If you’ve recently picked up the latest Game Informer, you should have been treated to some new details around Halo 3: Recon. As noted in the game’s trailer which aired a few weeks ago, you’ll be playing the role of a regular ODST trooper in New Mombasa on the search for a lost group of soldiers. CVG has some nice details here.
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For those of you that signed up to download an early preview of the New Xbox 360 Experience but didn’t get in, Microsoft is letting you in as of today. According to Major Nelson, if you signed up and provided a valid console ID, the next time you turn on your Xbox 360 you should be prompted to install the NXE. For the rest of us, we’ll just have to wait until Wednesday. For the details, click here.
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After a bit of time on break the podcast team has posted a new podcast today. They are addressing “Atmosphere in Games.” Give it a listen and let us know what you think.
NPD has released the October numbers. They’re quite interesting and the most important in some time. October historically is where the early signs of the holiday uptick in sales begin, and you can actually get a pretty good idea of where total holiday sales will turn out. Historically November sales are roughly 2-5-3 times October’s, and December doubles November, so seeing how each system did last month can give some insight into how they’ll finish out the year as well. READ MORE
Indie developers 2D Boy revealed figures last week that indicate that the piracy rate for their puzzle game World of Goo may be as high as 90%. This statistic is based on the number of sales versus the number of IP addresses that submitted high scores. The game was released without DRM, software specifically designed to hinder pirates. However, developer Ron Carmel notes that Reflexive Entertainment’s Ricochet featured in-house DRM and was pirated at a similar rate (92%).
