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Sky News reports that National Geographic is to drop the HD DVD format in favour of rival hi-def format, Blu-Ray. National Geographic, along with New Line Home Entertainment, HBO Home Video and BBC Home Video, are all distributed under the Warner umbrella. Warner announced it was to drop HD DVD …
Read More »More Portal on the way
Following its inclusion in EA’s successful The Orange Box, Valve’s dimension-bending shooter Portal has become somewhat of a cult classic – and now developer Valve has said that there’s plenty more to come from the franchise. Speaking to Eurogamer, Valve’s Doug Lombardi said of a possible add-on or sequel: "There’ll …
Read More »Big RRP difference on Devil May Cry 4
February 8th can’t come soon enough for fans of Capcom’s successful hack ‘n’ slash (‘n’ shoot) action series Devil May Cry, but PS3 gamers face a costlier outlay than their Xbox 360 rivals. The PS3 version of Devil May Cry 4 looks set to retail for 49.99 in most High …
Read More »Mercenaries 2 and Battlefield: Bad Company delayed
Amongst the news to emerge from EA’s latest trading statement was the confirmation that two of its key next-gen titles, Mercenaries 2 and Battlefield: Bad Company, will now arrive some time in the publisher’s fiscal 2009 year. In layman’s terms that means some time between April this year and April …
Read More »EAs conference call the full transcript
The full transcript from the conference call that followed EA’s announcement of its financial results for Q3, 2007 is now available online. The document reveals that the megapublisher believes PS3 takes longer to develop for than Xbox 360, Rock Band is to be released on Wii and that much-anticipated titles …
Read More »Riccitiello: We need more time to develop for PS3 than 360
EA CEO John Riccitiello has admitted that the company still requires more time to develop software for PS3 than it does Xbox 360. CVG reports that, when asked if PS3’s game development has caught up with the Xbox 360’s, Riccitiello said in a conference call: "Not quite. There’s no doubt …
Read More »EA suffers $33m Q3 loss
Electronic Arts has posted a loss for its third quarter of 2007, blaming restructuring charges and deferred revenue – but has reported record revenue for the Christmas period. The publisher suffered a net loss of $33 million for the period ended December 31st, 2007. That compared with net income of …
Read More »Rock Band moshing on Wii
CVG reports that Electronic Arts has confirmed Rock Band is coming to Nintendo’s Wii. EA CEO John Riccitiello revealed the information during the question-and-answer session of the company’s third-quarter conference call, referring to the coming launch” of a Wii version of the game. Last year, Harmonix CEO Alex Rigopulos said …
Read More »Win copies of No More Heroes
There are two prizes, the first is five copies of No More Heroes signed by the game’s legendary creator, Suda51. Also up for grabs, get this, are ten packs of No More Heroes toilet rolls, and Suda51 has left his mark on every single one. You’ll get the significance of …
Read More »GamerTV enjoys record audience
Dedicated video game show GamerTV has just posted its highest ever viewing figures. Over 220,000 unique UK gamers watched the show in just one weekend on satellite and cable channel Bravo. The news follows a period of audience growth that saw the show notch up a 1.25 million viewings in …
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