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Not satisfied with having a luxury jet formerly used by the likes of Frank Sinatra and Elton John laid on for her trip to Monaco’s World Music Awards, Destiny’s Child star Beyonce reportedly recently refused to travel to the ceremony unless she was supplied with a PSP and Xbox (360, …
Read More »EVE Online FPS in the works?
CCP, the developer of popular online PC space adventure series EVE Online has hinted that an FPS based on the franchise is in the works – and could be heading to consoles. Eurogamer reports that in a recent press briefing CCP bosses Hilmar Petursson and Nathan Richardsson spoke of a …
Read More »Rockstar unsure if GTA IV DLC will arrive this year
Rockstar’s co-founder and creative VP Dan Houser has said that he’s unable to commit to a 2008 release date for the hotly anticipated exclusive Xbox 360 Grand Theft Auto IV downloadable content. Speaking to Variety, Houser stated: It’s going well, but we don’t know a date. We hope to be …
Read More »Dead Rising 2 shuffles into view
Talk of zombie sequel Dead Rising 2 being outsourced out to a Western developer has been doing the rounds for quite some time , and now it seems that confirmation of the rumour has finally arrived. To read the full story, head over to Developmag.com.
Read More »Blue Castle working on Dead Rising 2?
Vancouver-based team is apparently at the helm of undead sequel
Read More »Xbox 360 boasts best attach rate
A new analytical study from Gamastutra claims that Microsoft’s Xbox 360 boasts the current highest attach rate of all the next generation consoles – though Nintendo can lay claim to having the highest first party software attach rate. The numbers show that the Xbox 360 can currently claim a ratio …
Read More »JAPAN: PS3 finally outsells 360
After lagging behind Microsoft’s rejuvenated Xbox 360 for a surprising six weeks in the Japanese hardware charts, Sony’s PS3 has finally reversed the tide by outpacing Microsoft’s machine for the week ending November 2nd. Media Create figures show that PS3 shifted a vastly improved 39,587 units last week, far ahead …
Read More »Sega Mega Drive Collection goes HD
Sega has announced that it is to release a 720p enabled 16bit collection entitled Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection on Xbox 360 and PS3 early next year. Whether or not this is the rumoured Sonic Collection hinted at in September is unclear. Sonic is included, however, in both his first, …
Read More »Team Ninja sings PS3’s praises
Whilst Team Ninja was one of Xbox 360’s staunchest Japanese allies under the stewardship of the now departed Tomonubu Itagaki , it seems that the new regime at the outfit has found time to feel the love for both PS3 and Wii. To read the story in full, set your …
Read More »Team Ninja targeting PS3 and Wii
It seems the studioâ??s love for all things 360 left with former boss Tomonobu Itagaki
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