Consoles

11 months on from its belated worldwide release, Polyphony Digital is to release the first premium DLC for hit PS3 racer Gran Turismo 5. Launching on October 18th, four individual DLC packs will be released for the game. The Racing Car Pack, priced at $7.99, includes 15 cars such as …

Sony is hatching a plan that it hopes will entice more PSP owners to its next-generation PlayStation Vita system. The only form of physical media that Vita uses is a proprietary memory card format, meaning that those with a library of UMD titles for their PSP face either holding on …

PlayStation Vita owners will face a very stark choice when the system arrives in the UK next year – pay a premium price for boxed games or a discounted price to download the digital version. This will for the first time place Sony squarely up against retail as opponents, fighting …

Don’t expect any official word on the subject until next summer, but details posted on a number of CVs online has reignited talk about the next-generation Xbox console. Supererogatory dug up the details of four Microsoft employees. One, Jeff Faulkner, says he assumed the role of ‘creative director of Xbox …

The new releases are coming thick and fast but nothing this week is able to stop FIFA 12 claiming its second No.1 of the year in the UKIE Gfk Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. Incredibly, FIFA 12’s second week on the market is so big as to claim 13th in …

This week we’re going to look at playing habits for Call of Duty using the GameVision Brand Map. The Brand Map is available to download from the MCV?Reports page online. We asked 6,722 gamers about the games, of whom 1,789 had played one in the last six months; 556 of …

The High Street could make in excess of 120m this year from the booming online game headset market. This ultra-competitive sector lets stores get in on the increasingly important multiplayer segment. It is tipped to be the ultimate margin maker for upcoming hits Modern Warfare 3 and Battlefield 3. High-end …

Online retail firm The Hut Group has set up a new website that allows customers to buy and sell pre-owned video games. TheHutRecycle.com lets users trade in their old games, CDs, DVDs, mobile phones, digital cameras, MP3 players and more in exchange for vouchers. These can be used to spend …

PC and smartphones are overshadowing consoles, studio survey shows

Final Fantasy and Deus Ex publisher Square Enix has announced its first title for the PlayStation Vita – Army Corps from Hell. The game sees players assuming control of a hundred-strong goblin army and makes heavy use of the machine’s rear touchpad. There’s no release date for the game as …