 Comments      Read More »

It appears Eidos is attempting to combat piracy of Batman: Arkham Asylum by disabling the all-important Glide ability if you aren’t running a legitimate version.

In the official Eidos forums under a thread called ‘Problem with Glide’ a (pirated version) user explains his frustration that when holding space bar on the PC version of the game Batman’s Cape remains closed and he...

Posted 74 days ago      8 Comments      Read More »

Shortly following the PlayStation 3 Slim Teardown from earlier today comes a video of the new PS3 Slim's bootscreen.

It incorporates the new PlayStation 3 Slim font logo, and speculation has begun that it may be included in the PS3 Firmware 3.0 update that is scheduled to arrive on September 1, 2009.

If it's true, the question remains: Why in that version? Unless perhaps a core file changed......

Posted 88 days ago      21 Comments      Read More »

From GamesCom this year, the Alan Wake demo starts heading out to find Rusty, a local lawman who seems keen to give you some information on finding the pages that will appease your love interest's kidnappers.

It's made clear that light and dark play a very important role in Alan Wake, and it's not long before enemies are attacking and need to be taken down by way of torch...

Posted 91 days ago      1 Comment      Read More »