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With the launch of the PSPgo just two days away now, developer Subatomic Studios has confirmed that its tower defence title Fieldrunners – which has already enjoyed huge success on iPhone – will be a launch title on Sony’s PSP Minis digital delivery service. There’s lots more information on this …
Read More »March release for PS3 Motion Controller
Following on from the shock news of PS2 and Dreamcast titles on PSN, it has also been revealed that Sony’s PS3 motion controller will be released in Japan in March 2010. Furthermore, Sony has targeted global sales of between 4m and 5m for its upcoming gesture-sensing peripheral. In addition, Sony …
Read More »Wii 2 predicted for 2011
Nintendo will release a follow-up to its highly successful Wii console in 2011 – that’s the prediction from none other than Square Enix boss Yoichi Wada. Interestingly, he also predicted that the machine is likely to boast an all-new controller. In the same piece, however, Wada predicts that the upcoming …
Read More »PS3 Slim sales ahead of expectations
The UK office of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe is unsurprisingly delighted with the week one success of its newly redesigned PS3 Slim console. The first week’s Chart-Track numbers for sales of the new PS3 were ahead of our expectations, so we were extremely pleased,” SCE UK’s sales director Mark Howsen …
Read More »JAPAN: PS3 enjoys best ever week
Having enjoyed a massive sales boost in the UK following the arrival of the new Slim incarnation last week, the launch of the PS3 Slim in Japan has propelled Sony’s machine to a new sales record. Kotaku reports that the PS3 Slim sold 150,252 in its first week of sale …
Read More »Retail anxious about PSPgo
The UK High Street has expressed reservations over Sony’s PSPgo, but the platform holder has moved to reassure retailers that they still matter to its handheld business. Play, HMV, ShopTo, CHIPS and Asda have all admitted to MCV that the machine’s digital-only model is a concern for them, and that …
Read More »360 Games On Demand launch line-up revealed
Console gaming makes a big step toward the digital distribution age with the arrival of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Games On Demand service next week – though the launch line-up confirms that new titles will not figure… for the time being at least. The new service will allow gamers for the …
Read More »iPhone 3GS sales pass 1m
Apple has confirmed that sales of its latest iPhone, the 3GS, have hit the one million mark globally – after just three days on the market. On top of the sales triumph, Apple has also confirmed that its 3.0 OS, available to both iPhone 3G and iPod Touch owners, has …
Read More »JAPAN: Wii VOD arriving May 1st
Nintendo’s entry into the video on demand service will hit Japan on May 1st, though in typical Nintendo style the ‘Wii no Ma’ channel is set to be far more than simply a video portal. Andriasang reports that the channel will take the shape of a virtual living room where …
Read More »DSiWare launch line-up detailed
Nintendo has revealed the titles that will release alongside its launch of digital download portal DSiWare tomorrow in conjunction with the arrival of the DSi on UK soil. The headline grabbers we already knew about – the latest addition to the WarioWare franchise, WarioWare: Snapped, is arguably the big title …
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