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The HD re-make of No More Heroes will be a PS3 exclusive in the US, publisher Konami has confirmed. No More Heroes: Heroes’ Paradise is a 720p revamp of the original 2008 Wii title and has already been released on both PS3 and Xbox 360 in Japan. However, in the …
Read More »Move sells 1m in US
Sony has announced that PlayStation Move has sold one million units in its first month in the US. The company’s president and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment of America Jack Tretton has said demand for the new motion controller is far outstripping supply, according to Reuters. Production for the device …
Read More »Désilets explains THQ move
Assassin’s Creed creator Patrice Dsilets has for the first time spoken about his decision to head up THQ’s new Montreal development studio. As you may know, last May, I made the difficult decision to leave Ubisoft after 13 incredible years,” he said in a letter to Kotaku. I felt that …
Read More »1.5m Move controllers sold in Europe
Platform holder Sony has for the first time revealed some early sales numbers for Move, which was launched in mid-September. Speaking to Bloomberg, SCE Europe boss Andrew House said that the controller has enjoyed very significant sales in the first month since launch, somewhere in the region of 1.5 million …
Read More »Move off to a good start
Sony has not released any sales data for the recently launched PlayStation Move, but one analyst reckons that everything’s got off to a good start on the far side of the pond. A new survey from US analyst Lazard Capital Markets has suggested that consumer hunger for both Sony’s Move …
Read More »Heroes on the Move renamed
Four months on from its official unveiling at E3, Sony has announced a change of name for one of its upcoming Move titles, Heroes on the Move. Movemodo reports that the game will now be called PlayStation Move Heroes. It features six established PlayStation characters from three of the console’s …
Read More »Move support for MAG arrives
Developer Zipper Interactive has confirmed that a patch has been released that introduces full Move compatibility to its PS3 exclusive shooter MAG. Bringing motion control to key core gamer titles is an important step in Move’s market development, and while MAG was not the biggest seller in Europe it’s still …
Read More »Move can capture Wii audience, EA says
Having worked wonders in bringing video games to a whole new audience with the Wii, EA hopes that Sony can carry on where Nintendo left off and take the Wii audience deeper into the games market. When asked by MCV if PlayStation Move can convert the Wii’s audience, EA’s European …
Read More »Sony predicts more from Move
PlayStation Move got off to a flying start when it launched last week, but Sony says there’s much more to come from the motion controller. The firm expects sales to pick up as we head towards Christmas, with a string of high profile games still to arrive from the platform …
Read More »DVDs and CDs out, video games in
The US arm of retailer Best Buy is to increase the shelf space it gives to video games by cutting the allocation granted to DVDs and CDs. Daily Finance reports that the extra footage will be used to maximise sales of new launches such as PlayStation Move and Kinect, as …
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