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Reports say new Japanese independent by former Capcom execs is working on three titles
Read More »Sony: MMOs will become selling point for PS3
President of Sony Online Entertainment John Smedley believes that PS3′ upcoming slate of MMOs will help distance the console’s offering from that of Xbox 360. Speaking to The Seattle Times, Smedley said that titles such as The Agency would see MMOs become ‘a strong selling point’ for the PS3. Smedley …
Read More »COMMENT: PS3 slips into top gear
This week’s show in the Indigo Room at the O2 was, in many ways, similar to what we’ve seen at Tokyo Games Show and Leipzig; stylish, confident and packed full of real sales stats. No amount of fanboy blustering can argue with the installed bases revealed by Sony this week; …
Read More »EUROPEAN CHARTS: GTA IV rules continent
With GTA IV smashing entertainment records to hit six million sales in its first week , it’s little surprise that the title has taken the top spot in all formats charts in Spain, Germany and Sweden. According to Next-gen.Biz, the PS3 version took the No.1 spot in Spain and Germany …
Read More »Hirai: ‘Were not competing with Microsoft or Nintendo’
Forget Microsoft and Nintendo – PS3’s content can take on movies, TV and the web in the battle for the wider entertainment space. That was the message from SCE president Kaz Hirai as he spoke to MCV at this week’s PlayStation Day, at which the platform holder revealed a string …
Read More »Nasdaq delists Atari
Atari Inc has been delisted from the Nasdaq share rankings in the US. Nasdaq previously told the firm that it had to bring its market value up to $15 million or more for ten consecutive business days before March 20th this year – but the publisher was unable to meet …
Read More »New games TV series coming to Bravo
A new television series aimed at gamers will begin airing in the UK this week on cable and satellite channel Bravo. Playr is topical weekly magazine programme which reviews new releases, reports from the major gaming events and previews the biggest games first. The series will also have two spin …
Read More »Bioshock film rights poached by Universal
Ken Levine being 'regularly consulted' on project
Read More »Gran Turismo breaks 50m barrier
Sony Computer Entertainment has announced that shipments for the Gran Turismo series have broken through the 50 million mark. According to website Dengeki Online and translated by MCV, the figures encompass the seven titles released under the Gran Turismo brand since the PSOne original released in 1997. According to Sony’s …
Read More »Dreamworks and Activision set to split
Dreamworks’ exclusive five-year contract with Activision will be coming to an end in 2010 – and it looks like the movie animation firm won’t be renewing the deal. According to Variety, THQ has successfully pitched for the game adaptation of Dreamworks’ autumn 2010 movie release, Master Mind. Activision has published …
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