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Sony and Disney have announced details about the Hannah Montana PSP bundle first revealed at E3. Due to arrive in the PAL territories in October this year, the lilac-purple PSP-3000 will come packaged with Hannah Montana: Rock Out The Show, which is the first game based on the Disney license …

Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aime has differentiated the firm’s E3 performance from that of Sony and Microsoft – who he said concentrated on whiz bang” technology that might not even see the light of day”. Speaking to Gamespot in a video interview, Fils-Aime pledged that Nintendo would continue to …

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Nintendo has revealed that it considers anything less than two million global sales for its major releases a disappointment. Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime said that the firm was aiming for at least 1.5 million sales with Metroid Other M – the latest game in the space series, announced …

Textures taken from Doom 3 will be used in the game, says id's John Carmack

Ubisoft’s 2007 hit Assassin’s Creed has sold eight million units worldwide At least that’s according to Assassin’s Creed 2 creative director Patrice Dsilets, who revealed the statistic in an interview with Joystiq. Dsilets also revealed that up to 35 million gamers would have played the original, if you factor in …

â??Excitedâ?? US boss Fils-Aime says surprise alliance with Team Ninja for new Metroid game could be first step in new strategy

Activision Publishing CEO and president Mike Griffith says that the firm’s portfolio of games puts it way ahead of the competition for 2009. He also thinks that November’s Modern Warfare 2 will be the biggest title ever released in the Call of Duty (pictured) franchise. Speaking to MCV in an …

Activision will double its European market share in the next few years, according to its CEO Mike Griffith. Speaking exclusively to MCV at E3, the heavyweight publisher detailed a wide-reaching strategy to grow its stake in what it calls its ‘under-developed’ European business. The firm wants to generate 50 per …

Developers will see half the business in downloads and cloud computing, says the Wedbush Morgan analyst