Headlining this week’s Mega Monday at online retailer Zavvi is a quite unbelievable offer – the Xbox 360 version of Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for just 17.99. The game, which five months on from its release is still riding high in the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats …
Read More »MCV AWARDS 2010: Xbox wins Grand Prix
Coinciding with the news that Xbox 360 has just passed the 40m unit sales mark worldwide, Microsoft has stated that it is humbled by its double-award victory at last night’s MCV Awards. Xbox took home both the Sales Team prize and the prestigious Grand Prix. The format-holder has driven 360 …
Read More »Global Xbox sales hit 40m
The Xbox 360 has now sold over 40m units worldwide since it was first launched in late 2005. The news comes as Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices Division reports yet another successful quarter, with the three months ending March 31 delivering profits $165m. Revenue hit $1.67bn – up from $1.63bn in …
Read More »No Natal for Halo Reach
Though upcoming triple-A titles such as Fable III have pledged their support for Microsoft’s motion camera Natal, Bungie has ruled out any possible support for the peripheral in its upcoming FPS Halo Reach. Practically speaking, Natal didn’t exist until Reach was already two years into development,” Bungie’s community director Brian …
Read More »Natal and Move need GAME
Ahead of what will be one of the fiercest contests ever seen in the games industry later this year, GAME has argued that the support of High Street retail is vital to the success of the upcoming motion control revolution. Both Microsoft and Sony will launch their motion controllers, dubbed …
Read More »AUS: Xbox 360 hits milestone
The Xbox 360 has now sold over 1m units in Australia and New Zealand, Microsoft has confirmed. Reaching the one million console milestone is a great achievement and one that puts us in a great position for the coming year,” acting marketing director of entertainment and devices for Microsoft New …
Read More »Console Crysis looked impossible
The first game was lauded as the flag-bearer of high-end PC gaming, and developer Crytek has admitted that thewre were times when it feared that bringing the sequel Crysis 2 to consoles was an ‘impossible’ task. Back then we would have been limited with our knowledge of 3D and experience …
Read More »NPD: Nintendo maintains hardware grip
Despite the announcement that its successor will be here (in Japan at least) before the end of the year, Nintendo’s DS shows no sign of letting up in the US market, with the handheld topping the March sales list. The DS sold 700.8k units in the period, with its homebound …
Read More »XCOM returns on Xbox 360
2K Games is to breath new life into the classic XCOM series by releasing a brand new first person shooter title based on the franchise. This new game is being developed by BioShock 2 studio 2K Marin and will be released for Xbox 360 and PC. It’s not the first …
Read More »Slim Xbox 360 Natal bundle predicted
Microsoft will launch a new hardware bundle containing an Xbox 360 Slim console, the motion-sensing Natal camera and a 250GB hard drive before the end of the year, so says industry analyst Michael Pachter. Furthermore, Pachter believes that the price of SKU could end up being even lower if PS3 …
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