NPD: Children, Boomers surpass young males in game market
Handheld, Hardware, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Software, Television, TV Plug-n-Play, Videogame, Wii, Windows PC, Xbox 360
According to the first-ever consumer report on video gaming, the standard as the young male as the quintessential gamer has forever changed. NPD's latest study of video gaming market reveals surprising results among seven unique gamer segments.
It's so not about the music, man, Guitar Hero gets sponsors
PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360
Activision and RedOctane just announced that the forthcoming Guitar Hero World Tour game will feature in-game sponsorship as rewards through exclusive partnerships with prominent music instrument and equipment manufacturers.
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09
PlayStation 3
Some people play golf, some people watch golf on TV, some people play golf on their TV, and some people do all of the above. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 for PlayStation3 lets you and others across the interweb do all that at the same, together.
Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice
PlayStation 3
Like electronics-as-fetishism, artfully-overpackaged snacks, the practice of Cute-bordering-on-Creepy and Little-Ghost-Girls that Freak-You-Right-The-Hell-Out, the Japanese invented -- and have continued to perfect -- the art/science of "fan service."
Craig, Dench, sign on for new Bond game
Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, Windows PC, Xbox 360
Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Mathieu Amalric, Olga Kurylenko and more have all signed on to provide their voices to Activision's new James Bond game, Quantum of Solace.
EA signs publishing deal with Epic Games
PlayStation 3, Windows PC, Xbox 360
News you might find useful because it'll net something tangible someday: EA and Epic in bed together. In Poland. Everyone is very excited.
Madden NFL 09
PlayStation 3
Meet the new Madden. Same as the old Madden. Except with some new stuff to make it seem new. Just like the old Madden.
Soul Calibur IV
PlayStation 3
The preeminent weapons-based fighter returns as Soul Calibur IV, replete with the expected melodramatic underpinnings, hopelessly garish costumes, impossibly huge swords, staffs and axes, flagrant flamboyance, and defiantly cheeseball, soul crushing mythology.
Down Lo on the Downloads: Shop-Store-Market 08/08
PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360
Not much new gaming to be found at retail during the outdoor days of summer, but your online virtual game malls have some decent stuff to offer. Some crap, too.
It's official, Wii No. 1 everywhere
PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360
Not really surprising news but a landmark just the same, Nintendo's Wii is officially the number 1 console of this generation.
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