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Sony confirmed yet more details of how it intends to manage the compatibility between PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Vita. It was revealed this morning that the company is allowing PSP owners to re-buy some of the their current UMD collection in digital form for use on the new machine. A …
Read More »Limbo sales fly past 1 million mark
Playdead claims it has 'fully regained' independence
Read More »Smartphones overtake DS and PSP
Mobile analytics firm Flurry says iOS and Android games now generate more revenue than all of Nintendo and Sony’s portable games combined. Nintendo has been the undisputed leader of handheld since the first Gameboy in1989. Sony PSP provided stern competition in the noughties and the two shared a market worth …
Read More »Vita UMD Passport announced
Sony has revealed a fresh initiative that it hopes will encourage PSP owners to make the step up to PlayStation Vita when it is released in Japan in a month’s time. Andriasang has first word of the ‘UMD Passport’. Once downloaded it will allow gamers to purchase digital version of …
Read More »Activision calls for Call of Duty Elite patience
Technicians are working night and day to get the Call of Duty Elite network up and running for everyone, Activision has claimed. The service has struggled since the launch of Modern Warfare 3 earlier this week due to high demand. Activision is beefing up the available servers to alleviate the …
Read More »Xbox: All entertainment will be interactive in five years
By 2016 all forms of entertainment will be interactive, says Xbox Live’s Robin Burrowes. The Xbox Live product chief backed up his statement with stats from recent Xbox surveys, which showed that 42 per cent of people use social networks while watching a TV programme. He says: "All forms of …
Read More »Digital chart and PEGI plan set for early 2012
UKIE has confirmed that plans are still on course for PEGI, which is currently awaiting final EU sign offs before UK Government grants the on-pack marks as the only ratings standard for video games. Once the ratings are made legal, said EA’s Keith Ramsdale, head of UKIE’s health, wellbeing and …
Read More »No ‘special’ PS Move accessory for BioShock Infinite
UPDATE: There will not be any specially made PlayStation Move peripherals produced for BioShock Infinite, MCV can reveal. A spokesperson on behalf of Irrational Games told MCV that stories about the supposed accessory are ‘confused’, as was the statement on the PlayStation website. Previous story in full below: 2K Games’ …
Read More »Killzone 2 composer signs for Futurlab game
'Indies takes risks others can't', says Ivor Novello winner Joris De Man
Read More »Wii U could support two tablets after all
Nintendo engineers are working hard to upgrade Wii U so that it can simultaneously support two tablet controllers, sister site Develop understands. Nintendo and development partners had previously indicated that only one tablet controller could work with the system, due to technical limitations. But Develop’s source, speaking on the condition …
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