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  • Spider-Man 3 didn't break any records on Blu-ray its first week

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    Ben Drawbaugh
    Ben Drawbaugh
    11.08.2007

    We had a feeling Sony was disappointed with Spider-Man 3's first week of sales on Blu-ray, and now we know why. Sure, 135k copies in one week (not including those bundled with the PS3 or the box set) isn't anything to scuff at, but it doesn't compare to Warner's 300 at 165k. It is however, Sony's biggest title to date -- by far -- as Casino Royal only sold 40k copies. HD DVD fanboys will be quick to point out that the tide is already starting to change and Transformers selling 190k HD DVD discs is proof, but this argument is less than weak when you consider that in the DVD race Transformers out-sold Spidey 3 by a three to one margin. Of course a devout Blu-ray fans may argue that if Transformers would've been on Blu-ray, it would've sold 405k, but that's why we call them fanboys. We do look forward to tomorrow's VideoScan numbers, when we get to see how Spidey did against Transformers in its third week.[Via FormatWarCentral]

  • Spider-Man 3 is the top selling Blu-ray title to date

    by 
    Ben Drawbaugh
    Ben Drawbaugh
    11.05.2007

    Sony says that Spider-Man 3 is their fastest selling Blu-ray to date, but has yet to release actual numbers. We're pretty sure this is bad news for the Blu-ray camp, as we don't think they'd hold back good news. The other reason to believe that the HD DVD camp has reason to gloat, is because on the first day, the Transformers DVD outsold the Spider-Man 3 DVD, by almost three-to-one. So we figure the sales for the first week are somewhere between Casino Royal (100k shipped) and Transformers (190k). But we guess we'll have to wait until Friday's Nielsen numbers to get a better picture of how things shaped up.

  • Nokia's N95 8GB released with a Spider-Man 3 surprise

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    Thomas Ricker
    Thomas Ricker
    10.15.2007

    Nokia's N95 8GB super-chunk is out for global(ish) distribution today. N95 fans can now take home the larger storage and slightly bigger 2.8-inch (240 x 320) display in addition to the HSDPA, WiFi, A-GPS, and 5 megapixel camera already found in Nokia's existing flagship "multimedia computer." To celebrate the launch, Nokia is pre-loading Spider-Man 3 for Europe and select Middle Eastern and Africa countries. The tie-in? Wait for it... "The Movie sees Spider-Man's suit turn jet-black and enhance his powers and, in its latest incarnation, the Nokia N95 has undergone a similar transformation to emerge as the Nokia N95 8GB." Riiight. Hitting retail today for €560 (about $794) pre-tax and pre-carrier subsidy.Read -- N95 8GB says "Ship Me!" Read -- Spiderman 3 bundle

  • Months late, Spider-Man 3 goes to PSP with new content

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    Andrew Yoon
    Andrew Yoon
    10.09.2007

    Remember that Spider-Man 3 movie that came out a few months ago? Remember how every single platform received a game to coincide with the movie's launch? Well, except one. Sony's very own PSP. Months late, the Spider-Man 3 video game is finally ready to release on the PSP, and it includes a few extras for those that were foolhardy patient enough to wait.Noted as the "first fully-streaming Spider-Man environment for the PSP system," the game now adds an exclusive Conquest mode, where players must complete mission by dawn. If successful, players will earn Hero Points, which allow them to upgrade and customize their Spider-Man skills.The game is supposedly heading to retailers today, albeit amazon.com lists next week as the release date. Honestly, if you've been waiting this long, another week isn't seemingly going to make much of a difference, huh?

  • $20 discounts on R6 Vegas, GRAW 2 and more

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    Dustin Burg
    Dustin Burg
    07.01.2007

    Looking for some great video game deals? Well, look no further than Circuit City and the Sunday newspaper ads. This week, Circuit City is slashing $20 off select games including titles like TMNT ($29.99), GRAW 2 ($39.99), Spider-Man 3 ($39.99) and Call of Duty 3 ($39.99). Also, since both the Red and Black Edition Player Packs will be free downloads, why not pick up Rainbow Six Vegas for the low, low price of $39.99 too? You can't pass that up. Maybe new releases are more up your alley, then we advise picking up a free $10 gift card with a Transformers: The Game purchase. And if you're in the market for Shadowrun, purchase it for $37.99 on Windows Vista and Circuit City will throw in a wireless receiver for free!All deals are available online or in-store, so save a few bucks and pick up some new games to add to your video game library this week.

