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As predicted by MCV, Sony has announced that the long delayed Gran Turismo PSP is alive and will ship to retail on October 1st – the same date that its new hardware PSP Go! is launched. The new Gran Turismo will feature 800 cars, 35 tracks and 65 ‘layout variations’ …
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SONY: PSP Go officially announced
Sony has officially announced its PSP Go, which will launch in the US and Europe on October 1st. The device will retail for $249.99 and will be 40 per cent smaller and 50 per cent lighter than the PSP 1000. The platform holder has also confirmed that they will continue …
Read More »SONY: ‘We’re committed to PS2’
US PlayStation boss Jack Tretton has pledged another strong year of support for PlayStation 2 – and told E3 that over 100 new titles will be released on the platform this year. In a notably noisier conference than Nintendo’s presentation this morning, Tretton (pictured) kicked off proceedings by boasting that …
Read More »Sega sets sights on catching rivals
Sega is confident that its ‘strongest line-up of all time’ can help it pinch market share from its main rivals.In an exclusive interview, the firm told MCV that it was determined to challenge the dominance of Ubisoft, Activision and EA on Xbox 360 and PS3 with its new range, which …
Read More »Valve aims to â??set a new benchmarkâ?? for co-op action
Gabe Newell states his ambition of evolving the seriesâ?? AI Director
Read More »Hurdling over the competition
How strong is Sega’s line-up for 2009 compared to previous years? Undoubtedly our best ever. That may sound like the typical soundbite but FY10 is the culmination of several years’ hard work as the ‘new’ Sega to establish fresh brands and new development goals. This year we continue our strong …
Read More »EA Sports Active tops 600,000 sales in two weeks
Electronic Arts revealed EA Sports Active has achieved worldwide sales of over 600,000 units in less than two weeks. This accomplishment was announced during the company’s E3 press conference, with EA Sports president Peter Moore declaring the publisher was delighted by the overwhelming response” to the Wii fitness game. This …
Read More »KEY RELEASE: Substance Air
While the first two versions of its ProFX procedural texturing technology didnâ??t set the middleware world alight, the re-tooled, rebranded and refocused Substance Air is on course to tap into the growing digital download market, Ed Fear discoversâ?¦
Read More »Star Power
Hollywood studio Paramount wants in on the games biz â?? and plans to build its reputation with development deals, hiring former Eidos and Kuju man John Kavanagh to lead its efforts. Tim Ingham caught up with him to find out what we can expect as movies and games collideâ?¦
Read More »Global ‘Games on Demand’ service heading to 360
E3'09: New service lets users download newer releases direct to console
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