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Just one day after Koch-owned publisher Deep Silver announced it’s own competitor in a marketplace already catered to by the likes of Nintendo’s Wii Fit and Atari’s Family Trainer, EA has announced its debut entry into the market – EA Sports Active. Unlike Deep Silver’s title, EA Sports Active will …
Read More »Super Obama World arrives online
Casual gaming devs have once again proved that their finger’s on the pulse of current affairs by releasing a new Flash game paying tribute to the USA’s new President elect. Super Obama World boasts more than a passing resemblance to Nintendo’s legendary SNES classic Super Mario World, though the familiar …
Read More ȣ4m TV marketing splash for Ubisoft
Ubisoft is to invest a substantial 4 million in TV advertising of its Wii and DS products in the run up to Christmas as it attempts to cement its position as one of the strongest casual software publishers. The publisher’s UK marketing director Jon Rosenblatt stated: From now until Christmas …
Read More »Original Street Fighter movie heading to Blu-ray
February next year looks to be the month where it all happens for Street Figher fans – as if the news of the console release of Street Fighter IV wasn’t enough to digest, gamers will now also be able to get their hands on the Blu-ray release of 1994 movie …
Read More »The Last Remnant gets 38/40 from Famitsu
Square Enix’s upcoming next-gen RPG The Last Remnant has been granted an impressive 38/40 from Japanese games mag Famitsu – and Square Enix has followed the news with confirmation of the game’s worldwide release in North America, Japan and Europe on November 20th. Interestingly, the acclaimed publisher is still referring …
Read More »Deep Silver joining console fitness sector
Not wanting to risk the chance that any overweight Wii owners are still lurking out there, publisher Deep Silver has announced that it is to release its own entry into the console exercise sector – Jillian Michaels’ Fitness Ultimatum 2009. The title carries the name of celebrity fitness trainer Jillian …
Read More »Handhelds competing with consoles
A new study entitled ‘Portable Devices’ from North American market stats firm NPD claims that the use of portable devices is on the rise – and that gaming is increasing in popularity amongst users. In addition, the top location for using portable devices is still the home, suggesting that the …
Read More »Far Cry 2 sells a million
French publishing giant Ubisoft has stated that its recently released Xbox 360, PS3 and PC first person shooter Far Cry 2 has hit the one million sales milestone after less than three weeks on the market. Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot said of the news: The holiday quarter is off to …
Read More »"iPod will topple DS and PSP"
Apple’s VP of iPod and iPhone product marketing Greg Joswiak has stated that its iPod Touch represents the future of portable gaming, whilst competitors such as the DS and PSP represent the past. Speaking to T3, Joswiak stated: If you squint your eyes you can see a future where you …
Read More »Imagine appoints new Editor in Chiefs
Bournemouth-based magazine publisher Imagine has had a high-level reshuffle which has seen Rick Porter appointed as editor in chief of its key games titles and Debbie Allen take control of its photography publications. Rick Porter will oversee GamesTM, the mag that he is currently editor of, as well as X360 …
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