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I am quite tough on myself. Never completely satisfied. Always trying to think of ways to deliver better results.” The harsh taste of soap must still haunt Chris Deering. As a child in New York, his strict, church-going Italian mother stuffed his mouth with turgid-tasting saponified fat whenever she believed …
Read More »Sony beat Facebook to Facebook
Sony’s PlayStation division was tantalisingly close to spearheading the ‘online social community’ phenomenon – beating the likes of MySpace to the idea. That’s according to former Sony Entertainment President Chris Deering, who revealed to MCV that a secret Facebook-style web networking platform was being worked on behind-the-scenes by those responsible …
Read More »360 and PS3 rocket during bumper Easter
The race between Xbox 360 and PS3 shifted up a notch this past week as both consoles saw huge leaps in hardware sales, thanks to the Easter break. Though PS3 is still outselling 360 regularly week-on-week and in terms of year-to-date sales, the Sony and Microsoft platforms both saw a …
Read More »Technical difficulties delay GT5 Prologue on PSN
Though consumers have since this morning been able to buy next-gen racing taster Gran Turismo 5 Prologue from the High Street, the PSN version of the title is still missing in action. The download was supposed to arrive on Sony’s PlayStation Network yesterday, along with a demo of EA’s UEFA …
Read More »Commodore 64 arrives on Virtual Console
The latest format to join Nintendo’s Virtual Console service arrives today in the shape of classic 1980’s home computer the Commodore 64. Two C64 titles are available to download from today – classic fighter International Karate and 2D shooter Uridium. The C64 was first released in 1982 and went on …
Read More »Xbox 360 drops below £150
An aggressive price promotion from the UK’s leading retailer Tesco has seen Microsoft’s Xbox 360 drop below the 150 barrier for the first time. The supermarket chain if offering an Xbox 360 Arcade machine, which includes a wireless joypad, 256MB memory card, component cable and five Xbox Live Arcade titles, …
Read More »Haze release date scuppered again
Following the announcement yesterday that Ubisoft’s PS3 FPS Haze is scheduled for a UK release on May 22nd, the publisher has this morning released a revised release schedule that seemingly back tracks on yesterday’s news. The release date has reverted back to simply ‘May’, and whist that means a 22nd …
Read More »Killzone 2, LittleBigPlanet and Resistance 2 dated
The latest release schedule from Sony Europe has confirmed the release dates of three big hitting titles in the UK – namely Killzone 2, LittleBigPlanet and Resistance 2. Videogamer.com reports that September will see the release of Guerrilla FPS Killzone 2 and Media Molecule’s LittleBigPlanet. Insomniac’s Resistance 2 will follow …
Read More »Pachter: Take Two has made a mistake
Following Take Two’s stern rejection of EA’s $26 per share offer for the firm earlier today , Wedbush Morgan’s Michael Pachter has stated that he believes the publisher’s board has made an error of judgement. We’re frankly surprised by Take Two’s rejection of EA’s offer,” Pachter stated. Although many of …
Read More »INTERVIEW – Brash
Brash might not be the biggest name in games publishing at the moment, but the new outfit has some big ideas and even bigger aspirations. Founded last June, Brash is unique in that rather than simply dedicating a large portion of its business to licensed games, it’s devoting its entire …
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