Microsoft have announced an increase in subscription fees for Xbox Live
James Arden looks at this newly revealed title.
Monday:
Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo of America’s president, reckons that ‘’New Super Mario Bros. Wii’’ will outsell either the PS3 or the Xbox 360 version of ‘’Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’’. Taking into account the whole holiday season, Fils-Aime is confident that the first 4 player ‘’Super Mario Bros.’’ game will sell better than this year’s most anticipated game. I wonder if he will be so confident after reading Wednesday’s news.
Tuesday:
News has emerged that the folks behind the fantastic ‘’Burnout’’ series, Criterion Games, will be developing the next ‘’Need For Speed’’ game due out next year. The ‘’Need For Speed’’ series has been in a state of flux for the last seven or so games, constantly re-inventing itself (and frequently not for the best). Let’s hope that Criterion can set the racing series back on track again.
Wednesday:
And the award for the least surprising news of the week goes to, of course, ‘’Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’’. Activision has calculated that approximately 4.7 million copies were sold in the first 24 hours in the UK and the USA alone. In terms of revenue, that’s roughly £188 million. Many analysts suggest this is not only the biggest game, but the biggest entertainment launch of all time. All this from a franchise that Activision did not want pursue in the first place. I wonder if Infinity Ward have said “I told you so” yet.
Thursday:
Mike Neumann, the creative director at Gearbox has stated that the likelihood of a sequel to ‘’Borderlands’’ is so strong it is a “no-brainer.” While the game has only been out for a couple of weeks the sales have been promising, despite the stigma of it being a new IP and not a part of a well-established franchise. While there are still several DLC packs in the works for the original, it looks certain that they’ll begin working on the follow up as soon as they can.
Friday:
Mircosoft have banned between 600,000 and 1 million users from Xbox Live after a massive crackdown, preventing modified Xbox 360s used to play pirated games from connecting to the online service. Microsoft see it as only a small loss since there are over 20 million registered Xbox Live users, and remain unapologetic about the their actions. Microsoft have however only banned the consoles, so it will still be possible for those who have been banned to recover their account and play on a different (and hopefully legal) console.
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