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With its dominance currently being felt the world over (though maybe not perhaps quite as strongly as it once was in Japan ) Nintendo’s powerhouse console the Wii is celebrating another record success – this time in Australia. The machine has just become the fastest console to reach the 200,000 …
Read More »UE3 Wii port in development
Mystery licensee working on version of popular engine for Nintendo's machine
Read More »Stringer: PS3 living up to PS2s legacy
The CEO of Sony Howard Stringer has said that the growing momentum he believes is building behind his firm’s PS3 console matches the sales patterns the company saw in the early days of the PS3. "The PS3 is not behind the curve compared to PS2 in terms of momentum,” Stringer …
Read More »Microsoft launches XNA Game Studio 2.0 beta
Games for Windows Live support confirmed
Read More »Sony launches PC-based PSP store
A new version of the PlayStation Store has gone online, allowing PSP owners to access and download content for the handhelds over the internet. The site adopts the same basic design as the PS3 version of Sony’s Store, and allows gamers to purchase games that are already available on UMD, …
Read More »Sony London Studio’s Beats leads new PSP Store
Music game premieres on new PSP download service
Read More »Haze and Splinter Cell Conviction delayed
Despite suggestions last week that Ubisoft’s highly anticipated FPS Haze would indeed make it to retail before Christmas, the latest financial results from the firm confirm that a 2008 release is now on the cards. No firm release date has been given beyond saying that the game will arrive in …
Read More »Microsoft dishing out free XBLA titles
The European arm of Xbox 360 platform holder Microsoft has begun a promotion designed to reward those who persuade a friend to buy an Xbox 360 – by giving both parties ten Xbox Live Arcade titles each. The titles included in the promotion are Every Extend Extra Extreme, Sonic The …
Read More »Call of Duty 4 guns down Euro chart opposition
After shooting its way to the top of the UK ChartTrack All Formats Top 40, Activision’s Call of Duty 4 is also setting the pace across Europe by topping the German charts and storming its way into the Spanish Top Five, Next-Gen reports. The PC, 360 and PS3 versions of …
Read More »Singapore relents on Mass Effect ban
Yesterday MCV reported that Singapore’s Media Development Authority had decided to ban BioWare’s upcoming Xbox 360 RPG Mass Effect thanks to an in-game scene involving a girl-on-girl coupling between a human and blue-headed alien lass. However, regional paper The Straits Times now reports that the Authority has decided to life …
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