Reinventing the Need for Speed franchise was always going to be a bit of a gamble for EA, but it seems that the risk has paid off with Xbox 360, PS3, PC and PSP outing Need for Speed: Shift racing straight to the top of the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats …
Read More »Turbine working on console MMO
Developer Turbine has stated that it currently has an Xbox 360 and PS3 MMO in the works, bringing hope to those who still believe that this generation of machines can be the one to usher in a new console-driven MMO era. Speaking at GDC Austin, the studios’ project development VP …
Read More »BBC defends Watchdog report
Following last night’s focus on alleged manufacturing problems with Sony’s PS3 on BBC consumer rights show Watchdog, the broadcaster has fought back in its war of words with platform holder Sony. Yesterday’s show, which has since been widely ridiculed by the UK games industry (and, indeed, MCV) claimed that Sony …
Read More »Date set for BioShock 2
Having joined the mass exodus that has to date defined the upcoming release schedule for Q4 this year, publisher 2K Games has now said that BioShock 2 will be released worldwide on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC on February 9th next year. Set a decade after the events of the …
Read More »Star Ocean: Last Hope confirmed for PS3
Square Enix has confirmed it will be bringing Star Ocean: The Last Hope – International will be released on PS3 next year. The Last Hope was originally the first Xbox 360 exclusive instalment in the long-running RPG series, which has traditionally been released on PlayStation consoles. It served as a …
Read More »Watchdog PS3 segment falls flat
A feature on the Sony PlayStation 3 on BBC’s consumer rights show Watchdog last night has left the UK games industry unimpressed thanks to a string of inaccuracies and questionable data. Kicking off with the claim that PS3 costs 400 – something that hasn’t been true for nearly two years …
Read More »Sony slams Watchdog PS3 claims
PS3 platform holder Sony has spoken out against tonight’s episode of BBC consumer rights show Watchdog, which will feature a segment presented by Iain Lee investigating claims that Sony is refusing to fix consoles suffering from what has become known as the yellow light of death”. YLOD is a term …
Read More »SingStar Beatles confirmed
A SingStar-branded PS3 SKU of EA’s The Beatles game, as exclusively revealed by MCV last month, has officially been confirmed for retail. MTV itself moved to rubbish the claims just 24 hours after MCV broke the shock news, but now Kotaku has got the first pics of the upcoming PS3 …
Read More »Sony quiet on PS3 MW2 bundle
PlayStation 3 platform holder Sony has told MCV that it has nothing to say concerning the possibility of a PS3 hardware bundle to accompany the upcoming release of Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Microsoft this morning lifted the lid on a surprise 250GB Xbox 360 bundle arriving alongside …
Read More »Skate 3 ollies into view
EA has for the first time lifted the lid on its upcoming Skate 3, stating that the third outing in its successful skateboarding series will be released on both Xbox 360 and PS3 in may next year. The game, which is being developed by Black box, shifts the focus onto …
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