Nintendo 3DS than 4 million units sold in Japan

Would have enjoyed its best week with sales of more than 500 thousand units.

The audit Enterbrain has released sales data consoles in Japan during the week between 19 and 25 December, noting that 3DS has again become the best selling console in that territory with sales have exceeded half a million units, reaching the milestone of 4,135,739 consoles sold since the laptop will be released in February this year.

These data are well above the latest forecasts offered by Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, who expected to reach four million consoles sold in Japan in the early months of 2012.Sin But over the last four weeks has 3DS been able to put more than one and half million consoles in Japanese homes, which has been a real milestone for the laptop from Kyoto.

This Wednesday we will post the sales data that regularly provides audit Media Create, which is what we use to reflect the sales of games and consoles in the Japanese market.

Skyrim receive a small update in January

Version 1.4 could end some of the most annoying bugs on the PS3.

Bethesda Softworks has promised that during the month of January posted an update to their fantastic new The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim which they hope to end some of the most annoying bugs of the game, and more particularly those affecting users PlayStation 3.

However, the development team singled out the small update to version 1.4 will have this game, although can be a big step forward in solving the stability problems of the graphics engine or micro lag errors.

Additionally, Bethesda is still working on another major update of the game for PC that will include the coveted tools and Steam Kt Creation Workshop.

Users of Modern Warfare 3 from cheating face bans "temporary" 14 years

5,000 days have been confirmed ban's own Robert Bowling.

An anonymous user from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Internet has shown an image of a 5,000-days ban could face facet users on-line title from cheating in multiplayer.

The number of ban "temporary" to which the user faces PlayStation 3 was still in the air as to its validity, until Robert Bowling, one of the chief executives of Infinity Ward has confirmed all the ends of officers of the news.

Sony aims for an audience "younger" with PlayStation 3 from now

"I think from now going to see us directing the console to a considerably younger demographic."

Jim Ryan, one of the top executives of Sony Computer Entertainment in its European division, talked to the British magazine PlayStation Official Magazine straight from a change in strategy.

"I think from now going to see us directing the console to a younger demographic group significantly. A family market, but the hardcore gamer will not be sidelined at all," said Ryan.

"There will be a lot of great material for hardcore, but from our own studies, the third-parties also have interesting things in many areas that will allow us to open ourselves to a market that was very successful for PlayStation and PlayStation 2, but in the we have not yet immersed in PlayStation 3, "said the executive.

The reduction of price in the last GamesCom also be important to Sony. "If you look back at the history of PlayStation and PlayStation 2, the vast majority of businesses have done in these two platforms are held at a price point below 129 pounds. Now we have the 199 pounds in the UK a couple of months ago, so that you can see we have a lot of potential still ahead. "

Bethesda links the problems of Skyrim PS3 version of the same that plagued New Vegas

"It's an engine problem at about saved games are stored."

Josh Sawyer, one of the chief executives of Obsidian, has spoken on the issue PlayStation 3 version of The Elder Scrolls fantasy V: Skyrim, an outstanding game but is far from perfect due to many technological problems that seem primed with the version of the Sony console.

"It's an engine problem at about saved games are stored outside the bit flag differences compared to those in the primary. Esm + DLC. ESMS," said Sawyer who led to the remarkable Obsidian Fallout: New Vegas, it seems, shares the same problem with the latest Bethesda Softworks. "As the game modifies any distance at which an object is placed, the changes are stored outside of what is essentially another. ESM. And when loading the game you are also loading all those differences in resident memory ".

"The way to restructure the working of the engine requires a huge commitment in terms of time," said the executive. "In Obsidian only had that engine for 18 months before the launch of New Vegas, which is a relatively short period of time to understand all the details on how that technology works."

GTA V is, according to Google, the most wanted game was released in 2012 few

Max Payne 3, Halo 4, Half-Life 3 and Mass Effect 3 are also among the titles of reference in this field.

Google Trends is a great tool to check the interest of those using the popular search platform, and this time has been used to assess which are the games that arouse more passion among fans.

Despite its recent announcement is just the game GTA V Popular Searches on Google for all who will go on sale in 2012, followed by Max Payne 3 and Halo 4 in the second and third positions respectively. Half-Life 3 and Mass Effect 3 conclude the top 5 in fourth and fifth places.

The incombustible Modern Warfare 3 repeated once more in front of the British charts

FIFA 12 sales increases and takes over second place.

