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Europe has been identified as a key expansion target for growing social games developer Playdom. The company intends to fully localise some of its most popular Facebook and MySpace games for the English, German, French, Spanish and Italian markets. First up will be Facebook football title Bola. In 2010 thus …
Read More »PS3 has now gone 3D
An overnight update to the PlayStation Network has ushered in anew era of 3D gaming on PS3. Users who have a compatible 3D TV can now download a 3D starter pack from PSN for 23.99 that includes full 3D versions of WipEout 3D and Super Stardust HD, 3D bonus content …
Read More »Viral PS4 ads get tongues wagging
Two videos apparently originating from Japan and highlighting the new 3D functions of Sony’s PS3 have sent internet rumour-mongers into a frenzy – partially because both seem to feature the term ‘PS4′. The chances of the TV spots actually being early marketing material for a successor to PS3 are incredibly …
Read More »Games industry facing first big crisis
In a chilling warning ahead of the global games industry gathering at E3’s LA Convention Center, Namco Bandai’s VP of sales, marketing and publishing Olivier Comte has outlined what he sees as the unprecedented challenges faced by modern gaming. I think that today we are seeing the first big crisis …
Read More »MS goads Sony over Halo sales
In a quite stark bit of pre-E3 willy-waving, Microsoft’s product director Aaron Greenberg has pointed out that total sales of Halo 3 aren’t simply better than those of Sony’s leading games – it beats the lot of them combined. Speaking via Twitter, Greenberg stated: Just in from research team (NPD): …
Read More »Portal 2 slips to 2011
In a typically flamboyant press release, Valve has confirmed that Portal 2 will no longer be released later this year and is now targeting a 2011 arrival. The developer and publisher also confirmed that its much-discussed E3 surprise is about Portal 2 and not, as many had hoped, about a …
Read More »Wii and DS market has collapsed
The flood of bad games – and the damaging effects of piracy – have ruined the software market on Wii and DS according to Namco Bandai’s VP of sales, marketing and publishing Olivier Comte. It’s a tough market,” he told MCV in an exclusive interview. We had a lot of …
Read More »Force Unleashed 2 CE revealed
Publisher LucasArts has revealed the first details of the Collector’s Edition release of the upcoming Star Wars: the Force Unleashed II. Included in the SKU will be a Mimobot designer 2GB USB flash drive on which users will find a Force Unleashed II digital art book, a transcript of the …
Read More »PS3 to get Games-On-Demand portal?
Having already demonstrated its digital ambitions by releasing PSPgo, the world’s first ever digital-only console, could Sony be about to embark on another digital first in the console market? Colin Sebastian of analysts Lazard Capital Market thinks that PSN will play a large part in Sony’s presentation, including a possible …
Read More »Xbox 360 Slim a possibility for E3
A few months ago it was one of the hottest rumours in the games industry, but the Xbox 360 Slim seems to have dropped off of the radar – until now. Lazard Capital Markets analyst Colin Sebastian reckons that an appearance for the new machine at E3 next week is …
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