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[eurogamer.net] New Batman: Arkham City Screens eurogamer.net media aspro
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[arstechnica.com] Ars Technica Reviews Medal of Honor 6-8 hours campaign. arstechnica.com editorial impressions aspro
[siliconera.com] High Impact Games Moving Away From Sony The PSP specialists are moving to Wii. siliconera.com aspro
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[gameinformer.com] New Black Ops Trailer Single player looks "intense" gameinformer.com media news aspro
Phoenix Wright Director Talks About Series It's the tenth anniversary of the franchise. andriasang.com news aspro
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[nintendoworldreport.com] NWR Review Last Window: Secret of Cape West " Their last game is one of their best games, and also one of the best for the Nintendo DS platform." nintendoworldreport.com impressions gamingeek
[ign.com] PDP's Limited Edition Call of Duty: Black Ops Wii Headse Great, show us the headset but NOT the game ign.com news gamingeek
[officialnintendomagazine.co.uk] Naka explains how Mario Bros birthed Sonic officialnintendomagazine.co.uk news gamingeek
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[eurogamer.net] EA Spins Bad Reviews "This is a marathon, not a sprint." eurogamer.net impressions news aspro
[gamasutra.com] EA Stocks Drop on Medal of Honor Reviews Ouch. gamasutra.com news aspro
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[eurogamer.net] EA Confirms Disc Release for NBA Jam All platforms. eurogamer.net news aspro
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[gameinformer.com] Red Dead's Big DLC Dated 5-7 hours of single player content. gameinformer.com news aspro
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[bungie.net] FIrst Halo Reach DLC, 3 maps, Nov. bungie.net news Dvader
[bioware.com] Dragon Age 2 pre-order and get Special edition for free. $20 value for free if you preorder. bioware.com news Dvader
[kotaku.com] Pirates of the Caribbean game cancled, team layed off. Some still working on Tron. kotaku.com news Dvader
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[eurogamer.net] PS3 Castlevania save patch "incoming"  Save file corrupt - press X to overwrite eurogamer.net news gamingeek
[kotaku.com] The Humping Peripheral is Laggy Awww... :( kotaku.com impressions phantom_leo
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[gamesradar.com] Six solid games doomed to die in 2010  Gamesradar predict doom for Vanquish and more gamesradar.com editorial gamingeek
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[officialnintendomagazine.co.uk] Donkey Kong Country Returns screenshots explode officialnintendomagazine.co.uk media gamingeek
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[ign.com] The History of Call of Duty A tale of many grenades, falling at your feet ign.com editorial gamingeek
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[neogaf.com] Fable 2 free on XBL Probably a mistake, hurry and get it. neogaf.com news Dvader
[eurogamer.net] XBL Launches in Nine New Countries Sorry, "Claude" is already taken, how about "ClaudeMilkXY4811" eurogamer.net news aspro
[gamasutra.com] Aussie State of Victoria Starts Giving Game Grants Up to $100,000 per project. (Maybe someone should tell Krome). gamasutra.com editorial news aspro
[arstechnica.com] Ars Technica Reviews Kirby's Epic Yarn "The graphics look like nothing else in gaming..." arstechnica.com editorial impressions aspro
[gameinformer.com] FF14 Extends Free Trial By One Month Square tries to make nice with flawed MMO. gameinformer.com news aspro
US Spent $2.9 Billion on Used Games 1st Half of 2010 Gamestop says, "Hi" gamepro.com news aspro
[gameinformer.com] Gameinformer Kirby's Epic Yarn review 9.5 and the Second Opinion is 9.5 too! gameinformer.com impressions gamingeek
[gamesradar.com] Gamesradar review Kirby's Epic Yarn 9/10 gamesradar.com impressions gamingeek
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[joystiq.com] Joystiq review Kirbys Epic Yarn 4.5 stars out of 5 joystiq.com impressions gamingeek
[ign.com] IGN reviews Kirby's Epic Yarn 9.0 "an amazing looking game " ign.com gamingeek
[eurogamer.net] Kinect's sitting down woe finally over?  eurogamer.net news gamingeek
[eurogamer.net]   Dead Space heading to iPad Full adventure, new story, not on rails eurogamer.net gamingeek
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[gametrailers.com] Gametrailers Kirbys Epic Yarn review 8.4 with a staggering 9.5 for presentation gametrailers.com impressions media gamingeek
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Fri, 15 Oct 2010 20:37:44
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Kirby's looking good! I'm glad to see it's getting great reviews.

