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An analysis of the UK video games market by Nick Parker claims that UK hardware unit sales of Nintendo’s Wii are down 45.1 per cent for the year-to-date ending March 31st 2010. In fact, every piece of games hardware on the market is down, with PSP (-44.7 percent), DS (-35.9 …
Read More »PSN problems plague Stimulus launch
A technical problem on the European arm of Sony’s PlayStation Network has prevented thousands of gamers from getting their hands on the highly anticipated Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Map Pack. Many users are having problems topping up their wallet funding on PSN meaning that if they currently …
Read More »Retail backs GamesAid charity pack
UK retailers will work together to raise 500,000 by stocking a new charity pack of video games. Put together by GamesAid, the triple-title bundle will retail for just 29.99 and arrives on June 25th. Key titles Tomb Raider: Underworld, Sega Superstars Tennis and Fuel form the bundle and have been …
Read More »Ubisoft announces Hawx 2
Ubisoft has announced it is currently working on Tom Clancy’s Hawx 2, due for release this autumn. The game is a being developed by Ubisoft Bucharest and is a sequel to the original dogfighter, released back in March 2009. As with the first game, Hawx 2 will be available for …
Read More »Win MW2 Stimulus for PS3
After what has felt like an eternity to many MCV readers judging by the comments on yesterday’s story, the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Pack has finally arrived on PSN. The download costs 10.99 on the UK service – a full 79p more than it did on Xbox …
Read More »MySims heads to 360 and PS3
The latest instalment of EA’s MySims franchise – SkyHeroes – has been scheduled for release this autumn and is heading to Xbox 360 and PS3 for the first time, as well as the Wii and DS. The MySims series has sold strongly on the casual-focused Wii and DS formats and …
Read More »FIFA World Cup shines on PS3
It was the PS3 version of EA’s 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa that shone at retail over the weekend, with official figures from ELSPA GfK Chart-Track showing that the Sony release accounted for 48 per cent of sales. It was only just ahead of Xbox 360, though, which claimed …
Read More »‘Its time for PES to transform’
It’s not the first time we’ve been promised a complete overhaul for Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer series, but Konami is shouting loudly about a host of radical changes to its franchise that it hopes will help wrestle back the footballing crown from rival EA. FIFA 2010 outperformed PES 2010 both …
Read More »PES 2011 revealed
Konami has officially lifted the lid on its most anticipated annual release in the UK – Pro Evolution Soccer 2011. Due out in the autumn on Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Wii, PSP and PS2, the 2011 version delivers what the publisher describes as the most radical revamp in the series’ …
Read More »US: Sony announces PS3 warranty deal
Consumers in the US are now being offered the chance to extend the standard one-year warranty of the PS3 or PSP thanks to a brand new Sony initiative called the PlayStation Protection Plan. The cover can be purchased for either the PS3, PSP-3000 or PSPgo. A one-year extension for a …
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