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The Red Wii helped Nintendo hardware sales boom during the Christmas period, despite a year-on-year drop in profit. At an investors conference Nintendo president Satoru Iwata defended the platform holder’s Q3 profit slump with a roundup of impressive Wii sales data for Japan, Europe and the US. In Europe the …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Dead Space 2 on top
Dead Space 2 has shot straight to the top of the UK All Formats Top 40 chart this week. EA’s horror sequel outperformed its predecessor which debuted at No.6 when it was released on October 24th, 2008. Sony’s LittleBigPlanet 2 and EA’s FIFA 11 drop one place each to No.2 …
Read More »Darkspore due in March
Darkspore will arrive in stores before the end of this year’s first quarter, EA has revealed. The PC action RPG game will be released on March 29th according to a new developer diary trailer. Darkspore allows players to take control of powerful aliens and upgrade them with thousands of body …
Read More »PS3 security update already hacked
Sony’s latest PS3 firmware update has already been overcome by hackers just hours after going live. As mentioned in the news story about Sony winning a restraining order against George Hotz, the platform holder launched firmware update 3.56 on PSN last night. The patch adds a new security update. However …
Read More »PS3 hacker gets restraining order
George ‘geohot’ Hotz has been issued a temporary restraining order preventing him from distributing PS3 homebrew software. The judge granted Sony its request for the order which was submitted earlier this month. Court documents published by PSX Scene read: The court finds that SCEA has shown a likelihood of success …
Read More »Bethesda dates Brink, Rage and Hunted
Bethesda has announced release dates for its 2011 games Brink, Rage and Hunted: The Demon’s Forge. FPS Brink will arrive on May 20th – three days after its North American release on May 17th, while fantasy action title Hunted is due out on June 3rd in the UK and June …
Read More »PSN reaches 69m users
Almost 70m PlayStation Network accounts have been registered worldwide since the service launched. Speaking at the PSP2 reveal press conference this morning, SCE president and CEO Kaz Hirai said that over 69m accounts had been opened before January 25th. He also revealed that over 80 per cent of all PS3s …
Read More »Nintendo profits fall 46%
Nintendo has reported a 46 per cent drop in profits since its previous financial quarter. Total profits from October to December 2010 stand at 104.6bn (794m), down from 192.3bn (1.46bn) made during the same period last year. This represents a change of 87.7bn (667m). Profits for the entire nine months …
Read More »Sega cancels Thor on PSP
Thor: God of Thunder will no longer be released on PSP when it hits shelves on other formats on April 29th. Sega confirmed the cancellation in its latest release schedule which stated that the game will instead be released on 3DS. The third person action adventure – also due for …
Read More »Mad Catz bags Gears of War 3 licence
Mad Catz has extended its partnership with Epic Games to produce a range of official Gears of War 3 accessories. The new deal gives the firm global rights to develop and market Gears of War 3 controllers, headphones and other peripherals for Xbox 360. Mad Catz was responsible for previous …
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