Konami cancels realistic Six Days in Fallujah video game
After an outcry in the U.S., Japanese video game maker Konami has decided to cancel its Six Days in Fallujah video game.
The game (which we covered a couple of weeks ago) aimed to reproduce the bloody street battles between U.S. soldiers and insurgents in Fallujah, Iraq, in 2004. Thousands of people, including many Iraqi citizens, and 38 U.S. soldiers were killed in the fighting. The outrage over the game showed that even video games can… Continue Reading
Konami’s 2009 games include controversial Fallujah episode of Iraq War
Konami Digital Entertainment recently showcased its slate of 2009 games, included a controversial one based on Fallujah, a battle site in the Iraq war.
Anthony Crouts, vice president of marketing at Konami Digital Entertainment, talks about this and the company’s other new titles.
VB: Can you talk about Six Days in Fallujah and how that came about?
AC: When a handful of Marines from the 3-1 battalion came back from Fallujah, they approached Atomic Games to create a… Continue Reading
GDC 09: conference to reflect a more global game industry
The 2009 Game Developers Conference will feature a more global list of speakers who reflect the video game industry’s changing landscape.
The show, which runs in San Francisco from March 23 to March 27, will include keynote speakers Satoru Iwata, chief executive of Nintendo, and Hideo Kojima, the Japanese creator of the Metal Gear series of console video games, published by Konami.
Iwata is a hero for reviving the industry with the launch of the Wii game… Continue Reading
Monthly NPD video game sales: Sony overtakes Microsoft, Nintendo keeps rocking
As the E3 video game industry media show comes to a close today, the game industry got some very good news. In spite of the recession, video game sales are still roaring.
June sales of video game hardware, software and accessories grew 53 percent to $1.69 billion, according to market researcher NPD Group. Hardware sales grew 54 percent, software grew 61 percent, and accessories were up 25 percent.
Nintendo came up on top. No surprise there, as… Continue Reading
E3 trendspotting: the triumph of music
LOS ANGELES — I just came back from the “Rock Band 2″ party at the E3 video game show. Inside the Orpheum theater, The Who belted out 40-year-old songs to the delight of the crowd of game executives and journalists. The event was the most exciting so far in a dull conference that has proved, in most respects, to be a shadow of its former glory.
As lead singer Roger Daltrey exhorted the crowd to belt… Continue Reading