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SCEA boss Jack Tretton opened Sony’s E3 conference last night with what appeared to be a very sincere apology for the PlayStation network outage that has dominated the headlines over the last few weeks. "This isn’t the first time that I’ve come to the stage at an E3 press conference …
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SONY: PSVita priced and dated
Sony has announced its next generation portable, PlayStation Vita, will launch this Christmas. The launch window was confirmed by Sony’s corporate executive officer and executive VP Kaz Hirai during the platform holder’s E3 press conference. Hirai also officially announced the rumoured Vita is indeed the name for the new handheld, …
Read More »Minecraft coming to Xbox via Kinect
Breakthrough indie game an 'Xbox console exclusive', Microsoft says
Read More »50m users for Moshi Monsters
Mind Candy has announced that its social networking title for children, Moshi Monsters, now boasts over 50m users worldwide. The ubiquitous Moshi Monsters brand has grown rapidly over the course of its three-year life span, and Mind Candy has said that it expects to generate 60m from total gross Moshi …
Read More »Moshi Monsters hits 50m users
Mind Candyâ??s social gaming phenomenon hits massive growth milestone
Read More »E3 2011 expecting 45,000 attendees
E3 2011: ESA president predicts sustained attendance for trade show
Read More »E3 2011: MW3 pre-orders ahead of Black Ops
The number of customers pre-ordering copies of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is outpacing that of Black Ops. Retailer GameStop says it is seeing a higher early demand for the upcoming Call of Duty than it did for last year’s biggest-selling game, Call of Duty: Black Ops. Last year, …
Read More »Bethesda reveals Hunted ad campaign
Hunted: The Demon’s Forged is being backed by online activity over the next two weeks to maintain interest post-release. The Xbox 360, PS3 and PC fantasy action game from Bethesda went on sale in the UK yesterday, but ads have been running since August last year. Bethesda will continue to …
Read More »FIFA 12 RRP upped to £54.99
GAME and Gamestation have won exclusive rights to stock the Ultimate Edition of FIFA 12. The retailer has also revealed something arguably more interesting – that FIFA 12 will carry an RRP of 54.99. Back in 2009 Activision’s Bobby Kotick enraged core gamers the world over by confirming that Call …
Read More »Ignition bringing El Shaddai west
Publisher UTV Ignition has announced that it is to publish stylish Xbox 360 and PS3 outing El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron in the West. The game will arrive at European retail on September 9th and in the US on July 26th. It was released in Japan last month. El …
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