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Some questioned Sony CEO Howard Stringer’s confidence when he spoke about the PS3’s North American breakthrough earlier this month – but the latest November sales numbers from the territory prove that the appetite for Sony’s next-gen console has massively increased. Since November 2nd PS3 sales have climbed by 298 per …
Read More »Assassins Creed fends off Need for Speed
Successful new IP Assassin’s Creed has maintained its spot at the top of the ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 despite the arrival of EA’s annual favourite Need for Speed: Pro Street, which enters the listings in second spot. It’s the first time in three years that the trendy racer has …
Read More »Namco lifts the lid on new Wii RPG
With RPGs still a little thin on the ground on Nintendo’s much-in-demand Wii console, adventure-gamers will be delighted to hear that Namco has revealed it is working on a new role-playing outing for the machine named Fragile. Though little is known about the game, it has been confirmed that Eternal …
Read More »Patch on the way for PS3 Assassins Creed
Despite the massive success enjoyed by Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed in the global games charts in recent weeks, the game has reportedly run into problems on Sony’s PS3 – and now the publisher has pledged to work on a patch to remedy the issues. Some gamers have reported experiencing crashes, particularly …
Read More »Gamers face 50 per cent loss on pre-owned exchange
Despite the popularity of trading in used games against the purchase of new ones on the High Street, online games firm Hitflip has claimed that gamers are facing up to a 50 per cent loss on titles each time they do so. Games that are exchanged only days after their …
Read More »Piracy drive threatens Nintendo DS
The R4, a flash card device that allows DS owners to run third party software and copied games, has attracted the attention of The Times , which claims that its rising popularity threatens DS software sales this Christmas. The R4 has been available online for some time, but its popularity …
Read More »GSC becomes 360 developer
GSC Game World, the developer behind critically applauded post-Chernobyl FPS S.T.A.L.K.E.R. has been confirmed as an Xbox 360 developer, paving the way for the studio to branch out into multiplatform development. "Obtaining such a status for an independent developer based in ex-USSR means a lot, and it took us over …
Read More »Funding boost for Scandinavian developers
Develop reports that six developers have been named as the winners of the Nordic Game Program’s second funding round of 2007. The six studios win a share of 2.3 million DKK, with the largest amount going to Tarsier Studios, developers of the previously announced audio recording-based game The City of …
Read More »New PSP rejuvenates handheld in Japan
Japanese games site Game Watch reports that Sony’s redesigned Slim & Lite PSP has broken the one million unit sales barrier faster than the company’s original model. The new model, whose official name is the PSP-1000, hit the milestone on November 22nd, just two months after its launch and a …
Read More »Play.com Live – Ready to Play the field
There’s a scene in seminal 1990s buddy vehicle Wayne’s World 2 in which the eponymous protagonist is breaking down under the strain of overseeing his magnum opus – the gargantuan rock concert, Waynestock. With bands dropping out and attendance figures on the wane, he visits fantasy guru Jim Morrison, whose …
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