  
Once again we return to see how Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 continues to dominate the British top with a 2% increase in sales that ensure the fourth consecutive week in front of the ranking. FIFA 12 also has greatly improved its data to capture the second place, while Revelations, the next installment of the popular Assassin's Creed franchise has been in third place.

01. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
02. FIFA 12
03. Assassin's Creed: Revelations
04. Just Dance 3
05. The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim
06. Saint's Row: The Third
07. Professor Layton and the Spectrum Call
08. Mario Kart 7
09. Battlefield 3
10. 3D Super Mario Land

Possible new specifications for Wii U

It will have a 3GHz Quad Core CPU based on 45nm PowerPC.

In the last hours there are new rumors about possible specifications next desktop will have the Nintendo Wii U.

According to an anonymous source that supposedly comes from a study by a developer who is converting a PlayStation 3 title Wii U, Nintendo's new machine would have a 3GHz quad-core CPU based on 45nm PowerPC.

768MB of DRAM would also embedded in the CPU, shared between the CPU and 40nm GPU would be ATI.

The source also said that Nintendo would be juggling two models, one with 768MB of DRAM and identified another 1GB of DRAM.

The Master Chief and Cortana will suffer major changes in Halo 4

With this new release will bring back "exploration" and "mystery" that has characterized the franchise.

The latest issue of Xbox World magazine has revealed interesting new details on Halo 4 because of an interview with Frank O'Connor, head of 343 Industries.

In the interview it was revealed that the armor of Master Chief has received "some fairly radical changes" a fact that is related to the story itself.

On the other hand Cortana is in danger, as we approach the end of its life cycle, "Cortana was close to reaching the end of its life cycle at the end of Halo 3, but has been exposed to much more information than any existing IA. "

In this new trilogy hope to bring back "the sense of wonder and mystery of the series," and we will see "the air of exploration along with some surprises that I think will appeal to people."

Halo 4 is scheduled for release on Xbox 360 in late 2012.

New evidence points to the arrival of a Game of the Year Edition Mortal Kombat

The age rating agency puts Britain in February.

A few days ago was a chain of stores that set a date to a supposed Game of the Year edition for the outstanding title Mortal Kombat PS3 and Xbox 360, and now has been the agency of British age rating, the BBFC, which Mortal Kombat puts this Komplete Edition in February 2012. More specifically, for 17 of that month.

For now, though, and Warner Bros. Studios Netherrealm not officially announced this special edition of their hit fighting game that, in principle, include all downloadable content appeared so far with such illustrious characters as Freddy Krueger.

Bethesda Softworks recognizes that it must treat Skyrim updates with "greater care"

"If we get too aggressive trying to fix a minor problem, run the risk of breaking something bigger."

This morning we offered Bethesda Softworks statements along the lines of the need to launch an incremental patch for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim to correct the problems seen with the release 1.2. Now we extend this information with words of their responsibilities regarding the policy should continue with this type of patches.

"We know this is a great game, and everyone has a different experience with it," explained the members of the company. "We will continue doing everything we can to continue making the game better and better, for many people as possible every day."

"And we realized that there are millions and millions of people playing Skyrim, and we need to treat our updates more carefully," they say. "If we get too aggressive trying to fix a minor problem, run the risk of breaking something bigger."

"For sure we are working on giving priority to the above code fixes the data arrays. Quests and balance problems are common data, and they begin to shoot more with updates in January," they conclude.

An employee of Valve caught carrying a shirt Half-Life 3

The news, however, is very far from being an official confirmation.

Chandana Ekanayake, marketing executive and artistic director, has said on his Twitter have seen with your own eyes to an employee of Valve wearing a shirt Half-Life 3 in an event of a local developer.

As is obvious, that article is not intended to be a confirmation of anything at all, but rather something that goes beyond curious as to what a degree expected and desired to be very few.

Skyrim patch on their Xbox 360 and PlayStation versions 3 could be causing serious problems in the form of new bugs

The protests of the fans begin to populate the game's forums.

This morning was made ​​available to fans Skyrim the new patch for the PC and Xbox versions of 360, after the fact that yesterday was available on PlayStation 3 and many fans began to complain about the glitches and problems that this is causing.

The glitch magic resistance is beginning to become popular in the version for Sony's console after applying the patch 1.2, Xbox 360 fans are also suffering the same problems and many more.

