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Digital marketing site ClickZ has made a bold claim about the future of gaming by claiming that the games console is heading to extinction thanks to the rise of casual gaming. The site reads: We are watching the icon of gaming, the console, quickly and ungraciously bow to the internet. …
Read More »Madden is worlds biggest-selling game in Q3
EA’s Madden NFL 09 was the world’s biggest-selling game in the three-month quarter between July and September. The title sold just under three million copies overall – with 2.99 million in the US, and just 35,000 in the UK and 1,000 in Japan. Wii Fit was the second biggest seller, …
Read More »EVE Online FPS in the works?
CCP, the developer of popular online PC space adventure series EVE Online has hinted that an FPS based on the franchise is in the works – and could be heading to consoles. Eurogamer reports that in a recent press briefing CCP bosses Hilmar Petursson and Nathan Richardsson spoke of a …
Read More »Next ready to grab games share
Forget GAME, HMV or Asda: The retailer that increases its market share by the greatest margin over the next year could be High Street clothes store Next. The company began selling games in July last year, through its catalogue and online. And after a successful 18-months, the firm has told …
Read More »Dead Rising 2 shuffles into view
Talk of zombie sequel Dead Rising 2 being outsourced out to a Western developer has been doing the rounds for quite some time , and now it seems that confirmation of the rumour has finally arrived. To read the full story, head over to Developmag.com.
Read More »Blue Castle working on Dead Rising 2?
Vancouver-based team is apparently at the helm of undead sequel
Read More »R4 cards dont work on DSi
It has emerged that the R4 card, a SD-card based device that allows DS owners to play pirated and homebrew software on their Nintendo handhelds, does not work with the upcoming DSi. Though there has been no confirmation, it is likely that the move was a deliberate one from Nintendo. …
Read More »Nintendo eyes up stock market for next DS title
Leading global games publisher Nintendo has said that it has teamed up with Tokyo-based stock exchange Nikkei to make a new game based on the workings of the stock market. To read more, click here to head over to MCV sister site CasualGaming.biz.
Read More »Metacritic targets fanboy reviews
Leading online reviews aggregation site Metacritic is to introduce fresh registration measures and crack down on pre-release user reviews following a spate of fanboy attacks that resulted in a number of top titles receiving disproportionately poor user reviews. At the time of writing, 3671 users had left scores for Microsoft’s …
Read More »Team Ninja targeting PS3 and Wii
It seems the studioâ??s love for all things 360 left with former boss Tomonobu Itagaki
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