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A brand new colour for the 3DS will hit US retailers on September 9th, the platform holder has announced. It’s called the Flame Red edition, and it will be launched alongside the release of first party shooter Star Fox 64 3D. To date only the Aqua Blue and Cosmos Black …
Read More »Vita will not be out this year
Sony VP Kazuo Hirai has announced that PlayStation Vita won’t reach European and US shelves this year. It had been rumoured for some time that the device would miss its Q4 target, and now that has been confirmed. Retailers had previously told MCV they were hopeful the handheld would arrive …
Read More »Apple drops September hint for iPhone 5
You could run an entire website based on nothing more than Apple launch rumours, but here’s an interesting one that comes directly from Apple itself. As part of its Q3 financial statement, Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer said: We have a future product transition that we’re not going to talk about …
Read More »iGEA supports MCV Pacific launch
The Interactive Games and Entertainment Association (iGEA) has announced its support for MCV Pacific’s launch in Australia and New Zealand welcoming the focus on local trade news and information. Ron Curry, CEO of the iGEA said: We couldn’t be happier to see MCV begin to report on local, trade focused …
Read More »Nintendo video service could arrive tomorrow
A press release issued in Germany seems to indicate that Nintendo’s 3DS Video download service is due to launch in Europe tomorrow (July 13th). The content available will vary depending on the country you’re in, but UK consumers have been told to expect episodes of Shaun the Sheep as well …
Read More »Iwata: 3DS launch software line-up was too weak
Nintendo’s 3DS handheld has been held back by a lack of quality launch titles, Nintendo’s president Saturo Iwata has admitted. GameSpot reports that Iwata also told investors that it is going to be problematic, once the idea has taken seed, to dispel the belief that the handheld is underperforming on …
Read More »Nokia’s N9 might skip UK
Nokia may not release the firm’s MeeGo-based N9 smartphone in the UK if an Inquirer report is to be believed. The Inq noticed that the UK fails to appear as a drop down option in the Nokia Europe Check Availability page for the Nokia N9. Other countries also don’t appear …
Read More »PS Vita to miss Xmas in UK?
CVG has gone live with a report claiming that a retail source "close to SCE" reckons the PS Vita won’t launch in the UK until January or February. "Sony knows it’s effectively gifting the festive handheld market to 3DS – but is still really confident of a success," the source …
Read More »No iCloud for UK until 2012
Apple has yet to sign agreements with record labels to enable the UK launch of the iTunes in the Cloud music service, according to a Telegraph report. The British Performing Right Society, an association of composers, songwriters and music publishers, told the Telegraph that negotiations were still at a "very …
Read More »SONY: PSVita priced and dated
Sony has announced its next generation portable, PlayStation Vita, will launch this Christmas. The launch window was confirmed by Sony’s corporate executive officer and executive VP Kaz Hirai during the platform holder’s E3 press conference. Hirai also officially announced the rumoured Vita is indeed the name for the new handheld, …
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