GG Weekly Videogame News RSS Feed
monday
[yahoo.com] Halo 5 First Footage Leaks Halo fans incensed. yahoo.com media news aspro
[neogaf.com] MS Trademarks Battletoads Rare will be making a MOBA based on the property (probably). neogaf.com news aspro
[gameunder.net] Game Under Podcast Episode 58 Back to Bed, Scott Pilgrimm, Black Ops and more. gameunder.net editorial impressions media news aspro
tuesday
[neogaf.com] Just Cause 3 GI info summary. Written by this Miamiwesker fellow who sounds awesome. neogaf.com news Dvader
[destructoid.com] The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth (10.0) Flawless Victory! Review The best game you'll ever play about washing poop out of a basement with your tears. destructoid.com impressions phantom_leo
[neogaf.com] All Assassin's Creed Unity reviews in one place. 7s as far as the eye can see. neogaf.com impressions Dvader
[gameinformer.com] GI cover is Just Cause 3 Current gen except U gameinformer.com Dvader
Miyamoto: "what can gaming learn from film, nothing" He talks about the folly of modern day storytelling in games. telegraph.co.uk news Dvader
[neogaf.com] All Dragon Age 3 reviews.  Epic open world masterpiece! neogaf.com impressions Dvader
thursday
[destructoid.com] Go download the Mario Kart 8 DLC now destructoid.com news phantom_leo
[kotaku.com] What Japanese Gamers Like About the New Nintendo 3DS kotaku.com impressions phantom_leo
[destructoid.com] Bloodborne Delayed 'til March 2015 destructoid.com news phantom_leo
[destructoid.com] Shulk is the 1st revealed exclusive amiibo GameStop has the rights. destructoid.com news phantom_leo
friday
[eurogamer.net] Far Cry 4 review (8.0) better than Sonic Boom eurogamer.net impressions SupremeAC
[gameinformer.com] Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric (4.0) Review Bored of the Rings. gameinformer.com impressions phantom_leo
[ign.com] Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal (4.0) BAD! Review We should refer to this game as Sonic Shat from now on. ign.com impressions phantom_leo
[gamesindustry.biz] NPD October. TEW #3!!!! PS4 leads as usual. Smash #2 gamesindustry.biz news Dvader
weekend
[destructoid.com] Smash Bros. campaign modes no longer appear to be a priority "Are you going to miss Subspace?" Hmmm... Sounds familiar. destructoid.com impressions phantom_leo
[eurogamer.net] Playstation TV review Not quite there yet eurogamer.net impressions SupremeAC
[gonintendo.com] RUMOR: Big Red Button saw mass exodus of employees  before Sonic Boom's release. They weren't happy with the game's quality gonintendo.com news Ravenprose
[youtube.com] Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric Full video review youtube.com impressions media Ravenprose
[youtube.com] One Minute Review - Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric Best. Sonic. Review. Ever! youtube.com impressions media Ravenprose
Display: Order by:

<< prevnext >>
Dvader
avatar
RANK: 4 (+5583)
Country: CA
Comments: 31775
News Posts: 1717
Joined: 2008-06-22
 
Fri, 14 Nov 2014 01:16:32
Hide
 
+2
 
 

OMG

q8QamPi.png

660896.png
robio
avatar
RANK: 9 (+7127)
Country: US
Comments: 17942
News Posts: 770
Joined: 2009-02-25
 
Fri, 14 Nov 2014 01:20:20
Hide
 
0
 
 
SupremeAC said:
SO who here is getting the mk8 dlc?  I'm interested only of there'll Be enough others getting It.

GG preordered it if I'm not mistaken. I will get it before the year is out but I'm just a bit burned out on gaming at the moment and even questioning if I'm going to get Smash Bros next week.

robio
avatar
RANK: 9 (+7127)
Country: US
Comments: 17942
News Posts: 770
Joined: 2009-02-25
 
Fri, 14 Nov 2014 01:22:10
Hide
 
0
 
 
Dvader said:

OMG

q8QamPi.png

Holy crap. Sonic Boom is a miracle worker!!!

