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Read More »Rising Star Games cracks America
British publisher Rising Star Games has opened an office in the US. Rising Star Games Inc is based in California and will release its first title – shooter Akai Katana – on Xbox 360 in Q2 2012. The firm has also opened Rising Star Games Digital, which will handle downloadable …
Read More »OPINION: The end of pre-owned would be a disaster for games
Reports this morning – which it must be said remain totally unsubstantiated – claim that the Next Xbox could incorporate a new technology that blocks the use of pre-owned games on the console. The gravity of this news, if true, would have industry-wide ramifications. The fallout for retail would be …
Read More »Wii U boasts "twice the power" of Xbox 360
Nintendo’s next generation hardware will be roughly twice as powerful as Microsoft’s current system, the Xbox 360, according to a studio source speaking to sister site Develop. While twice the power of an Xbox 360 is broadly above market expectations, Develop’s source claimed this is in fact less than some …
Read More »3DS sales hit 15m units
Lifetime sales of Nintendo’s 3DS have now hit 15m. The handheld has reached that goal faster than either the DS or the Wii, but has still clearly lagged behind Nintendo’s own expectations, with the company lowering all of its full-year forecasts. Total 3DS software sales hit 28.04m units. As for …
Read More »Nintendo reverses profit forecasts
Having previously predicted that it would post a small profit for the year ending March 31st, Nintendo has now said it expects to make a loss following a poor 2011. An operating loss of 45,000m is the new forecasts, down from a 1,000m profit. Nintendo made an operating income of …
Read More »New Xbox to block pre-owned, incorporate Blu-ray
Barely a day passes now without some sort of fresh claim about the Next Xbox, but today’s are arguably some of the juiciest so far. Kotaku has word of two claims. One, that the new machine will include Blu-ray disc technology. And two – it will implement some sort of …
Read More »Wii U ‘twice as powerful as Xbox 360’
Next-gen system far outperforms current expectations, Develop source claims
Read More »3DS gets white and pink makeover next month
Nintendo is hoping to extend 3DS’ newfound sales popularity by launching two new colour variants of the handheld. Both the Coral Pink and Ice white versions will be launched as standalone SKUs in the UK on February 10th. Until now they could only be had as part of the Nintendogs …
Read More »ShopTo hires SEO firm to double revenue
UK indie ShopTo.net has hired SEO fire in a bid to double its online revenue. The specialist search and social marketing firm is run by retail veteran Gian Luzio. This year is key to ShopTo.net’s growth as both Microsoft and Sony look to announce the next generation of games consoles,”?said …
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