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The UK software market has dipped just slightly in terms of software this week. According to MCV calculations based on this week’s Gfk-ChartTrack/ELSPA data, the UK software market was worth 17.8m for the week ending September 4th. Overall the market has held relatively steady, with consumers buying software to accompany …

CEDEC 2009: Sony demonstrates the PS3â??s voice recognition capabilities

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Square Enix has dated Space Invaders Extreme 2 on DS for October 2nd in the UK. Developed by Taito, the game follows last year’s popular original, but with additional game modes, levels as well as greatly improved visuals and audio. Space Invaders Extreme 2 is another quality arcade release from …

The new chairman of the Entertainment Retailers Association Paul Quirk has claimed that internet file-sharing is the greatest challenge posed to modern entertainment retailers, claiming that internet piracy is bleeding our industry dry”. Too often the debate over illegal filesharing is portrayed as an ideological battle, but for us this …

Following Activision’s claims that Courtney Love sanctioned the use of Kurt Cobain’s likeness in Guitar Hero 5, the two surviving members of Nirvana have also expressed their disapproval of Cobain’s in-game appearance. Kirst Novoselic and Dave Grohl released a joint statement calling for Activision to prevent the Cobain avatar from …

Activision has claimed it received the proper permission to use Kurt Cobain’s likeness in Guitar Hero 5. The publisher released a statement responding to Cobain’s widow Courtney Love, who insisted the Nirvana frontman’s appearance was a breach of contract” and that she would sue the sh*t out of Activision”. Activision …

New incentives may lie ahead for developers working on PSP Minis. The sub-100MB-sized games may soon end up on store shelves as packaged UMD games, according to Sony. The most successful Minis titles will probably transition to UMD,” said Sony Europe’s Zeno Colaco, in an interview with Develop published later …

Sales of the PS3 have climbed 300 per cent in North America since the launch of the PS3 Slim last week, according to SCEA. Revenues weren’t up by quite so much, however, thanks to Sony’s $100 price drop for the console. In total, PS3 revenues jumped 140 per cent in …