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PSP owners will be able to download highlights of football matches from the Barclay’s Premiership via video service Go!View, Sony has announced. From Sunday, 17th August, users will be able to transfer 45 minutes of extended highlights from Sky Sports matches. The football content on Go!View is available as part …
Read More »Testology joins Tiga ranks
Developers' association welcomes QA and creative testing firm
Read More »Engine Software unveils the Pulse Sound System
Renamed DS audio middleware now official 3rd party tool
Read More »No PS3 price cut at Leipzig
Sony will not announce a price cut to its flagship PlayStation 3 games console at the Leipzig trade expo next week, the company has confirmed. "It’s not going to happen. If you’re coming for that you’ll be disappointed," Sony Computer Entertainment spokesman Nick Caplin told Reuters. SCEE president David Reeves …
Read More »Nintendo takes aim at South America
Nintendo is plotting an aggressive Spanish marketing campaign in Latin America to boost sales of its hardware. The promotional assault will most like happen before Christmas and will focus on sports and fitness games. The platform holder believes the territory’s video game market could be worth up to $2 billion …
Read More »Burnout Paradise to cut out retail
In a move that will likely send shudders through the entire retail chain, EA-owned studio Criterion has confirmed that its recent release Burnout Paradise is to be made available as a full download on Sony’s PlayStation Store on PS3. Priced at $29.99 in North America, the game will be available …
Read More »Capcom to publish GTA IV in Japan
Grand Theft Auto IV will finally be released in Japan in October – and distributed under the Capcom label. The title will be made available in the Land of the Rising Sun in a Japan language version on October 30th, on both PS3 and Xbox 360. According to a Kotaku …
Read More »Three new Overlord games announced
UK publisher Codemasters has announced three new titles due out next year based on its Overlord brand – Overlord II on 360, PS3 and PC, Overlord Dark Legends on Wii and Overlord Minions on DS. As a million-plus seller, Overlord is now a significant brand in the ever-growing Codemasters portfolio,” …
Read More »Kotick slams Warner Music
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has hit out at Warner Music – after the firm demanded games publishers should pay more royalties for tracks used in rhythm-based software. In what the Financial Times calls ‘a sign of increasing tensions between the two companies’, Kotick said Warner Music had failed to …
Read More »Suda 51: EA understood my game
Speaking of the shock news that EA has signed on to publish the next game from Killer 7 and No More Heroes developer Suda 51 , the cult figure has explained his reasons for signing with the leading global publisher. In an interview with 1UP, Suda explained: EA’s people showed …
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