Infinity Ward says that Modern Warfare 2 has been a success on PC, despite controversy

Alex Tretrop Nov 23, 2009 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Gaming, News

Now you're all probably playing Modern Warfare 2 right now and enjoying the heck out of it, but did you know that before the game was released that the PC community was enraged that Infinity Ward were removing dedicated server support from the PC version of the game? This resulted in the creation of an online petition that had over 225,000 signatures from the community to put dedicated servers back into the game.

Despite this, Robert Bowling, the community manager over at Infinity Ward, has posted on the Official Modern Warfare 2 PC forums that while the PC version didn't sell nearly as much as the console version, it did apparently outsell the PC version of Call of Duty 4 in it's first week of release. The forum post is followed by a lot of negative criticism towards Bowling's comments, with most of the posters saying that the huge amount of hype made it sell a ton of copies on the PC.

Read his forum post here.

[The Escapist via GamesIndustry]

Next Zelda game to be "Radically Different", Surprise announcement at E3

Alex Tretrop Nov 21, 2009 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Gaming, News, breaking

Yes, I know, The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks hasn't even come out yet and they are already talking about the next Zelda for the Wii. Apparently, a producer working on the next unannounced Zelda has told Official Nintendo Magazine UK that gamers should expect a surprise at next year's E3.  Going against what Mario mastermind, Shigeru Miyamoto said months ago, when he stated that the new Zelda title wouldn't change all too much from what we've been used to. Hmmm.... 

Still, a new Zelda for the Wii has me more than a little excited for next year's E3 announcement. What do you guys think about this change? Should Nintendo stick to its original formula? Or does the series need a Wind Waker-like breath of fresh air to be revitalized? 

[The Escapist]

PS3 Review: Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time

So, every few years there’s a new Ratchet and Clank game on the market for Sony fans. The series itself has always had its up's with great games like Up Your Arsenal, and down's with Ratchet: Deadlocked. Despite all the problems some of the games had, they were all still pretty entertaining enough to warrant a nice weekend rental.  

So the question is -  Is this game worth more then just a rental?