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 Spore Coming September To PC, Mac, DS, Mobile [02.12.08] Publisher Electronic Arts has announced a September 7th, 2008 release date for Will Wright's highly anticipated sim-universe title Spore on PC, Mac, DS and mobile phone, after much speculation and rumor the title would see a delay from its previous March/April target.
Casual Games and Piracy: The Truth [02.12.08] Just how rampant is piracy in PC casual gaming? In a startling Gamasutra expose, Reflexive's director of marketing Russell Carroll (Wik, Ricochet) reveals the 92% piracy rate for one of his company's games, and what worked (and didn't work) when they tried to fix it.
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Persuasive Games: Videogame Vignette [02.12.08] In his latest 'Persuasive Games' column on sociopolitical games, designer/author Ian Bogost analyzes the 'vignette' that is Hush, a student game which movingly chronicles the massacres of the Rwandan Civil War.
The Arty Party [02.11.08] In this important essay, former journalist and current EA producer Jim Preston dispels the illusion of an 'art club' that games aren't allowed to enter, suggesting that diversity has made the 'games as art' debate meaningless.
Interview: Richard Garriott Is From Mars [02.08.08] You may think you know Ultima and Tabula Rasa creator Richard Garriott, but do you really understand Lord British? Gamasutra goes off-topic to chat to Garriott about games as art, his influences, and much more.
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GameFly: Assassin's Creed, Mass Effect Unshakeable
This week's top rental charts from U.S. game rental company GameFly, representing the most requested games for the week ending December 3rd, highlight both to-be-released and already released games in a unique demand-specific chart.
This week's top five all-platform requests show little movement once again, after last week saw the list barely ruffled. Assassin's Creed still takes the top spot for a third week with Mass Effect in second for its second week in a row.
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, which spent the last two weeks at number four, slips a bit to the fourth spot to make room for Kane and Lynch: Dead Men to move up one spot into the fourth spot, but that's the only movement -- Uncharted: Drake's Fortune stays at number five, where it entered last week.
What follows is a breakdown of the top titles requested by GameFly subscribers across each of the major platforms:
Xbox 360
1. Assassin's Creed (Ubisoft)
2. Mass Effect (Microsoft)
3. Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (Eidos)
4. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
5. Blacksite: Area 51 (Midway)
Nintendo Wii
1. Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo)
2. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega)
3. Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles (Capcom)
4. GameParty (Midway)
5. Soul Calibur Legends (Namco)
PlayStation 3
1. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (Sony)
2. Assassin's Creed (Ubisoft)
3. Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (Eidos)
4. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
5. Unreal Tournament III (Midway)
PlayStation 2
1. Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 (Atari)
2. Need For Speed: ProStreet (EA)
3. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Activision)
4. Simpsons Game (EA)
5. WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2008 (THQ)
Nintendo DS
1. Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings (Square Enix)
2. Mario Party DS (Nintendo)
3. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom
Hourglass (Nintendo)
4. Contra 4 (Konami)
5. Drawn to Life (THQ)
PlayStation Portable
1. Silent Hill: Origins (Konami)
2. Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles (Konami)
3. Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron (LucasArts)
4. SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Tactical Strike (Sony)
5. Medal of Honor: Heroes 2 (EA)
POSTED: 05.24AM PST, 12/04/07 - Leigh Alexander - LINK
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