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Microsoft has sold 77 million units of the Xbox 360
Read More »TV push for new Pokémon
Nintendo will kick off a year-long marketing push for Pokmon with next month’s Mystery Dungeon game. The 3DS title, subtitled Gates to Infinity, is getting a three-week kids TV campaign ahead of its launch on May 17th. It’s the first of many Pokmon releases this year, which climaxes with the …
Read More »Zelda: Link to the Past 2 leads string of Nintendo 3DS announcements
Nintendo continues to please its committed fans with a host of IP revivals for its 3DS handheld. Leading the line is The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 2, which is set in the same game world as the 1992 SNES original. In it Link will be able …
Read More »Injustice: Gods Among Us delayed on Wii U
Wii U owners will have to wait a tiny bit longer to get their hands on Warner’s Injustice: Gods Among Us. Fortunately, the delay is only a slight one – the game will arrive a week later than originally planned on Wii U on April 26th, as confirmed by CVG. …
Read More »Fez sells over 200,000 copies in its first year
Canadian developer says success allowed him to consider his next move
Read More »Xbox Live downtime serves as timely reminder of connected console perils
Many UK and American players were left unable to log into Xbox Live over the weekend. "We are still hard at work fixing the issue members are having signing in to Xbox Live,” a statement read. Rest assured we have every available resource working on fixing the problem." It also …
Read More »Hackers target online games firms
A hacking group has been targeting game companies for years in order to steal source code, an antivirus report has found. Thereport, by Kaspersky Lab, has found that a China-based group known as Winnti has been stealing source code and legitimate digital certificates for software using a trojan. The antivirus …
Read More »3DS version of Ni No Kuni could be on the cards
Hopes of a Western release for a 3DS version of Ni No Kuni have been resurrected. The game enjoyed tremendous critical success upon its European PS3 release in January, but it actually debuted as a DS title in Japan back in 2010. Now Pocket Gamer reports that an un-named Namco …
Read More »Report: Durango will not require connection to play games
Microsoft's next-gen console will allow consumers to play used games, claims report
Read More »Fresh rumours refute new Xbox ‘always-on’ claims; Xbox 360 mini touted once again
A new report now claims that the new Xbox WILL be able to play games when not connected to the internet. Instead, the often-reliable VGleaks claims the ‘always-on’ rumour stems from a second Xbox console that will be launched at the same time as the Durango-based machine. The site says …
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