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Electronic Arts has revealed that last year's iteration of its annual football title, FIFA 10, had sold 9.7 million units by the end of December 2009 - just shy of a major landmark in 10 million, but one that it's likely to have passed in the last month.
The publisher announced the numbers as part of its Q3 financial results, which saw it top the packaged goods chart in both North America and Europe from the end of March to the end of 2009.
The numbers demonstrate strong growth during the month of December, with 4.5 million sold up until the end of November - meaning that the Christmas month topped that number up by a further 5.2 million units.
The FIFA franchise has steadily evolved in the past few years and FIFA 10 earned a 9/10 score from Eurogamer on release, with its highest ever Metacritic rating on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 platforms for a title from the franchise.
Game’s community developer commits to simultaneous release for Future Soldier
Having omitted any mention of the PS3 from its formal announcement of new shooter Ghost Recon Future Soldier this morning, Ubisoft has now confirmed a multiformat release for the game.
Ubisoft community developer Aymeric Evennou said on Twitter: "To those who wondered, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier will also release on PS3 : same experience, same development team and same release date."
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier community developer Kimi Matsuzaki added that Ubisoft “will tell more about the PC version later”.
The game is due out on Xbox 360 and PS3 this Q4, with an Xbox 360 beta due in the summer.
EA boss says platform holders were too slow to cut the prices of games hardware in 2009
John Riccitiello has accused the major console platform holders of taking too long to cut the pieces of their consoles last year as the industry fought to cope worldwide economic challenges.
“In 2009 there was a lack of aggressive first party pricing – [they were] a little bit too late with their price cuts,” the EA boss told investors, as transcribed by Seeking Alpha. “The market was soft for the reason I just identified.”
Sony and Microsoft waited until August last year to cut the prices of PS3 and Xbox 360, and Nintendo didn’t make its move until a month after that.
However, despite its recent struggles Riccitiello continues to believe EA is well positioned for the year ahead.
“Our packaged goods business is performing,” he added. “We have gained market share this fiscal year as a result of great quality and improved marketing. In fiscal 2011, we believe titles like Medal of Honor, Crisis 2, Dead Space, the Sims 3 on console and others have breakout potential.
“We have a profitable scaled digital business that recently hit the $0.5bn threshold. Our digital business is growing at 30 per cent, and is projected to break through three quarters of $1bn in fiscal 2011. We have programs in place that should take this to well beyond $1bn in the coming two fiscal years.”
Dead Space 2, new Need for Speed and Dragon Age and multiformat EA Sports Active release confirmed
Crysis 2 will be released some time between October and December this year, EA has announced.
Crytek’s console FPS isn’t the only title to get dated, either. Other games on the way in the final quarter of the year include Dead Space 2, Criterion's first entry in the Need for Speed series, a new Spore release and the vaguely titled “Dragon Age Title” - most likely a digital expansion.
Even more mysterious confirmations for the quarter include the cryptically described “Action Title” and a shooter from none other than Gears of War, Unreal Tournament and Shadow Complex developer Epic Games.
Calendar Q3 will see the release of the browser-based Need for Speed World and the modern day Medal of Honor.
Also confirmed for the period is a multiformat release for successful Wii fitness title EA Sports Active which, presumably, will make use of the upcoming Xbox 360 Natal and PS3 Motion Controller.
EA has as part of its latest financial report confirmed that massive PC hit The Sims 3 will be heading to consoles this Christmas.
The publisher didn’t nail down a firm date, or indeed state which formats the game would be heading to – it simply said that “The Sims 3 on Console” would be heading to consoles and handheld’s “this holiday”.
The PC version of the game was released last June and has since gone on to sell over 4.5m units.
The game also enjoyed significant success on Apple’s iPhone.
Perhaps more than any other non-console title, CasualGaming.biz gets asked whether The Sims 3 is coming to consoles all the time. The news is clearly going to make a lot of people happy.
2K Marin's Jordan Thomas has said that the console wars are "silly".
"There's a cognitive effect known as confirmation bias which leads people to latch onto conclusions that support their preferences and ignore data which doesn't," Thomas told Destructoid (thanks VG247).
"This leads to wild, unreasoning loyalty to a chosen platform, sports team, or brand of soda." There's only one Dirk Kuyt.
"From a development perspective, the console wars are a bit silly. Our target is consistency, and it's always kind of sad to see people throwing their energy into platform partisanship, because it seems to flood the critical channels and drown out other creative discourse."
PSM3 magazine has given Quantic Dream's curious psycho thriller a healthy 88 percent score (and that's 18 percent more than it gave Final Fantasy XIII).
"The narrative takes precedence over everything else," says PSM3. "It's essentially a nine-hour film that you nudge along by following on-screen button prompts, although you feel more connected with the action than this might suggest."
It goes on: "The only reason you won't like Heavy Rain is how little it feels like a 'game'. At least in the traditional sense. The only bit that feels distinctively gamey is when you're using Jayden's futuristic visor to track down clues at crime scenes ... Think the detective scenes in Batman: Arkham Asylum, but much more detailed and involving."
