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The launch of the DSi is fast approaching, and GAME has announced it will be opening stores from midnight in celebration. Selected GAME outlets will open at 11:30 PM for customers who have already pre-ordered the console, which the retailer confirmed is considerably higher than the number that ordered DS …
Read More »Best Buy’s UK launch delayed
Best Buy has postponed the launch of its UK division until the first quarter of 2010. The joint venture with Carphone Warehouse was due to open its first store in the south east of England this summer, but Best Buy UK’s chief executive Rodger Taylor revealed the launch has been …
Read More »Three new colours for PSP-3000
Three new colour variations of Sony’s recently redesigned PSP are to hit UK retail over this month and next, SCEE has announced. Later this month the PSP-3000 will be made available in both Mystic Silver and Pearl White, whilst an additional Radiant Red model will be launched some time in …
Read More »Xbox Live Primetime to debut this spring
Having missed its previously scheduled launch alongside Microsoft’s recent New Xbox Experience dashboard upgrade for the Xbox 360, the platform holder yesterday announced at US technology show CES that its game show Primetime channel will arrive in the spring. Xbox Live Primetime promises a selection of online multiplayer game show …
Read More »PS3 Home to launch tomorrow
The open beta of PS3 Home will be made available to all PS3 users from tomorrow (December 11th), SCEE has announced. The open beta will include Ubisoft’s themed Far Cry 2 Home space, with additional spaces for Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, Warhawk, Motorstorm and SOCOM on the way shortly. Commercial partnerships …
Read More »PS3 Home edges closer to launch
Sony has launched a brand new web portal for its long-awaited PS3 social networking service Home, adding weight to the claims that the service should arrive before the end of the year. In addition, in the last week Sony is believed to have sent out an additional 100,000 invites to …
Read More »NXE rollout begins
Xbox 360 platform holder Microsoft has announced that all those who successfully signed up to the New Xbox Experience preview program will over the next few hours be able to download the new service. NXE launches worldwide tomorrow, and brings with it a host of new upgrades for the console …
Read More »LittleBigPlanet online features to arrive post-launch
Speaking on the US PlayStation blog, a member of the Media Molecule development team has confirmed that LittleBigPlanet’s online Create mode, which allows players to work together on the creation of user-made levels, will not be available out of the box. Instead, the anticipated functionality will be added to the …
Read More »80GB PS3 pre-orders appear
A number of online retailers have begun taking pre-orders on Sony’s new 80GB PS3, which will go on sale on August 27th. Whilst many are reporting this as new news, it actually just confirms the announcement made by SCEE president David Reeves at E3 last month. However, the listings do …
Read More »JAPAN: Home beta applications open
Whilst the actual launch date for Sony’s long-awaited PS3 Home social networking service remains the thing of mystery for now, Sony has at last invited gamers in Japan to apply for access to the beta version of the service. Engadget reports that an option in the Japanese PSN Store allows …
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