It’s a short HotSpot this week with sickness and scheduling conflicts cited as issues. Justin is in the process od reviewing Red Dead Redemption, and he is enjoying it a lot. It sounds like Rockstar have a much stronger take on multiplayer here than they did with GTA4. Prince of Persia also comes off fairly well, and manages a 7.5 from Tom.
The April NPDs were quite weak, and Microsoft VP let it slip that Project Natal will come out in October. After the usual 10 Years Ago feature, Brendan interview the author of video game history book The Fall and Rise of Video Games, Leonard Herman.
Covered games and topics: Red Dead Redemption, Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, NPDs, Natal in October, Leonard Herman interview
The HotSpot posse of Justin Calvert, Tom Mc Shea, Giancarlo Varanini, Chris Watters, and Brendan Sinclair saddles up for Red Dead Redemption before crowning the new Prince of Persia games. It also has April NPD sales, more Call of Duty spin-off talk, and a Video Game History Month interview with Leonard Herman, author of Phoenix: The Fall and Rise of Video Games.
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