EL33TONLINE: News tag archive: mafiaii
So what special price offers are on the cards for the next seven days, just for members of Xbox LIVE Gold over Xbox LIVE Marketplace?
It’s a good thing you’re interested in this very specific information, because the good Major Nelson has let us know that a range of downloadable content for 2K Games’ Mafia II, Bioshock 2 and Borderlands is currently enjoying price reductions so that more of us can enjoy them!
Get the details and price info:
The third downloadable add-on pack for Mafia II is now available worldwide on the PlayStation Network, Xbox LIVE Marketplace and PC. Titled ‘Joe’s Adventures,’ the final downloadable chapter in the Mafia II universe promises to “expand the intense narrative with over six hours of new gameplay” for 800 MS Points.
The NPD Group has released its sales report of the videogame industry in the US for the month of September, sadly the first of its kind to not include exact unit sales.
NPD no longer reports the unit sales figures for the Top 5, neither does the Top 10 show a single title on a single platform but rather the combined sales of an individual title across all platforms.
Just like a winding, downward-spiralling life of crime, 2K Games just keeps trying to pull you back into Mafia II with offers of downloadable content (DLC), this time flashing four packs of the stuff from beneath its collective overcoat.
Like an addict, we can’t help but feel tempted.
Last week, September 14th, Microsoft’s Halo: Reach released in the UK (and around the world) and effortlessly provided the company with its biggest ever launch week in the region, and added up to the 5th biggest launch in the UK ever.
The only games that stood in the way of Halo: Reach’s ability to become the number one biggest launch are Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (both the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions), GTA: San Andreas (PS2) and GTA IV (Xbox 360).
Following on from the previous set of downloadable content (DLC) for Mafia II, 2K Games has announced that a new story-based adventure for the mobster-themed game will be released later this year for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.
Somewhat lamely called “Joe’s Adventures,” this DLC will follow the adventures of Joe Barbaro, childhood best-friend of the game’s main protagonist, Vito Scaletta.
Despite a 58% drop in sales compared to the week previous, 2K’s mobster-themed action game Mafia II has managed to remain at the top of Chart Track’s UK Software Sales listing for the third week in a row, fending off advances from Ubisoft’s HAWX 2, as well as a host of new releases.
[Update] You can find an extended list of best-selling software, which includes the top twenty selling titles for the month of August, over here. [End of Update]
The NPD Group has released the latest round of sales figures for the videogame industry in the US for the month of August 2010, and unfortunately the research and sales tracking firm doesn’t have especially good news for us number nuts, announcing that industry revenue in the region dropped by ten percent compared to August 2009.
Overall sales in the industry stood at $818.9 million for August, down $91.4 million from the same period last year. Year-to-date, industry revenue accumulated during 2010 is roughly $720 million behind 2009 during the same timeframe - from January to August 2010, the industry has generated $8.37 billion.
NPD analyst Anita Frazier noted:
The world of Mafia II is one of incredible detail, and attention to detail. The city of Empire Bay that plays host to your anti-social adventures is crammed with fine touches, like smoke billowing out of street vents and eye-catching lighting and colour, as well as overarching and complicated designs, like winding suburban paths, sprawling city streets, and filthy scrapyards.
Empire Bay is an enormous place, bustling with activity. The rush of 1940’s style cars over the roads and the movement of inhabitants across pavements combined with a cacophony of city sounds makes for a real ‘living, breathing’ city. If you want to get away from the hustle, take a trip into the greenery of the hills at night and spy vast vistas below you, with a constellation of towering skyscrapers and simple homes spilling into the starlit sky above.
Arriving back into Empire Bay at dawn via one of the immense, yawning bridges changes the complexion of the city again as the sun creeps over the brick and concrete of the world, stretching rays of light over the landscape ahead to transform buildings into intimidating silhouettes that sit imposingly in front of you, all set against an inviting pale orange sky – quite a contrast!
With all of the razzle-dazzle detail, visual excess and expansive scenery, however, Mafia II simply doesn’t deliver a game equal to its presentation, and instead contents itself with stringing players along on a linear story-based crime caper that, although delivered extremely well, requires far too much unnecessary and stringent work on the part of the player to fully enjoy.
Continue reading El33tonline’s review of Mafia II.
Hmm… it’s still a good update this week for the European PlayStation Store, but not quite up to the standard of previous additions to the service.
But don’t lose heart! We’ve got a Quantum Theory demo to look forward to! Also, a downloadable game called Top Gun! Also, downloadable content for Mafia II, Dragon Age: Origins and Transformers: War for Cyberton.
Let’s not forget about a bunch of great price reductions on some interesting games, and the usual assortment of themes, wallpapers and Avatars, and new songs for Singstar, Rock Band and Guitar Hero.
Hey, this update isn’t looking so bad after all!
Head on down below to see the full list of content soon to become available on the European PlayStation Store:
2K Games has announced that the new downloadable game add-on pack for Mafia II is now available. ‘Jimmy’s Vendetta’ delivers more than 30 new city quests to PS3, Xbox 360 and PC players around the world for $9.99/800 MS Points.
The DLC pack lets players experience Empire Bay as Jimmy, once an ally of the mob but now an enemy out for vengeance. “Fueled by rage, Jimmy takes on Italian and Irish mobsters in a slew of new unlockable city quests, including assassination and timed vehicle pursuits ending in dramatic shootouts.”
The US PlayStation Store has been updated with a whole bunch of new goodies for all you PS3 owners out there to enjoy.
TerRover, the 2D physics based all-terrain vehicle platform game from Creat Studios, leads the charge but there’s also an assortment of demos, downloadable content (including the Mafia II Jimmy’s Vendetta DLC) and special price offers. Not to mention the PixelJunk 3in1 Bundle and even more if you’re a PlayStation Plus subscriber!
Browse through the full list of new content now available on the US PlayStation Store below:
Shush. It was better than 2K’s headline, at least:
“2K Sports Serves Up Another Winner With Top Spin 4”
Really, 2K? Really? Anyways, let’s get on with it:
2K Sports has officially announced today that the company’s next tennis simulation game, Top Spin 4, is scheduled for release on Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii in 2011.
2K Games’ mobster-themed action adventure game, Mafia II, has managed to remain at the top of Chart Track’s UK Software Sales listing for the second week in a row, even though overall sales of the game dropped by 23% compared to the week previous.
Take-Two recently released financial results for its third fiscal quarter ending July 31st, and things are looking positive at the house Grand Theft Auto built, as a new challenger emerges to claim the right to be called Take-Two’s crown jewel.
This comes as the publisher announced another delay for the long-in-development LA Noire, while also speaking on the market reception of Mafia II.
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