Consoles

As Woolworths’ closing down sale gets underway today, leading platform holder Nintendo has spoken exclusively to MCV regarding claims in UK newspaper The Sun about the amount of debt owed to platform holders by the Woolworths-owned EUK. The tabloid yesterday claimed that EUK is expected to go into liquidation within …

A poll conducted amongst residents of teenage virtual world favourite Habbo has shown that games consoles are the most sought after present for teens this Christmas – and the Xbox 360 leads the crowd. Of the 4,540 UK teens polled, 39 per cent wanted Santa to bring a PC or …

Japanese publisher and RPG specialist Square Enix has revealed that it was at one stage in talks with Sony regarding a PS3 port of its still popular MMO Final Fantasy XI. The game’s producer Hiromichi Tanaka told 1UP at the recent Fan Fest event in Hollywood that: Initially we were …

Nintendo’s DS Lite has broken the all-time weekly sales record for hardware in the UK, MCV can reveal. ELSPA/GFK-ChartTrack figures show that the console broke the record in week ending December 6th (week 49). The system surpassed its own record to claim the achievement. And GFK-ChartTrack has predicted that the …

The clock is ticking on Sony’s recurrent pledge to release an open beta for its PS3 social network Home by the end of the year – and a report in yesterday’s issue of The Sunday Times suggests that December 17th may be the day. The piece reads: To try Home, …

Microsoft is beating its chest this morning following the news that the Xbox brand last month enjoyed its biggest ever sales month in its six year history in Europe. Hardware sales for November were up 124 per cent on the same month last year. In contrast, Microsoft claims that European …

Gamestation.co.uk has launched its 2008 Advent Calendar, which will see a new video game deal every day between now and December 24th. The offer follows Gamestation’s recent in-store promotions, which have included Fable II, Fallout 3 and Sonic Unleashed for half price. Each Advent Calendar deal will last for just …

A device that allows gamers to play downloadable DS titles has been released for Nintendo’s DSi. Entitled the Acekard 2i, the new accessory allows the storing of data on a MicroSD card, and is fully compatible with the DSi’s features. Nintendo revealed to MCV last month that the R4 was …

Red Bull has become the first brand to secure a presence in PlayStation Home, and plans to build a tropical island featuring an aeroplane racing game based on the firm’s real world Red Bull Air Race series. For the complete story, click here to visit MCV’s sister site CasualGaming.biz.

Atari has announced it will be publishing Namco’s Tekken 6 in Europe next autumn. The release date was one of a number of announcements revealed at the publisher’s event yesterday in London. Tekken 6 will be the first in the series to be released across multiple platforms, ending its 14 …