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3DS platform holder Nintendo has seemingly ruled out the implementation of a Achievement-like system in its future systems. Following the arrival of the Xbox 360 in 2005, such systems have become commonplace. Sony subsequently launched Trophies for PS3 and more recently Apple launched Game Center for iOS. Similar systems are …
Read More »LA Noire gets May 20th release
Rockstar’s long-awaited LA Noire looks likely to hit global retail on May 17th, if details from a leaked online trailer for the game are correct. Eurogamer reports that the animated short was live on YouTube. The link now leads to a message that reads: "The video is no longer available …
Read More »PSP2 to include 3G support
Ahead of Sony’s debut unveiling of the PSP2 later this week, further details about the device have emerged in the Japanese press. Nikkei, as reported by Andriasang, believes that the handheld will include some sort of 3G mobile connectivity – as revealed exclusively by MCV earlier in the month. It …
Read More »Microsoft offers Hotz free phone
In a brave move, Windows Phone 7 platform holder Microsoft has reached out to hacker George ‘Geohot’ Hotz with the offer of a free handset. Hotz declared on his blog yesterday that he intends to buy a Windows Phone 7 device. In reply, Brandon Watson, an entrepreneur currently working for …
Read More »‘Mature’ 3DS games get different packaging
Nintendo has revealed that 3DS games aimed at adult or mature markets will have slightly different packaging to other titles in Japan. The first game to carry the change will be Ubisoft’s Splinter Cell 3D, the spine of which will be black. Most DS games have a white spine on …
Read More »Time called on Wii’s Rock Band Network
Develop Harmonix has called time on the Wii arm of the Rock Band Network. From tomorrow, no new content will be released on the service. RBN allowed users to create their own tracks for use in the game. Harmonix had until now been manually converting tracks uploaded by Xbox 360 …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Black Ops back at No.1
Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops has returned to the top of the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. EA’s FIFA 11, which sits in second place this week, had pipped the shooter to the top spot in the last two weeks. In fact, it had looked as if …
Read More »Jonathan Ross talks 3DS on Twitter
UK TV star and Twitter powerhouse Jonathan Ross has been doing his part in building the hype for Nintendo’s 3DS by discussing the device on the micro-blogging service. Ross, who has 825k+ followers on Twitter, revealed that he has "been invited by Nintendo to host a conference next week that …
Read More »Console price cuts predicted for 2011
Economic weakness, a change to the traditional hardware cycle, the growth of digital – there are plenty of things we can point the finger at when trying to assess the declines seen in all of the major games markets last year. But Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter has footed responsibility …
Read More »THQ expects Homefront to trump WWE
Publisher THQ has predicted that upcoming triple-A shooter Homefront will make more money than either of the company’s big fighting franchises, WWE or UFC. "I don’t think [WWE and UFC] make more money than I expect Homefront to make," core games executive vice president Danny Bilson stated in an interview …
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