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Microsoft and Xbox supreme J Allard has said that both its Xbox 360 games console and portable MP3 player Zune are ultimately designed to connect to the same network, sparking talk that the music machine could yet play host to gaming. Speaking to The New York Times, Allard stated: "The …
Read More »More Eastern content heading to 360
The North American arm of Japanese publisher and developer Atlus has been confirmed as an official third party publisher, Next-Gen reports. Atlus USA will specialise in bringing niche Japanese-produced titles to Microsoft’s system, the first two of which will be RPG duo Operation Darkness and Spectral Force 3, both of …
Read More »DS passes 20 million sales in Japan
IGN reports that according to data from Media Create Nintendo’s popular handheld console the DS has now sold over 20 million units in Japan. The original model succeeded in shifting 6 million units in the first 14 months on the market, but since the arrival of the redesigned DS Lite …
Read More »PS3 dev kit cost slashed
Develop reports that Sony has cut the price of PlayStation 3 development kits in a bid to ”contribute to cost-saving measures of the development community". SCEI said the prices for the PS3 SDK will be reduced to $10,250 in North America, 950,000 Yen in Japan and €7,500 in Europe. At …
Read More »Record sales growth for Codemasters
Spearheaded by a 151 per cent increase in US net sales and a 332 per cent growth in US dollar sales, Codemasters is celebrating its most impressive ever year for the 12 months ending June 30th 2007. Overall group sales for the period increased by 38 per cent, hitting 71.5 …
Read More »New Resi movie to include RE5 and DMC4 demos
Whilst the Resident Evil movies may have proved a hit with the public, their reception amongst the gaming fraternity has been less enthusiastic – but you can expect the gaming public to be more receptive toward the arrival of the third movie on Blu-Ray and DVD. Sony has confirmed that …
Read More »Singapore relents on Mass Effect ban
Yesterday MCV reported that Singapore’s Media Development Authority had decided to ban BioWare’s upcoming Xbox 360 RPG Mass Effect thanks to an in-game scene involving a girl-on-girl coupling between a human and blue-headed alien lass. However, regional paper The Straits Times now reports that the Authority has decided to life …
Read More »New studio working on Terminator game
The Halcyon Company, an LA based firm that owns the gaming rights to the lucrative Terminator franchise, has announced that it has opened a new development studio and is already at work on a new game based on the brand. The Hollywood Reporter claims that the firm opted to open …
Read More »PS3 Orange Box next month
After enjoying critical and commercial success on both PC and PS3, EA has confirmed that the PS3 version of Valve collection The Orange Box will arrive on PS3 on December 14th, Eurogamer reports. Many had been speculated that the game would not appear on the Sony platform until some time …
Read More »Microsoft steps up family focus
MCv sister site Develop reports that Microsoft is looking to compete much closer with the Nintendo Wii and its wider, family audience by creating more family-focused video games, according to a story on the Dow Jones Newswires. The story mirrors comments made by Euro Xbox boss Chris Lewis to MCV. …
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