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A shortage of PS3 consoles in the US could have a detrimental effect on sales of God of War III, it has been claimed. The game is already available to buy in the States but customers are unable to buy PS3s to play it, as popular retailers Best Buy, GameStop, …
Read More »Gears of War 3 in development?
It’s hardly be the most surprising news in the world, but Edge Online is claiming to have word from a trusted US publishing source” that Epic Games is currently developing Gears of War 3. Furthermore, the site predicts that it is being scheduled for an April 2011 release, with its …
Read More »Sony admits Demons Souls mistake
A Sony representative has admitted to 1UP that SCEA’s decision not to publish From Software’s PS3 RPG Demon’s Souls in North America was a mistake”. The game, which was published by Sony in Japan, has become one of the surprise hits of recent months. Initially regarded as a niche project, …
Read More »Tiger captures Ryder Cup licence
Publisher EA has swooped to secure the Ryder Cup licence for use in the upcoming Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11, it has been confirmed. Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy has been drafted in as the face of the European team, with Ryder Cup fan Tiger Woods providing the US face. As …
Read More »MS: No Blu-ray key to 360 success
The long-rumoured Blu-ray version of the Xbox 360 has never seemed less likely after Xbox product director Aaron Greenberg cited the decision to stick with DVD as one of the key reasons why Xbox 360 has performed so well at retail. Being $100 cheaper than PS3 is part of the …
Read More »INDIA: God of War III released early
Sony India has put God of War III on sale six days earlier than planned in an attempt to prevent import copies flooding the market. The game was originally scheduled for a March 19th release, which has now been brought forward to March 13th. It was reported on indianvideogamer.com that …
Read More »Dubious report calls PS3 overpriced
Earlier this month MCV ran a story highlighting a ‘report’ claiming that 87 per cent of PS3 owning males had bedded their girlfriends on the night of the infamous PS3 calendar bug. The story was tongue-in-cheek to say the least. We thought we’d made it obvious that, while choosing to …
Read More »GAME unveils PS Home Moonbase
UK High Street chain will this Thursday (March 18th) become the first retailer to launch an online presence in Sony’s PlayStation Home, MCV can reveal. The GAME Moonbase is designed to allow users to hang out, socialise and learn about forthcoming releases and activities across all PlayStation platforms”. The ground …
Read More »PlayStation Home surpasses 12m users
PlayStation Home director Jack Buser has announced that Sony’s virtual world now boasts a userbase of more than 12 million PS3 owners. It was also reported that the average amount of time these users spend in Home is 60 minutes, and that 85 per cent of PS3 owners who log …
Read More »PS3 claims 54% of FFXIII sales
The fact that FFXIII has this week claimed the top spot in the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 is of absolutely no shock – but onlookers will be far more interested to see how sales were shared across PS3 and Xbox 360. And the truth is – in …
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