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Electronic Arts’ EA Sports label has unveiled further details of its ‘All Play’ line of games – new versions of its football, soccer, golf and basketball titles designed specifically for the Wii. According the EA, the games have been designed from the ground up with new controls and with social …

Those kind folk over at Sony have given MCV readers the chance to win a PSP and a copy of Buzz Master Quiz, with four runners up claiming a copy of the game. Who’s behind the voice of Buzz? a) Kylie Minogue b) Jason Donovan c) Mrs Mangel To take …

The summer of sports continues with today’s release of Sega’s Olympic Beijing 2008. The game, the only official licensed title for the Olympic event, follows a spate of games making the most of this years sport filled summer. A Sega spokesperson told MCV that all the environments, stadiums, arenas, athletes …

Rumours of an Xbox 360 price cut in the US won’t go away, as an unverified Kmart scan indicates that a price cut is set to take place in early July. The scan in question can be seen over on High-Def Digest forums, and shows the Xbox 360 Pro SKU …

Kotaku reports that SCE president Kaz Hirai has stated that that PS3’s titles boast superior quality to its rivals. As PlayStation 3 approaches the second anniversary of its release, the release of PS3 software titles with the true generation quality only available on PS3 is accelerating,” said the Sony exec. …

While we have EIEF north of the border, for years the games industry had been crying out for a London-based celebration of gaming culture. And it finally arrived in 2006, the first year that the UK games industry stepped up to the mark to launch London Games Festival, with the full …

The games industry is set to continue its defiant growth spurt as it becomes the entertainment medium of choice for penny-pinching consumers. That was the message from the trade this week as the credit crunch continues to take hold of the nation’s purse-strings. But despite the doom and gloom in …

Electronic Arts’ EA Sports label has unveiled its new ‘All Play’ line of games with new versions of its football, soccer, golf and basketball titles designed specifically for the Wii. For the full story, head over to CasualGaming.Biz

Ubisoft has unveiled Prince of Persia: The Fallen King for Nintendo DS. The game is set to launch this Christmas, and boasts an independent – but still tied-in –storyline from the already-announced console and PC versions, and will make full use of the console’s unique functionality. Futhermore, Ubisoft has announced …

Focus Multimedia are set to follow Atari with its own driving test DS title. The budget software firm previously worked exclusively on PC, but has targeted other formats for its driving series. We’re always looking at ways of bringing Driving Test Success onto popular formats, with DS being one possibility,” …