Monday, 28 January 2008

Hold the front page!!

News just in (well in 10 hours ago but that's work commitments for you). Call Of Duty 4 has just been announced as the biggest selling video game of 2007. No suprises there really as the first-person-shooter was clearly the best game realeased last year.

Call Of Duty 4 has sold over seven million units worldwide according to sales figures compiled by Chart Track, The NPD Group and The GFK Group. Those seven million units are certainly being put to good use by the people who purchased the game, as Microsoft have recently announced that COD4 has now overtaken Halo 3 as the most played game on XBox Live.

Speaking of Halo 3, two records were set by the game last year, the first for being the fastest selling game of all time. The second, and most important record, is that Halo 3 set the record for the highest amount of money generated within 24 hours by an entertainment product. A cool £84 million was earned in 24 hours, beating the previous benchmark set by the film Spiderman 3.

Tuesday, 15 January 2008

First Post

This post is going to be about an online gaming site.

Wellgames.com can be summed up in one word. Brilliant. It hosts a variety of different flash games on it's own servers. You usually get to play an opponent as well. The games are mostly updates of classic games that we know and love such as Blockz (Tetris), Hitz (Wall Breaker) and Bubblez (Bubble Bobble).

In total there are over 20 games to be played on this site. It also keeps your score! It really is the perfect coffee break site with games that will be enjoyed by everyone.

The simplicity of the games available make playing them an absolute joy. You will only need your mouse to play leaving your other hand free to do whatever you please.

They have made each of the games in a signature style which makes identifying games from Wellgames simple. They are also now going down the 'user generated content' route by allowing players to design their own levels on some of the games. These levels will then be included in the next release of the games.

All in all, a brilliant, simple, clear site, that is easy to use and will make you lose your social life.

Oh yeah, there are no adverts either!