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With Sony having made plenty of noise about the bright 3D future it envisages for the PS3, Microsoft has now stated that the Xbox 360 is already fully kitted out with the tech required to join the dimensional revolution. From the technical standpoint, we are fully 3D capable,” Microsoft’s Aaron …
Read More »Fresh delay for Gran Turismo 5
Having been pencilled in for a March release in Japan for a few weeks now, SCEJ has retracted the speculative release date for Gran Turismo 5 and reverted back to a TBA listing, Kotaku reports. Sony has said that a new date will be named at some stage in the …
Read More »Battlefield Europe for EA
A LOOK BACK AT 2009 "For the overall market we were a little bit disappointed. When we were putting our plans together for last year we were expecting growth of around five per cent, but what we saw across Europe was the market decreasing by about 10 per cent. "At …
Read More »Is Natal just another Wii? Have your say
This weekâ??s Jury Service turns to future Natal software
Read More »Jobs lost at Warner’s Seattle studios
Some positions 'eliminated' to reduce overlap and move towards shared resource
Read More »Microsoft X48 design event hits UK
Two-day game design competition in Birmingham to get Huddersfield repeat
Read More »New Ace Combat targeting PSP
Publisher Namco Bandai has revealed that a brand new entry in its flight sim series, Ace Combat Joint Assault, will touch down on the PSP runway in the spring. Following on from the series’ 2006 PSP debut Ace Combat X, Joint Assault promises the most accomplished visuals yet seen on …
Read More »RETAIL BIZ: Bayonetta storms single format charts
MCV’s vital weekly retail digest RetailBiz is now available to view online and download now. Considering the increasing marginalisation of Japanese games in the Western market, Sega’s potentially niche action title Bayonetta has proved that Eastern games can still deliver in the UK with a strong performance in the ELSPA …
Read More »GT Academy downloaded 1m times
There can be no clearer demonstration of the huge appetite that remains for Sony’s much-delayed PS3 title Gran Turismo 5 than the huge success of the recently released GT Academy Time Trial demo. The teaser game has now been downloaded over 1m times across Europe, Australia and New Zealand since …
Read More »Halo Reach detailed at last
Developer Bungie is promising a massive technological jump in its upcoming Halo Reach, which is due out ion Xbox 360 later this year. Fresh details of the title come courtesy of US mag Game Informer, with scans of the latest issue offering a long-awaited insight into Bungie’s wide-reaching plans. The …
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