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After a long period of dominance from Nintendo’s Wii Fit, EA’s PC hit The Sims 3 has stamped its chart credentials on the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 by claiming top spot for the second week in a row. It finishes ahead of Activision Blizzard’s debutant Prototype, which enters …
Read More »Trade rallies behind reborn E3
UK RETAIL HAS hailed E3 2009 a triumph, following a string of key announcements at last week’s show. Many major UK games retailers sent personnel to the LA event, and the trade was thrilled by the new products including Sony’s PSPgo, Microsoft’s Project Natal and Nintendo’s Wii Fit Plus. It …
Read More »Getting better all the time
2007 was a shambles. 2008 was a disappointment. But 2009 saw E3 back with a vengeance – perfectly balanced between the huge scale the industry needed to show off, and a more personal focus. It will come as a huge relief to many in the industry that last week’s E3 …
Read More »Analyst: Modern Warfare 2 to outsell all 2009 releases
A Janco Partners’ analyst has estimated that sales of Activision Blizzard’s Modern Warfare 2 will surpass 11.1 million units by the end of 2009. The firm’s Mike Hickey suggests the game will be the largest video game release” for the year, and will rack up $338 million in sales on …
Read More »Nintendo games now play themselves
The movement to make gaming as accessible as possible to as many people as possible is about to take another step forward with the news that Nintendo is to introduce a new option in upcoming games that will effectively allow the games to play themselves. To find out exactly how …
Read More »Tretton: Motion control possible on all PS3 games
As well as revealing his disdain for sensitive info leaks, SCEA CEO Jack Tretton has also suggested that the PS3’s prototype motion controller is more flexible than the Wii’s. Speaking in an interview with news group CNBC Tretton compared Nintendo’s revolutionary Wii remote with Sony’s own post-Sixaxis motion controller. Personally, …
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Read More »Geoff Heath gets OBE
Geoff Heath has been named an Officer of the British Empire in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. The former Climax chairman, Activision Europe founder and NCsoft man – who came to games in the 1980s after a career in the music business – was given the honour ‘for services to …
Read More »Motion control possible on all PS3 games, says Tretton
SCEA chief insists the PlayStation Motion Controller is more flexible than Nintendoâ??s Wii remote
Read More »RETAIL BIZ: Fight Night Round 4
Check out the RETAIL BIZ Previews section for MCV’s guide to some of the biggest games coming out within the next few weeks. This week, EA’s Fight Night Round 4 throws the first punch, delighting boxing fans with its authentic and detailed recreation of life in the ring. With heavyweights …
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