Justin has been a gamer since the Intellivision days back in the early 80′s. He started writing about and covering the video game industry in 2008. In his spare time he is also a bit of a gun-nut and Star Wars nerd.
Sony rolled out the latest PlayStation Plus update today, revealing some scary-good discounts for the October "Sale of the Dead" Halloween promotion, and the addition of the top-down shooter Hotline Miami (PS3/PS Vita) to subscribers' free Instant Game Collection.
Buried under the pile of "OMG, Grand Theft Auto V is the best selling thing ever sold!" stories this past week, was an announcement from Nintendo of America that Wii U sales in September were up more than 200% from their August levels. According to The Big N, and common sense, the two major reasons for the spike were the $50 price cut on September 20th and the release of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD.
Mondelez International (the fine folks who pedal the Triscuit, Ritz, and Oreo brands) are about to launch a pilot test for a new "Smart Shelf" system. The program works by using Kinect for Windows sensors to track grocery shoppers, and then "engage and influence" them to purchase tasty Mondelez snack foods!
According to the LinkedIn profile of Rockstar New England senior graphics engineer Doron Feinstein, the studio is currently developing the "Next version of a famous IP." A video game developer making a sequel to a popular title?!?! Shocking...
Sony has announced that they are no longer planning to launch Driveclub alongside the PlayStation 4 next month, but will instead release both the game and the free PlayStation Plus version in "early 2014."
With the November 15th launch of the PlayStation 4 coming up fast, Sony ramped up their marketing efforts this week by shipping demo units of the next-gen console out to select retailers.
Sony announced this morning that four of their most popular PS3 and/or PS Vita downloadable titles (Flower, flOw, Sound Shapes, and Escape Plan) are being ported to the PlayStation 4.
Speaking to investors in the same conference call that announced the delay of Watch Dogs, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot revealed that the publisher has also pushed back the launch of their next-gen racer, The Crew.
Naughty Dog has confirmed that the first multiplayer downloadable content for The Last of Us, the Abandoned Territories Map Pack, will become available when the PS Store updates later today.
Fans of Telltale Games' phenomenal 2012 adventure game The Walking Dead will apparently have something to get excited about in the near future, as the studio has revealed that the first details about Season Two will drop "later this month."