Carmageddon Max Damage Xbox One Review
Carmageddon Reincarnation was an attempt to revive the franchise. Funded quite successfully through KickStarter, the game took a few years in development, and was met with less than favorable reviews. Now its been rebranded as Carmageddon Max Damage for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 owners, and the resulting title is a bittersweet dose of nostalgia.
Approximately 7.5 Million people have downloaded Pokémon Go in the U.S. since release.
While you were catching your typical Weedles, Pidgeys, and Rattata’s people have been downloading Pokémon Go on to their iOS or Android devices. Just about 7.5 Million people have downloaded the mobile hit in the United States alone according to Sensor Tower. Not only have the downloads have been going up but the game has pushed Nintendo’s stock up 25 percent on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. According to Sensor Tower, Pokémon Go is generating $1.6 million in revenue from iOS in the U.S. alone. Just imagine the sales on Android and if they put it on Windows Phone. “Pokémon Go as so far managed to generate $14.04 million across mobile platforms since its release,” SuperData Research analyst Joost van Dreunen said in a statement. “[This puts] it ahead of other titles using the franchise, including Pokémon Shuffle Mobile which has earned an estimated $14.03 million since its release in August 2015.” If you have the chance to download it go for it and go catch them all safely. Source
New Battlefield Television show being worked on by Paramount.
Paramount and Anonymous Content have recently announced a partnership with Electronic Arts. They are currently working on the rights for a Battlefield TV show. The show is in its very early stages, but this marks the first time both Paramount and Anonymous have dipped their toes into video game content. Anonymous’ Michael Sugar and Paramount Television President Amy Powell see the long running Battlefield fan base and obviously noticed it once they revealed Battlefield 1 when the trailer broke records on Youtube, which makes it a “highly coveted piece of IP primed for long-form adaptation.” What are your thoughts on this possibility?
NPD to start tracking digital numbers in US Territory.
It’s been about 5 years now since the NPD group said they’d start including digital data in its monthly reports on the US video game business. Well today, NPD is finally taking that first step to offer a more complete picture of the entire games market as it’s unveiled its digital point-of-sale (POS) sourced service, tracking SKU-level sales data on digital games. Here is what the firm explained in a press statement: “Following several years of beta testing, the Digital Games Tracking Service will allow participating clients to understand the size and growth of the digital market, and analyze attach rates and other important metrics. Combined with physical data available by NPD, these clients can gain a better understanding of the interplay between the physical and digital sales channels”. “As has been experienced across a wide variety of industries, digital has made a big impact on the overall gaming market, and we’ve risen to meet the demand for a reporting mechanism that tracks those sales in a timely and accurate way,” said Joanne Hageman, President, U.S. Toys & Games, The NPD Group. “With the participation and support of leading publishers – whose cooperation makes this possible – we are excited to launch an industry-first service that addresses a long-standing need.” Starting July 21st, the usual report for physical data will be combined with digital data. , NPD has gained the support of major publishers like EA, Activision, Ubisoft, Capcom, Square Enix, Take-Two, Deep Silver and Warner Bros. You can read more here
Battletoads spotted on Xbox One Store.
An Xbox fan at Twitter has shared a screenshot of a new Battletoads game by the Rare folks. Though judging from /r/XboxOne comments, many people believe this a fake image providing proof such as: Incorrect font used and the header is misaligned. Description has grammatical errors and is ripped from a plot of the failed Battletoads cartoon. Battlefield font used for logo. Purposely bad angle and quality. States at the end of the description “back on xbox one 1”. If there’s a new Battletoads game, we may see an official reveal at Gamescom or next year. OMG OMG OMFG! pic.twitter.com/03akpS2YU5 — RONIN714 (@TheLastRonin714) July 10, 2016
Pokemon GO about to get better!
It’s been practically a week since the Global hit Pokemon GO app came out, and just recently there’s information on a new update! CEO John Hanke of Niantic recently talked about how Pokemon Go is about to get heaps better with deeper in game mechanics to encourage people to stick around the game as much as possible. One feature is that it will improve usage of pokestops and pokemon gyms, gaining xp for owning a pokemon gym. Other announced features include global leaderboards and just general improved augmented reality for your phone camera. Hanke also said (Because of the failed Google Glass) that it might come to the Microsoft HoloLens (Teased)