Ravenprose
avatar
RANK: 6 (+4869)
Country: UN
Comments: 17246
News Posts: 2808
Joined: 2008-06-21
 
Fri, 14 Nov 2014 01:22:25
Hide
 
0
 
 

Sonic Boom reminds me of the Alien: Colonial Marines fiasco. Sega can no longer be trusted to make even decent games of high profile IPs anymore. *sigh*

The VG Press

travo
avatar
RANK: 11 (+6008)
Country: US
Comments: 15574
News Posts: 479
Joined: 2008-07-03
 
Fri, 14 Nov 2014 01:27:33
Hide
 
+1
 
 
Ravenprose said:

Sonic Boom reminds me of the Alien: Colonial Marines fiasco. Sega can no longer be trusted to make even decent games of high profile IPs anymore. *sigh*

Who are they gonna blame for the fuck up now?

robio
avatar
RANK: 9 (+7127)
Country: US
Comments: 17942
News Posts: 770
Joined: 2009-02-25
 
Fri, 14 Nov 2014 01:28:01
Hide
 
+1
 
 
Ravenprose said:

Sonic Boom reminds me of the Alien: Colonial Marines fiasco. Sega can no longer be trusted to make even decent games of high profile IPs anymore. *sigh*

I know technically they didn't make the game, but to me that kind of makes it worse. They're letting outside devs work on their games and don't seem to interested in any form of quality control. I get that they don't consider Sonic Boom a mainline Sonic game, but I doubt the general public realizes that.

travo
avatar
RANK: 11 (+6008)
Country: US
Comments: 15574
News Posts: 479
Joined: 2008-07-03
 
Fri, 14 Nov 2014 01:31:30
Hide
 
0
 
 
robio said:
Ravenprose said:

Sonic Boom reminds me of the Alien: Colonial Marines fiasco. Sega can no longer be trusted to make even decent games of high profile IPs anymore. *sigh*

I know technically they didn't make the game, but to me that kind of makes it worse. They're letting outside devs work on their games and don't seem to interested in any form of quality control. I get that they don't consider Sonic Boom a mainline Sonic game, but I doubt the general public realizes that.

Exactly.  Even when Nintendo lets others handle their franchises, they check on them make sure the game will be of a certain quality.  Sega just appears indifferent to it all.

Foolz
avatar
RANK: 10 (+4111)
Country: UN
Comments: 16244
News Posts: 1043
Joined: 2008-06-21
 
Fri, 14 Nov 2014 01:32:52
Hide
 
0
 
 
Dvader said:

NPD Octorber! Evil Within biggest surivival horror new IP of ALL TIME!!!!! YES!!!

It might be even worse than RE5, but at least it's not a flop!

Ravenprose
avatar
RANK: 6 (+4869)
Country: UN
Comments: 17246
News Posts: 2808
Joined: 2008-06-21
 
Fri, 14 Nov 2014 01:33:56
Hide
 
0
 
 

According to IGN, Sega refused to sent out early review copies, so they knew just how bad it was, and released it anyway.

Guilty

The VG Press

phantom_leo
avatar
RANK: 5 (+5316)
Country: US
Comments: 18436
News Posts: 2100
Joined: 2008-06-21
 
Fri, 14 Nov 2014 01:34:58
Hide
 
0
 
 
Dvader
avatar
RANK: 4 (+5583)
Country: CA
Comments: 31775
News Posts: 1717
Joined: 2008-06-22
 
Fri, 14 Nov 2014 01:39:03
Hide
 
0
 
 
Foolz said:

It might be even worse than RE5, but at least it's not a flop!

You finally got it right!

660896.png
travo
avatar
RANK: 11 (+6008)
Country: US
Comments: 15574
News Posts: 479
Joined: 2008-07-03
 
Fri, 14 Nov 2014 01:41:10
Hide
 
0
 
 
phantom_leo said:

Dvader
avatar
RANK: 4 (+5583)
Country: CA
Comments: 31775
News Posts: 1717
Joined: 2008-06-22
 
Fri, 14 Nov 2014 01:42:39
Hide
 
0
 
 
travo said:
robio said:
Ravenprose said:

Sonic Boom reminds me of the Alien: Colonial Marines fiasco. Sega can no longer be trusted to make even decent games of high profile IPs anymore. *sigh*

I know technically they didn't make the game, but to me that kind of makes it worse. They're letting outside devs work on their games and don't seem to interested in any form of quality control. I get that they don't consider Sonic Boom a mainline Sonic game, but I doubt the general public realizes that.

Exactly.  Even when Nintendo lets others handle their franchises, they check on them make sure the game will be of a certain quality.  Sega just appears indifferent to it all.

This.

660896.png
Dvader
avatar
RANK: 4 (+5583)
Country: CA
Comments: 31775
News Posts: 1717
Joined: 2008-06-22
 
Fri, 14 Nov 2014 01:45:56
Hide
 
0
 
 

Why did I watch the penis video.

