EA owned developer DICE has named a few of the compromises it has had to make to get the visually spectacular Battlefield 3 running on PS3 and Xbox 360. The Battlefield blog reports that both console versions will have a resolution of 720p and run at 30 frames per second. …
Read More »Internal changes for PS3 Slim
As is fairly standard practice, Sony has made a few internal tweaks to the architecture of the latest PS3 Slim model.Andriasang reports that the new machine – the CECH-3000B – has reduced power consumption from the 230W seen in existing Slims to 200W. The weight has also dropped 400g to …
Read More »US PS3 sales up despite PSN outage
Sony has claimed that sales of PS3 consoles in the US climbed 14 per cent in May compared to the same month in 2010, according to NPD data That the console has managed this despite the PSN outage that plagued the month is very impressive. And seemingly at odds with …
Read More »NPD: Xbox bosses May market
Xbox 360 has posted its 17th successive month of year-on-year unit sales growth in the US. In total Xbox 360 has accounted for 34 per cent of the region’s total video games revenue so far in 2011 – a seven per cent year-on-year increase. However, the overall picture is less …
Read More »Wii U ‘50% more powerful than PS3’
A speculative claim from Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia has suggested that Nintendo’s Wii U will offer a significant performance advantage over Sony’s PS3 and Microsoft’s Xbox 360. "Some of the developers we spoke to indicated to us that the console will have 50 per cent more processing power compared …
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Read More »Zumba Fitness passes 2m worldwide sales
Wii, PS3 and 360 title Zumba Fitness has now sold over 2m around the world. As well as being a consistent top five hit in the UK, the title has also been been the No.2 selling Wii game since its launch in the US. It has now surpassed sales of …
Read More »RAGE pushed back to October
Mutant FPS RAGE has been delayed to Friday, October 7th in the UK to ensure it offers the best experience possible”. Bethesda was previously due to release the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC title on Friday, September 16th. In the US, RAGE will now arrive on Tuesday, October 4th. The …
Read More »No Move support for FIFA 13
Despite its recent pledge to introduce widespread Kinect support into its sports catalogue, EA Sports has said that PlayStation Move integration remains off the cards. "We have not focused on PS Move for FIFA, but that’s not to say we won’t," senior vice president of worldwide development Andrew Wilson told …
Read More »Record traffic for PS Home
Sony’s PlayStation Home has reached all-time high user activity levels since PSN was switched back on. The PS3’s in-game social world has just reached a new milestone in terms of its amount of weekly unique users, Gamasutra reports. We’re having record traffic in Home,” said SCEA’s director for PlayStation Home …
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