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Wii TOP 10 ALL PRICES 1. Wii Play (Nintendo) 2. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega) 3. Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree (Nintendo) 4. Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo) 5. Mario Party 8 (Nintendo) 6. Wario Ware: Smooth Moves (Nintendo) 7. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo) 8. …
Read More »Microsoft: 360 can be this generations PS2
Top Microsoft exec Jeff Bell has revealed that the format holder plans to make Xbox 360 ‘this generation’s PS2′. Bell, corporate VP of global marketing for Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment Business, also said he was hopeful that 360 would become popular with Wii owners who had ‘graduated’ above Nintendo’s console. Speaking …
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1. FIFA 08 (Electronic Arts) 2. Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training (Nintendo) 3. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision) 4. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami) 5. More Brain Training from Dr Kawashima (Nintendo) 6. Halo 3 (Microsoft) 7. The Simpsons Game (Electronic Arts) 8. Wii Play (Nintendo) 9. Assassin’s Creed …
Read More »DS hits 1m in Australia
Nintendo DS has sold one million units in Australia after just 153 weeks on the market. According to Gfk figures released by Nintendo Australia, Wii also passed a milestone of 300,000 units after 58 weeks on sale. Vooks reports that the last reported figure for the Xbox 360 was also …
Read More »Your dream job is waiting for you
Are the January blues still bringing you down? Could you do with a change of environment? More money? New colleagues? Whenever you’re ready, you’ll find the best list of new jobs in games at Mcvuk.com. This week, Gem-owned peripherals expert Exspect is looking to recruit two new product managers at …
Read More »Future teams with Panini for Girl Gamer
Girl Gamer is an extension of Future’s Official Nintendo Magazine, and will be included free with Easter issues of Panini’s monthly title Bliss and fortnightly publication Mizz. The second issue will focus on DS and Wii titles, and follows the success of the first magazine. It boasts a print run …
Read More »Stringer and Kotick sceptical of of in-game ads
Sony and Activision bosses unsure platform can bankroll video games
Read More »EURO CHARTS: Brain Training cleans up
Next-gen has reports that the Brain Training phenomenon continues to sweep across the globe – claiming the number one spots in both the Spanish and German charts. The listings, courtesy of MC-GfK, run as follows:Spain 1. More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima (DS)2. Big Brain Academy (Wii)3. Assassin’s Creed (PS3)4. …
Read More »Stringer, Kotick question potential of in-game ads
Sony’s Howard Stringer and Activision’s Bobby Kotick have both said they are unsure whether video games can be fully sustained by in-game advertising. The news comes after EA announced it was to make its new Battlefield game available for free on the internet – and was financially supporting it through …
Read More »Valve unveils free publishing and development tools
Steamworks offers sales stats, copy protection and other functions to PC game developers
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