BioWare’s Mass Effect 2 Hits Stores in North America Today

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how everyone had a great weekend, if not .. well there's always next weekend ha ;]
anyways.. video games have never been my speciality so i basically just google new releases.. if you happen to be a video expert and want to send me some tips or maybe websites or games. send them! would be much help. in the mean time.,.

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Few games live up to the hype during the wait before release. If you were watching the NFL NFC Championship game on Sunday you saw the special 2 minute trailer for Mass Effect 2. The trailer looked fantastic and just added to the hype and the early reviews have been very high for the sequel. Mass Effect 2 is in stores everywhere in North America today for the Xbox 360 and the PC. The game will hit Europe and Australia by the end of the week. Featuring an all-star cast and amazing graphics Mass Effect 2 is certainly taking its place as the must have game of 2010. Remember those who buy the game new get free access to the ‘Cerberus Network’ BioWare’s new online server for DLC and news for Mass Effect 2. Also free is the first DLC add-on that allows gamers to take Commander Sheppard back to the Normandy crash site. For those wondering if you buy the game used you will need to buy access to the ‘Cerberus Network’ for a one time fee of 1200 MS points. Watch for my review in the next day or two of this fantastic game. I must say this is certainly a great title to kick off 2010!

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Video game sales drop 8% in 2009

Apparently video game sales are down this year.. well last year since it is only January of 2010. so yes im going to read it as soon as i post it so hopefully its not boring because i didn't pre read it first.


PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.—US video game sales slipped 8 percent in 2009, according to market research firm The NPD Group, despite record sales in December.



The year’s $19.66 billion tally included sales of video game software, portable and console hardware, and accessories, helped by a December sales performance that “broke all industry records,” according to Michael Gallagher, president and CEO of the Entertainment Software Association.


December's results were helped by the best sales month ever for the Wii console, according to Nintendo, with 3.8 million units of the recently discounted console sold. The company's DS Lite and DSi handhelds combined to sell more than 3.3 million units during December, the second biggest month for the company’s handheld business, Nintendo added.

Aside from portable hardware, which experienced a 6 percent increase in revenue in 2009, all video game categories experienced declines for the year, with the largest decline coming from console hardware (-13 percent). Console software and portable software both experienced declines of 10 percent, while video game accessories experienced a 1 percent decline.



Retail sales for computer (PC) game software also experienced declines, with revenue down 23 percent to $538 million in 2009, NPD added. Combined video game and PC game software sales were off 11 percent for the year, to $10.5 billion.


The results slammed shut a long run of gains for a historically cyclical but generally upwardly mobile video game market that thrives whenever new hardware is launched. 2009 was not one of those new hardware fueled years.


"[In 2000] when we started the last decade, video game industry sales, including PC games, totaled $7.98 billion," said Anita Frazier, industry analyst, The NPD Group. "In 10 years, the industry has changed dramatically in many ways, but most importantly it [grew] over those years by more than 250 percent at retail alone. Considering there are many new sources of revenue, including subscriptions and digital distribution, industry growth is even more impressive."



ESA’s Gallagher noted that December’s strong sales were “a very strong way to transition into 2010. I anticipate these solid sales numbers to continue upward through 2010 with a pipeline full of highly-anticipated titles.”

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 reaches milestone with $1 Billion in sales

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hope all of you had a great weekend, and since it is humpday.. the weekend is only a few more days away. dont party too hard haha :]
COD news. read below.

There has got to be a party going on right now over at Activision Blizzard and Infinity Ward studios, and if there isn’t there should be. Certainly both the publisher and the developer have a lot to be happy about concerning the major success of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. After all, they have over one billion reasons to be celebrating.

This is because Modern Warfare 2 has surpassed another major milestone by reaching over $1 billion in retail sales since the first person shooter hit store shelves back in the Fall of last year.

When the combat game was released on November 10, 2009 it did not take very long for the title get noticed as sales for the video game were smashing major records in less than a week. In fact, during the first five days alone, Modern Warfare 2 took in a total of $550 million, not only breaking video game sales records, but also breaking entertainment records as well.

As previously reported, Modern Warfare 2 surpassed the first five days of box office income for the films Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and The Dark Knight. This major accomplishment signified that video games are indeed a strong market force to contend with in the entertainment industry.

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DJ Hero

How was every ones holidays?? great i hope!
like I've said in the past im not normally a video playing kinda gal and i normally only hear things about games from my Friends( who are guys). i got this idea to talk about DJ HERO from a tweet i got about !) minutes ago from a friend who got it for Christmas and loves it. you know it.. article time!



"Well it looks as if this one has let slip way before Activision intended to make it public. Well respected DJ David Guetta has revealed in a recent interview that a sequel to DJ Hero is indeed on the way.
As reported from Eurogamer, David Guetta wasted no time in explaining how he ‘is going to work on number two’, while also adding that the game is ‘too difficult’ for him on maximum level.

We cant say that this isnt a surprise, given the popularity that the first game has, despite the rather high price tag. What this could mean though, is that gamers could see a reduction to the existing price of the original game and peripheral, which would be most welcome.

Let us know your thoughts on a sequel to DJ Hero 2. What ideas would you have for the game?"


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