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The recent 3.41 firmware update for the PS3 is not behind some reported problems some owners are claiming to have when trying to upgrade the hard drive in their consoles, Sony has said. Several users on the US PlayStation forums had reported issues when trying to download the 3.41 software …
Read More »Koch denies Playlogic claims
Koch media has rubbished claims that it owes publisher and developer Playlogic €1.7m in unpaid bills. The Dutch company made the allegation after filing for bankruptcy earlier this week. The pair entered into an agreement last year that was supposed to see Koch distributing Playlogic’s titles in a number of …
Read More »Koch counters pay accusations
German-based publisher, developer and distributor denies claim it failed to pay Playlogic â?¬1.7m
Read More »GamesAid Cricket Challenge Cup
GamesAid will be teaming up with Sega for its first annual Cricket Challenge Cup. The event takes place on London’s Kew Green on September 8th. Four teams will compete in 10/10 matches, with the aim of raising 2,000 for GamesAid. The four teams are: Sega All-Stars, captained by John Clark; …
Read More »Zynga opens Japan wing
Further expansion for the Facebook game empire
Read More »PS3 outsold 360 in last 12 months
Global sales of the PS3 in the 12 months ending June 30th 2010 were about 4m units ahead of the sales enjoyed by Xbox 360. The number-crunching over on VG247 shows that Microsoft’s machine shifted 10.3m consoles in the last financial year. This compares to 14.3m unit sales of Sony’s …
Read More »Kinect pre-orders boom
Despite initial scepticism over its price, Kinect looks set to be a big hit. Retailers are reporting high pre-order numbers for the device, which will be available in November for 129.99 bundled with Kinect Adventures. In fact MCV understands one large chain has encouraged stores to secure 10 pre-orders for …
Read More »BioWare: 10m units is a hit
Games like Dragon Age 2 and Mass Effect 3 need to sell 10m units at retail to be a hit, according to developer BioWare. We need to sell 10m units,” BioWare vice president and co-founder Dr. Greg Zeschuk told Videogamer. That’s actually the new target, right? We do Top 10 …
Read More »Income nosedives at Capcom
Japanese publisher Capcom has reported income of YEN 216m for the quarter ending June 30th 2010 – a 94.8 per cent drop on the same period in 2009. Net income for the period fell 72.6 per cent year-on-year to just over YEN 1 trillion. Net sales fell 2.4 per cent …
Read More »Sports Interactive shuffles staff in Asia push
New Football Manager Online title co-built by Korean group
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