Left 4 Dead 2 gets bots and SDK fixes in update, 360 patch coming soon (via Joystiq) -
Valve has followed through with its promise to bring bots to Left 4 Dead 2's Versus mode -- which was frantic enough before all the A.I.-controlled ghouls got added in. A recent patch added the functionality and made a few tweaks to the software development kit, which allows players to make awesome levels based on awesome Nintendo 64 games. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 6 months ago
Industry survey shows iPhone growth, console development preference (via Joystiq) -
Alright, alright, calm down -- before you break out the bottle of kerosene for a completely baseless flame war, we're going to point out that the following survey results are from a "comprehensive 55 question survey" of "more than 800 video game professionals from North America and beyond who read Gamasutra, subscribe to Game Developer magazine, or attend Game Developers Conference. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 6 months ago
PS3 worldwide sales cross 30 million (via Joystiq) - Adding up Sony's quarterly sales numbers for the PS3, including the 6.5 million Q3 sales it announced yesterday, Shacknews arrived at a new estimate for the console's life-to-date sales total: 33.71 million units. That's just about half of the Wii's most recent total of 67. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 6 months ago
BioShock 2 props surface ... and you can buy them (via Joystiq) -
You've wanted one ever since seeing it in the very first trailer for BioShock 2. You even have one for your Xbox Avatar. Now you can buy a real, official replica of the cuddly "hand-made" Big Daddy plush doll that's featured in the game.
Toymaker NECA has announced that the collectible is now available for $20 from various retailers, along with a highly detailed, 8" replica of an EVE syringe* ($16) that lights up blue when you push in its plunger. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 6 months ago
Xbox 360 120GB HDD discounted in the US too, again 'while supplies last' (via Joystiq) -
After discovering that the Xbox 360 120GB hard drive has been discounted in Europe "while supplies last," Joystiq has now learned that the drive has been discounted in the United States as well. When asked if the European discount would make it overseas, a Microsoft representative informed Joystiq that the drive has been reduced to $129. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 6 months ago
Inafune hints at overseas release for Monster Hunter Frontier (via Joystiq) - Not all Monster Hunter games make it outside of Japan. The Wii port of Monster Hunter G, for example, was passed over, as was Monster Hunter Frontier, the PC MMO upon which the upcoming Xbox 360 game is based. That's why it's noteworthy that Capcom's Keiji Inafune told Famitsu (according to Andriasang's translation) that "I feel Monster Hunter can definitely succeed overseas. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 6 months ago
Roger Daltrey-signed guitar periphs auctioned for Teenage Cancer Trust (via Joystiq) -
It's a well-known fact that anything signed by a founding member of The Who is immediately imbued with supernatural properties. Imagine, if you will, the raw, unbridled power a Rock Band guitar would gain if tenderly handled and Hancocked by frontman Roger Daltrey. We're pretty sure it would be incapable of missing notes at that point. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 6 months ago
High Voltage Studios reveals The Grinder to be multiplatform (via Joystiq) -
Speaking exclusively with IGN, The Conduit developer High Voltage Studios has revealed its upcoming game The Grinder to be heading to the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC, as well as the Nintendo Wii. Previously announced as another of HVS' exclusive games for the Wii aimed at teh hardcorez, the game will now end up on every console, which "allows us to show off what our company can really do and get it into the hands of the most gamers. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 6 months ago
Dream-Build-Play puzzler Rotor'scope now on Xbox Live Indie Games (via Joystiq) -
We got to check out Rotor'scope: The Secret of the Endless Energy at PAX last year, and it nearly broke our minds. Of course, our minds were quite fragile at that point, weakened by long nights of tireless writing and frequent coffee binges -- still, the fact remains that Rotor'scope was one of the most original concepts for a puzzle game we'd played in a good long time. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 6 months ago
L.A. Noire no longer PS3 exclusive, also on Xbox 360, Game Informer says (via Joystiq) -
At long last, the never-ending mystery of whether Rockstar's "gritty detective tale," L.A. Noire, will be a multiplatform release has ... well, ended. And in a pretty unspectacular way, to boot -- in the comments section of a Game Informer post teasing the magazine's in-depth print preview of L. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 6 months ago
Dragon Quest VI remake approaches 1m Japanese sales in first week (via Joystiq) - The debut of the Dragon Quest VI remake for DS proves that a Dragon Quest game doesn't have to be entirely new to sell like crazy in Japan -- just new enough. In its first week at retail, January 25-31, the new version of the classic Super Famicom RPG sold 906,458 copies, according to Media Create, making it by far the top-selling game of the week. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 6 months ago
Xbox Live service for Xbox 1 games to be discontinued on Apr. 15 (via Joystiq) -
Microsoft is pulling the plug on the Xbox Live services that still cater to the original Xbox. As of April 15th, all Xbox 1 games -- including those playable on Xbox 360 or via the Xbox Originals service -- will be severed from the online realm. "I want to start by saying this isn't a decision we made lightly," Xbox Live general manager Marc Whitten said at the start of a letter to Xbox Live members, "but after careful consideration, it is clear that this will provide the greatest benefit to the Xbox Live community. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 6 months ago
