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Californian development studio Naughty Dog hopes Sony will greenlight a new Jak and Daxter project. When asked by Eurogamer if the studio is working on a PS3 edition of the longstanding series, community manager Arne Meyer replied, We definitely hear a lot from our Jak fans and we’d love to …

Microsoft will drop the price of the Xbox 360 Elite within seven days – that’s the prediction of EEDAR analyst Jesse Divnich, backing up information supplied to MCV UK retail. We expect Microsoft to make an official announcement, in the next week, regarding the elimination of the Xbox 360 Pro …

MTV Games has told MCV that a ‘Beatles Microphone Bundle’ could be released at European retail this Q4. As reported yesterday, MCV believes that the pack will carry SingStar branding. The publisher did not confirm if this was the case, but reiterated its support for third-party music video game peripherals …

The European office of Square Enix makes its first public showing since buying Eidos at Gamescom this week – labelling the event ‘very important’ to its new strategy. The firm will show off titles including Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XIV (pictured), Nier and Front Mission Evolved in Cologne, as …

SCEE has confirmed that its long-awaited movies-on-demand service is heading to Europe, with the UK, France, Germany and Spain set to receive the service first of all, kicking off this November. The service will allow users to both watch films over their PS3 and also on their PSP – with …

A new service called Digital Reader is set to launch on PSP this year. The service will launch with Digital Comics, which will give consumers the chance to download hundreds of classic and new comics from the PlayStation Store. Titles including Marvel’s Spider-Man, X-Men and Fantastic Four comics will be …

Whilst Peter Molyneux’s impressive Fable III presentation was a pleasant surprise for most at Gamescom, the biggest shock of all was the lowering of the curtains with not so much as a whisper of price cuts or new Xbox 360 SKUs. Many – including MCV – were expecting Microsoft to …

Sony has confirmed to MCV the UK prices for the new ‘PS3 Slim’ and PSPgo. The newer slimline PS3 will retail at 249.99 – effectively a price drop of 50, down from 299.99 as the older PS3 units are phased out in favour of the new, slimmer models. The price …

Sony has announced Minis for PSPgo, a series of bite-sized games that will launch with the consoles. 15 titles will be available at launch, with a further 35 expected by the end of the year. Minis follows a similar distribution to the iPhone apps store. For more information, head on …

Sony has confirmed the retail price of its forthcoming virtual pet package, EyePet. The company announced the title will retail at €49.99 during its opening press conference at Gamescom. it was also confirmed the game will be bundled with a PlayStation Eye camera, which will let users interact with a …