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Nintendo’s Play it on Wii range – based on several updated GameCube titles – is going to get more than a conversion to the new console, according to a report from Famitsu. The Play It line-up, including titles like Donkey Kong Jungle Beat and Pikmin, is to be fine-tuned to …
Read More »Resistance 2 scores 88% on Metacritic
Sony’s big FPS release on PS3, Resistance 2, is currently sitting on an 88 per cent average review score on Metacritic. That leaves the game at 16th spot in the PS3 All Time High Scores list on the site – which aggregate scores from the US and UK specialist press. …
Read More »Dont forget to register for the MCV PES tournament
The first MCV PES Tournament of the season kicks off on the evening of Thursday, November 27th, and there’s still time to register to compete. Remember, though, you must enter as a team of two from the same company rather than as an individual. Sign up in pairs at www.pesrankings.com/industry …
Read More »COD: World At War £27 at Asda
Asda will sell Activision’s Call Of Duty: World At War for just 27 from midnight tonight. The supermarket has taken out adverts in the national press to promote the deal. COD: WaW is the current favourite to hit the Christmas No.1 spot in the All Formats chart.
Read More »Best Buy to miss FY guidance as sales decline
Best Buy has lowered its guidance for the fiscal year due to falling consumer spending, driven by ‘the recent turmoil in the financial markets and other macro economic factors’. "Since mid-September, rapid, seismic changes in consumer behavior have created the most difficult climate we’ve ever seen. Best Buy simply can’t …
Read More »Thousands turn out for UK WoW launch
Over 2,500 gamers turned out last night to HMV on London’s Oxford Street last night to celebrate the launch of what is hotly anticipated to be one of the biggest games of the year: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King. The game, which is published by Activision Blizzard, …
Read More »Angelina Jolie loves games
Hollywood starlet Angelina Jolie has become the latest celebrity fan of video games. According to ContactMusic, new mum Jolie is shedding her babyweight by working out using her kids’ video game console. The site reports: ‘And her eldest son Maddox, seven, has shown her the way – by teaching her …
Read More »Xbox is a key Microsoft Moment
Time magazine has included the launch of the original Xbox as a key ‘Microsoft Moment’. In part of a feature the influential magazine ran to mark the 25th anniversary of the Windows operating system, it rated the launch of the Xbox as a key moment in the firm’s history: By …
Read More »Mediawatch-UK speaks out against gamer critics
Mediawatch-UK has spoken out against the criticism it received from gamers following its own condemnation of violent video games. The watchdog organisation, headed by organisation director John Beyer, told UK tabloid the Daily Mail that it wanted the BBFC to deny a rating for forthcoming Sega title Madworld, therefore banning …
Read More »First Western development deal for Square Enix
After promising for some time that it would start closer engagement with Western games developers, Square Enix has announced its first deal with a non-Japanese studio: a strategic partnership with American outfit Gas Powered Games. The studio, headed by famed designer Chris Taylor, will develop the sequel to its Supreme …
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