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Sega is confident that its ‘strongest line-up of all time’ can help it pinch market share from its main rivals.In an exclusive interview, the firm told MCV that it was determined to challenge the dominance of Ubisoft, Activision and EA on Xbox 360 and PS3 with its new range, which …
Read More »Hurdling over the competition
How strong is Sega’s line-up for 2009 compared to previous years? Undoubtedly our best ever. That may sound like the typical soundbite but FY10 is the culmination of several years’ hard work as the ‘new’ Sega to establish fresh brands and new development goals. This year we continue our strong …
Read More »DSi surpasses 1m sales in Europe
Nintendo has announced that sales of DSi have taken just eight weeks to reach the one million mark across Europe – five weeks quicker than the Nintendo DS Lite took to reach the milestone. In addition, almost 500,000 Nintendo DS and DS Lites have been sold across Europe in the …
Read More »Ubisoft to launch new camera peripheral for Wii
Microsoft might have wowed E3 attendees this morning with news of its Project Natal 3D camera, but Ubisoft said at its press event today that it didn’t want to wait until Christmas 2010 to innovate with camera interfaces. Instead, it is launching its own device, specifically for the Wii, later …
Read More »MICROSOFT: Global ‘Games on Demand’ service heading to 360
Microsoft has revealed that it will be offering a Games on Demand service for Xbox 360 in just a matter of months. Games on Demand launches this August and will let console owners download 360 games direct to their console. It’s not yet clear if these ‘full retail games’ as …
Read More »MICROSOFT: New motion-sensing camera revealed
Microsoft’s Don Mattrick asked a packed audience at the Galen Centre in Los Angeles: Can we make you the controller?” The answer to that question, according to Microsoft, was Project Natal; a camera based peripheral that can, seemingly, scan and replicate the image it sees, employ voice recognition and, of …
Read More »MICROSOFT: Xbox teams up with Last.fm, Facebook and Twitter
Microsoft has announced new deals with online music station Last.fm and social networking site Facebook – the latest in a major week of content partnerships that has also seen it team up with TV service bSKYb. In addition, Xbox 360 will also be introducing Twitter compatibility. On top of this …
Read More »MICROSOFT: Alan Wake coming next spring
Microsoft has unveiled the long-awaited RPG Alan Wake at its E3 conference this evening. The firm showed off a gameplay video of the title, which stars a writer whose wife has gone missing. Sam Lake from the game’s developer Remedy said: "I’m very hapy to tell you that Alan Wake …
Read More »MICROSOFT: Halo ODST dated for September
Microsoft has shown off the latest in its Halo series at its Pre-E3 press conference. Halo 3 ODST will be released on September 22nd worldwide. Joe Staten from developer Bungie showed off the first ever gameplay video of the title. Staten called it: "A great story told in an original …
Read More »MICROSOFT: New Splinter Cell is 360 exclusive
Microsoft has announced that the newsest addition to the Splinter Cell series, Conviction, will be exclusively released on Xbox 360 in the autumn. The game was originally announced as an Xbox-exclusive two years ago, and was scheduled for release in November 2007, but was subsequently delayed. Publisher Ubisioft revealed that …
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