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Halo 3: ODST, God of War III top E3 favorites – Survey
Jun 19th
Nielsen study released yesterday reveals the top 12 games presented at the expo that are most likely to be purchased by gamers.
According to a June 8 report by research group Nielsen, New Super Mario Bros. Wii garnered the most online “buzz” at this month’s Electronic Entertainment Expo. However, a report released this week indicates that such ephemeral attention might not translate into hard sales.
The survey asked gamers which games presented at E3 they were definitely or probably interested in purchasing. Some 53 percent of respondents were likely to purchase Halo 3: ODST, with 49 percent for God of War III. On the other end of the list, The Beatles: Rock Band ranked last at 12th with 30 percent.
One interesting factoid by Nielsen is that there were no massive changes in interest in the 12 titles from pre-E3 to post-E3. As the research group puts it, “In other words, games that already tugged at gamers’ hearts held on.”
The results of Nielsen’s June 7 to 14 survey are listed below, along with a video of GameSpot’s Halo 3: ODST demo.
TITLE – RELEASE DATE – PERCENTAGE INTERESTED
1) Halo 3:ODST – September 22, 2009 – 53%
2) God of War III – March 2010 – 49%
3) Wii Sports Resort – WII – July 26, 2009 – 45%
4) Guitar Hero 5 – September 1, 2009 – 42%
5) Final Fantasy XIII – Q2 2010 – 37%
6) Madden NFL 10 – August 14, 2009 – 35%
7) Guitar Hero: Van Halen – Q3 2009 – 34%
Assassins Creed 2 – November 17, 2009 – 32%
9) Need for Speed: Shift – September 22, 2009 – 32%
10) Need for Speed: Nitro – Q3 2009 – 32%
11) NCAA Football 10 – July 14, 2009 – 32%
12) Beatles Rock Band – September 9, 2009 – 30%
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Assassin’s Creed 2 team tops 450
May 21st
Ubisoft producer Sebastien Puel says sequel to 2007 action adventure boasts team size three times that of best-selling predecessor; 75 percent of original devs returned.
Ubisoft likely had high hopes for its Montreal studio’s 2007 release Assassin’s Creed, but even the publisher’s forecasts were way off the mark when it came to the action adventure’s actual sales performance. After a series of dramatic upward earnings revisions, Ubisoft revealed last May that Assassin’s Creed and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 helped push the publisher to a 36 percent annual revenue hike, nearly tripling profits in the process.
Unsurprisingly, then, Ubisoft is putting its full weight behind Assassins’ Creed 2. Speaking to UK-based gaming site NowGamer, producer Sebastien Puel said that more than 450 people are at work on Assassin’s Creed 2, with 75 percent of the original team having returned to work on the sequel. Putting that figure into context, Puel went on to note that the Assassin’s Creed 2 team “is about three times the size of the team of the first game.”
Puel also emphasized the importance of carrying over such a significant portion of the original team. “Making [Assassin's Creed] from A to Z took around four years,” he said. “It’s a very good thing we are keeping most of the core members who envisioned the first Assassin’s Creed. They know the project very well.” According to NowGamer, Puel also said that many of the “thousands of ideas” planned for the first game are now being implemented into its sequel.
Officially unveiled in April, Assassin’s Creed 2 is set in Renaissance-era Venice as well as the Tuscan countryside, following new protagonist Ezio. More information on the action adventure game is expected to arrive as part of the 2009 Electronic Entertainment Expo, taking place in Los Angeles June 1-4.
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