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Whilst Team Ninja was one of Xbox 360’s staunchest Japanese allies under the stewardship of the now departed Tomonubu Itagaki , it seems that the new regime at the outfit has found time to feel the love for both PS3 and Wii. To read the story in full, set your …
Read More »Team Ninja targeting PS3 and Wii
It seems the studioâ??s love for all things 360 left with former boss Tomonobu Itagaki
Read More »Sony: 360 ports to be PS3 downgrades
The boss of Sony Computer Entertainment UK Ray Maguire has stated that he believes third party developers will in future use PS3 as their lead platform and then remove elements of their titles when porting across to Xbox 360. To read more, head over to the online home of Develop …
Read More »Sony: Developers will downgrade 360 titles
SCE UK boss Ray Maguire says more third parties will embrace PS3 as lead development platform
Read More »UK CHARTS: Fallout smashes Oblivion sales
Bethesda’s Fallout 3 has blown away the sales impact of its direct predecessor, Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, with the Xbox 360 version selling 57 per cent more copies than the medieval adventure in its first week. Fallout 3 shot straight to the top of Gfk ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 …
Read More »FIFA 09 for £20 at Play
Following the firm’s victory in the Golden Joysticks last week, Play.com has slashed the price of FIFA ’09 to 19.99 on Wii, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The offer is part of the firm’s ‘Deal of the Day’ Christmas promotion, and is accompanied by several ‘Deals of the Week’, which …
Read More »US: 155 Circuit City stores to close
It seems that leading US electronics retailer Circuit City is set to close 155 of its stores, according to tech blog Engadget . The site quotes an insider as saying: I’m an employee at Circuit City and today there was a mandatory store meeting for the holiday season and to …
Read More »Skate 2 coming this January
The sequel to EA’s successful new skateboarding IP Skate is set to be released in January 2009, according to IGN . The site reports: Today we received boxed retail copies of Mirror’s Edge in the office. Our full review of the game is embargoed for a couple weeks, but that …
Read More »Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box revs its engine
EA has announced a brand new version of Criterion’s popular Burnout Paradise for both Xbox 360 and PS3 that is heading to the shelves in February next year. Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box will include both of the major bits of DLC received for the game so far – namely …
Read More »JAPAN: PS3 sales slump further
Proving that it’s sales popularity is anything but a passing success , Xbox 360 has outsold PS3 for the sixth week in succession in Japan this week, according to figures from Media Create. Microsoft’s machine sold 7,844 units for the week ending October 26th – nearly double the number of …
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