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Microsoft has recorded its best weekly sales in the history of the Xbox brand, selling just under 1m units in seven days. More than 960,000 Xbox 360 units were sold in the US during the week of Black Friday (week ending Friday, November 25th), according to Larry "Major Nelson" Hyrb. …
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Read More »Sony readies PS3 for Vita launch
A new firmware update will add Vita functionality to PlayStation 3 this week. Sony has announced the imminent system software update, v4.00, will enable PS3 owners to use their console as a content hub for the upcoming handheld, according to the PlayStation Blog. They will be able to share games, …
Read More »Battlefield 3 sales top 8 million
Electronic Arts has announced sales of its blockbuster first-person shooter have surpassed the eight million milestone. The figure was confirmed by the publisher’s CFO Eric Brown during this week’s Baird Technology Conference in San Fransisco, according to Game Informer. Previously, EA touted first week sales of five million units worldwide …
Read More »Resident Evil: Revelations and ‘Circle Pad Pro’ arrive on January 27th
Resident Evil: Revelations will release for the 3DS in Europe on January 27th along with the new ‘Circle Pad Pro’ accessory. The circle pad pro device adds functionality to the handheld, with a second analogue control added via a large attachment, but was nevertheless controversial when announced earlier in the …
Read More »Finalists named in Game Connection dev contest
Winner to receive PS3 and Vita dev kits and support from Sony
Read More »Unofficial Skyrim map app heading to iOS
Providing it can elude the somewhat over-active reach of Bethesda’s lawyers, a Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim app is heading to iOS. Called Dragon Shout, the download contains a fully interactive Skyrim map that allows gamers to set their own markers, complete with annotations. This can be used for marking down …
Read More »Xbox 360 adopts Verizon cable TV service in US
Verizon has announced a new deal with Microsoft in the US that will see Xbox 360 offer a varied cable TV service as part of its US offering. Customers of Verizon’s high-speed internet service FiOS can now sign up to the Xbox version. This will allow them to watch live …
Read More »Signs point to Facebook IPO in New Year
Social networking behemoth Facebook could be eyeing up the long awaited transition to a public company with an IPO that could amount to $10 billion. On Monday theWall Street Journal suggestedthat Facebook is looking to kick off the IPO between April and June of 2012. The deal could be based …
Read More »Actor’s CV mentions Resident Evil 6
As-of-yet unannounced survival horror outing Resident Evil 6 has cropped up in an actor’s CV. Siliconera reports that the CV of voice actor Joe Cappelletti listed the game on his credits page, though this was subsequently removed. It’s worth noting that it’s not the first time that Resident Evil 6 …
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