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The games industry will suffer more staff cuts and studio closures unless its ‘core-market’ consoles begin to reach PS2-levels. That was the warning offered by Miles Jacobson, studio head at Sports Interactive. At the moment I don’t think the Xbox 360 or PS3 are completely mass-market devices,” said Jacobson. The …

Brace yourselves, storekeepers: Fischer asserts that the interplay between online and physical retail means that digital gets to ‘premiere’ the riskier or more out-there ideas first. Bricks and mortar is just too hostile an environment for quirky content. He’s not wrong. Whether you have heard of Bonsai Barber or Super …

GoPlay platform looking for new developers

Sony will court iPhone users and gadget fans when the PSPgo hits retail next week. The device, which only plays digital downloads, launches on October 1st priced 224.99 and will be promoted as part of a 6m warchest being spent on the handheld’s 2009 marketing. The PSPgo is positioned differently …

Microsoft says it can lead the way in Modern Warfare 2 sales and is backing the release with extra marketing support. The news follows the announcement of the Modern Warfare 2 super-elite Xbox 360 earlier this month, which comes with a 250GB hard drive, two controllers and a copy of …

Sky Player will be made available to UK Xbox 360 owners in October. The October issue of Sky Magazine revealed the service will soon be available to download, with a web address revealing the month of release, according to Digital Spy. The new service was announced in May, and will …

Sony has revealed that there will be 16,000 pieces of digital content available at the PSPgo launch on October 1st. The US line-up includes 225 downloadable games – which is a combination of PSN exclusives, UMD legacy titles, Minis and full PSP games – 2,300 movies and 13,300 TV episodes. …

Sony London Studio, Playfish and Revolution speaking at October 27th event

In news that is likely to shock no one, Microsoft’s feverously anticipated Halo 3 ODST has stormed the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Charts and shot straight to the top spot. It does so exactly two years after its predecessor, Halo 3, did much the same. 64 per cent of ODST’s …

Longstanding Capcom maestro dismayed at Japanâ??s TGS offering