Consoles

Nintendo president Saturo Iwata has described sales of the Wii U as steady”. The company, however, has still not revealed any concrete sales numbers, although neither has it retracted its initial target of 5.5m Wii U unit sales by the end of March. So far we know that the console …

The Citadel Investment Group upped its stake in Take-Two over the holidays, and now owns about six per cent of the Grand Theft Auto publisher. With GTA V on the horizon the group, owned by billionaire Ken Griffen, is not the only firm to take an interest in the company. …

Hit Xbox Live isometric platformer Fez is to go multi-platform this year, developer Phil Fish has revealed. Summing up his year in game development with Polytron, the indie said he had listened to a number of fans asking for the title to be ported to other systems, although he did …

Having only officially launched on Boxing Day, LEGO’s Chima brand is to expand with three video game releases this year. Notably, however, none of them are for home consoles. LEGO Legends of Chima: Speedorz is a racing title that will launch on LEGO.com today and iOS tomorrow (January 3rd). LEGO …

Recent releases Resident Evil 6, Street Fighter X Tekken and Okami HD are unlikely to be ported to Wii U. That’s because Capcom has revealed that it is not currently planning on re-releasing any of its recent titles on Nintendo’s hardware. When asked on the Capcom Unity blog whether or …

EA has announced a list of titles whose online support will be terminated on January 11th. The most notable game is FIFA 11, for which both online play and Ultimate Team functionality will be shut off. Also facing the chop are NFL 11, NBA Jam and FIFA Manager 11. The …

It has been a brutal year for nearly everyone working in the video games business. Be you a publisher struggling to keep out of the red, a developer facing project cancellations or a retailer trying to sell games in a dramatically contracting market, it’s been one of the toughest. But …

Console hits impressive milestone as worldwide sales exceed 70 million

Sony Online Entertainment president John Smedley has said that 70 per cent of the company’s revenues come from PS3. We have two operating free-to-play games on PS3 right now – DC Universe and Free Realms. So we’re uniquely placed having helped to build the PlayStation Network in the first place,” …

First free-to-play Xbox 360 game looks to prove viability of business model on console