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Numbers quoted on online sales tracker VGChartz claim that for the week ending October 21st Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console sold just 37,303 units across Europe – managing to outsell only Nintendo’s aged Game Boy Advance in the period. The site claims that in the same period Wii sold 70,322 units …
Read More »Looney Tunes and Spongebob lead 360 family drive
On the back of its announcement of a new ‘family’ orientated Xbox 360 Arcade bundle yesterday, Microsoft has confirmed a whole new selection of downloadable content aimed squarely at the family market. The Xbox Live service will soon be bolstered by over 50 Warner Brothers Looney Toons shows, along with …
Read More »Ubisoft beats fiscal first half targets
It’s been a good start to the financial year for Ubisoft, with the French publisher enjoying a sales spike of 50 per cent year on year for the half year ending September 30th. Total sales for the period were €261 million, 52 per cent higher than in the same period …
Read More »Wii Sports dominates games BAFTAs
Last night saw the first British Academy Video Games Awards take place at London’s Battersea Evolution, and it was Nintendo’s Wii launch title Wii Sports that stole the show, winning six of the thirteen possible awards on offer. Nintendo’s title did not capture the coveted Best Game title, however, with …
Read More »A trade body with teeth… Yes, really
Okay, maybe not teeth. That’s an overly aggressive portrayal. And two less aggressive men than ELSPA director general Paul Jackson and MD Michael Rawlinson I have yet to meet (though chairman Andy Payne has been known to show his gnashers on occasion and board member Geoff Heath apparently carried a …
Read More »Former PayPal CEO heads to RuneScape
The former European boss of online payment giant PayPal Geoff Iddison has joined Jagex, the company behind the hugely popular Java-based MMO Runsescape. "The company has built an amazing international playing community through the RuneScape game," Iddison stated. "The technology used to distribute the game and the incredible depth offered …
Read More »THQ lowers financial guidance
The delays suffered by the likes of Destroy All Humans 3 and Frontlines: Fuels of War and lower than expected sales of key titles Juiced 2 and Stuntman: Ignition have led US publisher THQ to lower its financial estimates for fiscal year 2008. The previous prediction of $240 million has …
Read More »New voice backs single-platform call
Following last week’s call from EA exec Gerhard Florin for a single unified games platform, the boss of developer Silicon Knights has stated that such a future is desirable – and indeed inevitable. CVG reports that Dennis Dyack told Official Xbox Magazine: "Imagine a unified platform, one console for all …
Read More »FIFA Street 3 to score next Spring
US publisher Electronic Arts has confirmed that FIFA Street 3 will arrive on Xbox 360 and PS3 next Spring – and that it will look radically different to previous iterations of the franchise. Players will assume an even more caricatured appearance than ever before, meaning that Peter Crouch will be …
Read More »HMV stores to introduce LAN gaming
Leading UK entertainment retailer HMV is to introduce multiplayer PC gaming centres into a number of its largest stores, beginning with the unveiling of a new state-of-art gaming centre at its London-based Trocadero store next month. The move comes as a result of a new partnership with Gamerbase.com. The new …
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