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The boss of Nintendo America has confessed that tech rival Apple could hurt” Nintendo’s success in the near-term and admitted that he fears the likes of iPhone far more than he does Microsoft, Xbox 360 or Windows Phone 7. Do I think that in the near term [Apple] can hurt …
Read More »MTV: Dance Central is the first true dancing game
Forget Dance Dance Revolution and Just Dance, because Dance Central is the industry’s first ‘true’ game of its genre. That’s according to MTV Games, the publisher behind the Kinect launch title. The Harmonix-developed music game has garnered plenty of press attention since its E3 reveal, which has delighted MTV’s senior …
Read More »PS3 beats 360 in internet race
New research from mobile marketing analysts Millennial Media has named the PS3 as one of the top four internet connected devices in Q3 2010. It was the only home console to make the listings, with both Xbox 360 and Wii absent. The iPod Touch was named as the most connected …
Read More »Space Channel 5 gets re-release
Sega has confirmed two more titles that will be released as part of its revisiting of the Dreamcast back-catalogue on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network. Next spring will see both cult rhythm action game Space Channel 5 Part 2 (the PAL version of which is highly collectable and hard to …
Read More »MS: 3D gaming a science experiment
Phil Spencer, the corporate VP of Microsoft Game Studios, has labelled the current 3D games market as nothing more than a science experiment” and argued that it’s too early for his company to commit itself to the space. As an entertainment company, we’re trying to do things that millions of …
Read More »Xbox 360 rules successful September
Xbox 360 was triumphant as video game sales surged in the UK last month, according to GfK Chart-Track. Taking in games sold between Sunday, August 29th and Saturday, October 2nd, the UK games market saw sales rise 23.5 per cent in value and seven per cent in units compared to …
Read More »Kinect marketing spend = $500m
The New York Post is reporting that Microsoft is spending $500m on what it calls a major movie-style marketing blitz” to accompany the launch of Kinect next month. The wide-reaching campaign will touch on all manner of sectors including TV, online, print, food and drink. Partners include Disney, Nickelodeon, Burger …
Read More »MS confirms Kinect launch titles
ORIGINAL STORY: Platform holder Microsoft has confirmed that there are 17 titles ready to arrive alongside its motion-sensing camera Kinect on November 4th. Microsoft’s four first party titles leads the line-up, which also includes four fitness games (five in the UK – see below), two dancing titles and a film …
Read More »Konami dates DanceEvolution
Publisher and developer Konami has confirmed that DanceEvolution will be one of Kinect’s launch titles and will arrive at UK retail on November 10th. It will compete with Microsoft’s own Dance Central, which amongst all of the platform holder’s launch titles has been generating the most excitement. Konami has also …
Read More »Xbox Live expands to nine more countries
Xbox Live will spread to nine new countries when Kinect launches on November 10th. The online multiplayer service will be available in Russia, Poland, South Africa, Greece, Czech Republic, Hungary, Brazil, Colombia and Chile. Users who live in those countries and have signed up to Xbox Live from another region …
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