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Nintendo has no intention of replacing Wii Sports with Wii Sports Resort in the standard Wii bundle. Speaking to Toronto Thumbs, Nintendo of Canada’s senior supervisor of communication and advertising said: The long-term plan is difficult to say, but I can tell you there are no plans to make Wii …
Read More »TrackMania confirmed for Wii
Firebrand Games has announced it is currently developing a Wii version of long-running racing series TrackMania. The developer behind the successful DS editions of TrackMania and Race Driver GRID will be showing the game at Gamescom next week in the hopes of attracting a publisher, according to Eurogamer. Studio boss …
Read More »GTA: Lost and Damned gets digital price cut
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned will cost just 1200 Microsoft points (10.20) for one week only from August 24th. The DLC for GTA IV typically costs 1600 Microsoft Points (13.60), and its price cut is part of Microsoft’s regular Xbox Live ‘Deals of the Week’, which the …
Read More »Mad Catz to release Modern Warfare 2 accessories
Mad Catz has announced it will be releasing a range of accessories based on Activision Blizzard’s Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Under a new agreement with Activision, the company will release officially branded controllers and other peripherals on all formats alongside the game when it releases in November. We …
Read More »Giving games an extra life
What can studios do to prevent their games from making their way to the second hand market?
Read More »Tekken 6 to arrive October 30th
Namco Bandai has announced that Tekken 6 will hit UK shelves on Friday October 30th. The publisher has also priced its upcoming Arcade Stick and Collector’s edition packs. The Arcade Stick set, which includes a 100-page art book, copy of the game and a specially-designed wireless Hori fighting stick, will …
Read More »Dragon Age: Origins delayed
BioWare has confirmed Dragon Age: Origins will now be released on November 6th. The game was originally slated for an October release, but the developer confirmed to IGN this has slipped to the following month. Dragon Age: Origins will be released on November 3rd in North America and November 6th …
Read More »GameStop recruits new digital boss
GameStop has hired Chris Petrovic as general manager of digital media. In his new role, Petrovic is tasked with driving digital sales and overseeing the growth and acquisition of digital platforms. As the digital world of gaming and entertainment evolves, GameStop is well positioned to do what it does best …
Read More »Retail anxious about PSPgo
The UK High Street has expressed reservations over Sony’s PSPgo, but the platform holder has moved to reassure retailers that they still matter to its handheld business. Play, HMV, ShopTo, CHIPS and Asda have all admitted to MCV that the machine’s digital-only model is a concern for them, and that …
Read More »RETAIL BIZ: IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds Of Prey
Click here to find the RETAIL BIZ Previews section, where you’ll find MCV’s definitive guide to some of the key releases approaching retail in the near future. This week, 505 Games’ IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds Of Prey takes us to the skies as players are invited to recreate some of the …
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