In Bethesda Softworks forums are beginning to be numerous posts of complaints from many fans, and we await an official response by the makers of the game to check the validity of the protests.

Battlefield 3 accumulates 8 million copies sold

5 of them were sold in the same week of its release.

Electronic Arts has revealed its fantastic new numbers on Battlefield 3, and has announced that the game has now accumulated eight million copies sold since its launch last October 27.

This quote sounds dramatic, but still more so when one remembers that the game sold more than half of them, namely five, in its first week on sale.

New details on Tom Clancy's Rainbow 6 Patriots

New from Ubisoft will go for the tactical action and multiplayer powerful.

Announced only last a few weeks, so far there are few details known about the promising Tom Clancy's Rainbow 6 Patriots, but Ubisoft has begun to address some of the main concerns behind this project that we face a new threat known as the " True Patriots ", a well-trained and organized militia will attack from the very heart of America.
As we advance, this new installment in the series give greater prominence to the script, raising various situations that force us to make ethical decisions that will change the course of events. Faced with this new threat, Ubisoft working on an improved computer management system will enable us to address a variety of tactics by pressing a single button, to the point of being able to take full control of the squad for perfect rounds.
As for combat, this new Rainbow Six will include a new weapons system coverage and redesigned to accommodate every type of situation during the clashes. Also included are new mechanics rappel, rappelling and reverse "Aussie" as well as the option to enter by force in different places, either through walls or ceilings.
Of course, there are also the intense multiplayer campaign event in which each player takes the role of a squad team, and can seamlessly coordinating all actions against terrorists. In this sense, we have added new options like the "Sandtable" which is a holographic image that helps players become familiar with the maps before jumping into action.
Finally, Ubisoft has confirmed that we will also have a scanner so we provide a thermal reading place, providing key information to the group to assault the enemy positions.
Remember that Tom Clancy's Rainbow 6 Patriots will be released on PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 throughout 2013.

Ubisoft may be surveys proposing different environments for the future of the franchise Assassin's Creed

The invasion of the Americas by the Spanish conquerors, feudal Japan, medieval Chinese dynasties among other contexts.

The portal EmpireStateGamer has an image attached to a survey sent by Ubisoft for questioning certain fans "selected" on the future context for Assassin's Creed series, as you know, change the backdrop in the third delivery.

The specific question in facilitating the user to choose one of the eight contexts are detailed below:
 
-The violent conflicts of the imperial dynasties of medieval China 
-The advent of the British Empire in Victorian England
-The completion of the reign of Pharaoh in ancient Egypt
-The invasion of the Americas by the Spanish conquerors
-The confrontation between the British colonists and Native Americans during the American Revolution of the eighteenth century
-The fall of the Empire of the Czar by the Communists during the Russian Revolution
-The battles between the warlords in feudal Japan
-The rise of the Empire of Caesar in ancient Rome

It seems hard to choose now the future setting of Assassin's Creed III since it is assumed that its development began long ago, however, if true this information could be future installments of the saga.

EA Battlefield 1943 finally did give away to buyers of Battlefield 3 on PS3

Sufficient to activate the game and redeem the code for download.

The controversy surrounding the gift and Battlefield 3 Battlefield 1943 announced by Sony for the PlayStation 3 has finally been solved, is that Electronic Arts has recognized that "there was a misunderstanding" to deny it, and finally offer it themselves.

To claim your free copy of our fantastic downloadable game simply perform the following steps:

1. Activate our Online Pass Battlefield 3, using the code that is included in the game.
2. Visit 1943redemption.battlefield.com with our original ID and password.
3. Choosing the territory.
4. At the time we receive your code to download Battlefield 1943.

The beta of Counter Strike: Global Offensive will begin later this month

Users with access code can start playing from November 30.

Valve has confirmed that the closed beta test of Counter Strike: Global Offensive will begin from November 30, after the brief delay suffered weeks ago on the advice of veteran players in the series.

The company did not clarify the contents with which users find, nor have been informed about the possibility of extending the beta to be a greater number of users that enjoy it.

Diablo III Blizzard wants to create "specifically to console"

"Everyone wants to make games for consoles Blizzard, and some of these creators of consoles are the most anxious."

Blizzard has not confirmed they are developing a version of Diablo III to consoles, but is something that, after the last months of official statements, it is very likely to happen.

Jay Wilson of Blizzard, has said the main objective of creating a console version of Diablo III is that you feel is a "native game consoles."

