Here are your daily HyTek Quicky headlines; Nintendo Sells 3 Million Wii's in Dec., Metal Slug XX For PSP in February, Unofficial L4D De-make Available, Dragon Age "Awakenings" Expansion Announced, DLC Delayed, EA Sports Shutting Down Multiplayer for Older Titles, Dark Void PC Requirements Announced, Demo This Week, Protoss Mini-Campaign Confirmed,
Nintendo Sells Three Million Wii's in December
According to Nintendo (still unofficial until we hear from the NPD), 3 million Wii's were sold for the holiday season in December. A number of those purchases may correlate with the New Super Mario Bros. game which is at 4 million U.S. lifetime sales.
Metal Slug XX for PSP in February
"Old school arcade action is back" with Metal Slug XX making it's way to the PSP next month. The run and gun game will also feature Combat School, which offers Metal Slug veterans a chance to put their cred on the line in over 70 challenging mission-based trials. Metal Slug XX will drop February 23, 2010 for $19.99.
Unofficial Left 4 Dead De-make Available
If you've ever wondered what the epic zombie killing action from L4D would be like in 8-bit, now's your chance. Eric Ruth Games has de-made L4D to retro goodness. Per the website "Go alone, or invite a friend for 2 player co-op against the zombie apocalypse in all 4 of the original game campaigns. 2 difficulties and all 4 of the survivors make a glorious 8-bit appearence, complete with first and second tier weapons scattered along your path to escape." http://www.ericruthgames.com/ for more info
Dragon Age: Origins "Awakenings" Expansion Announced, DLC Delayed
Dragon Age: Origins will be getting it's first full expansion on March 16th, titled "Awakenings". The previously announced DLC, "Return to Ostagar" DLC, however, will be delayed until January 11th for unknown reasons. "Awakenings" takes place after the events of Dragon Age: Origins and will be available on March 16th for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC bearing a price tag of $40.
EA Closing Multiplayer for Older Sports Titles
Many of the older EA Sports games (i.e. Madden NFL 07, 08) will have the doors shut on their multiplayer, according to EA. Twenty games will be getting the multiplayer axed on February 2, 2010. See the full article for more details and a list of games.
Dark Void PC Requirements Announced, Demo Coming This Week
Dark Void is due out in stores January 19th after having been delayed from a September '09 release. The PC requirements (not recommendations) were announced today, as well as the launch of the demo for Dark Void available on Xbox 360 and the Playstation Network. See the full article for more.
Starcraft II Protoss Mini-Campaign Confirmed
Blizzard's Stefanie Gwinner confirmed this on the Battle.net forums that Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty single-player mode would be getting a Protoss mini-campaign featuring the sons of Aiur. Starcraft II is expected out sometime this year. Need more input?
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