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ELSPA has vowed to throw the book” at individuals that pirate games software and sell it to consumers this Q4. Speaking to MCV, ELSPA director general Michael Rawlinson said that the body’s Intellectual Property Crime Unit (IPCU) was already trawling the streets and the internet” to clamp down on criminal …
Read More »Ignition announces Deadly Premonition
US publisher Ignition Entertainment has released the first details of its newest title, Deadly Premonition. Released in conjunction with Marvelous Entertainment, the game is an Xbox 360-exclusive third-person survival horror title that puts players in the role of an FBI agent investigating a murder. Gamers must discover the secrets connecting …
Read More »Natal launch details leak from secret Microsoft tour
MCV can this week reveal first details regarding the launch of Microsoft’s Project Natal. Our sources say the innovative controller-free 360 camera will be released worldwide in November 2010. This and other details have emerged following a behind-closed-doors Microsoft tour of UK publishers and studios – the format-holder has been …
Read More »Microsoft tours studios to spur Natal development
Launch details and more emerge from secret UK talks format-holder hosts with publishers and developers
Read More »RE5: Alternate Edition will be DLC
The Alternative Edition of Resident Evil 5 will be heading to PSN and Xbox Live Marketplace as DLC. Capcom has confirmed it has opted against a boxed product version following the results of its recent poll. Over 1500 participants voted for the content to be released as a digital download, …
Read More »Tesco sells Xbox 360 games for £3.97
And you thought FIFA 10 was cheap. Tesco has today begun selling new Xbox 360 games at an all-time low price of 3.97. The games include Disney’s Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian and 2K’s Don King Presents: Prizefighter Boxing. The titles are available from Tesco’s online outfit, Tesco Entertainment.
Read More »Halo 3: ODST sales top 1.8m
Microsoft’s Halo 3: ODST has surged past 1.8 million global sales since hitting shelves in September – with 294,000 purchases of the game being made in the UK. Just 33,000 copies of the Xbox 360 game have been shifted in Japan – while the US has snapped up 1.52 million …
Read More »New UK 360 bundles revealed
UK distributior Gem is readying two new Xbox 360 Elite bundles, MCV can reveal. The new bundles have been put together with Paramount Pictures to support the upcoming releases of Star Trek and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen on DVD. However the packs don’t include the movies on DVD – …
Read More »James Camerons Avatar The Game dated
Publisher Ubisoft has dated James Cameron’s Avatar on Xbox 360, Wii, PS3, PC and DS for December 4th in the UK. The game will appear on PSP a week later on December 11th. James Cameron’s Avatar The Game is a fully 3D title based on the upcoming movie, which has …
Read More »Xbox 720 â??will be powered by AMDâ??
Fudzilla says its inside sources know of a new Microsoft deal with AMD
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