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The global president of Nintendo Saturo Iwata has headlined his keynote at GDC 09 by lifting the lid on a brand new Zelda game for the DSi entitled The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks. "Nintendo is grateful all third parites have done to support our platforms – but we understand …
Read More »Wii surpasses 50 million global sales
Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata has announced that Wii has surpassed 50 million worldwide sales. Iwata revealed the news at this afternoon’s keynote at GDC in San Francisco. The Wii has reached the figure quicker in its lifecycle quicker than Sony’s PS2 – making it the fastest-selling platform of all time. …
Read More »Campbell takes USA role to boost MCV and Develop
Longtime Edge Online frontman Colin Campbell has joined Intent Media as head of US content and business development. The highly rated publisher and journalist has over 20 years’ experience within the industry. He ran US trade title Games Business and online pioneer Fastest Games News throughout the 1990s, having played …
Read More »Sony aiming for simultaneous digital PSP releases
The head of PlayStation marketing at Sony America, John Koller, has stated that Sony would ideally like to see simultaneous digital versions of its PSP titles released alongside their retail UMD counterparts. In the back half of this year, we should see a good rise in the amount of content …
Read More »Disney unveils new Wii 3D Toy Story title
A brand new title inspired” by 1995 movie outing Toy Story is on the way to Wii this autumn courtesy of Disney Interactive Entertainment. Interestingly, the game will also support a 3D mode, and comes packed with 3D glasses. Disney is infusing plenty of the third dimension into the Toy …
Read More »Sony dates PS3 MMO duo for 2010
The long-awaited maturing of the MMO genre in the console space will seemingly have to wait a little longer to reach fruition with the news that upcoming SOE pair DC Universe Online and The Agency will not arrive on PS3 until 2010. It had been hoped that at least one …
Read More »Atari sells off distribution arm
Infogrames has sold its remaining stake in PAL-fulfillment arm Distribution Partners to Namco Bandai – signalling Atari’s latest step in its quest to eventually become an online-led publisher. Distribution Partners was formed last year, when Namco Bandai acquired a 34 per cent stake in Infogrames’ European and Asian distribution operations. …
Read More »EA resurrecting SSX on iPhone
Publisher EA has seemingly nailed its flag to the iPhone mast with the news that a number of its key gaming franchises are heading to the platform this year. Edge reports that snowboarding franchise SSX, the return of which was hinted at in the in-game commentary of 2008 racer Burnout …
Read More »Star Trek DAC detailed
Initial details have been revealed for Star Trek DAC, the video game due for release alongside the upcoming Star Trek movie. Star Trek DAC will only be available as a downloadable title, according the film’s associate producer David Baronoff and Joshua Glazer, CTO of the game’s developer Naked Sky Entertainment, …
Read More »RETAIL BIZ: News round-up
This week in Retail Biz, Granger Games has opened the first of four new stores as GAME wins best specialist at the Oracle Retail Week Awards.Elsewhere, the DSi has hit two million units sold in Japan, February’s NPD data was released for all to see, and the new Woolworths expects …
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