The fourth piece of premium DLC has today been released on Xbox 360 for Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops. The 1200 Microsoft Point download contains one brand new Zombie Mode level as well as four re-mastered levels from the zombie selection in Call of Duty: World at War. Interestingly, …
Read More »Xbox price drop not on the cards
Consumers hoping to see an Xbox 360 price cut to counter the recent drops on PS3 look to be in for some disappointing news. When asked by VG247 if Microsoft is preparing a hardware price drop of its own, European interactive entertainment VP Chris Lewis responded: No. As you can …
Read More »Is this retail’s digital console breakthrough?
We’re told time and time again that retail can play an important part in the digital gaming landscape, but one obstacle has always remained – the iron grip platform holders have over digital console platforms. But international games retailer GameStop could be about to shatter that stalemate thanks to new …
Read More »Sony wants PS3 price cut to win over Xbox and Wii owners
The decision to cut the price of the PS3 is not related to market pressures and has been planned for over a year, Sony has said. We see a lot of opportunity in the market, and I want to note that we’ve been planning this price drop for quite some …
Read More »Japanese appetite for Xbox 360 on the wane
Though Xbox 360 continues to perform astonishingly well for its age in the West, its fortunes in Japan are looking increasingly grim. Edge reports that sales of the console are down 46.7 per cent year-to-date in Japan at 72,271 units. By contrast, PS3 has this year sold 735,637 units in …
Read More »Blizzard assembling console Diablo III team
GAMESCOM: World of Warcraft and StarCraft developer Blizzard has said that it is in the process of preparing to make a console port of upcoming PC dungeon crawler Diablo III. Eurogamer reports that lead designer Josh Mosqueira told a Gamescom audience that the studio is very, very serious about bringing …
Read More »Silent Hill HD Collection goes multiplatform
GAMESCOM: Konami has confirmed that its Silent Hill HD Collection will now be released both on Xbox 360 as well as PS3. The publisher had initially claimed the game was bound for PS3 only. However, speaking to Joystiq the producer of Silent Hill: Downpour Tomm Hulett said that the company …
Read More »Microsoft dates three Kinect titles
GAMESCOM: Xbox 360 platform holder Microsoft will release three of its upcoming key Kinect titles in October. Frontier’s Kinectimals Now With Bears will hit retail on October 11th, followed by Dance Central 2 on October 21st and then Kinect Sports: Season 2 on October 25th. As this story goes to …
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Read More »Microsoft ditches glossy Xbox 360
Time has officially been called on the glossy version of the Xbox 360 console. Until now, high-capacity Xbox 360 SKUs sported a glossy finish while the entry-level 4GB model instead carried a matte look. Earlier this month it was announced the some 250GB models would also be going matte. Now …
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