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5 CommentsUpcoming Xbox Live Marketplace sales discount Alan Wake, Dark Souls and more
By Dave Tach on May 20, 2013 05.20.13
Upcoming sales on Xbox Live Marketplace over the next two weeks will discount games and franchises like Alan Wake, Dark Souls, Karateka, Ghost Recon: Future Solider and associated content, according to a post on Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb's website. Several of D3Publisher's games will be on sale from May 21-27, including: Bangai-O HD: Missile Fury 400 Microsoft Points Microsoft Points (50 percent off) Jeremy McGrath 400 Microsoft Points (50 percent off) Karateka 400 Microsoft Points (50 percent off) Mad Tracks 400 Microsoft Points (50 percent off) Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond 400 Microsoft Points (50 percent off) Pid 400 Microsoft Points (50 percent off) Puzzle Quest 2 400 Microsoft Points (50 percent off) Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords 400 Microsoft...
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8 CommentsSkyrim DLC and NBA 2K13 content on sale this month on Xbox Live Marketplace
By Samit Sarkar on Feb 12, 2013 02.12.13
The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion and NBA 2K13, along with their downloadable content, are on sale this month on Xbox Live Marketplace, Major Nelson announced today. Next week, from Feb. 19-25, the two most recent Elder Scrolls titles will be available at a discount. Oblivion, already a Platinum Hits title and currently priced at $14.99, will be on sale along with Skyrim, which is currently available on Games on Demand for $59.99. Microsoft has not yet announced the sale prices, but said they will vary by region. Oblivion's Nights of the Nine add-on and Shivering Isles expansion will each be discounted by 50 percent to 200 Microsoft Points ($2.50) and 600 Microsoft Points ($7.50), respectively. And each of Skyrim's three expansions will also be on sale at half...
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1 CommentTake-Two reports 76 percent jump in Q3 revenue led by NBA 2K13 sales
By Samit Sarkar on Feb 05, 2013 02.05.13
Take-Two announced strong results today for the third quarter of its 2013 fiscal year, reporting a 76 percent year-over-year increase in net revenue led primarily by 4.5 million units shipped of NBA 2K13. For the quarter ending Dec. 31, 2012, Take-Two tallied net revenue of $415.8 million, a 76 percent jump over the $236.3 million of revenue for the same period in 2011. Net income for the quarter increased by 399 percent to $70.9 million from $14.2 million. According to Take-Two, the three "strongest contributors" to revenue in the quarter were NBA 2K13, Borderlands 2 and catalog sales of games including Grand Theft Auto 4 and Red Dead Redemption. Borderlands 2 was released in September, at the tail end of Take-Two's previous fiscal quarter; Take-Two has now shipped nearly 6 million...
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6 CommentsNBA 2K13 Wii U producer wishes fewer developers would build their games around a console's feature set
By Tracey Lien on Nov 30, 2012 11.30.12
A producer on NBA 2K13 for Wii U, Rob Jones, says it's important for developers to analyze their games to see how they can be enhanced by new hardware, rather than building their games around the hardware's feature set. Speaking to Polygon, Jones says that when the development team at Visual Concepts first received Wii U development kits, they asked themselves what they would want on the console's GamePad if they could play NBA 2K13 on the Wii U. "One of the main things, and it's a philosophy I wish more people would take, is not trying to build your game around what the feature set of the hardware is, but analyze how your customer has interacted with the game up to that point and see if the hardware's feature set can further enhance that," Jones says. "Because you've been successful...
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3 CommentsNBA 2K13 on Wii U to get patches and roster updates, says 2K Sports
By Samit Sarkar on Nov 28, 2012 11.28.12
The Wii U version of NBA 2K13 will be updated with patches and new rosters, said 2K Sports community manager Ronnie Singh on Twitter, a day after the release of the game's first patch. "Contrary to reports on forums," he said, the Wii U title will begin to receive that content "in the coming weeks." Singh gave no further details on the timetable, so the arrival and frequency of roster updates and patches on the Wii U remains to be seen. 2K Sports has done a poor job of releasing accurate rosters for the console and PC versions of NBA 2K13, leaving out numerous current NBA players and adjusting very few players' ratings. Developer Visual Concepts did release the game's first major patch yesterday on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, hitting the expected late November release window. It...
