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The latest instalment of EA’s MySims franchise – SkyHeroes – has been scheduled for release this autumn and is heading to Xbox 360 and PS3 for the first time, as well as the Wii and DS. The MySims series has sold strongly on the casual-focused Wii and DS formats and …
Read More »Just Dance hits 1m in UK
It’s the surprise hit that no-one saw coming and arguably the biggest success story of 2010, and now Ubisoft’s Just Dance has reached another important milestone – it has sold 1m units in the UK. It achieved the same feat in the US last month. In total the game has …
Read More »Pritchard takes Sega US hotseat
Sega’s European MD Alan Pritchard will move to the US next month to become vice president of sales and marketing for Sega America, MCV can reveal. His replacement as the boss for Sega Europe will be Jurgen Post. Pritchard was promoted to Euro MD last year following a successful stint …
Read More »Sony â??not camera-shyâ?? as MS bans Natal snaps
With motion control needing faith from the masses, Sony is keen to show thereâ??s no smoke and mirrors
Read More »EA dates Medal of Honor
Avoiding the competition or getting the jump on a key rival? Whatever you call it, EA has confirmed that it’s relaunch of the Medal of Honor franchise will arrive in the UK on October 15th – just 25 days ahead of Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops. This will give …
Read More »No room for Bungie at EA
It’s the most lucrative genre in the western video games market and EA now believes it is the best positioned publisher in the industry with regards to the FPS genre – and that’s the reason why it wasn’t in the race to sign a deal with Halo developer Bungie. Upcoming …
Read More »Free Gamescom flights for UK retail
Organisers for the second annual Gamescom event are stepping up efforts to draw in the global gaming market. The next phase in that plan was announced today at a press conference in London, where it was announced that UK specialist retailers can fly to this year’s event for free. Event …
Read More »US: 5m Wii units sold this year
Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has said that 5m Wii units have been sold this year so far. He told US television channel CNBC that this figure equalled the entire amount that our competitors have sold over the previous 12 months.” Fils-Aime also said that almost 1m had participated” …
Read More »Lucas rejected Wookie superhero game
In one of the brainstorming sessions that eventually lead to the commercially successful Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, the series’ creator George Lucas reportedly rejected a proposal that would have seen hairy superstar Chewbacca taking centre stage in his own game. Specifically, the game that was being considered would have …
Read More »Rage pushed back to 2011
The ongoing development of FPS Rage has caused its 2010 release window to slip to 2011 to give id Software extra time to perfect the game. id Software’s lead designer Tim Willits told VG247: There’s nothing worse than pushing something out before it’s ready. Trust me, it would be horrible …
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