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EA owned developer DICE has named a few of the compromises it has had to make to get the visually spectacular Battlefield 3 running on PS3 and Xbox 360. The Battlefield blog reports that both console versions will have a resolution of 720p and run at 30 frames per second. …
Read More »Halo remake supports Kinect
Almost as an aside in an interview with GamesSpot, Microsoft Game Studios boss Phil Spencer has confirmed that Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Edition will support Kinect. As a first-party, we believe that Kinect will be important to all genres of games," he stated. "Be it racing games with Forza, combat …
Read More »JAPAN: Xbox 360 sells 1.5m units
Over 1.5m Xbox 360 consoles have been sold in Japan – a territory Microsoft has found tough to crack. The system originally launched back in 2005 and reached 1m sales in 2009. Now the console has topped 1.5m sales according to Japanese site Wazap, as translated by Kotaku. Over 55m …
Read More »Xbox: Europe key to No.1 dream
Microsoft wants to have the most popular games console in the world – but has to conquer Europe to do it, EMEA chief Chris Lewis says. Xbox 360’s European market share grew by over 20 per cent in 2010, but the console is still lagging behind in certain territories. Now …
Read More »Xbox 360 gets Wireless Speed Wheel
Microsoft is to launch a brand new official steering wheel accessory for Xbox 360. Called the Wireless Speed Wheel, the peripheral features all standard controller buttons aside from analogue sticks and bumpers, as well as haptic feedback and rumble. Presumably, as it has no static base it will control via …
Read More »NPD: Xbox bosses May market
Xbox 360 has posted its 17th successive month of year-on-year unit sales growth in the US. In total Xbox 360 has accounted for 34 per cent of the region’s total video games revenue so far in 2011 – a seven per cent year-on-year increase. However, the overall picture is less …
Read More »Wii U ‘50% more powerful than PS3’
A speculative claim from Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia has suggested that Nintendo’s Wii U will offer a significant performance advantage over Sony’s PS3 and Microsoft’s Xbox 360. "Some of the developers we spoke to indicated to us that the console will have 50 per cent more processing power compared …
Read More »Nyko ‘fixes’ Kinect space demands
A new accessory from peripherals maker Nyko is targeting those who lack the necessary living room space needed to play with Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Kinect. Called the ‘Zoom’, the device attaches to the top of Kinect and adjusts its viewing angle. Nyko says that using it "reduces the play range …
Read More »ME3 Kinect targets casual gamers
Publisher EA says it added Kinect compatibility to Mass Effect 3 in order to target the large casual gamer demographic. That’s according to EA Games label president Frank Gibeau, who told Eurogamer he wants Mass Effect 3 to grow the audience and make it more accessible”. He said: We wanted …
Read More »RAGE pushed back to October
Mutant FPS RAGE has been delayed to Friday, October 7th in the UK to ensure it offers the best experience possible”. Bethesda was previously due to release the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC title on Friday, September 16th. In the US, RAGE will now arrive on Tuesday, October 4th. The …
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