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Will Wright will be touching down at HMV Oxford Street at 12.30pm on Wednesday September 3rd for a Q&A session ahead of Spore’s release on Friday (September 5th). The event will be restricted to 200 fans, who can pick up a wristband for the event from 9.00am on the morning …

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Strong Bad selling more on WiiWare; says Nintendo partnership has been 'great'

Driving Theory Training for Nintendo DS was released last week, and publisher Atari has confirmed to MCV that they are already looking at next year’s update. The game failed to make an impact on the ChartTrack Top 40 this week, however Atari’s Lee Kirton insists that he never expected the …

Sony has revealed its new Wireless Headset for the PS3 will launch October 30th in Japan, but has yet to confirm when the headset will reach UK shores. Priced at 5,000 Yen, the Wireless Headset will be compatible with PS3 titles like Resistance 2, SOCOM: Confrontation, Motorstorm: Pacific Rift and …

Sony has confirmed that it will release PSP 3000 in Japan on October 16th at 19,800 Yen, the same price as the existing console, according to Reuters. Sony sold 3.72 million units of the PSP between April and June worldwide, while Nintendo’s DS sold 6.94 million units. Despite DS’ huge …

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