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An anxious UK trade is holding its collective breath over fears that some retailers might sell two of 2008’s biggest games early next week. On Wednesday November 5th Sony’s landmark PlayStation 3 release LittleBigPlanet, distributed by Centresoft, will hit shelves. Two days later on Friday (November 7th), Microsoft’s Xbox 360-exclusive …
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EA to lay off 6% of work force
Global publishing powerhouse EA has announced that it is to cut six per cent of its global workforce, equivalent to between 500 and 600 positions, following increased losses in the financial quarter ending September 30th. The AP reports that the cuts will span all aspects of the company and will …
Read More »Guitar Hero: World Tour dated
The highly-anticipated release of Guitar Hero: World Tour is set to hit retail next month, with the title’s multiple SKUs set to launch over a three-week period. Both the solus and guitar controller bundle SKUs for 360, Wii, PS3 and PS2 will be released on November 7th. The ‘super bundle’, …
Read More »Sony Q4 dates confirmed
Sony has finalised its Q4 release schedule for PS3 and PS2, and has set tentative dates for its PSP line-up, MCV can reveal. Joining a host of major releases on November 14th is SingStar ABBA for PS2 and PS3 and SingStar Vol 3 for PS3. The platform holder has also …
Read More »Euro date for Rock Band 2 confirmed
EA has confirmed that Harmonix’ instrument-based rhythm-action sequel Rock Band 2 will be released on Xbox 360 in the UK on November 21st – though it looks set to arrive in other European territories earlier. Though not specific, the publisher’s press release states that the game will begin shipping in …
Read More »All-new age ratings announced
Industry trade body ELSPA has unveiled a brand new traffic lights rating system to clear up consumer confusion at retail. Designed to give an ‘at a glance’ guide to the content of video games, the system will categorise games according to five levels of content. In similarities to ratings currently …
Read More »Sony celebrates PS3 Platinum range success
Sony is delighted at the success of its debut PS3 Platinum range, and the platform holder is already gearing up for its second batch of releases. The first games to receive the 19.99 Platinum treatment included first party titles Uncharted, Ratchet and Clank and Resistance Fall of Man, along with …
Read More »2.4 million Wiis made a month
Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aime has revealed that the company is producing 2.4 million new Wiis every month – a 33 per cent increase on last year’s frequency. Speaking in an interview with the LA Times, Fils-Aime called the production cycle ‘unprecedented’. Nintendo has continually raised the production levels …
Read More »‘Brace yourselves for a Q4 scrap’
We’ve heard stories of publisher execs threatened with the sack if a certain game doesn’t make the top three. And the amount of marketing cash sloshing around the industry currently is absolutely mind-boggling. Girls Aloud, Fearne Cotton and Holly Willoughby combined might sound like an adolescent onanist’s fantasy, but for …
Read More »Xbox Live 2.0
Why is something that’s effectively a software update being treated as so important by Microsoft? My feeling is that this is our most important day since we launched the Xbox 360. It truly does reinvent the machine. It’s our goal to turn it from a pure games machine to a …
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