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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 …
Read More »Top five prediction for Jackass
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 …
Read More »J Allard: Zune and 360 will one day be unified
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 …
Read More »DS passes 20 million sales in Japan
IGN reports that according to data from Media Create Nintendo’s popular handheld console the DS has now sold over 20 million units in Japan. The original model succeeded in shifting 6 million units in the first 14 months on the market, but since the arrival of the redesigned DS Lite …
Read More »PS3 dev kit cost slashed
Develop reports that Sony has cut the price of PlayStation 3 development kits in a bid to ”contribute to cost-saving measures of the development community". SCEI said the prices for the PS3 SDK will be reduced to $10,250 in North America, 950,000 Yen in Japan and €7,500 in Europe. At …
Read More »Crytek signs education and teaching deal
Crysis developer to lecture at Hochschule Darmstadt
Read More »Sony halves cost of PS3 dev kit
Debug units now also support programming, not just QA
Read More »New Resi movie to include RE5 and DMC4 demos
Whilst the Resident Evil movies may have proved a hit with the public, their reception amongst the gaming fraternity has been less enthusiastic – but you can expect the gaming public to be more receptive toward the arrival of the third movie on Blu-Ray and DVD. Sony has confirmed that …
Read More »New studio working on Terminator game
The Halcyon Company, an LA based firm that owns the gaming rights to the lucrative Terminator franchise, has announced that it has opened a new development studio and is already at work on a new game based on the brand. The Hollywood Reporter claims that the firm opted to open …
Read More »PS3 Orange Box next month
After enjoying critical and commercial success on both PC and PS3, EA has confirmed that the PS3 version of Valve collection The Orange Box will arrive on PS3 on December 14th, Eurogamer reports. Many had been speculated that the game would not appear on the Sony platform until some time …
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