So far I think it's getting better reviews than Metroid Other M.

ASK_Story said:

Do you guys think Kinect and Move has something to do with the Wii trailing behind?

No, I think that a 4 year starvation diet of lacklustre third party titles is affecting it. As well as the system showing it's age. It's actually not very useful to look at snapshots of the industry on a month by month or even half year to yearly basis. Wii hardware sales were heavily front ended. The install base is very comfortably ahead of the rival systems. As you can see from the Japanese weekly charts relative to install base, PS3 selling thousands more a week or a month doesn't help when your rival is so far ahead. NPD perpetuates this view of the gaming industry as this monthly 100m dash to the finish line. If you look at the whole picture it's more like a marathon with ups and downs.

I predict that Wii sales will spike near Christmas, but honestly we are near the end of its lifecycle so tailing sales don't suprise me in the least. People who may have thought about getting one may even be saving their cash for the March 3DS release.

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Fri, 15 Oct 2010 20:38:30

The Wii will do well in the holidays but it wont be anything like last year unless it has a price drop. This is a trend, the Wii is down, the 360 is the #1 selling console, this is not something that will magically change unless something changes, it is what it is.

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Fri, 15 Oct 2010 20:39:28
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Ho-lee-crap

I just read that Gameinformer gave Vanquish a......

Vanquish (PS3/Xbox 360, Sega): 7,75

Interesting. I think the game is still great but maybe they docked off points for thinking the game is unoriginal, cheesy writing, and maybe for repetitive backgrounds. I thought the backgrounds did have the same feeling.

They also gave Rock Band 3 a 9.3, which doesn't look good for Guitar Hero franchise.

And they gave Medal of Honor a 7. Gamestop probably didn't get any exclusive deals with EA! Nyaa

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Fri, 15 Oct 2010 20:40:54
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Ho-lee-crap

I just read that Gameinformer gave Vanquish a......

Vanquish (PS3/Xbox 360, Sega): 7,75

They said the game was 4 hours long, if that is the case it deserves crappy scores no matter how awesome the gameplay is.

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Fri, 15 Oct 2010 20:44:23
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They said the game was 4 hours long, if that is the case it deserves crappy scores no matter how awesome the gameplay is.

4 hours GASP!

But I read Mikami saying it's at least 7-8!

And with no multiplayer.

Not good. Sad

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Fri, 15 Oct 2010 20:46:04
Dvader said:

The Wii will do well in the holidays but it wont be anything like last year unless it has a price drop. This is a trend, the Wii is down, the 360 is the #1 selling console, this is not something that will magically change unless something changes, it is what it is.

Of the moment, in the US.

Snapshot there is the perfect example of what I was saying.

How does this change perception? That is where the big change happens. PS3 worldwide sales already put the 360 in second place so 360 being the no 1 console of the month in the US means what? It may be a trend that is repeated for the next few months.

But Wii outsold everyone for 4 years and outsold the competion combined for well over a year, maybe two. So how does a monthly regional statistic mean anything? It means everything to us, because we sit around waiting for the stats like it's a 100m dash each month. I enjoy NPD but part of me is glad it won't be reported anymore. We'll still get either silence from the poor performers or shouts from the winners, as well as rumours and leaks from the gaf.

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Fri, 15 Oct 2010 20:49:06
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Ho-lee-crap

I just read that Gameinformer gave Vanquish a......

Vanquish (PS3/Xbox 360, Sega): 7,75

They said the game was 4 hours long, if that is the case it deserves crappy scores no matter how awesome the gameplay is.

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Wut?!

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Fri, 15 Oct 2010 20:53:38

Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter says that the Wii sold just 254,000 units during September, which is down 45% year-over-year. That means Wii was beat out by PS3 and 360, which Nintendo can't be too happy about.

"Wii continues to struggle due to gamer fatigue and a lack of high-profile releases. (iPod Touch is) cannibalizing dedicated game handheld hardware sales. Expect weakness in handhelds to persist until the 2011 introduction of the Nintendo 3DS."

