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Sony has stated that the manufacturing disruption caused by the fallout of last month’s earthquake and tsunami last month could force it to alter its NGP launch plans. This could include the delaying of the launch in some regions. Bloomberg quotes SCEA president Jack Treet as saying that the disaster …
Read More »Now Vodafone delays Xperia Play launch
It looks like the chances of Sony Ericsson’s PlayStation phone the Xperia Play hitting the UK High Street tomorrow are becoming increasingly slim. An email forwarded to VG247 last night suggests that Vodafone has now delayed the launch of the handset. Sony Ericsson have advised us that they will not …
Read More »Xbox successor in 2015?
A somewhat ambiguous posting on a web portfolio of a designer currently working for Microsoft has got tongues wagging about a potential 2015 launch date for the next Xbox console. Posted by Ben Peterson, who was recently recruited to work at Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment Business, the art (spotted by ZDNet) …
Read More »Child of Eden dated for June
Publisher Ubisofot has confirmed via its Facebook page that Xbox 360 Kinect title Child of Eden will be released on June 14th. No further details are given, though as that’s a Tuesday presumably that’s the North American date. That means a probable European arrival on June 17th. Ever since its …
Read More »GDC: Ocarina of Time 3DS due in June
Satoru Iwata has confirmed that The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time will be released for 3DS in June. The Nintendo president revealed the date during his keynote at GDC 2011 in San Francisco. This confirms that while the game will not be available on day one, it still falls …
Read More »March 2nd reveal for iPad 2
One online news source has claimed that Apple will reveal its iPad 2 in just one week’s time. All Things Digital says it has confirmation from "multiple sources" that the US tech form is preparing a March 2nd gathering in San Francisco. There’s even talk that Steve Jobs himself will …
Read More »EA confirms Old Republic delay
Publisher EA has confirmed that BioWare-developed MMO Star Wars: Old Republic will not now release this spring and will instead ship some time in the next fiscal year. This means it could potentially arrive as late as March 2012, though MCV understands that September 2011 remains EA’s target launch date. …
Read More »White iPhone 4 nearing launch
The highly delayed and much coveted white version of the iPhone 4 should arrive in the not too distant future, according to Pocket Gamer. Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has also given the first explanation for the delay – apparently the white paint was allowing too much light to leak into …
Read More »No retina display for iPad 2
An analyst for Taiwanese firm Concord Securities has claimed that the iPad 2 will not boast the headline feature of its smaller brother the iPhone 4 – a high-resolution ‘retina’ display. The reason, it is claimed, is that Apple has ordered between 4m and 4.5m units of the device to …
Read More »3DS e-portal delayed until May
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has thrown doubts over previous claims that the 3DS eShop will arrive in time for the handheld’s launch. The eShop – which is the handheld’s new online games portal – will install in 3DS devices via a system update, according to previous claims from Nintendo. Nintendo …
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