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George Lucas’s gaming arm LucasArts has confirmed that its massively hyped and much anticipated Star Wars: The Force Unleashed will be released on Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, DS, PSP and PS2 on September 19th in Europe, CVG reports. It will hit stores a few days earlier in North America on …
Read More »72% of US population are gamers
A report send out by games market monitor The NPD Group claims that 72 per cent of citizens living in the United States played a video game across 2007, representing an 8 per cent increase from 2006. According to NPD, 40 per cent of United States residents played an online …
Read More »US: Dualshock 3 hits stores next week
Whilst Japanese gamers have been able to rumble along with their PS3 games since November, the Western market has to date had to make do with the rumble-less Sixaxis – but it’s all change from next week. Sony has announced via its US blog that the Dualshock 3 pad will …
Read More »US: Smash Bros is Nintendos fastest selling title
Having shifted a considerable 1.4 million units since its release in the territory on March 9th, Wii title Super Smash Bros Brawl has officially become the fastest selling Nintendo game ever in North America. A huge 874,000 copies of the game were sold on its first day at retail, and …
Read More »US: Microsoft confident as spend on 360 beats rivals
Microsoft’s response to NPD’s February sales figures may have been comparatively muted, but its confidence ahead of the release of Rockstar’s GTAIV is still clear to see. A statement from the firm read: Xbox 360 remained in a supply constrained situation in February. The situation is improving and we are …
Read More »US: Feb sales reach $1.3bn
US sales body NPD has released its figures for games industry sales in February in North America, and they show a massive 47 per cent increase in software sales and 19 per cent hike in hardware sales – with total national sales hitting a massive $1.33 billion. Breaking that number …
Read More »US: Microsoft predicts February sales loss
Ahead of the release of the official North American NPD sales figures for February, Microsoft has conceded that its Xbox 360 was most likely outsold by Sony’s PS3 last month – though only thanks to supply restrictions. Speaking to Reuters, Greenberg claimed: "We definitely expect we will trail in February …
Read More »Wii version of Okami delayed
The Wii version of one of the most beautiful games of recent times, Capcom’s Okami, has seen its US release delayed by three weeks, CVG reports. Now scheduled to arrive on April 15th, Okami first appeared on PS2 in 2006. Its heavy use of a play mechanic called the Celestial …
Read More »Fils-Aime: Wii will surpass 360 by June in US
Outspoken NoA boss Reggie Fils-Aime has, according to Bloomberg , stated that he expects the installed base of Nintendo’s Wii console to surpass that of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 by June in North America. He cited the spring releases of Japanese chart-toppers Super Smash Bros Brawl and Wii Fit as the …
Read More »WiiWare dated for May 12th
Nintendo’s WiiWare platform will launch in North America on May 12th. The new service has been designed with developers in mind, letting them upload and sell games via digital distribution to Wii owners. For the full strory, head over to the world’s number one games development site and the premier …
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