  • Pachter: Hey Activision, watch out for Rock Band

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    Ludwig Kietzmann
    Ludwig Kietzmann
    06.04.2007

    Unfortunately, we can't attribute Michael Pachter's warning to Activision as a direct quote, as analysts are forbidden from saying "Hey" and are forced to substitute the informal greeting with "pardon me" or "pay attention to me, please." In commenting on Activision's glowing fiscal report and strong NPD presence to GameDaily BIZ, Pachter draws attention to several challenges Activision faces in the coming months. "All things are not perfect in Activision's world," he says.Pachter predicts that the glaring imperfections (to put it mildly) highlighted by reviewers in the Spider-Man 3 games will curtail sales, and that Call of Duty 4's proposed Iraq setting may prove to leave an equally bad taste in the consumer's mouth. More interestingly, the analyst notes that if Harmonix's EA-published Rock Band is fully playable with just a guitar controller, it will "compete quite favorably with Activision's [Guitar Hero]." He suspects the instrument protagonist genre will remain kind to RedOctane's owner, but adds that "new entrants will impact future growth of the band." Or did he mean brand? Once the dust settles in the battle of the fake bands, will Pachter still stand by his belief that Activision was right to buy RedOctane over Harmonix?

  • MPAA claims prevention of 31 illegal recordings of Spider-Man 3

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    Conrad Quilty-Harper
    Conrad Quilty-Harper
    05.20.2007

    We resent writing about the MPAA, simply because every time the organization makes a statement it invariably exposes some aspect of its backwards perspective. This time the Association has made the rather preposterous claim that the efforts of staff and customers in preventing illegal recordings of Spider-Man 3 gave the film "a fair shot at its record-setting opening." In all, 31 people were caught illegally recording the movie, a figure which is apparently thanks to night vision equipped cinema staff (motivated by a $500 reward for each case) and reporting from the patrons themselves in a few cases. The logic that this in some way helped assure that the film would be a commercial success is shaky at best: it only takes a single recording for the film to become "pirated." And of course, if the system for detecting illegal recordings of movies is working so well, why do we still have to sit through those patronizing anti-piracy PSAs?[Via TechDirt; Image credit]

  • Spider-Man 3 is most popular on the 360

    by 
    Dustin Burg
    Dustin Burg
    05.09.2007

    In the UK Spider-Man's console of choice is the Xbox 360. Activision's mediocre Spider-Man 3 swung its way to a multiplatform release including the 360, PS3, Wii, and PS2 among others. And when the UK sales figures were tallied the Xbox 360 version of the game accounted for a whopping 45% of total sales. The PS2 version (which looks just as good as the 360 version ... ouch) garnered 40% of the game's UK sales with the Wii totaling 10%.What's most interesting is how well the Xbox 360 version of the game sold even outselling the huge install base the PS2 has. Even more interesting is that the PS3 numbers for Spider-Man 3 sales are pretty much non-existent. Either the 360's community is the prime demographic for the Spider-Man franchise or it could be the largest next-gen console install base, we can't be sure. But we do know that Spider-Man 3 is one huge marketing machine with a box office to prove it.[Thanks, Jon Morales]

  • Spider-Man 360 skins

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    David Dreger
    David Dreger
    05.07.2007

    In honor of Spider-Man 3 hitting game retailers and theatres near you this past weekend, DecalGirl has come out with a line of "Webslinger" skins for your electronic devices, most notably, the Xbox 360 console, controller, and HD DVD player accessory. All in all they look pretty solid, and the pricing isn't terrible, as you can choose how much of your console you want to skin. Hopefully they'll come with a Venom themed variation of the skin, as that would be pretty badass. You open to skinning your 360 Spidey style?[Via Siliconera]

  • Spider-Man 3 spins a web, misses and falls into delaysville

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    Nick Doerr
    Nick Doerr
    05.02.2007

