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A new report from market research firm Odyssey claims that music-based games have now overtaken sports titles to become the second most popular genre behind action, Venture Beat reports. The US-based study claims that in 2006, 62 per cent of those surveyed claimed to play sports titles – this has …
Read More »Xbox Live Primetime to miss NXE launch
Microsoft has announced that Xbox Live Primetime, an online quiz network originally announced as part of the firm’s New Xbox Experience, will not arrive alongside the upcoming Xbox 360 update on November 19th . Forbes quotes the platform holder as saying: The delay is necessary in order to ensure a …
Read More »WHATS NEW October 24th 08
It was set to be the one of the most epic release days in history until LittleBigPlanet managed to get itself delayed (ruining a bet in the MCV office in the process, incidentally), but this Friday will still see a shockingly high number of genuinely blockbuster titles battling it out …
Read More »amBX goes independent
amBX, the ambient technology arm of electronics giant Philips, has been spun out as an independent company. The move was made possible with the backing of Prime Technology Ventures, a Netherlands-based pan-European venture capital firm. It will now be able to license the amBX technology to other hardware manufacturers, although …
Read More »JAPAN: PSP 3000 enjoys powerful debut
Having released in Japan on October 16th, Sony’s redesigned PSP ( dubbed the 3000 ) managed to sell an incredible 141,270 in just its first four days on sale, according to data from Famitsu. Kotaku reports that when sales of the older models are taken into account, total hardware sales …
Read More »New tech to target Xbox Live potty-mouths
Xbox 360 platform holder Microsoft has reportedly filed a patent for a new type of audio filter that can detect and scramble abusive language muttered by online gamers in real-time. Anyone familiar with Xbox Live will all too used to some of the foul language used by many gamers, which …
Read More »PS3 leads PES 2009 charts charge
For the first time in the series’ history, sales of the new Pro Evolution Soccer have been spearheaded by PS3, which accounted for 58 per cent of the game’s week one performance. PES 2009 shot straight to the top of the Gfk ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 yesterday , knocking …
Read More »LittleBigPlanet – exact release day confirmed
SCEE has confirmed to MCV that LittleBigPlanet will now be released in the UK on November 5th. The news adds to this morning’s announcement stating that it would be released in Europe in ‘the week commencing November 3rd’. All in all the delay, which came about after it emerged the …
Read More »Sony considering Trophy reward system?
Sony’s Trophy system may still be playing catch-up to Microsoft’s popular Achievements, but if rumours are to be believed the platform holder is planning something that could drastically swing the balance. According to CVG, the latest issue of Official PlayStation Magazine reports that Sony is considering special treats for those …
Read More »EndWar aims for DS and PSP
Ahead of the release of the Xbox 360 and PS3 version’s of Tom Clancy’s EndWar on November 7th, publisher Ubisoft has announced that it is also working on DS and PSP versions of the title, PlayTM reports. EndWar is Ubisoft’s first foray into the RTS genre under the Tom Clancy …
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