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The Xbox 360’s Japanese resurgence is seemingly far from over with news that the machine has outsold Sony’s PS3 for the second week running in Japan – though both consoles are still lagging far behind the handheld market. Edge Online reports that 360 shifted 13,777 units in the week ending …
Read More »Halo 3 expansion announced
Halo developer Bungie has finally lifted the lid on the much-delayed announcement of its new project , revealing a brand new gameplay expansion for Xbox 360 global hit Halo 3 – and sparking a little controversy in the process. A countdown concluded weeks of build-up on Bungie’s site yesterday to …
Read More »Wii Music dated in UK
Hot on the heels of this morning’s news that Animal Crossing: Let’s Go to the City is to be released in the UK in December , Nintendo has now confirmed that Wii Music will be released in Europe on November 14th. The title, which was officially named and confirmed at …
Read More »Animal Crossing Wii this December
The European arm of Wii and DS platform holder Nintendo has confirmed that the Wii iteration of Animal Crossing will be released in Europe this December – along with a new name for the title. Mirroring the recent announcement about the Australian release, the game will be called Animal Crossing: …
Read More »Halo 3 update arrives as new game touted
Developer Bungie has today released the latest in a long-line of significant updates to its globally popular Xbox 360 title Halo 3 – whilst at the same time dropping even more bizarre hints about the direction of its seemingly soon-to-be revealed new title. The new Halo 3 update, dubbed TU2, …
Read More »Burnout heads to PSN this Thursday
An important step toward what most consider to be the inevitable digital delivery future arrives this week when EA’s Burnout Paradise becomes available to download for PS3 users via Sony’s PlayStation Network Store. The move was first confirmed last month. The European price has not yet been confirmed, though US …
Read More »100k vote in mock-Xbox election
Microsoft has announced that its recent trial that saw Xbox 360 users participate in a mock election via Xbox Live saw nearly 100,000 gamers participate – with Democratic candidate Barack Obama winning a landslide victory. The experiment, which has been running since August 25th, allowed gamers to vote via their …
Read More »Sonic Collection heading to next-gen?
Many of Sega’s classics are already enjoying great success on the download services offered by the current crop of home consoles, but now rumours are suggesting that a boxed compilation of its 16bit Sonic hits is heading to PS3 and Xbox 360. A listing on Amazon, spotted by StrategyInformer, speaks …
Read More »Tenchu 4 aims for Wii
French publisher Ubisoft has confirmed that it is to publish Acquire’s upcoming ninja stealth romp Tenchu 4 on Wii in both North America and Europe some time next year, IGN reports. Tenchu 4 will be the first title in the series to be developed by Acquire since PlayStation title Tenchu …
Read More »WHATS NEW September 26th 08
There’s a busy day ahead for retail this Friday, with plenty of hard-hitting titles heading for shelves – and with something for everyone many will be hoping for the biggest Friday for quite some time. It’s hard to pick a headline act out of the assorted collection, but Ubisoft will …
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