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Kojima fans the flames of hardcore games via MGS4, bucking the trend of casual games

2008-05-14 20:35:08 by RawmeatCowboy in GoNintendo
 
...trend, which is great. But on the other hand, we shouldnt forget about the hardcore gamers whose lives are about videogames. The gamers who consider video games a subculture, and enjoy taking their time to sit down and play games that gives them energy and courage. I wanted to remind those gamers about the fun of video games. I know that were...
 
Tags: casual games, non-casual games, kojima, gamers, hardcore gamers, video games, trend, hideo kojima, markets
 
 
 
 
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Kojima: Casual games are a trend, worldwide phenomenon

2008-05-14 21:23:24 by Editor in N4G.com : News Feed : gaming
 
...trend, which is great. But on the other hand, we shouldnt forget about the hardcore gamers whose lives are about videogames. The gamers who consider video games a subculture, and enjoy taking their time to sit down and play games that gives them energy and courage. I wanted to remind those gamers about the fun of video games. I know that were...
 
Tags: casual games, non-casual games, gamers, hardcore gamers, hideo kojima, video games, trend, mgs series, japanese phenomenon
 
 
 
 
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GameStop Holiday Sales Surge; Experts Doubt Trend Will Last

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2008-01-14 17:37:02 by Shawn Sines in Gaming Today
...trend wont last First of all, the numbers were lights out, said Mike Hickey, an analyst with Janco Partners Inc. But the concern is that their same-store sales guidance was raised to 15.5 percent to 16.5 percent, which is measurably below the 20 percent they just produced for the holiday period He added: The difference last year was World of...
 
Tags: holiday, holiday sales, sales, gamestop, gamestop shares, gamestop profits, video game sales, percent, same-store sales guidance
 
 
 
 
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Analyst: EA Sports is underperforming and trend may continue

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2008-01-18 00:00:00 by Alexander Sliwinski in Joystiq
...trend in EA Sports titles. Deutsche Bank analyst Jeetil Patel points out that EA Sports titles are trending down in sales, with juggernaut Madden '08 selling 100,000 less copies this year (5% drop) and NCAA Football '08 seeing a 17% drop; furthermore, compared to previous years the average selling price declines of these games accelerated ...
 
Tags: sports titles, sports titles represent, titles, aaa titles, exclusive sports franchise, competitive market, nintendo wii, microsoft xbox, barber shop
 
 
 
 
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Trend: The Late Blooming Of The PS2 For Hardcore Gamers?

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2008-03-17 00:00:05 by Simon Carless in GameSetWatch
...trend. As the PS2 hardware has matured, but continued to sell (heck, it managed 350,000 units in the U.S. in February), we seem to be seeing SCEA relax its concept approval on casual titles and Japanese niche games alike Time was it that standalone 2D games wouldn't make it out on PlayStation 2 - difficult to work out what was actually...
 
Tags: game, original game flyers, taito legends, taito, game continues, taito arcade games, game informer magazine, arcade, ps2
 
 
 
 
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Former Capcom Heavyweights Promise To Break Trend Of Decline In Japanese Game Development

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2008-05-15 16:56:42 by Stephen Totilo in MTV Multiplayer
...trend The Platinum Games team formerly worked at Capcom in a team called Clover Studios. They were responsible for the critically acclaimed Viewtiful Joe , Okami and God Hand games. But none of the games were top-sellers. They would give some creators motivation to change. Not so the Platinum guys We cant just make the titles that only we...
 
Tags: development, japanese game development, game, japanese, japanese developers, top-shelf japanese developers, game development, development teams, japanese development
 
 
 
 
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Bionic Commando sets new digital download trend

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2008-08-26 18:07:38 by Editor in PCGamers Blog
...Trend: Online-Musik-Dienst vereint Downloads und CDs - 12 März 2007 i-LIMB Hand: Bionic Hands with Five Motorized Fingers - 21 July 2007 Cool and Weird: Bionic Golf Gloves - 12 February 2008 Great Britain Likes The New Bionic Woman - 18 March 2008 Contents of this feed are a property of Creative Weblogging Limited and are protected by...
 
Tags: bionic commando, bionic golf gloves, primary method, britain likes, digtial distribution, digital downloads, bad news, bionic hands, i-limb hand
 
 
 
 
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Games A Boon For Music Industry

2008-12-02 21:52:41 by RawmeatCowboy in GoNintendo
 
Gamers know that the game industry is doing big things for the music industry. On the flip-side, the music industry is starting to realize that games could be their portal to the profitability they once had. Now, its the rest of the world that is taking notice. Analysts see that gaming means big bucks for not only the game industry, but the...
 
Tags: music, music industry, game industry, trend continue, continue, games, gamers, purchase, rest
 
 
 
 
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Summon Nights sequel on the way from Think & Feel

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2008-12-02 14:40:00 by Colette Bennett in Destructoid - Hardcore video game blog
...trend. Summon Night: Tears Crown will come out on February 12, 2009, in Japan for the Nintendo DS, so let's hope a US release follows -- I'd love to see Think & Feel's take on the Summon Night universe Via Siliconera
 
Tags: summon night universe, summon night, tears crown, stellar final fantasy, summon nights games, projects highly relevant, eternal poison, revenant wings, standard rpg
 
 
 
 
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WorldIV: Remakes!

2008-05-15 13:02:43 by Editor in VirginWorlds MMO News