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Criterion has followed up the announcement of The Ultimate Box and Burnout Paradise Party Pack with the Burnout Paradise Legendary Cars Pack. The Legendary Cars Pack is set to feature four ‘unbelievable’ new vehicles including the Jansen 88 Special, which has the ability to hover through the tracks. Other vehicles …
Read More »Atari snaps up Ghostbusters game
Atari has confirmed the capture of Ghostbusters: The Video Game, a week after securing the publishing rights to The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Athena. Hollywood actor Dan Aykroyd reported that Atari would publish Ghostbusters last month, and the game will arrive next year on PC, PS3, PS2, DS, Wii and …
Read More »New product director at GAME
High Street retailer GAME has secured the services of retail veteran John Devon, who has signed up as product director. Devon joins the firm from Amazon, where he worked as DVD trading director. He has also held roles at Virgin, Woolworths and WH Smiths. At GAME, Devon will be responsible …
Read More »Street Fighter IV dated
Japanese publisher Capcom has told MCV that its highly-anticipated beat ‘em up Street Fighter IV will hit shelves on February 20th 2009. The game, which is schedule for release on PS3, 360 and PC, arrives a week before the Wii edition of Dead Rising, which is scheduled for February 27th. …
Read More »FIFA 09 for £20 at Play
Following the firm’s victory in the Golden Joysticks last week, Play.com has slashed the price of FIFA ’09 to 19.99 on Wii, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The offer is part of the firm’s ‘Deal of the Day’ Christmas promotion, and is accompanied by several ‘Deals of the Week’, which …
Read More »Guitar Hero: World Tour dated
The highly-anticipated release of Guitar Hero: World Tour is set to hit retail next month, with the title’s multiple SKUs set to launch over a three-week period. Both the solus and guitar controller bundle SKUs for 360, Wii, PS3 and PS2 will be released on November 7th. The ‘super bundle’, …
Read More »Sony Q4 dates confirmed
Sony has finalised its Q4 release schedule for PS3 and PS2, and has set tentative dates for its PSP line-up, MCV can reveal. Joining a host of major releases on November 14th is SingStar ABBA for PS2 and PS3 and SingStar Vol 3 for PS3. The platform holder has also …
Read More »Nintendo promises massive Xmas stock boost
Platform holder Nintendo has promised to bring more Wii and DS stock into the UK this Christmas than ever before, to cope with ‘unprecedented’ demand. The firm has told MCV that console production is at its highest level in the company’s history, with Wii sales up 76 per cent and …
Read More »Nintendo unveils Christmas tour
Nintendo is set to take its DS and Wii software on a tour of the UK as it looks to ramp up its marketing for the fourth quarter. Going under the names The Nintendo DS Christmas Tour ’08 and The Wii Christmas Tour ’08, gamers are being invited to ‘discover …
Read More »Ubisoft sponsors Big Freeze event
Publisher Ubisoft has become a major sponsor of this year’s Big Freeze event with its Shaun White Snowboarding video game. The FS04 Big Freeze is set to kick off tomorrow and will run until October 26th, and will feature snowboarders Danny Kass, Scotty Lago and Lucas Magoon, plus skiing stars …
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