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4 CommentsGameStop Cyber Monday deals include Journey Collector's Edition, Darksiders 2, The Witcher 2
By Samit Sarkar on Nov 26, 2012 11.26.12
GameStop is offering numerous discounts on video game hardware and software for Cyber Monday, including titles like the PC download version of Darksiders 2, Journey Collector's Edition and The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition. Some of the deals are only available online, but others are valid on the retailer's website and in-store. We've included a few highlights for you here: The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition: $9.99 (Xbox 360, online only) Journey Collector's Edition: $14.99 (online only) Darksiders 2: $16.99 (PC download) Max Payne 3: $19.99 NBA 2K13: $49.99 buy a Nintendo 3DS or 3DS XL, get a $25 gift card (online only) Xbox 360 Limited Edition Star Wars bundle: $349.99 The full list of discounts is available here.
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4 CommentsNBA 2K12, College Hoops 2K8 and All-Pro Football 2K8 servers might be down for good
By Tracey Lien on Nov 25, 2012 11.25.12
2K Sports appears to have taken down the servers for a number of its titles including All-Pro Football 2K8, NHL 2K10, College Hoops 2K8 and the year-old NBA 2K12. Users first noticed problems when trying to connect to the games' servers three weeks ago. A message telling players to check their connection kept appearing and players could not access online support. A number of users took the issue to the 2K Sports forum, where a customer support representative wrote: Christopher Z., Nov 05 11:04 (PST) As of 11/1/12, all of the 2K Sports servers (with the exception of NBA 2K13 and MLB 2K12) are now offline. We do not have any information that leads us to believe these online features will be turned back on. If you have any questions, please visit the following page: h...
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1 CommentMicrosoft Store Black Friday deals led by Forza Horizon, Assassin's Creed 3
By Samit Sarkar on Nov 23, 2012 11.23.12
The Microsoft Store is offering a bunch of Black Friday deals on some of 2012's best Xbox 360 games and others, including Forza Horizon and Assassin's Creed 3. Here's the full list: $9.99: Kinect Nat Geo TV, Kinect Rush: A Disney Pixar Adventure, Kinect Disneyland Adventures $14.99: Forza Horizon, Kinect Sports Ultimate Collection, Fable: The Journey $24.99: Assassin's Creed 3, Borderlands 2, Dishonored, FIFA 13, Just Dance 4, Madden NFL 13, Medal of Honor Warfighter, Need for Speed Most Wanted, NBA 2K13, Resident Evil 6 The discounts are only available while supplies last, but while the Microsoft Store's Black Friday page says Forza Horizon is out of stock, we were able to add it to our cart by going directly to the game's page. And many of the prices are also available at...
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22 CommentsNBA 2K13 review: Blueprint for success
By Samit Sarkar on Oct 12, 2012 10.12.12
The get-hype opening movie, cut with a performance of Jay-Z's "Public Service Announcement"; the matchup-specific pre-game vignettes, in striking grayscale; the post-game highlight reel for the player-of-the-game award — these video packages, combined with a soundtrack assembled by the rapper, add flair to the typically staid broadcast presentation. And as far as that goes, NBA 2K continues to feature the best commentary in sports games. NBA 2K13's commentators discuss ongoing storylines in the franchise mode and offer specific anecdotes about teams and players — including your own created character from the MyCareer mode. Hearing them talk up the brand-new Barclays Center made me consider switching my fandom from Knicks to Nets. Their natural flow convincingly evokes a...
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4 CommentsOver 40 PSOne Classics added to Vita store in PSN update
By Alexa Ray Corriea on Oct 02, 2012 10.02.12
A large update to the PlayStation Store today adds pre-orders for Assassin's Creed 3, two full day-one downloadable titles, and 40 PSOne Classics compatible with the PlayStation Vita. Many of the newly-added PSOne Classics, including Legend of Mana and Chrono Cross, did not work with the transfer workaround detailed by industrious Vita owners frustrated at the small number of Classics available for Vita in North America: Breath of Fire IV Chrono Cross Chrono Trigger Cyberbots: Fullmetal Madness Darkstalkers Darkstalkers 3 Dino Crisis Dino Crisis 2 Fighting Force Final Fantast VI Final Fantasy IX Final Fantasy Origins Final Fantasy Tactics Final Fantasy VIII Gex Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko Legend of Mana Mega Man 3 Mega Man Mega Man 2 Mega Man 4 Parasite Eve P...
