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Microsoft has announced that eight new titles have been added to its Games for Windows range – Capcom’s Bionic Commando, Eidos’ Conflict: Denied Ops and Tomb Raider: Underworld, Sega’s Space Siege and Empire: Total War, Stardock’s Sins of a Solar Empire, LucasArts’ LEGO Indiana Jones and Microsoft’s own Train Simulator …
Read More »CES 2008: Blu-Ray movies for PSP
In what could come as a massive blow to its own UMD format, Sony has unveiled Blu-Ray movies that contain a standard-res version of the film embedded on the disc that can be transferred to PSP for viewing on the move. By attaching the PSP to a PS3 via a …
Read More »FIFA 08 nutmegs chart opponents
Following Activision’s victory in the Christmas battle and Ubisoft’s in the New Year chart, it’s business as usual this week with EA’s FIFA series claiming the top spot in ChartTrack’s first 2008 Top 40 – just as it did in 2007. Last week’s number one, Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed, drops to …
Read More »New Year, New Job?
This week the featured job is Business Sector Manager at Sega, but there are many other vacancies that need to be filled, including Product Manager, Director of Product Marketing, Senior Marketing Manager, Senior Character Animator, Account Manager, Producer and Account Manager. Whatever sector of the international video games market you’re …
Read More »Microsoft: 360 to celebrate record year
Microsoft’s games chief Don Mattrick has told staff via a memo, that was subsequently leaked by notorious Xbox insider Dean Takahashi, that the Xbox 360 can win the current console battle after enjoying the most profitable year ever seen in gaming. The memo read: According to US NPD data through …
Read More »PS3 sells 1.2m units in North America in December
SCE chief executive Kaz Hirai has stated that Sony’s PlayStation gaming business is hoping to post a profit in its next financial year following some strong Xmas sales of its three consoles in North America. SCEA today confirmed that the firm sold 3.9 million PS3, PS2 and PSP consoles in …
Read More »Retro rules in Xbox Live Arcade rankings
Microsoft’s Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb has published the 2007 bestseller list for Xbox Live Arcade, and the chart is dominated by well-known long-running games brands. The 1989 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game takes the crown, with the likes of Worms, Castlevanie, Bomberman and Sonic the Hedgehog taking other spots in …
Read More »Store closure threat for Dixons group
DSGi may be forced to close as many as 200 of its UK stores after announcing that its profits were likely to be down as much as 50 million, a senior retail analyst has predicted. Tony Shiret, Credit Suisse’s senior retail analyst, predicted that the group’s new chief executive, John …
Read More »First talk of Xbox 3 emerges
With all three main home consoles having just enjoyed their first clear Christmas on the market together, the first rumours of what could be planned for the next next-generation of consoles have seemingly begun. US games mag EGM claims that a secret first party Microsoft game was recently scrapped for …
Read More »Bully hitting Wii and 360 on March 7th
IGN claims that Rockstar’s next-gen re-working of its once controversial free-roaming school-based romp Bully: Scholarship Edition will be released on Xbox 360 and Wii on March 7th in Europe. This new edition will include the original game in its entirety along with a host of extras including eight new missions, …
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