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Top 11 gaming fails of 2009

Icrontic takes us on a trip down fail lane, as they relate the top eleven gaming fails of 2009. No company (or country) is safe from their judgment.

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magicwalnuts5209d ago

Great list, Demigod launch was THE WORST

Saaking5209d ago (Edited 5209d ago )

For me the worst fail was the 360's atrocious line-up. Seriously, it was almost non-existent and the only thing I played on it were multiplats.

"Gran Turismo 5 Delayed… Again"
How many times must this be said? GT5 has NEVER had a release date until the one for March was announced. How can you possibly delay something without a release date? It's been delayed... ONCE, not "again."

UPSLynx5209d ago

Sure, but Polyphony Digital's continual push of half-assed portions must be noted. Sure, the game has been delayed, and it will be released when it's done (something all of us will appreciate). But in the mean time, they release prologue. They release a time trial demo. They promo all sorts of 'not quite' versions of the game. Stop messing around with these frivolous extras and focus on completing the game!

Unicron5209d ago

It's not always that simple in the development world. If the publishers wants a demo, you gotta give them a demo. There's more to making games than, sadly, JUST making games. Trust me on that one.

gdogg9795209d ago

"For me the worst fail was the 360's atrocious line-up. Seriously, it was almost non-existent and the only thing I played on it were multiplats"

Halo Wars,Ballad Of Gay Tony and Lost and Damned,ODST,Forza 3 And L4d 2.

Ok,not the greatest line up ever and not a patch on the ps3 this year.but still not that bad and imo definitely not the worst thing about 2009 by far....

these 6 games alone gave me a big chunk of my gaming year.

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Kurt Russell5209d ago

Top 11 gaming fails?.. Or "I could only think of 11 gaming fails".

UPSLynx5209d ago

Really? That's your comment on this story?

What number would you like? 25? 70? 140?

Seriously, I could think of a hundred reasons in which the game industry failed in 2009. But writing is about concise brevity. No one would read an article that long. Heck, most won't even read past 10.

It's how internet publications work - information in brevity. You know as well as I do that you can't hold peoples attention for much longer than that.

asdr3wsfas5208d ago

"It's how internet publications work - information in brevity. You know as well as I do that you can't hold peoples attention for much longer than that."

Not with total flamebait at least. Top 11 gaming fails - calculated for neutral response.

Tiberium5208d ago

I agree. If you want to point fingers nintendo had the worst line-up for 2009. If forza 3 didn't come out this year I probably would've agreed with Saaking.

Kurt Russell5208d ago

Should have been 365 days of gaming failure, would have saved making a short list. Even the best games to have come out of last year were disappointing in the long run.

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15 Xbox Games That Should Make the Multiplatform Jump

While there’s likely already a list behind closed doors, one can still speculate and offer logical suggestions for titles new and old that should find their way into the PlayStation and Switch libraries.

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GamerRN34d ago

Single A games and live service games. Those make sense

S2Killinit34d ago

None of it makes sense. But its happening.

Ps5conehead33d ago

That’s up to Microsoft they want return on there investment. From buying up those publishers. That’s what there in business for. And they made a mistake putting day one exclusive on game pass. So now Microsoft wants to profit any way they can.its called buisness . Just like Sony putting games on pc a year are two after ps5 launch.
So if they can make money off PlayStation and Nintendo. They will do that. And I bet soon real soon they will release some aaa exclusives .and I bet one day it will be same day release

TheEroica33d ago

Sony gamers begging for Xbox games.... Who would've thunk it?

BISHOP-BRASIL33d ago

Yeah, because random site off the internet represents all Sony gamers, they have the letter of attorney and all...

S2Killinit33d ago

Lol what a spin. You dizzy?

AsunaYuukiTheFlash33d ago (Edited 33d ago )

We don’t care about shovelwares. Get that junk out of PS5

StormSnooper33d ago

More like MS begging to put their games on PlayStation.

TheEroica31d ago

Keep begging Sony gamers!

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Friendlygamer34d ago

Some of these seem to be exclusive for lack of enthusiasm of the publisher rather than because of deals. A lot of cool indies skip ps for some reason like katana zero, el paso, elsewhere and gunbrela

S2Killinit34d ago

Even more indies skip xbox. We know that right?

Friendlygamer33d ago

Quality over quantity, Microsoft got some really interesting and curated niche games on their machines, maybe in part because of gamepass

S2Killinit33d ago

Quality and MS are not things you bring up in same sentence.

shinoff218333d ago (Edited 33d ago )

Alot of indies skip xbox to. It goes round and round. Personally I think your off base on that but no need to have the argument.

Friendlygamer33d ago

Between katana zero, valheim, Battletech, el passo... I don't feel off base. maybe ps got a million of light novel games that will never release on Xbox but like I've said, I'm talking about niche games highlights, the 10%.

  Heck, it's probably thanks to Microsoft that the s.t.a.l.k.e.r games came to console ps included, meanwhile Sony backwards compatibility continues to be extremely anemic.