660896.png
travo
avatar
RANK: 11 (+6008)
Country: US
Comments: 15574
News Posts: 479
Joined: 2008-07-03
 
Fri, 14 Nov 2014 01:53:15
Hide
 
0
 
 
Dvader said:

Why did I watch the penis video.

That penis is a FLOP(ping)!

Foolz
avatar
RANK: 10 (+4111)
Country: UN
Comments: 16244
News Posts: 1043
Joined: 2008-06-21
 
Fri, 14 Nov 2014 02:10:20
Hide
 
0
 
 
Dvader said:

You finally got it right!

If it wasn't so well received I'd still call it a flop. Happy

edgecrusher
avatar
RANK: 14 (+3605)
Country: US
Comments: 15369
News Posts: 232
Joined: 2008-06-21
 
Fri, 14 Nov 2014 02:32:31
Hide
 
0
 
 
Dvader said:

-The Evil Within: "The Evil Within was the highest-selling first month of sales for new survival horror IP"

And yet this industry has been convinced for years that people don't want survival horror. I hope Alien Isolation has done as well.

I raise my middle finger to all those who doubt the genre.

         1200923.png?77682175

aspro
avatar
RANK: 2 (+3440)
Country: AU
Comments: 19301
News Posts: 9344
Joined: 2008-08-18
 
Fri, 14 Nov 2014 06:13:08
Hide
 
0
 
 
Ravenprose said:

I watched a 30 minute Let's Play of Sonic Boom. Sega should be ashamed. Sonic's quality and gameplay should rival Nintendo's Super Mario games. Instead, it barely rivials the quality of free ipad games, but charges full price for them.

Nintendo is at the top of the top tier in terms of polish.  Only Activision has that kind of money and discipline these days.

SEGA is basically a brokerage for Sonic IP at this point.

I agree they *SHOULD* be on the same level as Nintendo in terms of quality, given their history, but these days SEGA as a developer is in the shallow end of the pool.

aspro
avatar
RANK: 2 (+3440)
Country: AU
Comments: 19301
News Posts: 9344
Joined: 2008-08-18
 
Fri, 14 Nov 2014 06:17:14
Hide
 
0
 
 
Dvader said:

Overall:

Overall retail sales down less than 1% year over year.



Software down 28% year over year.



Hardware up 59% year over year

Notes:
--"The NPD Group also confirmed that the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Wii U hardware made up 80 percent of the money spent on game-related products in October."


Software:

  1. NBA 2K15 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3, PC)
  2. Super Smash Bros. for 3DS (3DS)
  3. The Evil Within (PS4, Xbox One, PS3, 360, PC)
  4. Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel (360, PS3, PC)
  5. Destiny (360, Xbox One, PS4, PS3)
  6. Skylanders: Trap Team (360, Wii, Wii U, PS3, Xbox One, PS4, 3DS, mobile)
  7. FIFA 15 (PS4, 360, PS3, Xbox One, Wii, PS Vita, 3DS)
  8. Madden NFL 15 (360, PS4, PS3, Xbox One)
  9. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (PS4, XBox One, PC)
  10. Minecraft (360, PS3, PS4)

Notes:
-The Evil Within: "The Evil Within was the highest-selling first month of sales for new survival horror IP"
-Sunset Overdrive: "Microsoft, meanwhile, probably isn’t sure what to think of Sunset Overdrive yet. The Xbox One exclusive open-world action game was on sale for four days in October, but it didn’t crack the top 10. It did come in at No. 9 if you count games by SKU (meaning only the PS4 version of NBA 2K15 and the Xbox One version of The Evil Within). And of course, none of these sales include the bundled version of Sunset Overdrive that comes with the white Xbox One."
-Smash did around 495K this month, as it is now over 1.2 million between digital and physical in the US

Interesting that PS4 FIFA outsold all other formats.

aspro
avatar
RANK: 2 (+3440)
Country: AU
Comments: 19301
News Posts: 9344
Joined: 2008-08-18
 
Fri, 14 Nov 2014 06:19:33
Hide
 
0
 
 
edgecrusher said:
Dvader said:

-The Evil Within: "The Evil Within was the highest-selling first month of sales for new survival horror IP"

And yet this industry has been convinced for years that people don't want survival horror. I hope Alien Isolation has done as well.

I raise my middle finger to all those who doubt the genre.

To be sure I am a fan of the genre, but the statement "highest selling first month of sales for a NEW survival horror IP" is kind of like winning the "Tallest Midget" award.  What are they even comparing it to?

<< prevnext >>
Log in or Register for free to comment
Recently Spotted:
travo (4m)
Login @ The VG Press
Username:
Password:
Remember me?