In an effort to get as many people as possible on board for the launch of PlayStation Plus, the new premium arm to Sony’s PSN service, the platform holder has confirmed that it will give away a free digital copy of LittleBigPlanet to all Europeans who sign up between June …
Read More »Acti concerned by Move-Kinect price
The world’s largest third party publisher has admitted that it is concerned” about the price point of both Sony’s Move and Microsoft’s Kinect. Though Sony’s Move appears fairly cheap on the face of it, with a Move controller costing 39.99 and the Starter Bundle costing 49.99, the pennies soon add …
Read More »3DS dev costs won’t come cheap
Nintendo president Iwata says new handheld game production is comparable to Wii
Read More »MS plays down Kinects hardcore appeal
Microsoft has offered up a very simple explanation for the lack of hardcore games currently set to support the upcoming Kinect motion camera – the device isn’t aimed at the core market. Instead, the company has said that its motion titles and traditional joypad-based games are aimed at very different …
Read More »MS reveals Xbox Live Family Pack
Ever been frustrated by the fact that while dad can play online on Xbox Live thanks to his Gold membership, the kids can’t do the same on the very same machine when logged in under their profile? Fret no more. Microsoft has revealed what it is calling the Xbox Live …
Read More »ELSPA ‘extremely disappointed’ by tax break U-turn
But association says withdrawal of games support should not discourage Government collaboration
Read More »MS: 360 ready for 3D gaming
Microsoft has insisted that the Xbox 360 is just as 3D ready as the PS3, though has once again iterated that it’s not diving headfirst into the 3D sector just yet. We have 3D games,” Xbox global marketing boss Albert Penello told CVG. Obviously the Avatar game came out last …
Read More »Activision wants to improve image
As well as asserting its position as the world’s no.1 third party publisher in 2010, Activision has a secondary objective – improving its image amongst the core games market. The publisher’s reputation has taken a bit of a battering in the last couple of years. Its decision to price Call …
Read More »No RROD, no overheating
Having done away with the iconic ‘Red Ring of Death’ in the redesigned version of its Xbox 360, Microsoft has also introduced further safeguards to protect against the console’s patchy reliability record. It has emerged that the redesigned Xbox 360 S will automatically shut down if it detects that its …
Read More »MS confirms cut-price Xbox 360 S
With the Xbox 360 S making its way into the hands of its first US customers, Microsoft has confirmed to IGN that it will introduce a low-price $199 version this autumn. The ‘Arcade’ version of the hardware was first confirmed at last week’s E3 event. It’s still not yet known …
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