PSM3 says the game delivers its branching story though, and this makes for inevitable replay value. "As soon as you finish the game, we guarantee you'll immediately start a new game to explore the scenes you almost certainly missed, or alternate dialogue."
88's a good score. Not quite the revolution you may have hoped but we're playing it now and we like it too.
The news comes after Official PlayStation Magazine's Heavy Rain review rewarded the game with a 9/10, whilst GamesMaster gave it an equally impressive 91 per cent.
Now that Sega has finally announced the real Sonic the Hedgehog 4, I thought it would be nice to talk about the fake one that has been floating around for over a decade now.
As you can see in the photo to the right, Sonic the Hedgehog 4 was made for the Super Nintendo. Blasphemous, I know! As you might imagine, this was in no way an official product, and was sold mostly in black markets and in regions where piracy wasn't really an issue.
The game itself is a rather extensive hack of Sunsoft's Speedy Gonzales: Los Gatos Bandidos, a game that already shares more than a passing resemblance to Sonic (as any Speedy Gonzales game should, really). The hack was done in 1996 by a Peruvian outfit calling themselves Twin Eagle Group, which did quite a few similar hacks for the system. Its softography shows, among others, Flubber, Street Fighter 2 Vs. X-Men, Men in Black and The Man in the Iron Mask.
The hack is ultimately kind of sloppy, with quite a few weird mistakes and a strange soundtrack, but it's passable for what it is. I've certainly seen worse. Gameplay is below, do try and enjoy. Note that Sonic is rescuing little Marios stuck in cages, I always liked that touch.
Rebellion's multiplayer Aliens vs Predator demo was downloaded 14,000 times on Xbox Live over the weekend - but the developer has told PS3 fans it is "really sorry" for a bug that left them unable to use the game's matchmaking system.
Rebellion released released an Aliens vs Predator demo patch patch on Friday to fix the matchmaking error on the PC version of the game - and told CVG today that it is working "as fast as possible" with Sony to patch the PS3 version.
However, the demo has really shone on Xbox Live, where it is carrying an impressive user rating.
Senior Producer Dave Brickley told CVG today:
"Just looking at how the demo's been rated on Xbox Live tells its own story - 14,000 downloads in a few days and an approval rating of 4.5/5, we're absolutely delighted with the response.
"Someone described it as being an Avatar day - people's perceptions were turned upside down but having had time to get to grips with the combat system and the three species the comments are almost humbling, they see what we've done is deliver something genuinely new and fresh, a real reason to stop playing what they are currently, and we just can't have asked for more than that - and they've only seen one mode.
"The way we went about it I think raised eyebrows - lack of the tutorial which you get with the single player meant it's initially a daunting prospect but we released a video which explains all the intricacies and that's helped people evangelise the system and in fact even help others learn it as they've returned to give it another go.
"The most gratifying aspect is seeing people totally get into the species themselves and just get lost in the experience, even working together as teams even though it's not a team mode that's on offer."
Discussing the PS3 problem, Brickley added:
"The one unforeseen issue was the matchmaking on PS3, that really came out of left field and we've still got Sony engineers helping us look into what is at fault. I understand why people question how it wasn't spotted sooner but we just can't replicate that kind of scale in normal testing.
"Had we left Create and Browse Games in there as with the full game the problem wouldn't have been so serious. Bottom line is we're really sorry to all those PS3 owners and are working as fast as possible to find a solution which will help them enjoy the demo too."
Lucasarts has just announced Lego Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Full release follows...
LONDON, UK - 8th February, 2010 - LucasArts and TT Games today announced the development of LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars. The next chapter in the award-winning LEGO Star Wars videogame franchise, LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars will combine the best elements of all previous LEGO games while adding brand new gameplay to make it the most action-packed LEGO videogame to date. Developed by the same team at Traveller's Tales that created the critically acclaimed LEGO Star Wars and LEGO Indiana Jones series, the game will ship on the Wii, Nintendo DS, PLAYSTATION3 computer entertainment system, PSP (PlayStationPortable) system, and Xbox 360 videogame and entertainment system from Microsoft and Windows in the Autumn of 2010.
"LucasArts continues to set the bar for next-generation family entertainment," said Darrell Rodriguez, president of LucasArts. "The LEGO Star Wars franchise is a massive hit with fans, bringing in sales of over 20 million units worldwide. We're thrilled to extend this experience to LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars, delivering the humour and fun players expect from this award winning franchise."
"LucasArts is an amazing partner, and working with them on the next iteration of the LEGO Star Wars series continues to be a great experience," said Tom Stone, director at TT Games. "The team at TT is working hard at making this simply the best LEGO game ever with all new gameplay and features never before seen in a LEGO game."
LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars will include all the characters from both seasons of the hugely popular animated television series, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, as well as some fan-favourite characters from the beloved theatrical Star Wars Saga. The game will feature brand new battle modes, giving players unique, head-to-head combat and an upgraded level builder, allowing the creation of customized bases and in-game battlefields. Play either as a Jedi or Separatist with all-new character abilities, such as Squad command, Lightsaber slicing, Lightsaber jumps, long distance Jedi attacks and Grapple Tie-Ups, all within a new, easy-to-navigate hub.
