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Nintendo has grabbed the number one spot in ChartTrack/ELSPA’s all formats weekly sales rankings with Mario Kart Wii – knocking Sony’s Gran Turismo 5: Prologue into second place. The title recorded the eighth biggest opening sales week in UK software history to claim the top spot in the week, ending …
Read More »Gran Turismo on the way to PC?
The boss of the studio behind the Gran Turismo series has said that the franchise may expand beyond the PlayStation format for the first time in its history – with a PC version in China. Speaking to German site derStandard, Kazunori Yamauchi, head of Sony’s Polyphony Digital team, said: It …
Read More »Capcom aquiring a Western developer in next two years ‘is a given’
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Read More »New DS coming at E3?
The president of Japanese market authority Enterbrain – parent company of Famitsu – has predicted that Nintendo will unveil a new DS model at E3 in July. According to Bloomberg Japan – translated by akayuki.com – Hirokazu Hamamura said Nintendo might be readying to show off the third iteration of …
Read More »Take Two snares top exec for Asian expansion
Despite its ongoing game of cat and mouse with potential acquiror EA, Take Two has revealed that it is hoping to broaden its distribtion reach and launch online games to full capitalise on the growing markets in Asia and the Pacific. Former senior staffer at EA and Vivendi Hubert Larenaudie …
Read More »Japanese market to peak this year, says Enterbrain
Japanese analyst and publisher of Famitsu Enterbrain has predicted that this year will see the domestic market peak in the current console generation. Japan Today reports that the Enterbrain forecasts combined hardware and software sales will peak at 710.4 billion yen this year, and to fall to 671.1 billion yen …
Read More »Germany considering retail demo pod ban
The state minister for Hamburg will introduce anti-truancy measures to fellow politicians in Germany later this week – including a recommendation that games demo pods be switched off during school hours. According to German newspaper Welt am Sonntag – translated by news source Deutsche Welle – Udo Nagel said: "Truancy …
Read More »Wii to finally launch in Korea
The official Nintendo Korea site has revealed the news that the country has been waiting for – that the Wii console is finally set to launch in the territory. The system will hit shelves on April 26th, and will be priced at 220,000 Won (around 114). That’s a full 17 …
Read More »SPANISH CHARTS: Gran Turismo holds off competition again
According to the latest Media-Control GfK International weekly all formats Spanish software chart, Sony’s Gran Tursimo 5: Prologue has enjoyed a second week as the biggest selling game in the region. Nintendo’s Wii Play nestles in second spot, whilst Konami enjoys a particularly good week – with iterations of Pro …
Read More »GERMAN CHARTS: Gran Turismo keeps No.1 spot
Media-Control GfK International has released the latest official German all formats software chart – and Sony’s Gran Turismo 5: Prologue is atop the list for the second week in a row. EA’s Command and Conquer expansion, Kane’s Wrath, holds onto second, whilst Nintendo takes five of the top ten positions. …
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