In Sega’s financial report recently released, the sales figure for their latest action game, Bayonetta, was revealed. Platinum Games’ climax action game rung up 1,100,000 million units worldwide on both platforms the PS3 and Xbox 360 combined. It’s been exactly a month since the game was first released, making the title a success in such little time.
The Heavy Rain demo is officially released on the PlayStation Store next week, on February 11th 2010, but you can get early access to it by completing the Four Days Challenge. The demo is 1754MB in size and can be downloaded by entering the four pieces of evidence over at the Precinct 52 website. The four pieces of evidence you need are detailed below. Once correctly entered, you will be presented with a PSN Code to download the demo.
SCEE has unveiled the God of War III Ultimate Trilogy Edition box set. The Ultimate Trilogy Edition can be pre-ordered in selected retailers across Europe, Australia and New Zealand, but in limited quantity. This very special edition comes in a high-end, sculpted replica of Pandora’s Box with an epic outer box which features an acetate window: you can actually see Pandora’s box before you even open it.
Despite some solid evidence that the motion controller from Sony will be called “Arc”, SCEA’s Patrick Seybold has said PlayStation Arc is a “rumored code name” for the upcoming motion controller. In a tweet, Seybold said, “We haven’t announced the name of our Motion Controller. He referred to it as a rumored code name.”
Qore Episode 21 is now available for download from the PlayStation Store, and lucky subscribers get to download the God of War III E3 demo from the download center. The February Episode also contains information on on the latest game in the Yakuza series, and a look at Battlefield: Bad Company 2‘s multiplayer component.
This week on the PSP Store, you will find a number of Minis titles discounted as part of Sony’s Minis Month – though the discounts are only available in Europe. You will also find a number demos and downloadable games from both stores. The size of the US update this week is quite small, consisting of only two games, a new video and a few premium themes. Check out the list of new content below.
This week on the PlayStation Store you will find Final Fantasy VIII finally available in Europe after a few months of waiting. The Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Multiplayer Demo is available to download from both the US and European Stores, along with several other demos too. For the US, the new episode of Qore is also available to download. Check out the list of new content below.
The three-way rumble between the Colonial Marines, the Predators, and the Aliens will commence today when the multiplayer demo of emAliens vs. Predator/em hits the PlayStation Store. Sega has confirmed that the demo will launch simultaneously on PlayStation Store, Xbox Live Marketplace and Steam today.
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Despite Modern Warfare 2 being released in November 2009, it continued to dominate the global games chart through to the end of 2009. According to MVC, GfK-ChartTrack has confirmed that Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 sold nearly 12m units worldwide last year. More precisely, the game sold 11.86m units before 2009 came to an end.
BioShock 2 is almost here, and we have just received the launch trailer from Sony (check it out below). The game will be available in North American and Europe from February 9th 2010. You can also pick up the Rapture Edition of BioShock 2, exclusive to Zavvi, for £29.95. Check out the launch trailer below.
