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Panzer General: Allied Assault TrailerA Petrocast featuring Chuck Kroegel, CEO and
design visionary, and Jeff Jirsa, Producer for the XBLA and board game titles (6:17)
GamersHell Tuesday, October 20, 2009Ironclads: American Civil War v1.5 Demo and PatchThe game focuses on the first steam propelled armored ships of the United States and Confederation during the Civil War in the USA
GamersHell Tuesday, October 20, 2009MTV claim victory with The BeatlesTake that GH5, says music giant The latest NPD sales figures are only just with us and already the bickering is starting, MTV talking up the
success of The Beatles: Rock Band over rival music release Guitar Hero 5."We outsold them two-to-one on a revenue basis and we outperformed on a unit basis as well, despite the fact that they had an eight-day advantage, and were giving away free
software," railed MTV Games general manager Scott Guthrie according to Gamasutra."At the end of the day, The Beatles: Rock Band clearly outperformed them, and were not done yet. We're anticipating a very successful holiday period."Guthrie goes on to express his surprise at Guitar Hero 5's use of Van Halen tracks - which are now free despite originally being planned as 'premium' downloads.
Ferrago Tuesday, October 20, 2009Oddworld classics set for PSN this weekThursday, to be preciseVeteran game designer Lorne Lanning has revealed to the PlayStation blog that a
number of classic Oddworld titles will very shortly be
released on the PlayStation Network.Lanning tells us that Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee and Oddworld: Abe's Exodus will hit the PlayStation Store this Thursday, costing 9.99 USD each."We couldn't have been more thrilled when we learned that the PlayStation Network was willing to offer our classic Abe games to an entirely new generation of gamers," beams the game maker."Finally,
gamers
who never got the
chance to meet and play him when he first came out on the PSone system, will now get that chance to meet the guy who graced many magazine covers and
proved the unlikely hero that captured people's hearts."Munch's Odyssey and Stranger's Wrath could also be delivered in digital form in the future, by the sound of things.
Ferrago Tuesday, October 20, 2009NPD sees PS3 take September crownBut DS still leads overall The latest (and somewhat delayed) NPD figures are in from the US of A, revealing that - as predicted - the PS3 console was the system to beat during the month of September across the pond.The PS3 was the month's best selling console with sales of
nearly 492,000, followed by the Wii with 463,000 - the Xbox 360 somewhat off the pace on just under 353,000.The Nintendo DS remained America's best selling game platform for the month overall with over 524,000 sales - although the month clearly belongs to Sony, who cut the price of the console and introduced the Slimline SKU during September.The PSP, on the other hand, could only muster a mediocre 190,000 sales - although it must be noted that this tally comes ahead of the PSP Go's arrival, which took place on October 1st. The PS2 was last with a still-respectable 146,000 console sales.More NPD news soon.
Ferrago Tuesday, October 20, 2009Dev Defends Modern Warfare 2 LengthCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (PC)Bowling strikes out at campaign concerns.
IGN Entertainment Tuesday, October 20, 2009Aliens vs. Predator: Aliens TrailerAliens vs. Predator (X360)Sega and Rebellion tease us with the official Aliens trailer, buckets of drool and acidic blood on standby.
GameSpy.com Tuesday, October 20, 2009Bayonetta Scores a Perfect 40 in FamitsuBayonetta (PS3)Sega's multiplatform action game has scored big in the latest edition of Japanese
gaming
mag Famitsu.
GameSpy.com Tuesday, October 20, 2009Diablo III: Mana May be Replaced with Class-specific ResourcesDiablo III (PC)Blizzard's Diablo III Twitter account poses an interesting, potentially game-changing question.
GameSpy.com Tuesday, October 20, 2009Wii Play is the Bestselling Game in the US this DecadeWii Play (with Wii Remote) (Wii)NPD numbers
reveal that Nintendo's free-game-with-a-controller sold 11.1 million copies.
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