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The news that EA’s Crysis 2 will be playable in stereoscopic 3D gives yet another hint about the surprises that Microsoft has in store for its press conference at 6pm tonight. To date Sony and Nintendo have been the champions of the 3D movement in the games sector, with PS3 …

EA is set to confirm that upcoming console and PC shooter Crysis 2 will support stereoscopic 3D. USA Today reports the game will be playable in 3D not just on PS3 and PC, but also on Xbox 360, suggesting that Microsoft could include some big 3D news in its press …

Echoing concerns expressed by analysts earlier this month, THQ has been forced to reduce its financial forecasts for the current year thanks to lower than expected sales of next-gen fighter UFC 2010 Undisputed. The publisher now expects non-GAAP net sales of $155m-$165m for the quarter ending June 30th 2010, down …

With a PS3 price drop very unlikely to feature as part of Sony’s E3 press conference tomorrow, it looks as if Sony might instead be preparing a slight revision to its current home console. CVG reckons that the two new model numbers registered by Sony last week refer to new …

The same Italian website that outed the Kinetic rebrand for Microsoft’s Natal hours before Microsoft officially revealed the moniker at its E3 press conference has published the first pictures of the Xbox 360 redesign set for tonight’s E3 ress conference. A now-removed ad running at console-tribe.com showed a picture of …

Today is arguably the most important day in the video games industry’s annual calendar – LA’s Electronic Entertainment Expo. Over the course of the next 48 hours all three platform holders will take to the E3 stage to outline why they think they have a winning proposition for the year …

Wii sales are sliding and Xbox 360 is showing a year-on-year dip. How has PS3 managed to buck the trend?We are still benefiting from the launch of the PS3 Slim at a different price point. This is related to the fact that we are getting more consumer recognition over the …

2009 was a successful year for Nintendo globally, but sales did fall for Wii and DS. How did the European side of the business perform last year?This was the third best fiscal year in Nintendo’s history, despite declines in both sales and profits from records set in the preceding fiscal …

Games firms are concerned that the digital marketplace isn’t big enough to sustain the number of competitors eyeing the space. DLC, digital downloads, iPhone games, social network titles and more have become the key growth area for the games industry. Publishers including EA, Codemasters, LucasArts, Take-Two, Capcom, Codemasters and Sega …

Xbox 360 is suffering a bit of a year-on-year dip so far in 2010. Why is this and what are you doing to reverse it?In the face of price drops, new form factors and massive marketing expenditure by the competition, Xbox 360 still grew full-year market share in EMEA from …