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ELSPA and GfK-ChartTrack have this morning released UK video game sales results for the first half of 2009 And thanks to Nintendo the numbers show that family games and educational titles are currently the most popular genre in the country. Nintendo’s Wii Fit, Wii Play and Mario Kart Wii titles …
Read More »DDI: 3D wont be mainstream for years
3D video games won’t be mass market for at least another five years, Data Design Interactive has told MCV. The casual games specialist is to launch one of the first 3D video games, Battle Rage: The Robot Wars – which comes with 3D glasses – ahead of Ubisoft’s highly anticipated …
Read More »Sony planned UMD-less PSP ‘from the beginning’
Platform holder was simply waiting for digital market to mature, says head of product planning
Read More »Nintendo buys its own TV show
Nintendo is to bankroll its own TV show on UK channel Five – as games’ growing fiscal dominance of other media hits a new milestone. The platform holder has struck an Advertiser-Funded Programming (AFP) deal with the channel for Britain’s Best Brain. MCV understands the partnership, which Nintendo will use …
Read More »505 Games secures Grease licence
It’s news that will be greeted with nothing less than total delight from its hords of fans – 505 Games has captured the rights to publish a video game based on cherished film licence Grease. The game, which is being developed by UK outfit Zoe Mode, is being produced in …
Read More »JAPAN: Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 dated
The latest adventure in the digital life of the bad-tempered Ryu Hayabusa, Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, will be released for PS3 in Japan on October 1st, it has been confirmed. NGS2 is a reworked version of Xbox 360 exclusive Ninja Gaiden II and includes a host of new additions such …
Read More »JAPAN: Wii Sports Resort arrives
The UK still has a few weeks left before what could potentially be the biggest ever Wii title arrives at retail, but Wii Sports Resort is out in Japan right now and has already been selling in big numbers. Kotaku reports that Nintendo’s Motion Plus enhanced title sold 353,827 copies …
Read More »Buyout sets Pirate Bay on the road to legality
Whether or not the previous owners of Swedish file-sharing portal The Pirate Bay succeed in over-turning their prosecution in the increasingly protracted legal saga, it seems that The Pirate Bay as we know it is no longer. Swedish software firm and internet caf network Global Gaming Factory X is reported …
Read More »PlayStation Home attracts 7 million residents
Sony's online community in numbers
Read More »Curve developing Explodemon! for PSPgo
Studio responds to Sony's request for original IP
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