- Wii software sales (down 24%, and by over $385 million)

     - DS software sales (down 10%, and by $90 million)

     - music genre down 69% and by almost $350 million

"In our view, the Wii’s malaise is most likely attributable to the rapid increase in household penetration of HD televisions, with new HDTV owners anxious to embark upon an HD gaming experience. This partially explains why the Wii’s unit sales dropped into third place in September, notwithstanding a $100 lower price point and the bundling of two games with each console," he commented. "In our view, the era of standard definition gaming is rapidly coming to an end, and Nintendo may have missed the opportunity to revitalize its large installed base of consumers by offering them an HD version of the Wii before Sony and Microsoft encroach with motion control schemes of their own."

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Fri, 15 Oct 2010 20:56:43

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1up review Kirby's Epic Yarn A -

Gametrailers Kirbys Epic Yarn review 8.4 with a staggering 9.5 for presentation

GoNintendo Kirby's Epic Yarn review 9/10

IGN reviews Kirby's Epic Yarn 9.0 "an amazing looking game "

Joystiq review Kirbys Epic Yarn 4.5 stars out of 5

Anyone biting?

Gameinformer Kirby's Epic Yarn review 9.5 and the Second Opinion is 9.5 too!

Gamesradar review Kirby's Epic Yarn 9/10

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Fri, 15 Oct 2010 21:03:20

Gamesradar says that Epic Yarn is better than New Super Mario Bros and Muramasa.

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Fri, 15 Oct 2010 21:03:38
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Of the moment, in the US.

Snapshot there is the perfect example of what I was saying.

How does this change perception? That is where the big change happens. PS3 worldwide sales already put the 360 in second place so 360 being the no 1 console of the month in the US means what? It may be a trend that is repeated for the next few months.

But Wii outsold everyone for 4 years and outsold the competion combined for well over a year, maybe two. So how does a monthly regional statistic mean anything? It means everything to us, because we sit around waiting for the stats like it's a 100m dash each month. I enjoy NPD but part of me is glad it won't be reported anymore. We'll still get either silence from the poor performers or shouts from the winners, as well as rumours and leaks from the gaf.

It means that the 360 can live on for who knows how many more years cause its getting better sales than it ever has. The wii on the other hand is on the way out, it shows that Nintendo needs to move first, as we all predicted, the Wii had to be the first console out.

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Fri, 15 Oct 2010 21:04:49

There is no way Kirby is that good. Its cute and it probably does everything right but I bet its so easy a 3 year old can do it.  Nyaa

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Fri, 15 Oct 2010 21:05:46

Fable 2 for free???

Follow the instructions on the first post.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=410358

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Fri, 15 Oct 2010 21:10:25
gamingeek said:

Ho-lee-crap

I just read that Gameinformer gave Vanquish a......

Vanquish (PS3/Xbox 360, Sega): 7,75

Hrm

GASP

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Fri, 15 Oct 2010 21:12:42

Play magazine gave Vanquish a 9.3 so lets not get crazy.

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Fri, 15 Oct 2010 21:13:07
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Dvader said:

They said the game was 4 hours long, if that is the case it deserves crappy scores no matter how awesome the gameplay is.

4 hours GASP!

But I read Mikami saying it's at least 7-8!

And with no multiplayer.

Not good. Sad

Well it has that easy mode where if you choose to play dumb you can (they are trying to get the Japanese into shooters).  So maybe that accounts for the short length.  If it truly is 4 hours, then yeah, that could turn a 9 into a 7 right away.  I'll await more information.

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Fri, 15 Oct 2010 21:14:42
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Well it has that easy mode where if you choose to play dumb you can (they are tyring to get the Japanese into shooters).  So maybe that accounts for teh short length.  If it truly is 4 hours, then yeah, that could turn a 9 into a 7 right away.  I'll await more information.

I have probably played the two demos for about 3 hours, and if I had my own PS3 it would be much more... maybe I am overreacting, its really fun.

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Fri, 15 Oct 2010 21:17:08
Dvader said:

Play magazine gave Vanquish a 9.3 so lets not get crazy.

Play? The same mag that gave Sonic 2006 a 9? Yeah let's not get crazy

indecision

Dvader said:

There is no way Kirby is that good. Its cute and it probably does everything right but I bet its so easy a 3 year old can do it.  Nyaa

Kirby says that Vader is pants.

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Fri, 15 Oct 2010 21:17:45

Maybe I need to check out Kirby.  I'm amazed at those reviews.

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Fri, 15 Oct 2010 21:23:49

No one wants Fable 2 for free?

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