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Read More »Konami reveals PSP double packs
Japanese publisher Konami is to release two double packs for PSP, both of which contain Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops and both of which will retail for 19.99. The first contains both Solid Snake’s handheld offering and survival horror title Silent Hill Origins whilst the second bundles the stealth hit …
Read More »The Hut swoops for Zavvi.co.uk
Online retail specialist The Hut has bought up the rights to Zavvi’s online identity and portal, MCV can reveal. A new holding page on the Zavvi website yesterday promised that ‘exciting’ news was to be revealed at 10am this morning. However, come the hour no announcement was made, but the …
Read More »US: Punch Out entering ring on May 18th
Nintendo of America has dated a number of its upcoming big releases for the next quarter, and it’s Punch Out’s arrival on May 18th that leads the way. The Punch Out brand is one of Nintendo’s most fondly remembered but least exploited, and seems ideally suited to the motion sending …
Read More »New UK developer emerges with family focused range
Lightning Fish currently working on debut Wii title
Read More »New Wii controller unearthed
Nintendo has quietly announced a new controller for the Wii on its Japanese site called the Classic Controller Pro. On the face of it the device appears to be a standard Classic Controller with some sort of additional housing on the back, but the shift of the secondary shoulder button …
Read More »Microsoft and Channel 4 partner on X48 game design camp
Derby University to host XNA development initiative
Read More »Tony Hawk to get skateboard peripheral
Fresh weight has been placed behind the rumours that Activision Blizzard’s Tony Hawk revamp due later this year will see the game controlled with a skateboard peripheral. Variety reports that two sources” have seen the accessory first hand, claiming that it does not measure balance but instead allows the user …
Read More »Sony dates SingStar Wireless Mics
Having leaked the news via its MySpace page last December, Sony has officially confirmed the existence of brand new Wireless SingStar microphones, adding that they will be released to UK retail on March 20th. In addition, PS3 users will also be able to take advantage of a brand new voice-only …
Read More »Nintendo DSi is a ‘step-change’ for games market says UK GM
Not content with having already seriously grown the games market globally in the past few years, Nintendo is confident its new DSi handheld will fuel even more industry expansion. Today the format-holder announced the third-generation of the DS will arrive in Europe on April 3rd. The North American launch is …
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