In case you missed it. Left 4 Dead 2 was released earlier this week. I won’t blame you if you did miss it since Modern Warfare 2 dominated everything in it’s wake.
With this sequel came lots of new weapons, new lead characters, levels. And several new uncommon and special zombies. In addition to all this. The sequel brought a bump in the gore factor! At least in America…
The critically acclaimed, but commercial flop “No More Heroes” apparently got just enough sales to warrant a sequel. The sequel will be a Wii exclusive still. But the original game will be headed to the 360 and PS3 around the same time the sequel drips next year. So far. It’s only slated for Japan. The port will have a few new features. One, advanced difficulty, another is sluttier girls (no. Seriously) and. I’m just assuming, but. Better graphics? Higher resolutions? Guess we’ll see huh?
With Modern Warfare 2 being. Oh, the LARGEST release event ever. (no really, it earned more money opening day then any other media event. Besting the Final Harry Potter book, The Dark Knight movie, etc etc.). I guess it’s understandable that Activision would want MORE!.. So. There is news going around that they will be adding a third developer to the franchise. With Infinity Ward (Call of Duty 1 and 2. And Modern Warfare 1 and 2.) and Treyarch (Call of Duty 3, and World and War.)They’ve had internal talks about a possible MMO based on Call of Duty. Hmm.. That cod be interesting if done right.
On Tuesday. xbox 360 owners recieved an update that added a few new additions to there 360. Twitter, Last.fm, Zune Marketplace. And Facebook. Well, Today, if the update hasn’t rolled out already. Then a little later today, Playstation 3 owners will get at least one of those same things. FacebookI called social network intergration earlier this year. Saying. “although not neccessary or entirely useable. I see it happening.”Well. Here it is. How does everyone feel about it so far?
Well well, look at this. When the great Mirrors Edge and the even better Dead Space where released last year to slow, lukewarm sales and average reviews. It was speculated that original IP’s where unwanted. Even though the gaming community where buzzing and clamouring for these games. And new game in general. It’s nice to see that a good, original IP is making waves. Gearbox, developer of Borderlands says that the new IP is the fastest selling new IP of 2009. While PC number haven’t been released. Console numbers for the game have broke the millions which is a nice start. Gearbox has already said a sequel is a no brainer. They are also set to release “Zombie Island of Dr.Ned” is the coming weeks for PS3 and 360. And a PC release will follow after that. With at least one more DLC next year probably.
As some of you may know. Last Saturday, Wal-mart had one of 3 “Pre-Black Friday” Sales. Something they are doing to ease the rush of the actual Black Friday (Nov.27th). This sale had a nice selection of items. A decent laptop for 259. A couple TV’s for nearly half off. One of these items was an xBox360 Arcade edition of $199. But with a $100 dollar gift card. That’s basically a $99 dollar 360! Not bad at all!