Date: Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Time: 6:00pm PST
Game: Halo 3
This week, we’re going to try having XOD Game Night on a Thursday. I’ve had some people request the day be changed, so I thought we’d see how the turnout is. Be sure to vote in our poll which can be found in the sidebar. We’re going back to Halo 3 this week, as it’s a game that many people have. You can start talking trash in the forums.
Link: XOD Game Night
I scoured this week’s ads to bring you the best gaming deals of the week. Unfortunately, there isn’t much to get excited over this week.
Halo 3 – $38 at Best Buy
Madden NFL ’08 – $45 at Circuit City
NBA Live 08 – $38 at Circuit City
Xbox 360 Wireless Controller – $42 at Circuit City
Major Nelson has posted his weekly Xbox LIVE stats for the week beginning January 14th. Among the various letters and numbers, one interesting statistic stands out. Call of Duty 4 has moved into the #1 spot, beating Halo 3 in the number of unique users playing the game. I haven’t gone back week-by-week to verify this claim, but I believe this is the first time Halo 3 wasn’t #1 since it’s release in September. If that claim is false, please set me straight in the comments.
This is pretty unprecidented, especially considering many people* think of the 360 as “the Halo 3 box.” I guess there is room for two games in this box.
*I am not included in this group of people. Taking a look at the list of games I own should prove that claim.
The NPD Group has released their sales numbers for the month of December and the full year. The bottom line: Your bank account suffered…
The industry as a whole (excluding PC games) saw a 43% increase in sales compared to 2006. How much did they make, you ask? $17.94 billion dollars! The Xbox 360 was no slouch in the console department selling 1.26 million units in December and 4.62 million in the entire year. It’s in the software sales, however, that the 360 really shines. The 360 version Call of Duty 4 was #1 for the second month in a row selling a whopping 1.47 million copies in December. Three other 360 titles made the top 10 for the month, including Assassin’s Creed, Halo 3 and Guitar Hero III.
On the annual sales front, Halo 3 dominated with 4.82 million copies sold, beating Nintendo’s Trojan horse Wii Play with Remote by 600,000 units. Call of Duty 4 and Assassin’s Creed also made the top 10 for the year.
Hit the link and come to terms with the realization of where all your money went this year.
Link: NPD: U.S. Video Game Industry Totals $17.94 Billion, Halo 3 Tops All [Via Joystiq]
I didn’t realize those things were that durable.
Over on Bungie.net, Bungie’s own Brian Jarrard (Ske7ch) has posted some tips and tricks for using Halo 3′s Forge with the new Foundry map. He details his thought processes throughout the creation of each of his custom maps and really shows the potential that lies within Bungie’s Forge tool. He gives some great insight if you plan on tinkering around in Forge yourself.
Head over to Bungie.net to read all about it. Don’t forget to check out the maps for yourself by downloading them from his fileshare.
Link: Forging Foundry
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