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Looking at the game reserve figures U.S. I can only hallucinate with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Between the Xbox 360 and PS3 and games have reserved 2,223,261 and the number will increase because we still miss several weeks for launch (10 November).

CoD: MW 2 is poised to break many records and will certainly fill the coffers of Activision Blizzard. How many of these reserves at the prestige edition with night vision goggles that cost 150 euros? It makes my hair stand like hooks ...

His figures contrast with those of Uncharted 2, also anticipated, with reserves for PS3 not reach 300,000 units. The third most anticipated U.S. appears to be Assassin's Creed 2, whose reserves amount to 384,833 units, although this time the book is divided between PS3 and Xbox.

If you have not seen the latest video from CoD: MW 2, here it is. Enjoy it:

Source: VGChartz

Well George I miss a curiosity worth reviewed. Blizzard has posted on the doors of his office in Irving (California) a huge sculpture of more than twelve feet high. How could it be otherwise, the massive sculpture is inspired by World of Warcraft and shows an orc riding a wolf.

Great game Lord of the Rings ... I mean World of Warcraft

A huge crane and a good group of workers were required to install the statue, which was conducted by the same special effects team behind "The Lord of the Rings". The statue will welcome every day to employees who make the game possible.

-> Take a look here at photos of the statue.

What statue give the door of your business? Hehehe

Although it seemed that the crisis has come to video games. The Christmas season has been good and, despite having excellent qualifications, not what should be sold in the period's best-selling video games. This we know well at Electronic Arts (EA), which promised layoffs in the last presentation of results of the company and she has kept. It seems that it has completed the process and the nominees have to be out of the house of Big Brother John Riccitello (CEO of EA).

In the marketing department have "let go" two "historical", responsible for years of the success of franchises like The Sims and FIFA in our country. Both professionals are the cream of the department, so I do not think they have problems relocate despite the crisis. They both wish you well and encourage them to be optimistic. Every cloud has a silver lining, and sometimes it's worth a change.

As shown, Riccitello dismissing the Godfather ...

Gamesindustry also reports that there have been cuts in EA in the UK both in Marketing as PR (press). Want to reach the 1,000 layoffs worldwide and Spain finally collaborate in a process that is sold as a move that will make the company stronger , which they believe or not. Also in other departments has been low, not only marketing has been cut.

The cuts have occurred in a moment of excitement in AD, when presenting the product to journalists who have not yet been announced to users. Also just announced its new products for the Need for Speed ​​series , which was in neutral, and have even reported to have taken over the rights of Vivendi Games Bourne . Starbreeze, one of my studios fetish Riddick game , will be responsible for a project that promises.

New to Activision and SEGA

Activision also no movement after the merger announcement with Blizzard and Vivendi. After a few months you could not hear anything about it, are already being carried out restructuring, focusing on tasks and handing it to people in new challenges. From what little I know are not doing very well, but they will know ...

And we have new PR Manager SEGA is none other than Diana Radetski, former Ubisoft and Virgin. Best of luck to her.

Just the news with a catchy headline: " The video game market has grown overall in 2008 . " Well thank goodness that has grown ...

Electronic Arts, the number one video game company Activision Blizzard if not supersedes, a company that does nothing offered a millionaire by Take Two, now announces a cut of 6 percent of its staff in order to save $ 50 million as a result some disappointing results in the third quarter.

October seems to have been a good month and, as I noted at parties and Activision Xbox earlier in the week, although in principle had not been affected, it seems that game companies are beginning to feel the crisis right in the worst moment in the Christmas season, during which the bill about 70% of video games all year.

It seems that the games that have worked best in the third quarter of the year, in which EA losses have increased significantly, were Madden NFL 09, Spore, Mercenaries 2, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 and and Warhammer Online. Call powerfully attention that does not appear in the list Spore.

The layoffs will begin to communicate now. The hiring will be frozen pending, it will reduce redundancies and some positions will be closed completely. I hope that does not affect much to Spain, although, come to think, just cut into my favorite section ... As we ran out of programs TV AD ! No, not that! Please! Nooooo!!

I sympathize with the people of EA since I, unfortunately, I am in the same situation .

Conclusion: Do not you find it strange that companies with profits have to kick people? It is clearly exploiting the crisis to lose weight and re-hire companies at better prices or cheaper elsewhere. The truth is that not only the financial system is rotten ...