And I'm sure most ps5 users are happy to ignore these games and just play wathever new 3rd person action game is trending but it's cool that Microsoft gives some love to smaller audiences and software preservation

shinoff218333d ago

Again your off base just to be snide. All it's showing though is your ignorance.

One light novels wtf is that even. Ps has plenty of pretty damn good indies.

Speaking of indies and ms being responsible. You know F.I.S.T. of course you do alot of you guys just support gamepass. Well here's a history of Sony being responsible for helping indies. Look up the China project from Sony.

Lastly lol your ignorance showing again. Sony has plenty of games. Personally third person is better then first anyway but that's besides the point. Sony gets so many games that xbox doesn't get because yall don't support the games. Jrpgs being a great example. I personally am not into every Sony first party game. Alot of us aren't. On the other side you don't get to eat often so you gobble up everything. Me personally God of War not my cup, etc. For me I'm into jrpgs and ms just can't touch Sony on those. Again because the Xbox base doesn't support it. Devs dont wanna waste their time or money. Hit me up when falcom develops a game over there.

Speaking of third person narrative games. Aren't yall drooling over hellblade 2. The first one was Sony exclusive at one point. Another not my cup game. Showing we don't have to fall in line and agree we love everything Sony puts out. The facts are they sell though unlike elsewhere(not nintendo)

StormSnooper33d ago

You are same person as GamerRN, yes?

Abnor_Mal33d ago

They really think PlayStation fans would want to play Redfall? Pfft.

Personally nothing on that list would be any game I’d want to play.

TwoPicklesGood33d ago

I’d absolutely love Hellblade 2, Palworld, and Quantum Break on ps5 as I’m sure tons of others would too. There’s nothing wrong with wanting games from another console and its sad that people try to act like they aren’t interested in them.

shinoff218333d ago

While indont agree with the games. I agree with the point. Your not wrong.

DarXyde33d ago

Sunset Overdrive makes very good sense. Palworld might.

Don't know about the others. Hellblade II does make sense given the original launched on PS4 first. Quantum Break was a massive letdown for me. I absolutely hated the whole TV show thing and I don't think anyone should have to relive that on modern hardware.

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EA Sends Classic Titles To Steam

This is a nice collection of classic. EA has opened its vaults and released a series of classic PC games to Steam for the first time ever.

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Garethvk42d ago

I wish we had a new Command and Conquer.

Vits42d ago

f you haven't already, consider getting 8-Bit Armies or the new 9-Bit Armies. They're made by some of the same folks from the older C&C, with very similar mechanics; it's just the aesthetics that are completely different.

TheColbertinator42d ago

C&C Red Alert 3 and The Saboteur were two different yet completely unforgettable games to me from a better era of EA.

UltimateOwnage42d ago

Super stoked, excellent pricing too. SteamDeck library+++

Phoenix7642d ago

I loved the Populas games back in the Amiga days. Will have to download these

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Valve Made Left 4 Dead 2 Because The First Game Was A Broken Mess

Left 4 Dead lead Chet Faliszek describes the original Left 4 Dead game as "such a broken thing that nobody wanted to touch it."

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Number1TailzFan145d ago

And then couldn't be arsed to make a third game.

If they can add a lot more stuff to a 2nd game in just 1 year why didn't they make a third game a few years later with tons of stuff extra? Because that shows they could've.

I know Source 2 was kind of broken and was a reason they cancelled L4D3 but it seems wasteful to just toss it away.

Don't know what Valve were thinking.. it's like nobody wanted to fix the issues to get going. They certainly aren't the Valve of 2004 that released fun games with pretty cutting edge graphics.

cthulhucultist143d ago

Valve is allergic to number 3 it seems. It would be easier for them to release a Left 4 Dead 2.5 enhanced version instead of releasing a game with "3" slapped on its title.

rakentaja143d ago

They stopped making games a long time ago. Steam brings in so much money that it's really not worth the effort. Nowadays, people only look for faults in games, and spend more time whining on Twitter/X than playing the game anyway. Valve says a big fat no-no.

anast143d ago

Value is the Blockbuster of video games. They have no need to invest in deving a game, when they can make handfuls of cash renting them.

-Foxtrot145d ago

What are they talking about? Seemed pretty alright to me at launch it just wasn't supported the way Valve promised us

They should have just worked on a revamp / massive update to the game but they didn't they jumped straight to a sequel with brand new characters despite having some sort, if small, story about where the original survivors were heading.

I didn't care for the direction they took the sequel, the original games tone and atmosphere was missing in the second game and is still unmatched. Daytime levels, more whackiness, melee weapons where you could attack a Tank with a frying pan...just wasn't the same to be honest and the new survivors just didn't hold up the originals.

Here's my speculation. I think they did a sequel because they didn't want to update a game co-developed by Turtle Rock, they wanted the franchise to be known as a Valve game only and knew if they updated the first one Turtle Rocks name would still linger on it.

shaenoide143d ago

I want broken games like L4D all day long...

GhostScholar143d ago

Well the first game was by far the best

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