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Guinness World Records: Top 50 Game Franchises of All Time

Paul Curtin — Fri, 07 May 2010 14:10:56 +0000

Let the Fanboy War of 2010 begin, Guinness World Records has named the top 50 gaming franchises of all time and guess who came in the #1 spot. It’s no surprise that Halo and Call of Duty battled it out for the #1 spot with games like Zelda, Metal Gear, Super Mario, Warcraft and Gears of War following closely behind. But I think the biggest shocker is God of War at #30?! Really?

Guinness polled gamers between January and August 2009, and here are the results:

1. Halo
2. Call of Duty
3. The Legend of Zelda
4. Guitar Hero
5. Metal Gear
6. Super Mario Bros.
7. World of Warcraft
8. Gears of War
9. Super Smash Bros.
10. Grand Theft Auto
11. Pokémon
12. Resident Evil
13. Fallout
14. Half-Life
15. Sonic the Hedgehog
16. Counter-Strike
17. Runescape
18. FIFA
19. Kingdom Hearts
20. Final Fantasy
21. Pac-Man
22. Madden NFL
23. The Sims
24. Tomb Raider
25. WWE Smackdown Vs. RAW
26. Rock Band
27. LittleBigPlanet
28. Saints Row
29. The Elder Scrolls
30. God of War
31. GoldenEye 007
32. Bioshock
33. KillZone
34. Skate
35. Left 4 Dead
36. Need for Speed
37. Chrono Trigger
38. Gran Turismo
39. StarCraft
40. Ratchet & Clank
41. Pong
42. Tom Clancy’s…
43. Star Wars: Battlefront
44. Battlefield
45. Diablo
46. Lego Batman
47. Mario Kart
48. Burnout
49. Crash Bandicoot
50. Pro Evolution Soccer

Lost Planet 2 now mixed with Gears of War?

Paul Curtin — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:09:22 +0000

What the hell is going on? Just a couple days ago it was announced that the Game of the Year Uncharted 2 was was releasing a downloadable character pack for $4.99 that would allow people to play as many of the most recognizable characters from Playstation’s biggest games in multiplayer.

Now, Capcom has released a teaser trailer that shows Marcus Fenix and Dom Santiago from the Gears of War series fighting in the Lost Planet 2 universe. The trailer ends with the Gears of War logo behind the Lost Planet 2 logo. Will this be a feature that comes standard with the game, be downloadble content or online multiplayer only? Your guess is as good as mine cause this trailer has me left scratching my head and wondering why all these games are turning into next-gen Super Smash Bros. Check out the trailer after the break.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl X: Extreme and New Wii Expand Service

Paul Curtin — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:44:16 +0000

IGN has released probably the most impressive April Fool’s Day fake news story so far today claiming that Nintendo is prepping a new ‘Expand’ service for the Wii and a new bloody update to Super Smash Bros. Brawl dubbed Super Smash Bros. Brawl X: Extreme. Hit the jump for details and the video.

On Wednesday afternoon in Kyoto, Japan, Nintendo Co. Ltd. allegedly held a private conference at the Rihga Royal Hotel, where company leaders spoke to third-party publishing partners about a new service in the works for Wii owners. Called ‘Wii Expand,’ the addition, which utilizes the recently-released Wii System Menu 4.0′s new SD card compatibility, enables players to download game expansions, modifications and updates. Insiders who attended the exclusive event said that Wii Expand would launch globally later this year, but could not provide an exact date.

Much more surprising is the demo the publisher showcased presumably as a proof of concept for the service: an ultra-violent update to its hit Wii fighter, now appropriately dubbed Super Smash Bros. Brawl X: Extreme. The moniker seems to be a play on the game’s original Japanese name of Dairantou Smash Bros. X — now, though, the ‘X’ is stained with blood. Insiders explained that via a content download through the Expand service, Wii owners would be able to save the expansion to SD card and could then choose to play the so-called ‘Extreme’ version of the game upon next booting Brawl.

Sources described several scenes from Nintendo’s presentation, all of them depicting gory additions to the fighter. In one such bout, Link of Zelda fame supposedly decapitated Nintendo’s plumber. Skeptical, we asked our contacts to provide us with documented proof, either of the event or of the revelations made within, and they did us one better. As a result, IGN can today present the first look at the new Super Smash Bros. Brawl X: Extreme via bootlegged shaky-cam footage from the event. It’s not of the best quality, but it’s better than you’ll find anywhere else.