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Next-Gen reports that Infogrames publisher Atari could be facing the possibility of losing the highly lucrative Dragon Ball Z franchise, following a disagreement with licensor FUNimation. However, MCV understands that Atari’s right to publish the games in Central Europe will remain unaffected, regardless of the US outcome. The publisher licenses …
Read More »40GB PS3 boasts revised architecture
Technology blog Engadget reports that as well as the more publicised differences between existing PS3 hardware and the newly released 40GB version, such as the removal of the card reader and backwards compatibility, the machines also boast a revised Cell CPU. The new 65nm version of Sony’s much-touted processor consumes …
Read More »Achievement whores face Xbox Live ban
Whilst the practise of working with your peers to gain Achievement points is fairly common – indeed, games such as Project Gotham Racing 4 actively encourage it – but Microsoft has warned that those who go as far as sharing their account information to do so face possible dire consequences, …
Read More »Unreal Tournament III dated on PC
US publisher Midway has announced that the PC version of its anticipated FPS Unreal Tournament III will ship on PC on November 19th, and whilst no European date has yet been mooted, its arrival here is expected on November 23rd. However, there’s still no news on the release date for …
Read More »LucasArts and BioWare join forces once more
It has been confirmed that George Lucas’ LucasArts and RGP specialist BioWare are hard at work on an as of yet unannounced title, Next-Gen reports. Nothing is yet known of the game, though LucasArts president Jim Ward stated: Through our previous collaborations, we know that BioWare has an impressive ability …
Read More »Resident Evil 4 on Wii hits 1 million
Next-Gen reports that nearly three years after the game first debuted on GameCube, the fourth version of the game on Nintendo Wii has shipped one million copies globally. As well as recently appearing on PC, Resident Evil 4 has enjoyed success on both PS2 and GameCube, selling two million and …
Read More »Iwata: New DS functions next year
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has revealed that the company is planning to add new functions to its DS handheld that are ‘more practical than entertaining’. Although he didn’t provide hard specifics, Iwata told the Wall Street Journal that the features would be useful in train stations, amusement parks or museums …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Mad Catz
What has changed at Mad Catz and Joytech since the acquisiton? We’re enormously proud and gratified that in acquiring Joytech from Take 2, we have managed to keep all UK members of the Joytech team and relocate them to our European HQ in Milton Keynes. There have been no redundancies …
Read More »Nintendo success inspires first ever Girls Guide to Gaming
Gaming’s march into the mainstream has taken another significant step with the release of The Girls’ Guide to Gaming. Publisher Black Dog Media has told MCV that the new title has only been made possible by the runaway success of Nintendo formats DS and Wii, and has criticised the ‘boys …
Read More »Playlogic targets new IP for PS3
Playlogic is to spearhead its forthcoming PS3 drive with brand new IP as it plans to increase its presence in the UK. A new title is currently in development at the firm’s Netherlands operation, and Playlogics executive VP Rogier Smit (pictured) told MCV that there will be more PS3 titles …
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