Justin and Ethan have noticed that their game purchasing habits have gotten a little out of control. Heading into a heavy release season they thought it would be best to talk it out before they get in over their head again. The Cursed Checkpoint is a topical video game podcast focused on discussions and interviews… Continue reading
Castle Crashers has been one of the long-standing champions of Xbox Live Arcade, but recently it’s been met with some ferocious competition. The Behemoth decided that it would try to help those who haven’t purchased the game yet (which is still wildly popular) by slashing its price in half to 600 MS Points. You might be thinking, “I… Continue reading
Apparently, the video game industry didn’t get the memo that our economy is supposed to be in the tank. Bethesda announced this week that The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim sold an estimated 3.5 million units in 24 hours. These figures can be added on top of the other gaudy fall sales numbers: Modern Warfare 3 grossed… Continue reading
It’s nice to see great news come out of such a dreary game, but Amnesia: The Dark Descent has been selling quite well for Frictional Games. So well in fact, that the company is now financially stable for the first time in their history. Sales of 200k have more than doubled their highest expectations and… Continue reading
Angry Birds shows no signs of slowing down, even after its publisher, Chillingo, was bought by EA last week. After several free updates to the original game, Rovio went ahead and self-published Angry Birds Halloween only to see the game top 1 million downloads in 6 days. Looks like it’s incredibly successful business as usual…. Continue reading
Game deals happen every day, and Xbox Live deals happen every week. However when the Xbox Live deal of the week discounts not 1, but 6 games, it’s definitely worth writing about. These aren’t just a bunch of random throwaway titles either, these are some of the best games on Xbox Live Arcade. Take a… Continue reading