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Nintendo intends to keep manufacturing the DS Lite alongside the DSi and new DSi XL – but the format-holder has told MCV that the industry should expect an increased emphasis on the online-connected DSi devices. Our current plans are to continue manufacturing Nintendo DS Lite globally,” a spokesperson explained. The …
Read More »Ubi lowers sales projections
Ubisoft has revised its earnings projections for its third quarter – citing a slowdown in the DS market, slow back catalogue sales and a move towards triple-A titles. The firm’s sales targets for third-quarter and full-year 2009-10 have been revised downwards to €495m and around €860m respectively, from the previously …
Read More »Ubisoft postpones Splinter Cell: Conviction
Ubisoft has delayed the eagerly awaited Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction to an April release. The game was previously due for launch on February 23rd, but the publisher’s third quarter performance reports reveals Sam Fisher’s upcoming title has been pushed back to the next financial year. Tabletop strategy game R.U.S.E …
Read More »Star Trek Online beta beams down
Publisher Atari has at last opened the digital doors to the public beta for Cryptic Studio’s long awaited MMO Star Trek Online. Running until January 26th, the beta offers players the chance to take control of their own Federation or Klingon vessel in a world populated by thousands of other …
Read More »Jagex becomes third-party publisher
UK mega-studio responsible for RuneScape signs new RTS
Read More »LucasArts pledges High Street support
Despite huge success for its 2009 digital strategy LucasArts says retail releases are still a key part of its business. Last year the publisher revived many of its classic older IPs, with both new and old Monkey Island titles launched for iPhone, Xbox Live Arcade, PC and WiiWare. Embracing digital …
Read More »Valve endorses PC motion controller
Acclaimed title Left 4 Dead 2 becomes playable with a new device from Razer and Sixense
Read More »Develop Jury: Natal’s promise
Developers dispute the merits of Microsoftâ??s upcoming device
Read More »Modern Warfare 2 sales hit $1bn
Publisher Activision has confirmed that total sales of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 have just passed $1bn worldwide, according to the firm’s own internal estimates. The milestone arrives almost two months to the day since Modern Warfare 2 was released on November 14th 2009. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare …
Read More »More trouble for Pirate Bay
Five months after Swedish courts ordered the closure of BitTorrent tracking site The Pirate Bay, four of the world’s largest music labels have requested the District Court fines the site’s owners. TorrentFreak reports that Universal Music, EMI, Sony BMG and Warner have requested that courts enforce a ruling passed late …
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