Impulse Weekend specials

Impulse is offering a number of sales this week including price cuts for The Dracula Files, Hinterland Orc Lords, Aaaaa! A Reckless Disregard for Gravity, and a whole lot more. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is on sale through Sunday for 40 percent off as well. Check out the sale list below:

Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War Collection – $37.49 from $49.99

The Dracula Files – $37.49 from $49.99

Gratuitous Space Battles - $19.95 from $22.95

Aaaaaa! A Reckless Disregard for Gravity - $9.99 from $14.95

The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director’s Cut - $19.99 from $39.99

Hinterland – Orc Lords - $12.99 from $19.99

Nemesis of the Roman Empire - $9.99 from $14.99

Warlords Battlecry III - $9.99 from $14.99

For more details on Impulse and this week’s big game sales, check out www.impulsedriven.com.

Batman: Arkham Asylum tops UK charts

For the second consecutive week, Batman: Arkham Asylum has managed to stay on top of the charts in the United Kingdom, fending off a challenge from Wii Sports Resort and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare on the All Formats Chart - according to retail sales data from ChartTrack for the week ending Sept. 5, 2009. Despite holding on for dear life, Batman’s latest adventure is not the big winner for the week - Call of duty 4 is. The PS3 version is apparently selling like hotcakes thanks to the low price of the PS3 Slim, which is also selling very well.. Full chart after the break.

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Call of Duty 4 Wins Big at BAFTAs

The GAME British Academy Video Games Awards (BAFTAs) are over and the biggest winner was Call of Duty 4. The awards took place at the London Hilton on Park Lane, and were hosted by games aficionado Dara O’Briain. At this gala event some of last year’s biggest games were honored in various categories, while Atari founder Nolan Bushnell was given the BAFTA FELLOWSHIP Award for his contributions to the industry over his long and interesting career.

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was the biggest winner of this year’s BAFTA video game awards, picking up top honors in the Action & Adventure, Gameplay, Story and Character categories - along with the only category voted on by players - the GAME Award of 2008. Dead Space also did pretty well, landing awards for Original Score and Use of Audio, while Super Mario Galaxy won the Best Game award this year.

A full list of the categories, nominees and this year’s winners can be found after the break (winners highlighted in bold).

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Robert Bowling to Noah Heller: Stop Doing Interviews

Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling has a message for Activision’s Noah Heller: talk about your own game, not his. His issue? The constant comparison of his baby to Treyarch’s upcoming game. Basically Bowling, in very blunt words is telling Activision to talk about games they have actually worked on:

“If I see one more Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare google alert come through my inbox, that ends up being a COD:WaW article that is only showing up because YOU referenced Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare more times than you mention World At War,” said Bowling on his blog over the weekend.

“Especially when you’re pulling shit out of your ass,” he continued. “Come on man, interview about your game. Not OURS! Call of Duty: World at War can stand on it’s own merits, leave ours out of it.“

what’s funny about all this is that Heller works for the company that owns both Treyarch and Infinity Ward. What’s not funny about it? Being called out in public. Bowling’s language gets a bit stronger as the post continues:

“Can you guys please stop interviewing this guy, talk to someone who actually works on the Dev Team at Treyarch and knows what the fuck they’re talking about. Not Senior Super Douche Noah Heller from Activision - who apparently has never played the game and doesn’t even work at the developer.“

Ouch. Someone is going to need a hug after this but i’m not sure who that is. Can’t we all just get along?

Source: FourTwoZero

Gamertrainer.com Goes Live

Gamertrainer.com, a portal dedicated to helping players learn gaming skills training, announced the launch of its website and service today. The website serves all levels of gamers from novices to professionals and promises tips, guides and hourly private lessons provided by skilled instructors.

Participants that want some training book a training session by using the on-site calendar showing all the days and times available by game. Customers can book, purchase and complete a form describing exactly what they would like to learn and within hours they are contacted by their trainer.

Gamertrainer.com provides private training sessions and training gift certificates for both experienced and beginner gamers on all the major platforms (Xbox360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii and PC) and a growing list of games including Battlefield: Bad Company, Call of Duty 4: Modern Combat, Guitar Hero III and Rock Band, Halo 2 and 3, Madden NFL 09, Rainbow Six Vegas 1 and 2, Super Smash Bros. Brawl and World of Warcraft.

It’s an interesting idea for delivering some unique service, for sure. Find out more about it including pricing, by visiting Gamertrainer.com.