Sometimes being wrong isn’t so bad. That’s certainly the lesson Ubisoft is becoming acutely aware of as its games continue to outpace sales expectations, and consequently alter the publisher’s bottom line. In December, Ubisoft said that its Montreal studio’s Assassin’s Creed had shifted 2.5 million units in its first month, a figure Ubisoft claims equates […]

The past nine-odd months have seen Rockstar Games waging a protracted legal battle to unban Manhunt 2 in the UK. Finally, on March 14, the Video Appeals Committee of the British Board of Film Classification–the UK’s media ratings board–begrudgingly granted the PlayStation 2 and Wii game permission to be sold to consumers 18 and over.

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Square Enix have unleashed their first wave of paid download content for Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles today with eight new items. There are three new character races at (300 points each, or 800 for all three): Lilty, Yuke, and Selkie. There are also new buildings at 200 points each and clothing items for 100 […]

Famitsu recently revealed that the team behind the Ace Combat series is working on a flight simulator game that is based on a Japanese animated film called Sky Crawlers. The game will use the Wiimote as the throttle and the nunchuk to steer the plane, check the forums for a video of the creator […]

Learning about the adventures and deeds of Vikings, such as Erik the Red or Leif Eriksson, was always the highlight of any world history class in school. After all, these were true stories about men who explored the unknown, conquered new lands, and often killed mercilessly. With such strong material to draw from, it would […]