Fable 2 shipping without online co-op
Molyneux’s Xbox 360 RPG to lack promised feature out of box; Microsoft aiming to add with launch week update.
Archive for September, 2008
Activision files to trademark ‘Dance Hero’
Megapublisher registers title for possible Guitar Hero rhythm spin-off. Is a Dance Dance Revolution rival next?
Microsoft details new XBL themes, friends
Impending Avatar-based dashboard update for 360’s online component will include animated backgrounds, interactive buddy lists.
Rock Band falls under Blood Sugar Sex Magik spell
Classic Red Hot Chili Peppers album arrives next week; 16-track pack including “Under the Bridge,” “Suck My Kiss” available for $20.
Force Unleashed being loosed onto big screen?
Los Angeles Times quotes LucasArts’ Hayden Blackman as saying “it’s not impossible” George Lucas might turn the hit game into a seventh Star Wars film.
XBL revs spike 67 percent in August
Summer of Arcade slate, including Geometry Wars 2, Braid, Castle Crashers pushes sales for Microsoft’s online platform to best month ever.
Sony expands PSN cards to Wal-Mart, Best Buy
Store-bought credit for downloadable game store expanding to megaretailers, some Barnes & Noble and Sam’s Club stores by end of November.
Forbes: App Store the DS killer
In an editorial, venerable financial magazine claims Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch are well positioned to topple Nintendo’s successful portable from the handheld gaming throne.
Q&A: Making up Matt Hazard
The marketers behind D3 Publisher’s satirical campaign talk about creating nostalgia for a retro gaming icon that never existed.
Warhammer OL hits 500K subscribers
Mythic’s long-awaited massively multiplayer fantasy role-playing game gets a half-million sign-ups in just one week; EA claims game is “fastest-selling new MMO of all time.”