As stated to the American magazine GameInformer: "We want to make a simple conversion. We want to create console. That's the key difference. Our goal is to make a game that feels as if it were natively created for consoles. If we do, we want it to look like a Blizzard game we created for this platform from scratch. "

"Everyone wants to make games for consoles Blizzard, and some of these creators of consoles are the most anxious," is sincere. "We have not officially announced. Although we have not practiced any secrecy about it because our biggest obstacle is to build a team dedicated to consoles. "

"People do not believe us when we say we're going to make a console game. I understand because we've never tried before. We have never invested in it as we are doing now, and have never had a product that we thought it was appropriate for it, "he concludes.

Diablo III has confirmed his departure in PC and Mac next year.

DICE will release "a significant upgrade" to Battlefield 3 for PC next week

The update for consoles come later.

The development studio DICE has announced on its official blog, which launched a "significant upgrade" on PC next week that will include "a more polished section, stability, balance of weapons, the functionality in the control of the squadron, and improvements at the interface "with other improvements demanded by the community.

Also suppress the negative acceleration of the mouse.

This update will be available in the PC version next week, and the console will come somewhat later.

Square Enix Final Fantasy XIV clarifies that 2.0 "is not a new game"

It is based on a new graphics engine.

The new producer of Final Fantasy XIV, Naoko Yoshida, has said that the new version of Final Fantasy XIV launched in 2013 is not in itself a new game, but includes many enhancements, including a new graphics engine.

He says his first steps into the place of production has been to "do what is necessary" for the game to continue for ten years.

"The key to development in relation to technology is the new engine to be used in the release of version 2.0 we are creating from scratch," he says.

"The current engine is good for displaying graphics liabilities off-line games, but more important in an MMO are capable of displaying active graphics many different characters on the screen while" he says.

PC Final Fantasy XIV was launched over a year ago, when the PlayStation 3 version will be launched in the third quarter of 2012.

Reggie Fils-Aime reveals his favorite video game

It is The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.

The president of Nintendo America, Reggie Films-Aime, has talked to AOL about the recent release of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, also revealing what is your favorite game of all time.

Reggie For the biggest game in his life has been the classic Super Nintendo The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1992): "I am a big fan of Zelda, my favorite game of all time is Zelda: A Link to the Past ".

On the recent Zelda: Skyward Sword: "One of the benefits of my job is that I can get to enjoy the games from their stage of development. I have a special Wii in my office, and I've been playing Skyward Sword from the E3. I have great enthusiasm for this game. "

In this new Zelda, notes: "The puzzles, battles, but now with the WiiMotion Plus every battle is a puzzle to solve. The development team has said this is the greatest Zelda ever created. "

The private beta will begin Starhawk next Tuesday

Sony has started to send the first invitations.

As recently promised the boys of LightBox Interactive, Sony has started to send the first invitations for users who registered in the closed beta testing phase of Starhawk have access to it from next Tuesday, November 22.

Although not yet finalized the content present this phase of testing, we know that will include "a couple of maps" game mode and Capture the Flag.

We remind you that this first phase of testing is restricted to a small number of players selected by Sony itself, which is registered through the official website of the game. If you were one of those who registered on that site but have not received the email from Sony, make sure you select the "Allow mail reception" at the time of registration.

On the other hand, we must remember that in early 2012 will begin a new phase of testing which will have direct access other users who have bought Uncharted 3 and have the access code.

They start rumors about the development of Killzone 4

Guerrilla apparently could have begun, along with a new IP.

The British magazine EDGE takes a few words of Adrian Smith by ensuring that Guerrilla "must continue the Killzone franchise," along with a series of rumors that seem to point to it.

So far the news is far from official, and no more than an Adrian Smith's own statement, however, the report said even that is not the only title being developed.

"A new IP is growing in the studio for the first time in seven years," says the Anglo-Saxon news magazine. "Part of the additional staff cycle Killzone team is working on project with their experience and ideas."

The CryEngine 3 provides its benefits to the MechWarrior MMO Online

Its managers believe that this news will provide the opportunity for a "Triple-A experience truly unique."

The guys from Piranha Bytes announced that MechWarrior Online will be supported by the graphics engine CryEngine 3 according to a post published on the website's own title.

According to Russ Bullock, President of the study, this detail will achieve the expected MMO "Triple-A experience truly unique", as we announced a few weeks ago, will finally be free and exclusive to PC.

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