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The boss of Sony Computer Entertainment UK Ray Maguire has stated that he believes third party developers will in future use PS3 as their lead platform and then remove elements of their titles when porting across to Xbox 360. To read more, head over to the online home of Develop …
Read More »Sony: Developers will downgrade 360 titles
SCE UK boss Ray Maguire says more third parties will embrace PS3 as lead development platform
Read More »UK CHARTS: Fallout smashes Oblivion sales
Bethesda’s Fallout 3 has blown away the sales impact of its direct predecessor, Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, with the Xbox 360 version selling 57 per cent more copies than the medieval adventure in its first week. Fallout 3 shot straight to the top of Gfk ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 …
Read More »FIFA 09 for £20 at Play
Following the firm’s victory in the Golden Joysticks last week, Play.com has slashed the price of FIFA ’09 to 19.99 on Wii, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The offer is part of the firm’s ‘Deal of the Day’ Christmas promotion, and is accompanied by several ‘Deals of the Week’, which …
Read More »Skate 2 coming this January
The sequel to EA’s successful new skateboarding IP Skate is set to be released in January 2009, according to IGN . The site reports: Today we received boxed retail copies of Mirror’s Edge in the office. Our full review of the game is embargoed for a couple weeks, but that …
Read More »No 360 price cut for many many years
With Microsoft having recently driven down the cost of its Xbox 360 SKU range, meaning that both the Arcade and Premium bundles are now cheaper than the Wii in the UK, the firm has stated that consumers should not expect further price movement for quite some time. Speaking to Videogamer, …
Read More »Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box revs its engine
EA has announced a brand new version of Criterion’s popular Burnout Paradise for both Xbox 360 and PS3 that is heading to the shelves in February next year. Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box will include both of the major bits of DLC received for the game so far – namely …
Read More »JAPAN: PS3 sales slump further
Proving that it’s sales popularity is anything but a passing success , Xbox 360 has outsold PS3 for the sixth week in succession in Japan this week, according to figures from Media Create. Microsoft’s machine sold 7,844 units for the week ending October 26th – nearly double the number of …
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 »Lord of the Rings: Conquest announced
EA has for the first time officially spoken of its upcoming foray into Tolkien’s ocr-heavy universe, Pandemic’s Lord of the Rings: Conquest. It’s not the first time EA has peered into the realm of Middle Earth, having previously enjoyed great success with it’s two titles based on New Line Cinema’s …
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