AUSTRALIA: Xbox 360 to hit 1m this year

Microsoft Australia has claimed sales of the Xbox 360 will surpass 1 million units in the region within the next few months. Speaking to Gamespot, the company’s group category manager for Xbox 360 Jeremy Hinton claimed this would be achieved without the need for a price cut. We [Microsoft] expect …

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GTA: Chinatown Wars PSP dated

Publisher Rockstar has confirmed – via the medium of Twitter, no less – that the PSP version of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars will be released in North America on October 20th. The studio has also confirmed that the game will be available both as a boxed product and as …

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PS3 Slim is good news for FFXIII

In truth, had Sony have increased the price of PS3 and Square Enix decided to sell Final Fantasy XIII for 100 it would still have sold millions – but Sony’s PS3 price reduction is still good news for FFXIII, the game’s producer has said. Now that the hardware is becoming …

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The Pirate Bay shut down

A Swedish Court yesterday successfully ordered notorious BitTorrent portal The Pirate Bay be shut down – only for it to re-open, fully operational, today. The Court ordered that The Pirate Bay be disconnected, with the site’s ISP Black Internet threatened with a fine of $70,600 if it didn’t terminate the …

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Game Player starts phone business

Game Player is offering its fellow indies the chance to boost revenues by unlocking mobile phones. The retailer is selling the necessary equipment that enables stores to open phones to accept any network, and also provides full technical support for a monthly fee. The margin is 100 per cent,” said …

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