Sources:

• Gamesindustry.biz
• In Gamespot are following the news with constant updates. Highly recommended to follow the news there.

And they say there is a crisis ... Eletronic Arts (EA) has made an unsolicited offer to buy Take-Two, publisher of "Grand Theft Auto" and others, 2 billion. This is a clear commitment to remain the world's number one game after the merger between Activision and Vivendi, Blizzard in the lead, threatening its global supremacy.

EA had been trying to buy the publisher of GTA, Bioshock and famous sports games like NBA 2K7 among others, in private, but to find a negative, have decided to publish the offer, which is $ 26 per share (trading at about 13 in the time of the offer) to try to convince shareholders and gain control of the company in a hostile and against the wishes of the board of Take-Two. The Chairman of Take-Two, Strauss Zelnick, says the offer is inadequate and that comes at a bad time, just before the release of Grand Theft Auto IV, a highly anticipated game that surely will significantly increase the price of actions. Zelnick believes the offer is opportunistic and not without reason.

At this time, after making the offer public, the stock has risen to 17.36 dollars and is at 25.80 in pre-market, so that when you open the bag, like foam will rise to just under $ 26 offered by EA. With the right information, you could buy shares of Take-Two to $ 13 and get 13 additional benefits if the company eventually acquired by EA's $ 26 offer. The die is cast

The cards are on the table. The board of Take-Two does not want to sell just before the big launch and EA wants to buy at bargain prices to remain the world number one. The offer is not bad and will eventually shareholders to decide.

Again, the acquiring company and acquired many problems will have to merge because their corporate cultures are very different. I predict that EA will be made with Take-Two, but may not retain the talent of the guys from Rockstar, Take-Two brand which is responsible for GTA.

Take-Two has traversed a long journey in the desert waiting overcome with GTA IV. The big question is whether GTA IV will be the goose that lays the golden eggs that will be returned to investors or the expected benefits will not be as successful as some analysts expected. If shareholders believe will be a great success, as I believe, the shares should rise and the price of Take-Two would rise up out of reach EA.En extreme conclusion, shareholders have gone wrong with Take-Two, but I think GTA IV will be the solution. If I were a shareholder of Take-Two, expect to see what happens with this highly anticipated game and then we listen to offers for a lot mayor.PD: I can not help comparing this situation to that of Microsoft and Yahoo! both look identical except for operations small details ...

- Related Links:

• Quote of Take-Two .
• Electronic Arts bids for Take-Two .

If a game has corrupted me lately is Assassin's Creed. I feel great idea, the script control, animations ... I had fun playing and I think is the best of the year. Many people think it. Just look at the charts. They have sold while stocks have risen Ubisoft through the roof and it seems that EA is going to cost much more money do with Ubisoft to counter the merger of Activision and Blizzard, who will be the new world leaders.

But not everything is good, this is a good start but still must improve more. I tell you what I would improve:

1 - Your worst fault is that it is repetitive in their missions and the issue of the watchmen. As an open world, when you get bored you can play to find banners, but this does not mean it is a game very redundant.

2 - In the end the shit a little. I did not realize one thing when I was a 5-second finish my game and I had to find a solution. Not much because I will not tell aguaros the party, but the ending leaves much to be desired. They note that there will be Assassin's Creed 2, 3 and maybe some more.

3 - When you need to fight no more moves than the counterattack, and is a movement that you get very early in the game. You protect yourself and when you go to attack, contraatacas and fall like flies. It always works and is a movement so lethal to your health insurance and almost no need to use the rest.

4 - The suspected system can be improved. You can really go running through the city without any care and is quite likely not activate the alert. The guards do not react as well as expected to the screams and commotion of civilians.

5 - The cutscenes are great, are fun, but there's no cutting, which greatly limits the replay value. I finished it on Xbox and I would put the PS3 version, but does not work me back those scenes I had to quit.

6 - Run away when you are discovered and scale is too easy. Flee because there are many hiding places on the roofs of buildings and scale because simply press a button that climbing whatever. Almost everything can be scaled and is very easy to do. They could have been a little more selective and forcing some to think the best way to scale rather than make life easier.

So you do not agree or you do not seem safe, but certainly not a game 10. Tens have been taking lately with great joy, too. I certainly do not think there is game 10, I have not played a game that does not improve anything. The game is visually outstanding, worth every dollar you pay for it, but it certainly is not without its faults.

- Special Assassin's Creed .