Consoles

With the April release of Grand Theft Auto IV rapidly approaching, Microsoft has stepped up the format battle by re-stating that the online multiplayer component of the game will be Xbox 360 only. The fresh news comes in a podcast on the blog of Microsoft’s Major Nelson, where Mattrick states: …

In a further blow to Toshiba’s beleaguered HD-DVD hi-def disc format, giant US DVD rental service Netflix has announced that it to phase out the format this year in favour of Sony’s Blu-Ray format. Tech blog Engadget says the mail rental service cites the dissipating studio support of HD-DVD as …

The R4 device gives gamers free reign to pick and choose which DS titles to download for free over the web – and is widely available through online retailers like Amazon. Amid growing concerns at retail that it is increasingly affecting sales, ELSPA has responded by preparing to crackdown on …

With many predicting that the hi-def DVD war is fast approaching an end, and an end that will be marked with a Blu-Ray victory, Microsoft has slashed the price of its HD-DVD Xbox 360 drive in North America to $129.99. This represents a discount of $50 – and means that …

Funcom has suffered declining operating losses, as well as a decline in revenues during the fourth quarter of 2007. The developer of upcoming MMO, Age of Conan, has reported that group operating losses increased from $1 million to $3.1 million in the fourth quarter. The company has also revealed that …

Remake set for later this year; DK Forever coming to PC, PS3, 360

PS3 users have been supporting the research on Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and Cancer at a rate of 3,000 new users per day, says SCEI. The Folding@home project aims to understand protein folding and misfolding, and how these are related to diseases and forms of cancer. Since partnering with SCEI, we have …

The Xbox 360’s Xbox Originals service, which allows gamers to download full Xbox games on their console, is set for a boost next week with the arrival of three new titles. EA’s trigger-happy FPS Black will be joined by Tecmo’s pseudo-sequel Ninja Gaiden Black and 2K Games’ Sid Meier’s Pirates …

Gaming has supposedly got a race war going on thanks to BBC One’s consumer rights show Watchdog . Last night’s edition granted five minutes to claims that that voice recognition technology used in Nintendo’s Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training on DS discriminates against those with Northern accents as it struggles to …

Sony's SN Systems team reduces price of handheld development tools by 50 per cent