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Worldwide iPhone and iPod touch users have download over 3 billion Apps in the 18 months since the App Store opened to the public. "Three billion applications downloaded in less than 18 months – this is like nothing we’ve ever seen before," said Apple CEO Steve Jobs. "The revolutionary App …
Read More »Pirates claim PS3 hack success
With piracy rife in the Wii, Xbox 360, DS and PSP markets, the PS3 has to date proved the only current-gen machine to successfully fend off the hackers – but it seems that things could be about to change. According to reports on Maxconsole, a lengthy and convoluted workaround has …
Read More »Blu-ray capacity expands
New tech from Sony and Panasonic sees standard disc capacity raised from 25GB to 33.4GB
Read More »DS and Wii shatter Euro records
Nintendo has ushered in the new decade by clinching two hardware sales records – the best ever selling machine in Europe and the fastest console to 20m sales. The first record is claimed by the DS, which via its various guises (the DS, DS Lite and DSi) has now sold …
Read More »Jagexâ??s canned Mechscape â??wonâ??t go to wasteâ??
Game engine and assets will not go to waste with Jagexâ??s next project, CEO confirms
Read More »Blu-ray disc capacity upped
The prospect of additional layers means that Blu-ray capacity will no doubt over time continue to increase, but a new development from Sony and Panasonic could see the capacity of standard Blu-ray discs given a sizable bump. Best of all, the new tech is accessible to owners of current Blu-ray …
Read More »Retail to reign for some considerable time
The speed at which digital content has grown over the last 12 months has been phenomenal, but all three platform holders have told MCV – or more precisely, the guest editor of 2009’s final issue, Activision’s UK boss Andrew Brown – that retail will remain the driving force for some …
Read More »EA expects prices to fall
While rival Activision seems keen to up the price that gamer’s fork out on their favourite hobby, EA has claimed that consumers can expect to see games come down in price some time in the future. I think that we’re going to start to see – maybe not in the …
Read More »Nintendo to distribute Monster Hunter Tri in Europe
Monster Hunter Tri for Wii will be distributed in Europe and Australia by Nintendo. The platform holder will be responsible for the sales, marketing and distribution, while Capcom will remain the publisher. The game is due in April. This is not the first time Nintendo has handled Capcom products in …
Read More »JAPAN: Wii pips PS3 in annual sales race
Having been neck and neck through much of the year in the Japanese video games market, hardware sales figures from Enterbrain suggest that Nintendo’s Wii managed to lurch ahead in the closing stages of 2009 to outsell Sony’s resurgent PS3. The Wii shifted 1,975,178 units throughout the year – a …
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