    For those of you living under a gigantic rock that prevents any sort of common knowledge from seeping in, the film Spider-Man 3 is coming out this friday. With it, there was supposed to be some kind of video game entertainment dealie coming out as well on practically every system ever made. Don't get us wrong -- the Xbox 360, Wii, PS2, PC and DS will still get their Spidey on, but not the PS3 in the UK.Activision UK lifted up that rock and shouted into the ears of Pro-G: "We're like, totally delaying Spider-Man 3 until, like, May 18 here in the UK!" Believe it or not, Activision UK's PR department is indeed run by Californian Valley Girls. Anyway, there was no reason for the delay... at least none given. Why would the game be delayed in the UK but not anywhere else? Don't point fingers at Sony -- this is Activision's doing. We know you might think Sony just loves screwing the UK, but this time... Activision is giving you something to cry about. Don't worry -- two weeks isn't that long.[Thanks, Colin! Er, other Colin? Colin McP!]

  • DS releases for the week of April 30th

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    Alisha Karabinus
    Alisha Karabinus
    04.30.2007

    This week is apparently the official week for movie tie-ins, because that's all we have coming out for our beloved DS here in the States. This week, Europe and Australia are the places to be, when it comes to games, and how often do you guys get to say that? Don't worry -- tomorrow, some delay will be announced for you guys, and it'll be back to business as usual.We don't poke fun at you. We're commiserating. Luckily, this week there are games slated to hit PAL regions that are worth the wait, particularly in Australia. On the shelves this week in the U.S.: Shrek the Third Spider-Man 3 For the rest of the world, check after the jump.

  • No Spider-Man 3 for you!

    by 
    Andrew Yoon
    Andrew Yoon
    04.29.2007

    Games based on movies tend to launch on every system imaginable. So, why is poor PSP not receiving its own version of Spider-Man 3 this week? Every other console is getting its own version, from PS3 to GBA. Considering how many games appear cross-platform, it should be easy enough to port the PS2 or Wii version to PSP.Unfortunately, PSP owners wanting some portable Spidey action will have to wait until later this year. Gamestop has a release date set for November--in time for its DVD release?[Via Gamespot]

  • Spider-Man 3 cast lend their voices to the game

    by 
    Ross Miller
    Ross Miller
    04.13.2007

    Similar to the previous games based on the film franchise, Spider-Man 3 will have actors from the movie adding their voices to the game.Joining Tobey "Spidey" Maguire are James Franco (New Goblin, not pictured), Topher Grace (Venom), Thomas Haden Church (Sandman) and J.K. Simmons (J. Jonah Jameson). B-movie idol Bruce Campbell, who has a cameo in all the movies, will reprise his role as the narrator of the game, as he has done for the two previous titles.The report from Reuters indicates that the Spider-Man 3 game -- coming to Wii, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PC, GBA, DS, and PSP -- will swing into store shelves before the film's debut May 4.[Via Kikizo]

  • Spider-Man 3 catches Achievements, akin to flies

    by 
    David Dreger
    David Dreger
    04.03.2007

    The sleuths over at Xbox 360 Achievements uncovered the Achievement list for May's Spider-Man 3. Looking over the list, it seems to cover all the free-roaming and mission based aspects of the game, similar to Crackdown, but in an SM context. A cool thing we're seeing for the first time is a secret achievement that is simply listed as one in the details that isn't actually "hidden". Our guess is that it has to do with the symbiote costume and/or your actions with it. So, we leave you with three queries. First, are you looking forward to going through the trick races and completing all the side quests for some Gamerscore goodness. Second, why does the gamer in question not have the "Master Web Swinger" Achievement if he's got the preceding and following ones? Finally, does the tendency for Spider-Man films and movies releasing in May have anything to do with the title character's Aunt?

  • Spider-Man 3 trailer, now with more Venom

    by 
    Richard Mitchell
    Richard Mitchell
    03.29.2007

    The media hounds over at GameTrailers have uncovered a new trailer for Spider-Man 3 (available in HD here). The video shows off a massive city and some very detailed characters. The trailer gives us glimpses of all the villains in the movie, including the Sandman and the new Goblin. Venom, one of the best villains evar, is in there too, but you'll have to keep your eyes open to spot him. All in all the game is looking pretty sharp, and as long as it plays as well as Spider-Man 2, we'll be first in line to check it out. Having watched the new trailer, who's ready for some new gen webslinging?

