IGN writes: “Gearbox Software’s Borderlands — half first-person shooter and half loot-based role-playing game — won’t appeal to mom and dad any time soon, and that’s the point. From the onset, the title was designed specifically for traditionalist players — the so-called hardcore — in a move that had some pundits promising lackluster sales, especially given the license was unestablished. But the NPD Group, which tracks videogame software sales, released its holiday figures last week and the results are indisputable: Borderlands is a hit
2 years, 3 months ago by
andariels
Tags: Hardware, xbox 360 news
The amount of participants in Star Trek Online ’s on-going open beta has “crushed” Cryptic’s player activity predictions, they say in their latest ’state of the game’ update . The developer has had to scramble in order to make sure everyone’s supported, has been adding a lot more hardware, making optimizations, fixes etc to ensure smooth sailing and lovingly say that their core engineers are working “like crazed technology wielding madmen”.
2 years, 4 months ago by
andariels
Tags: Hardware
As today’s consoles move further and further away from being just game machines and closer to becoming total entertainment centers, or whatever you want to call them, it’s not surprising to see communication franchises like Facebook and Netflix sign deals with the big three hardware manufacturers to expand their respective empires. Now we’re staring to hear about talks between Microsoft and Disney that could lead to ESPN content on Xbox Live. According to the New York Times , the prospective deal could allow sports fans to stream live events that are not normally available on television
2 years, 4 months ago by
andariels
Tags: Hardware, xbox 360, xbox-live
The long, long, long-awaited driving simulator sequel Gran Turismo 5 will use the bulk of the PS3s processing power, according to creator Kazunori Yamauchi. When told in a recent interview that Naughty Dog’s Uncharted 2: Among Thieves uses around 80 percent of the processor’s capacity, the Polyphony Digital boss revealed: “It is about the same for the PS3, about 80 percent of the processing power. The PS3 hardware has a very high peak performance.
2 years, 4 months ago by
andariels
Tags: Hardware
When it comes to the Wii’s visual quality it seems that Nintendo of America head honcho Reggie Fils-Aime isn’t too concerned , “Over 26 million consumers have bought a Wii, so the consumer is saying that, for them, the quality of the visual is not nearly as important as the overall entertainment – the overall value of that experience and that’s really what’s propelled us.” This is potentially why they’re not rushing new hardware to the factories and not worrying too much about a successor to the Wii in general. When it comes to inevitable new hardware, Fils-Aime made it clear that visuals will not be the only thing getting an upgrade and that the Wii will be getting improvements all around.
2 years, 4 months ago by
andariels
Tags: General, Hardware, nintendo