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Ubisoft is celebrating after a stellar performance by its Imagine range over Christmas pushed the series to just under one million annual sales. The line-up of mass-market titles shifted over 300,000 units in the four weeks to Christmas, MCV has learnt, with Imagine Teacher and Imagine Dream Weddings leading the …
Read More »Activision returns to Transformers IP
Publisher Activision Blizzard has confirmed that it is back aboard the Transformers bandwagon and lining up a games release to coincide with the summer arrival of DreamWorks and Paramount’s movie sequel Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. The game, which will be released on Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PC, DS and …
Read More »Iwata: Expect a higher price point for DSi
Nintendo chief Satoru Iwata has confirmed that the DSi is still on course to launch in Europe and America in the next six months – but has added that the device will cost more than its predecessor the DS Lite. The DSi is the third iteration of Nintendo’s dual screen …
Read More »DS closes in on 9m UK sales
GfK-ChartTrack has revealed to MCV that the Nintendo DS is teetering on the edge of a nine-million installed base in the UK. And director Dorian Bloch said that he believed the imminent launch of successor the DSi will give those numbers yet more of a boost. He told MCV: We’re …
Read More »Coronation Street heading to DS
Publisher Mindscape is to release a Coronation Street title on Nintendo’s DS which it describes as an adventure and task based concept set within the theme of the famous fictional street”. CasualGaming.biz has the full story – click here for details.
Read More »DSi and PSP 3000 under analysis
An in depth look at the handheld hardware revisions
Read More »Iwata: DS could sell 150m
Saturo Iwata, the global boss of Nintendo, has stated to inverstors that he believes the firm’s twin-screened DS handheld could go on to sell over 150 million units worldwide. ”I don’t think it is appropriate to conclude that DS is reaching its final stages on the market,” Iwata stated, according …
Read More »Nintendo Xmas sales up 17%
The strength of the YEN has caused Nintendo to cut its operating income forecasts by 15.9 per cent. The news comes as Nintendo reports its Q3 financial results for the three months to the end of 2008, which saw net sales increase by 17 per cent to reach 1.5 trillion …
Read More »IGF Mobile confirms finalists
Entrees double for independent game awards
Read More »Mario & Sonic Olympics 2 in development?
A source close to MCV’s sister site CasualGaming.biz has indicated that Sega is working on Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympics. Based on the upcoming Vancouver Winter Olympics 2010, the game looks to follow the success it has enjoyed with Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, which was …
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