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Activision’s Dan Rosenwig has claimed the music games space is far from saturated, with a significant untapped audience yet to be introduced to the likes of Guitar Hero. Speaking to CNBC, the Guitar Hero CEO said: We’re focused on providing value to the consumer, so I don’t think [the music …
Read More »Koeis western sales at 8 per cent
Koei games sold outside of Japan currently only account for 8 per cent of the company’s total sales. That’s according to Sony Japan Studios’ senior vice president Yasuhide Kobayashi, who discussed how Japanese companies are failing to engage audiences outside of their home market. Kobayashi claimed Koei is struggling the …
Read More »Star Ocean: Last Hope confirmed for PS3
Square Enix has confirmed it will be bringing Star Ocean: The Last Hope – International will be released on PS3 next year. The Last Hope was originally the first Xbox 360 exclusive instalment in the long-running RPG series, which has traditionally been released on PlayStation consoles. It served as a …
Read More »Aion pre-orders near 400,000
NCsoft has announced its upcoming MMO, Aion: The Tower Of Eternity, has generated almost 400,000 pre-orders. The game, which introduces aerial combat to the usual MMORPG fare, is due for release on September 22nd in the US and on September 25th in the UK. Anyone who has pre-ordered the game …
Read More »AUSTRALIA: Left 4 Dead 2 banned
Left 4 Dead 2 has been refused classification in Australia, banning it from release. The Australian Classification Board stated the upcoming EA title had failed to comply with the current guidelines for a maximum rating of MA 15+, according to Gamespot. The game contains realistic, frenetic and unrelenting violence which …
Read More »RETAIL BIZ: Operation Flashpoint 2
Click here to access the RETAIL BIZ previews section for MCV’s in-depth guide to some of the key releases approaching the High Street in the next month or so. This week, we enlist with Codemasters’ Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising, the long-awaited sequel to the acclaimed first-person shooter. With an enhanced …
Read More »US: Zelda: Spirit Tracks dated
Nintendo has announced The Legend Of Zelda: Spirit Tracks will arrive in the US on December 7th. The date was revealed in a press release detailing the complete line-up for Wii and DS in the run-up to Christmas, with the anticipated sequel to 2007’s Zelda: Phantom Hourglass arriving in early …
Read More »COD 4 renamed Reflex on Wii
Nintendo has confirmed Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare will be renamed when it arrives on Wii this November. In a press release detailing all of the titles due for releases on its platforms, the company listed Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare: Reflex under Activision Blizzard’s Wii line-up. A Wii …
Read More »Blizzard’s next MMO broader than WoW
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has revealed the company’s next MMO will boast a broader appeal than World Of Warcraft. Speakign at the Deutsche Bank Securities Techonology Conference in San Francisco, Kotick slipped in hints to the scope of the currently unannounced project, according to Gamespot. What we’ve announced at …
Read More »Xbox 360 could save researchers thousands
A University of Warwick researcher and former employee of Microsoft developer Rare has demonstrated an Xbox 360 chip is equivalent in power to parallel network PCs. Dr Simon Scarle discovered the console’s Graphical Processing Unit (GPU) boasts the same parallel processing power as several thousands of pounds worth of PC …
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