This week’s podcast was delayed in publishing thanks to the holiday week being more hectic than usual. However, better late than never, and there’s even some listener feedback included!
The news items include:
- Valkyria Chronicles 4 is mobilizing for deployment in the west in 2018
- Clicker Heroes 2 developer abandons microtransaction model citing ethical concerns
- Rainbow Six Siege is getting a high-tech ninja named Vigil
- Minecraft is adding tridents, shipwrecks, dolphins and coral reefs in Spring 2018
Let us know what you think.
Congratulations to PopCap for showing why casual games will always be a viable market. Let’s put this in perspective, investors believe GTA IV will push 13-million sales by the end of 2008 and, as of January 2008, Halo 3 had sold 8 million copies. PopCap’s little casual game has hit 25 million units sold, that’s fairly impressive considering these blockbuster titles haven’t achieved such numbers.
Gamers around the world have noticed a large trend in the video game industry in the last 15 years, massive growth with massive projects and unbelievable costs, goals and sales. We’ve seen the impossible become achievable in epic projects like World of Warcraft and huge sales figures from Halo 3 but we’ve also seen game titles fall down in a burning wreck.