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Market share dwindling for Nintendo and Sony's older hardware

EA has announced that the PS3 versions of Need for Speed: The Run will include seven free cars not found in the Xbox 360 SKU. Only two of the seven have thus far been announced – the speedy 4.8L Lexus LFA and the Porsche Carrera GT. The only place you’ll …

Trial run for ambitious initiative to unite Android and Sony platforms

Developer Polyphony Digital has confirmed it is already hard at work on the next instalment in the Gran Turismo series. "Of course we’re working on GT6 already," studio boss Kazunori Yamauchi told IGN, backing up previous claims. When asked how he decides what content to release as GT5 DLC and …

Mobile analytics firm Flurry says iOS and Android games now generate more revenue than all of Nintendo and Sony’s portable games combined. Nintendo has been the undisputed leader of handheld since the first Gameboy in1989. Sony PSP provided stern competition in the noughties and the two shared a market worth …

LONDON GAMES CONFERENCE 2011: Dark days ahead, according to live industry vote

Sony has announced that Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception sold 3.8m copies worldwide on its first day of release. The game hit UK retail on November 2nd and entered the charts at No.2 in its first week. This puts the title on track to be the biggest release in the series …

WildTangent app allows users to rent or buy games

Credit ratings agency Standard & Poor’s has downgraded Sony’s credit rating to A-, citing concerns over long-term corporate credit and senior unsecured debt ratings. The likelihood of Sony’s weak earnings persisting has increased”, the ratings group said. There are no signs of a halt to the deterioration in the earnings …

No signs that the company will come out of red soon, financial group claims