It’s about time to bring back an old feature. The day today in the world of gaming, let’s take it away from the old Vinecopter.
Red Dead Redemption Production Troubles
It appears the production for Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption isn’t going so smoothly. The game’s been in production for 6 years due to bad management from Rockstar New York. Throughout 2009 the game ended up being a total disaster. Not to mention it needs to sell 5 million in order to break even. Bad times indeed, from a game with such potential.
Netflix will now be coming to the Wii this Spring. Though much like the PS3 you will need an streaming disc in order for it to work. Still this is a nice step into making the Wii more multi-media friendly. With the right marketing the older generation will know and possibly use this feature to use along side Wii Sports and Wii Fit, hopefully.
The game’s robots will be scaled-down to 5 metres (17 feet) but missions will have more details and a more dramatic story. It’s still early days, so no date has been confirmed as of yet. I’m surprised I haven’t played or gotten into these games yet for I am a huge Gundam and mecha fan. Maybe at some point I should get a hold of the very Japanesy titled Armored Core: For Answer before this is released.
Next Assassin’s Creed to have Multiplayer
Ubisoft have announced that the next instalment in the series will be released in the next fiscal year and will contain online multiplayer. For such a game with a huge focus on being a lone assassin it will be interesting to see how an online component will work. Just as long as the title is a worthy sequel to the brilliant Assassins Creed 2, then I’ll be more than happy. Though the release date seems quite soon, the next fiscal year is between April 2010 to March 2011, meaning the game will come out within a year, short amount of time compared to the 2 years between the first 2 titles.
NPD figures for the third quarter revealed that 90% of all game sales came from physical media for consoles. While the PC had a smaller number but still a at a high 79%, quite surprising considering the huge success of Steam. People still seem to be wary of digital distribution. I for one am more willing to spend £20 in store with ease yet I struggle to buy a great £10 game on PSN or Xbox Live, I can’t tell you why, it’s probably to do with my own personal comfort zone.
