Xbox 360 hits 66 million worldwide

Xbox 360 hits 66 million worldwide

Microsoft announced new worldwide totals for Xbox 360 and Kinect at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas tonight. Xbox 360 has shifted 66 million units worldwide, while the Kinect sensor has moved 18 million. Xbox 360 was the best selling game console in the U.S. during 2011. In November alone, it sold 1.7 million systems. Xbox LIVE has also reached nearly 40 million members. Around the same time last year, Microsoft announced it shipped … [Read more...]

Silent Hill: HD Collection delayed to March

Silent Hill: HD Collection delayed to March

The Silent Hill: HD Collection has been pushed to March, Konami has confirmed. “[The] Silent Hill HD Collection release date has been changed,” Konami told Joystiq. “The game will now be released in March. We will be sending out definitive dates on all three Silent Hill games later this week.” The collection, which includes high-definition remasters of both Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hil 3, was originally set for a January … [Read more...]

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City ‘Triple Impact’ trailer

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City ‘Triple Impact’ trailer

Capcom has released a new, nearly 6-minute long trailer for Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, which highlights the triple threat combat between the game’s three factions: the Umbrella Security Service, U.S. Spec Ops, and the zombies / Bio-Organic Weapons. Watch it below. Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City is due for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC on March 20. … [Read more...]

SSX Travis Rice ‘Survive It’ trailer

SSX Travis Rice ‘Survive It’ trailer

The latest SSX trailer invites professional snowboarder Travis Rice, who talks the checks and balances and unpredictability of snowboarding. Watch it below. SSX is due for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on February 28. … [Read more...]

Mortal Kombat: Komplete Edition announced

Mortal Kombat: Komplete Edition announced

Warner Bros. announced today it will release a Mortal Kombat: Komplete Edition, a downloadable content-filled version of the original release, on March 2 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The Komplete Edition includes the original game plus all previously released downloadable content. That includes: the Skatlet, Kenshi, Rain, and Freddy Krueger characters, and the 15 Klassic Skins, and three Klassic Fatalities (for Scorpion, Sub-Zero, and … [Read more...]

Kitase: Final Fantasy XIII-2 ‘the first time we used western testers’

Kitase: Final Fantasy XIII-2 ‘the first time we used western testers’

Final Fantasy XIII-2 will go down in the history books for Square Enix. The title marks the first time Square’s Japanese development team utilized testers in North America and Europe, according to producer Yoshinori Kitase. “Of course we do respect our fans in the west,” said Kitase to German PlayStation magazine Play3. “We always used to contact test gamers, but never before those from the west. Final Fantasy XIII-2 was … [Read more...]