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Robbie Bach, the president of Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices Division, has stated that his firm’s Xbox Live network puts the efforts of his gaming rivals to shame. "It’s fair to say that Xbox Live is clearly head and shoulders above anything anyone else has tried to do. We don’t have …

After shooting its way to the top of the UK ChartTrack All Formats Top 40, Activision’s Call of Duty 4 is also setting the pace across Europe by topping the German charts and storming its way into the Spanish Top Five, Next-Gen reports. The PC, 360 and PS3 versions of …

Japanese developer and publisher Capcom has confirmed that successful Xbox 360 shooter Lost Planet will arrive on PS3 in February next year, CVG reports. The Sony version will contain on the disc all of the extra downloadable features that have been made available to 360 gamers since the game’s release …

EVER-EXPANDING MMO publisher NCsoft has revealed that it is giving its European European development capabilities a huge boost – doubling in size in the next 18 months alone. The target was revealed as NCsoft’s chief executive officer Geoff Heath told MCV that its first PS3 project should be hitting retail …

Empire releases Jackass into the busy Christmas market next Friday – but is confident that the mass-appeal title will hit a top five spot in the chart despite some tough competition. A new DS version of the game has been added to the publisher’s release roster for Q1 2008, showing …

System 3 has unveiled its marketing plans ahead of the release of much anticipated racing title Ferrari Challenge: Trofeo Pirelli. The title is due for release in February next year, and the publisher plans to build on the hype the title has already generated with a multifaceted marketing campaign. We’re …

Following a powerhouse first week in the UK charts, Activision’s Call of Duty 4 has succeeded in beating Gears of War to become the second most played game on Xbox Live – behind only the might of Halo 3. And developer Infinity Ward has already announced that an update to …

Microsoft and Xbox supreme J Allard has said that both its Xbox 360 games console and portable MP3 player Zune are ultimately designed to connect to the same network, sparking talk that the music machine could yet play host to gaming. Speaking to The New York Times, Allard stated: "The …

The North American arm of Japanese publisher and developer Atlus has been confirmed as an official third party publisher, Next-Gen reports. Atlus USA will specialise in bringing niche Japanese-produced titles to Microsoft’s system, the first two of which will be RPG duo Operation Darkness and Spectral Force 3, both of …