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A leading South African distributor has told MCV that many of the country’s major retailers refuse to stock Xbox 360 consoles due to reliability concerns and the infamous Red Ring of Death (RROD). The Xbox360 has had a rather rough time in South Africa,” Apex Interactive director Quinton Davie stated. …

Despite previous assertions from Microsoft that it’s upcoming Xbox 360 peripheral Natal is very much for the hardcore gamer as well as the casual market, Michael Pachter has claimed that simply isn’t the case. Microsoft isn’t concerned about the gaming community with Natal, they’re concerned about the gaming community’s mothers …

As claimed by MCV just last week, US retailer Walmart has confirmed that it is to have a second stab at cracking the pre-owned video games market. Walmart is always looking for new ways to help give customers more convenience and savings, and we continually test concepts with new products …

A press release from Korean tech giant LG appears to point to a new partnership with Microsoft to promote the still unknown 3D gaming plans of the Xbox 360. Sony has already set out its intentions to lead in the emerging 3D games space, and Nintendo’s upcoming 3DS handheld will …

Though Sony and, in particular, Microsoft are selling their upcoming motion sensing controllers as brand new console platforms, one analyst has said that the motion revolution will not get retail out of its current hole. Specifically, only a brand new generation of machines will be enough to reverse retail’s dwindling …

Ubisoft has announced it is currently working on Tom Clancy’s Hawx 2, due for release this autumn. The game is a being developed by Ubisoft Bucharest and is a sequel to the original dogfighter, released back in March 2009. As with the first game, Hawx 2 will be available for …

Halo: Reach is the most anticipated upcoming game in the US, racking up the highest purchase intent rating among consumers. The Bungie title topped the GamePlan Insights charts for upcoming games, with fellow Microsoft releases Gears of War 3 and Fable III in third and fourth respectively, according to Gamasutra. …

It was the PS3 version of EA’s 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa that shone at retail over the weekend, with official figures from ELSPA GfK Chart-Track showing that the Sony release accounted for 48 per cent of sales. It was only just ahead of Xbox 360, though, which claimed …

It’s not the first time we’ve been promised a complete overhaul for Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer series, but Konami is shouting loudly about a host of radical changes to its franchise that it hopes will help wrestle back the footballing crown from rival EA. FIFA 2010 outperformed PES 2010 both …

Konami has officially lifted the lid on its most anticipated annual release in the UK – Pro Evolution Soccer 2011. Due out in the autumn on Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Wii, PSP and PS2, the 2011 version delivers what the publisher describes as the most radical revamp in the series’ …