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Nintendo’s official unveiling of its brand new 3DS handheld will undoubtedly be one of the highlights of next week’s E3, but could Nintendo be planning a truly unexpected show-stealing surprise? In his summary document for the LA event, Lazard Capital Markets analyst Colin Sebastian claims: We note that Nintendo is …
Read More »3D FIFA not that far off
You may be able to watch the World Cup in 3D, but FIFA fans will just have to settle with the standard two dimensions – for now. EA Sports has been experimenting with 3D, as MCV revealed last week, and line producer David Rutter has admitted that a 3D version …
Read More »Nintendo: Wii to blame for handheld slump
With every machine aside from Sony’s PS3 currently facing year-on-year sales losses, Nintendo has claimed a surprising reason for the decline the handheld market – recent releases for the Wii. Whilst Nintendo DS sales in Europe were lower than the previous year, Nintendo’s share in the handheld market has not …
Read More »Mario Galaxy 2 sparks price battle
It’s got a great chance of being one of the biggest releases on 2010, so perhaps it’s no surprise that two High Street retailers are focusing very heavily on Nintendo’s Super Mario Galaxy 2 ahead of its UK release on Friday. HMV is offering the game for just 4.99 for …
Read More »EA stirs up World Cup tensions
Ahead of England’s World Cup opener against the USA this Saturday, official tournament partner EA is offering fans the chance to taunt our American opponents directly via a rather bizarre marketing scheme. England followers are invited to send their ‘rallying cries’ (EA’s codename for ‘messages of abuse’) via Twitter to …
Read More »Riccitiello urges 3D caution
3D is expected to play a big part at next week’s E3 expo in LA, but one senior video games exec has warned publishers not be too hasty in their effort to jump aboard the 3D bandwagon. I am a little nervous that some game companies will put out poorly …
Read More »GTA IV sales hit 17m
As well as confirming the Red Dead series’ status as one of the modern games industry’s big-hitters, publisher Take Two has also updated investors on the latest sales successes of its other blockbuster IP. 2008 release Grand Theft Auto IV has now sold over 17m copies worldwide, meaning that in …
Read More »FIFA 11 reinvents player authenticity
Such was the praise heaped on last year’s version that FIFA 11 has got its work cut out trying to better it – but if nothing else EA can be assured of another storming chart success this autumn when the new title hits retail. Its headline improvement is the reinvention …
Read More »Telltale scores Jurassic Park licence
Telltale Games, the developer that delivered episodic chunks of Sam & Max, has according to reports snapped up the Jurassic Park licence. The Californian studio said it will develop a new series of episodic Jurassic Park games, having sealed an agreement with licence holder NBC Universal. According to a GameInformer …
Read More »Big names back UK games conference
IGN, Screen Digest and renamed trade body UKIE are already backing the return of the London Games Conference in November. With a theme of ‘Survival And Profit In A Changing Industry’ LGC 2010 will focus on shifts in revenues, platforms and distribution methods for game content. The event will take …
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