Thursday, August 4, 2011

3DS, publishers are happy with the price cut

Nintendo's decision is designed to encourage a substantial increase in the installed base Satoru Iwata said that the publisher said they were relieved at the news of price cut of the Nintendo 3DS. "Some publishers were concerned about the price of the hardware, in their opinion, users would think twice before buying the console, though interested in their software," he said.

"Others began to doubt his enthusiasm about the possibilities of success of 3DS." With the price cut, all these doubts seem to have been allayed, he said the president of Nintendo.

3 Modern Warfare on Wii later this year

In Today Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing, has put an end to rumors that they gave for "uncertain" the release of Modern Warfare on Wii 3. "We are pleased to finally announce, in a totally official, who also Modern Warfare 3 will arrive on Wii later this year," he said. "We do not want any gaming community would be deprived of the enjoyment that this game will be able to give." Although an exact date has not been disclosed, it is reasonable to assume that the title is intended to land on the Nintendo concurrently, or at worst a short distance from the release versions of the PC, PS3 and X360.

Borderlands 2 officially announced

2K Games and Gearbox Software announced today that the result of Borderlands is being developed at the studios of Gearbox Software. Scheduled for release on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC, in the fiscal year 2013 of Take-Two, which begins April 1, 2012, 2 Borderlands resurface everything that has made its predecessor, which is so much action in that Pandora , and co-operation for up to 4 players.

Diablo III before the end of the year?

Many people were now resigned to the idea of being able to get their hands on Diablo III only in 2012, but apparently Blizzard was seeking to surprise everyone, throwing it on the market by the end of this year. Despite what you may think it is not simple addition of rumors, but official statements uttered by the CEO of the company, or Michael Morhaime, during the most recent meeting of the shareholders.

Activision will be generous with the Call of Duty XP

All participants in the event Call of Duty XP will have to pay $ 150, but not return home empty-handed. Activision has revealed new details of Call of Duty major event to be held in September. All participants of the Call of Duty XP will receive a voucher to obtain a free copy of the Hardened Edition Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, when the game comes out in November.

The event, which aims to bring together fans of the series, will feature various tournaments, such as Black Ops sponsored by Microsoft and the Xbox 360, which will be raffled off a prize of $ 1 million from Pharaonic Egypt. The total receipts will be given to charity organization Call of Duty: Endowment, which helps veterans readjust to normal life after the war.

3DS sales fall again

The announcement of the price cut should have a sharp brake on sales of the Nintendo 3DS, especially in Japan, and it did. The new laptop the company has sold 16,415 units, and Japan was fourth in the ranking of the hardware last week, behind PSP, PS3 and Wii. On the software front we find the head Everyone's Rhythm Heaven for the Wii, followed by Queen's Gate Spiral Chaos Devil Survivor 2 for PSP and DS.

Big profits for Warner

Apparently the past year has been very positive economically for Warner, and the merit of the games would be launched on the market in recent times, Mortal Kombat and Lego Pirates of the Caribbean all. In the period between April and June, the two just mentioned video games and sales of the DVD / Blu-ray last Harry Potter, Warner allowed to cash out the beauty of $ 2.8 billion, which resulted in an increase of 13% compared to the same period last year.