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While a late sales surge drove EA’s FIFA 09 to claim the Christmas 2008 games No.1 last week, the title has been usurped by Call of Duty: World at War which is once again the UK’s number one title. The Activision Blizzard FPS returns to the top, although EA still …
Read More »New edu-games for DS announced
PlayV has announced that its range of educational titles will be released on Nintendo DS in February 2009. The Mind Your Language series has been fully accredited by international language school Inlingua and teaches a variety of tongues, including Spanish, French, German and even Japanese. PlayV’s marketing manager Brian Faller …
Read More »Sharp hit with DS screen price-fixing fine
According to Edge, The Japan Fair Trade Commission has fined Sharp $3 million for price-fixing LCD displays used in Nintendo’s DS Lite. The Trade commission sent a cease-and-desist order to Sharp, claiming the firm had colluded with Hitachi to control the price of displays, which violates Japan’s Antimonopoly Act. Sharp …
Read More »Street Fighter II HD breaks records
Japanese developer and publisher Capcom is claiming that its recently released Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network title Street Fighter II HD has shattered both day one and week one sales records for a digital console title. To date the game has sold 250,000 copies. The firm also expects the …
Read More »Wii is UKs most searched for Christmas gift
Nintendo has once again dominated the UK’s festive online shopping searches, with the Wii and DS Lite becoming the first and second most searched for products online in November, according to date from retail analysts Hitwise. The pair overtake October’s leader Wii Fit, though that remains the most searched for …
Read More »Metallica: Video games and music industry to merge
Metallica’s Lars Ulrich and Kirk Hammett believe collaborative projects between bands and video game developers, such as the upcoming Guitar Hero: Metallica, could lead to the music and games industries merging. In an interview with USA Today, the celebrities were asked what they think of video games as a music …
Read More »Ready At Dawn may return to PSP
Daxter studio considering U-turn on departure from PSP development
Read More »Nintendo to help people walk in 2009
Nintendo has announced it will release game in 2009 designed to help encourage people to develop and maintain a walking routine as part of a healthy lifestyle. Entitled Walk with me! Do you know your walking routine?, the DS game will come with two specially designed pedometers to measure the …
Read More »Zavvi cuts Xbox 360 to sub-£100
Zavvi is selling the Xbox 360 for under 100 for the first time in its history, MCV has learnt. In a last-minute Christmas sale, the company has reduced the Arcade SKU to 99.99 – news which could kick off festive a hardware price war on the High Street. The Premium …
Read More »NPD: Nintendo breaking its own sales records
Despite the gloomy economic news emerging stateside in November, Nintendo has plenty to cheer about after seeing its hardware range continue to go from strength to strength according to the latest NPD stats. The platform holder shifted 3.6 million pieces of hardware overall in the period. The Wii sold over …
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