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Japanese charts body Media Create reports that Sony’s PSP handheld has successfully claimed the top spot of the region’s hardware charts for the third consecutive week. Despite a drop in sales of over 175,000 units, PSP still beats its closest contender, Nintendo’s DS, by 30,000 units. PSP’s newly found success …
Read More »PC Gears of War dated
It took a while for all concerned to admit that Epic’s hugely successful Xbox 360 shooter Gears of War was indeed coming to PC – but following the confirmation at July’s E3 Microsoft has finally dated the game’s arrival. The game will be released in the UK on November 9th, …
Read More »PC Gears of War dated
It took a while for all concerned to admit that Epic’s hugely successful Xbox 360 shooter Gears of War was indeed coming to PC – but following the confirmation at July’s E3 Microsoft has finally dated the game’s arrival. The game will be released in the UK on November 9th, …
Read More »NCsoft unveils Carbine Studios
MMO specialist NCsoft has lifted the curtain on its new wholly-owned California-based development outfit Carbine Studios. Next-Gen reports that 17 former Blizzard employees now work for the studio, many of whom were formerly lead and senior developers” from the World of Warcraft team. This is a dev team made in …
Read More »NCsoft unveils Carbine Studios
MMO specialist NCsoft has lifted the curtain on its new wholly-owned California-based development outfit Carbine Studios. Next-Gen reports that 17 former Blizzard employees now work for the studio, many of whom were formerly lead and senior developers” from the World of Warcraft team. This is a dev team made in …
Read More »EA admits to cuts in The Simpsons Game
As well as being based on The Simpsons licence, EA has always said that its upcoming The Simpsons Game would parody the games industry itself – but the developer has admitted that some mixed reactions to the content have forced it to make a few cuts to the in-game content. …
Read More »EA admits to cuts in The Simpsons Game
As well as being based on The Simpsons licence, EA has always said that its upcoming The Simpsons Game would parody the games industry itself – but the developer has admitted that some mixed reactions to the content have forced it to make a few cuts to the in-game content. …
Read More »Football Manager 2008 dated in Europe
Developer Sports Interactive has confirmed through an official blog that its upcoming Football Manager 2008 will be released across most of Europe on October 19th. The only regions to miss out are Spain, which will see the game released on October 26th, and the Czech republic and Poland, where the …
Read More »Football Manager 2008 dated in Europe
Developer Sports Interactive has confirmed through an official blog that its upcoming Football Manager 2008 will be released across most of Europe on October 19th. The only regions to miss out are Spain, which will see the game released on October 26th, and the Czech republic and Poland, where the …
Read More »Codemasters snaps up Ology licence
Codemasters has acquired the rights to produce a series of games based on the 14 million selling Ology book series, MCV can reveal. The deal with Templar Publishing will see the publisher convert best-selling encyclopaedia-style books such as Dragonology, Wizardology and Pirateology into games exclusively for the DS and Wii. …
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