Consoles

Its popularity on Xbox 360 was great enough to make its recently confirmed move to Wii a reality, but now developer Capcom has hinted that Dead Rising may also be upping sticks and heading over to Sony’s PS3. Speaking on the US PlayStation blog, Capcom’s John Diamonon responded to a …

UK broadsheet The Times is reporting that Nintendo has ‘banned’ its legendary development guru Shigeru Miyamoto from discussing his hobbies with the outside world as the firm fears such talk may offer an insight into what he has planned next for the company. Apparently, titles such as Brain Training, Wii …

The momentum's now with Sony, reckons firm's director of technology

Publisher LucasArts is busy preparing its biggest licensing programme for its upcoming video game epic, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. The title is due out on September 19th on PSP, Wii, DS, PS3, Xbox 360 and PS2, and Lucas is treating the game as if it’s a full theatrical release, …

Consumers are another step closer to experiencing PS3 Home, as Sony allows users to submit an application to join the service today. Later today, the PS Store will be updated with a Home theme which, when downloaded, lets users submit an application to join the Home Beta test community. Sony’s …

Microsoft will be very cautious in introducing new peripherals into the market for Xbox 360 – and has learnt from Wii Fit, which most consumers don’t play more than once. That’s according to Xbox VP David Gosen, calling on Microsoft ‘research ‘that showed 60 per cent” of people who bought …

VP Gosen says format-holder will put more cash into dev relations and content deals

A major video game distributor in Thailand has vetoed delivery of GTA IV, after a teenager confessed to robbing and murdering a taxi driver while trying to recreate a scene from the game. "We are sending out requests today to outlets and shops to pull the games off their shelves …

Microsoft profiles new systemâ??s limitations (and unknown potential) at Gamefest

Blossoming games publisher 505 Games has announced that it is to bring Arc System Works’ 2D fighter Battle Fantasia to Xbox 360 and PS3 in the first quarter of 2009. Developed by the same team that handled cult fighting series Guilty Gear, Battle Fantasia is heavily influenced by Japanese fantasy …