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Nintendo has for the first time admitted that the limited 512mb internal memory stored inside the Nintendo Wii is beginning to pose a problem, and has stated that it is looking to address it. NoE’s MD of marketing Laurent Fischer famously said last month that geeks and otaku are the …
Read More »Bungie has three projects underway
In a blog post on its website discussing the upcoming PAX games expo, Halo developer Bungie has confirmed that it is currently working on three new projects – but added that it won’t be making any big announcement at the Penny Arcade event. The news comes after the developer confirmed …
Read More »PC version of GTAIV on the way?
Seeing as previous Grand Theft Auto instalments have nearly all arrived on PC in the end, it isn’t surprising that talk of GTAIV hitting the format has been bounding about for ages – but now the biggest hint yet the game is on the way has hit the internet. For …
Read More »SCi: ‘Were in good shape’
In a trading update released ahead of its fiscal 2008 financial results release on September 15th, SCi chief executive Phil Rogers has stated that the UK publisher is in good shape following a number of recent structural changes. Revenues are expected to hit 134 million, with losses of no more …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Indy proves his fitness
Though it’s not been out of the top three since its release seven weeks ago, LucasArts’ LEGO Indiana Jones: Original Adventures has returned to the top of the ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 this week for the first time in four weeks. It replaces Nintendo’s ever-popular Wii Fit, which slips …
Read More »First UK Best Buy stores unveiled
Best Buy looks set to go head-to-head with DSGi after it emerged that one of the launch locations would be the same retail park that its UK rival is currently trialling its big box format store in. The locations of the first four stores are Bath Road Retail Park in …
Read More »New Sonic title sprints into view
Though Sonic obviously wasn’t speedy enough to get to LA before the curtains closed on this year’s E3, he has at least sprinted into clear view with the unveiling of upcoming Wii adventure Sonic and the Black Knight. The title, which is once again under development at Sonic Team, if …
Read More »Dodgy DS chargers flood High Street
The BBC is reporting that ‘hundreds of thousands’ of unsafe AC power adaptors from China are currently for sale on the UK High Street, with versions labelled for the DS, DS Lite and Game Boy highlighted as one of the worst offenders. Trading Standards has stated that tests have shown …
Read More »E3 08: Ratchet & Clank heading to Blu-Ray
Though it was announced as a frontline downloadable PSN product at the Sony E3 press conference, SCEE boss David Reeves has confirmed that the upcoming Ratchet & Clank: Quest for Booty will also be available on Blu-Ray in Europe. The game follows the lead of Warhawk and Gran Turismo 5 …
Read More »Miyamoto: Core gamer was not our E3 target
Shigeru Miyamoto, the development hero at the heart of Nintendo’s software output, has told MSNBC that his firm no longer sees E3 as the best way to target the core gaming audience. While attending an E3 event like this, [gamers] might be given the impression that Nintendo is no longer …
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