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Nintendo has announced Wii Fit Plus. The game was unveiled during the firm’s pre-E3 press conference, and is scheduled to hit shelves towards the end of the year. The game boasts new personalised options, extra modes and will be available as both a single SKU and bundled with the balance …
Read More »Red Steel 2 to be bundled with MotionPlus
Ubisoft’s Red Steel 2 will be bundled with Wii MotionPlus this Christmas. The news was announced during Ubisoft’s E3 press conference last night, and makes sense as the game requires the accessory to work. When we received advance prototype versions of the Wii MotionPlus, and took some time to see …
Read More »DSi surpasses 1m sales in Europe
Nintendo has announced that sales of DSi have taken just eight weeks to reach the one million mark across Europe – five weeks quicker than the Nintendo DS Lite took to reach the milestone. In addition, almost 500,000 Nintendo DS and DS Lites have been sold across Europe in the …
Read More »Global ‘Games on Demand’ service heading to 360
E3'09: New service lets users download newer releases direct to console
Read More »MICROSOFT: Metal Gear Solid IS coming to 360
Konami’s legendary games producer Hideo Kojima has announced that his next Metal Gear Solid adventure will be released on Xbox 360. Dubbed Metal Gear Solid Rising, the game will return to the adventures of MGS2 adventurer Raiden and not famed series favourite Solid Snake. Little is known of the game, …
Read More »MICROSOFT: New Splinter Cell is 360 exclusive
Microsoft has announced that the newsest addition to the Splinter Cell series, Conviction, will be exclusively released on Xbox 360 in the autumn. The game was originally announced as an Xbox-exclusive two years ago, and was scheduled for release in November 2007, but was subsequently delayed. Publisher Ubisioft revealed that …
Read More »MICROSOFT: Microsoft secures Modern Warfare 2 DLC
Two downloadable packages for Infinity Ward’s Modern Warfare 2 are set to be timed exclusives for the Xbox 360. John Schappert – Microsoft’s Vice President of Interactive Entertainment, Software and Services – made the announcement at the company’s E3 press conference in the packed Galen Centre in Los Angeles. The …
Read More »Alan Wake coming next spring
Gameplay demo showed off at Microsoft's E3 conference
Read More »Warner announces LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
Warner has announced it will be releasing LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 in 2010. The latest Traveller’s Tales game will be based on the first four Harry Potter books and movies, allowing players to take on the role of Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger and a wealth of other …
Read More »Creat working on DSiWare project
Alien Havoc marks the company's first release for the DSi digital download service
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