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Microsoft’s community voice Larry ‘Major Nelson’ Hyrb has claimed that the platform holder had such a successful Christmas in America that it actually ran our of hardware by the end of the period. "I found out we ran out of consoles at end of the month so [we] don’t expect …
Read More »More 3DS games dated
Following confirmation earlier this week that eight games will launch alongside the 3DS in Japan on February 26th, Nintendo has now dated a further 16 games that will be out in the month that follows. As reported by Andriasang, seven games have been given definitive release dates: March 11th: Super …
Read More »505 lines up Grease for motion controllers
505 will release Grease for PS3 Move and Xbox 360 Kinect later this year – but it will be a very different game to the one that hit Wii and DS last year. The firm admits that the market shifted significantly during the development of the first version – and …
Read More »Mass Effect 2 gets day one PSN release
Triple-A RPG sequel Mass Effect 2 is to break with traditional retail models by releasing both at retail and online simultaneously next week. Speaking on the US PlayStation blog, BioWare’s community coordinator Chris Priestly confirmed that the game will be available to download on PSN on the same day boxed …
Read More »Lewis sees "encouraging signs" in GAME results
GAME Group chairman Peter Lewis is remaining positive despite a year and Christmas of decline at the retailer. "Against the backdrop of a difficult year for the PC and video games market in 20101, we saw encouraging signs that customers are still looking for exciting products at reasonable prices," he …
Read More »GAME posts 9.7% UK sales decline in 2010
The GAME Group has reported a total sales decline of 12.3 per cent for the 49 weeks ending January 8th in the UK and Ireland. On a like-for-like basis the UK drops hit 9.7 per cent. The Christmas period was more successful for the chain, however, with UK and Ireland …
Read More »OPINION: PSP2 already impressing partners
A very exciting event is happening in Amsterdam next Wednesday, as Nintendo rolls out its European plans for the stunning 3DS handheld. Our money is on a retail launch before the end of March, and the High Street will devour every last detail on marketing, price and software for the …
Read More »PSP2 as powerful as PS3, set for Q4 launch
Sony isn’t going to take Nintendo’s 3DS challenge lying down. The format-holder is preparing a swift reveal for the true PlayStation Portable successor, due at Christmas. As was reported yesterday, the first announcement is pencilled in for January 27th. Most importantly: the format-holder is pitching the device as a high-end …
Read More »New Mobile Entertainment website launches
Today sees the relaunch of Mobile Entertainment’s leading industry website, www.mobile-ent.biz In six years ME has become the number one destination for the mobile content executive in search of news, analysis and opinion. The new website, which you can see for yourself here, continues Mobile Entertainment’s expansion into new media. …
Read More »Games EIC role for Future’s Clark
Future has announced a reshuffle of its games team that sees current editor-in-chief of Official PlayStation Magazine Tim Clarke become editor-in-chief of the company’s entire games portfolio. In addition, current head of Edge International and PC Gamer James Binns will widen his role to include CVG.co.uk, GamesRadar.com and the websites …
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