FIFA Soccer 10 has launched in North America, EA has announced. The game was released in Europe earlier this month, selling 1.7 million units in its first week. The North American edition of the game features Major League Soccer stars Cuauhtmoc Blanco of Chicago Fire and Sacha Kljestan of Chivas …
Read More »Namco Bandai reveals new shooter
The lid has been lifted on a brand new IP from publisher Namco Bandai – third person action outing Inversion. The game, which is in development at TimeShift creators Saber Interactive, looks to differentiate itself from the many other competitors in the genre by granting players the chance to toy …
Read More »Ghost Recon: Predator named
It seems that Ubisoft’s next instalment in its successful FPS-strategy series Ghost Recon will be called Ghost Recon: Predator, if a new ruling from the Australian Office of Film and Literature Classification is anything to go by. The OFLC has granted a 15+ rating on the mysterious title, which is …
Read More »Time called on third party 360 memory cards
Third party memory card manufacturers have been given an unwelcome headache from platform holder Microsoft with news that the next firmware update for the Xbox 360 will stop third party memory cards from working with the machine. Word comes from Microsoft’s Larry Hryb, who states on his Major Nelson blog: …
Read More »Mass Effect 2 dated
Publisher EA will release BioWare’s much-anticipated sci-fi RPG sequel Mass Effect 2 on Xbox 360 and PC on January 29th in the UK. The game’s pre-order bonuses have also been outlined and will include in-game items such special armour and weapons. Retailers who have signed up to the incentive schemes …
Read More »Microsoft: PS3 surge no concern
Whilst the wait continues for NPD’s North American September sales numbers, Microsoft has admitted that PS3 will top the pile in the monthly battle – but in the long-term the platform still believes Xbox 360 remains the stronger proposition. I can tell you to that when NPD releases September sales, …
Read More »Microsoft dates Sky on Xbox Live
Microsoft’s Xbox community manager for Europe Graeme Boyd, otherwise known as AceyBongos, has revealed that Sky’s long-awaited Xbox 360 functionality will go live on October 27th. In a Tweet just a few moments ago, Boyd stated: October 27 – that’s the date when you’ll be able to watch TV from …
Read More »GTA IV hits Xbox Live
Microsoft has upped the stakes on its Games-On-Demand service by adding Rockstar’s legendary Grand Theft Auto IV to its growing line-up. Though Microsoft’s pricing for its tentative full-game online selection has to date offered little competition compared to the normally much cheaper High Street, the 19.99 price point for GTA …
Read More »7Digital: Online platforms must be open
360, Wii and PlayStation 3’s online platforms should be made accesible to third-party services like Steam, says 7Digital. The music download specialist is eyeing a move into the games sector after HMV bought 50 per cent of the firm for 7.7m. And only last week the company rolled out its …
Read More »WRC returns to gaming
Italian publisher Black Bean has captured the rights to the hair-raising World Rally Championship and has announced its intention to resurrect the franchise some time in 2010. Milestone, the studio behind racing hits such as SBK Superbike and MotoGP, is currently handling development of a title for Xbox 360, PS3 …
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