An Xbox 360 game sells tons in Japan. We said it sold 70k units. We were wrong, the actual Media Create figures for Blue Dragon showed that the game sold 80k units in its first week in Japan. Like the headline says, it obliterated Zelda — which finished 17th for the week, but guess what? [...]

Portrait of Ruin is a great game not because of what it does differently, but because it stays true to the familiar Castlevania design and delivers a fun, lengthy adventure. The Good: Team mechanic puts a new twist on the familiar Castlevania formula; tons of weapons, items, and secrets to find; a handful of fantastic [...]

Steam, competition for retailers Valve just announced that the first person RPG Dark Messiah was released today. The game just shipped today to US outlets and the retail price for the regular version is around US$ 50. The Collector’s Edition will set you back some US$ 60 but I bet gamers who have been waiting [...]

Beta testing scheduled for December The release of the fantasy/Sci-fi computer game from S2 Games, Savage 2, has been postponed. The games’ developers affirmed that they need more time in order to polish the game and make some final adjustments. Is that how you say it when you didn’t get anything done? Savage 2: A [...]

Epic Games’ sci-fi shooter meets same sales-limiting fate as Dead Rising; country’s ratings board refuses classification. Back in July, German zombie-haters were stymied in their quest to slay the undead when the Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle (USK) refused to give the game a rating due to its excessive violence. While this didn’t officially ban the game, it [...]