  • Video: Spider-Man 3 expands into underground

    by 
    David Dreger
    David Dreger
    03.15.2007

    Gametrailers has a new video for Spider-Man 3, showcasing the subterranean element of the game's enviroments. Not only does Spider-Man 3 have a realistic representation of Manhattan above the streets, but also has included the subway and sewer system below. While we find it easy to believe that the subway system is true to life, we don't know if the sewer system got the same treatment, or if it is open to artistic license for the sake of gameplay. Because seriously, who'd want to confirm that their sewers are accurate, right? In any case, the added depth to the environment is definitely promising. The video is also available in Standard and High Definition WMVs if it suits your fancy. Did you enjoy Spider-Man 2 last generation, and are you looking forward to Spider-Man 3?[Thanks, DjDATZ]

  • New shots of Spider-Man 3

    by 
    Richard Mitchell
    Richard Mitchell
    02.26.2007

    Gamertag Radio has posted some new screens of Spider-Man 3. Releasing this summer alongside the movie, Spider-Man 3 promises to return to the incredible gameplay and swing dynamics of Spider-Man 2. While the video we've seen so far is a little too pastel for our taste, there is no denying that webslinging, when done well, is some of the most fun you can have playing a video game. Here's hoping the game (and the movie) deliver. Hit the "read" link to check out the shots.

  • PS3 Spider-Man 3 exclusive content, besides the font?

    by 
    Nick Doerr
    Nick Doerr
    02.23.2007

    Speaking of Stan Lee, anyone watch the TV show "Heroes"? How about Stan Lee appearing as a bus driver? Amazing. Just like Spider-Man 3! See what I did there? That was very clever... according to my logic, which is not unflawless. Anyway, as many of you have already read, the PlayStation 3 version of Spider-Man 3 is getting a bunch of exclusive content -- not counting the font gracing the front of your console already.According to IGN, these include but are not limited to: "Webisodes from the Spidey 3 movie, an exclusive interview with producer Avi Arad, and behind the scenes talks with Tobey Maguire, Topher Grace, Thomas Haden Church, James Franco, JK Simmons, and Bruce Campbell are also included. Players will even be able to access special Spider-Man 3 trailers and a couple of other undisclosed goodies." That's not all.Enter the "New Goblin", a completely new and exclusive playable character that uses the SIXAXIS to veer through the streets and skies on the neato hoverboard thingy (comic-book gurus, help us out with the technical name). There will be 10 unique "racing" challenges and the ability to contribute to every Crime Event in the city -- pumpkin bombs and all! We'll have more to tell when more has been told. Get it?

  • New Spider-Man 3 info revealed

    by 
    Richard Mitchell
    Richard Mitchell
    02.22.2007

    TeamXbox recently sat down to speak with Treyarch's Chris Archer to discuss Spider-Man 3. The game should launch with the movie this May. Webheads will be happy to know that the swing system is based heavily on Spider-Man 2. The game also features a new spider sense, which allows you to see criminals and points of interest, rather than merely spotting icons on a map. Of course, the talk of the town is the new black Spidey suit. Players can look forward to spending up to 1/3 of Spider-Man 3 as the symbiote infested Peter Parker. Black suit Spider-Man will be capable of stronger attacks, including special "rage" attacks that have to be charged. Treyarch promises the biggest Spider-Man game yet with Spider-Man 3. There is also the possibility of some secret playable characters (one of which seems to be found). Embedded after the break is a newly released trailer for the game.

  • Spider-Man 3 site features downloadable PSP content

    by 
    Andrew Yoon
    Andrew Yoon
    07.21.2006

    PlayStation 3 and Spider-Man 3's destinies seem to coincide with each other (they share the same font at least), so it seems to make sense that the official Spider-Man 3 website features a PSP section where you can download a wallpaper and trailer for the portable. If you're a Firefox user like me, the site's use of pop-ups makes it a pain in the ass to download these files, so just direct-download them here:WallpaperTrailerThese files come in EXE files to make sure that everyone is able to load this content to their systems. But still, it feels weird seeing the InstallShield come up when you're trying to install a freakin' wallpaper.