Nov 11, 2009
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Sold Farely Well On Its Second Exclusive Platform.
We’re unsure whether Tecmo Koei consider 370,000 sales of their Playstation 3 exclusive Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 but they sound fairly decent to us. Especially when you consider the game is a port of an XBOX 360 “exclusive” that launched a year or so earlier.
If you haven’t checked out Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 yet, then you probably should. We thought it was really good.
Oct 7, 2009
Whoops-a-daisy. Free Trophies For Ninja Gaiden Sigma II Players.
We just want to say first up that this is not cool. It kinda makes a mockery of the trophy system and we hope Tecmo patch it quickly. Basically, Ninja Gaiden Sigma II – one of the hardest games on Playstation 3 – has an exploit that allows you to unlock some of the harder trophies just by watching replays. According to the Examiner, players can access replays uploaded by other players and earn any trophies unlocked in that playthrough just by watching the replay. D’oh.
We don’t actually think this will help in unlocking any of the campaign trophies – the hardest ones – but still, if you’ve just switched on the game, we should imagine you could get a fair few just by watching some replays. But why would you bother doing that? The game’s fun to play.
Oct 6, 2009
Ninja Gaiden Is Headed To Zen Pinball. Hell Yes.
Everytime we see the words “Zen Pinball” written, we go all of a flutter. The game’s fantastic. After playing the excellent Street Fighter table to death, we’re ready for a new challenge. And that’s coming in the form of a Ninja Gaiden themed table. We can’t bloody wait.
Details are totally restricted to that at the moment, but we’ll definitely have more soon.
Oct 5, 2009
FIFA 10's Insane Launch Numbers Will Please EA.
A magnificent success for FIFA 10 this year, as it succeeds expectations and becomes the second fastest selling game ever in the UK, right behind Grand Theft Auto IV. Even more interestingly, Playstation 3 sales of the game accounted for 46% of the title’s success; just 2% behind the XBOX 360’s relative market share, and a triumph for Sony who are seeing their system start to really gain ground in the console war.
Disappointingly, Playstation 3 exclusive Ninja Gaiden Sigma II could only muster up a chart placement of 26th (what’s wrong with you people, it’s super cheap and really rather good — review forthcoming) while Killzone 2 re-emerged at number 19.
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Sep 25, 2009
American Playstation Store Updates: 24th September 2009.
Playable Content
- Brain Challenge Price Drop (now $4.99)
- Brain Challenge Expansion Pack Price Drop (now $1.99)
- Droplitz Temporary Price Drop (now $4.99)
- 25 Guitar Hero World Tour songs are on sale for $1.50 this week!
- Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 Commander’s Challenge ($9.99)
- Zombie Apocalypse ($9.99)
- Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Demo
- Zombie Apocalypse Demo
- Lost Planet 2 Co-Op Campaign Demo
- Wolfenstein Demo
- Punisher: No Mercy Demo
Add-on Content
- Batman: Arkham Asylum Prey In The Darkness Map Pack (free)
- Fallout 3: Broken Steel ($9.99)
- Madden NFL 10 AFL Legacy Pack ($6.99)
- Midnight Club LA Police Car Pack (free)
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 Sheshan Golf Course ($7.50)
- Guitar Hero: “Munich” by Editors ($1.99); “The Geeks Were Right” by The Faint ($1.99); “Dull Life” by Yeah Yeah Yeahs ($1.99); Yeah Yeah Yeahs/The Faint/Editors Track Pack ($5.49) – Downloadable Track Pack featuring “Dull Life” by Yeah Yeah Yeahs, “Munich” by The Editors, and “Geeks Were Right” by The Faint.
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Sep 24, 2009
European Playstation Store Updates: 24th September 2009.
Special Offers: Guitar Hero World Tour – all tracks (£1.19/€1.49)
- Mr. Brightside by The Killers
- Low by Travis Barker
- What’s My Age Again by Blink 182
- Jessie’ Girl by Rick Springfield
- We Are The Champions by Queen
- Human by The Killers
- Black Betty by Ram Jam
- Because of You by Nickelback
- 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins
- Hot Blooded by Foreigner
- No Rain by Blind Melon
- Life In The Fast Lane by The Eagles
- Drive by Incubus
- Rock n’ Roll Band by Boston
- Fat Bottomed Girls by Queen
- Gimme All Your Lovin’ by ZZ Top
- Another Way To Die by Jack White and Alicia Keys
- So What by Pink
- Old Time Rock and Roll by Bob Seger
- One Of These Nights by The Eagles
- You Know You’re Right by Nirvana
- Ticks by Brad Paisley
- Use Me by Hinder
- Me and My Gang by Rascal Flatts
- Sliver by Nirvana
Playable Content
- Heavy Weapon (£6.99/€7.99)
- Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 demo
- Lost Planet 2 demo
- The Punisher: No Mercy demo
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Sep 22, 2009
We'd Like To Point This Image Out To Itagaki.
Former Team Ninja honcho Tomonobu Itagaki has been well documented as an outspoken man in the past. But in this interview with Kotaku, he comes across less outspoken, and more just pleasently opinionated. In the interview, seemingly unaware of the progress on Ninja Gaiden Sigma II [the original XBOX 360 title was designed by Itagaki - Ed] he jokes, “What the hell…?” when informed of the updated title’s Sixaxis controlled boobshake.
“Are those guys doing okay at home? I mean, I know Sigma 2’s producer, Hayashi, just got married recently…” he joked after describing the concept as “unique”.
See, if you’d have been this pleasant at Team Ninja Itagaki-san, you might not have left. But then, we probably wouldn’t have Ninja Gaiden Sigma II in the first place.
