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Read More »Pachter predicts PS3 price cut once again
Outspoken games industry analyst Michael Pachter has, once again, predicted that Sony is planning to cut the price of its PS3 console in the near future. In a preview note issued ahead of NPD’s US market report on Thursday, in which Pachter expects a significant 43 per cent year-on-year drop, …
Read More »New LittleBigPlanet coming to PS3
Media Molecule is working on a LittleBigPlanet Game of the Year edition for PlayStation 3, MCV understands. The new title is due for release this year and will feature much of the downloadable content currently available over the PlayStation Network. LittleBigPlanet was released in November last year to huge critical …
Read More »US: New publisher for Way of the Samurai 3
Concerns that Way of the Samurai 3 could end up an Xbox 360 exclusive have been alleviated with the news that Agetec is to handle publishing duties on the PS3 version in North America. The game, developed by Tenchu studio Acquire, was released in Japan late last year selling 80,000 …
Read More »Now Tretton shoots down price-cut chat
It seems as if the dismissive power of Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer is not quite enough to convince the games industry that the platform holder will not be cutting the price of PS3 any time soon – so SCEA president Jack Tretton has joined in too. Speaking to FastCompany, …
Read More »Activision threat rejected by Sony
Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer has labeled recent threats from Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick as noise”. In June, Bobby Kotick claimed that Activision Blizzard may cease supporting Sony’s PS3 platform unless the system is given a price drop. Yet on Tuesday, when attending the Allen & Co conference in …
Read More »Sony CEO dismisses Activisionâ??s support threat
Activision Blizzardâ??s warning of a software support cut dismissed as â??noiseâ?? by Sony CEO
Read More »Ubisoft grabs Heroes Over Europe
A third brand has joined Blazing Angels and Tom Clancy’s HAWX in Ubisoft’s flight sim stable – former Atari title Heroes Over Europe. The game, a sequel to 2005’s Heroes of the Pacific, has seen its initial release window come and go but should now at least have a secure …
Read More »Activision excited by Bakugan potential
Publisher Activision hopes to be part of the new playground sensation Bakugan with its upcoming video game tie-in. Entitled Bakugan: Battle Brawlers, the game is based both on the Spin Master-developed card game and Nelvana Enterprises’ cartoon series, and features a story mode with a plot devised by the TV …
Read More »Capcom classics heading to PSN
Japanese publisher Capcom is to pillage its supremely rich back-catalogue of retro titles for a slew of releases on Sony’s PlayStation Network, all of which will be playable on both PS3 and PSP. To see the complete list, click here to head over to CasualGaming.biz.
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