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Halo 3 blamed for Box Office slump

CVG reports that film executives have blamed the late September release of Halo 3 for the massive 27 per cent drop in takings at the Box Office for the weekend of October 5th. Whilst Microsoft is relishing Halo 3’s $300 million plus sales to date, movies such as Ben Stiller’s …

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Halo 3 blamed for Box Office slump

CVG reports that film executives have blamed the late September release of Halo 3 for the massive 27 per cent drop in takings at the Box Office for the weekend of October 5th. Whilst Microsoft is relishing Halo 3’s $300 million plus sales to date, movies such as Ben Stiller’s …

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Time limited PES PS3 features

Konami’s Pro evolution Soccer creator Shingo ‘Seabass’ Takatsuka has told CVG that the time constraints placed upon his team limited the number of features he could cram into the PS3 version – but has also added that there is no difference between the PS3 and 360 iterations of the title. …

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Time limited PES PS3 features

Konami’s Pro evolution Soccer creator Shingo ‘Seabass’ Takatsuka has told CVG that the time constraints placed upon his team limited the number of features he could cram into the PS3 version – but has also added that there is no difference between the PS3 and 360 iterations of the title. …

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Nights for Wii dated in Europe

One of Sega’s most fondly remembered franchises, Nights, is to make its European Wii debut next January, the Japanese software giant has confirmed. The Sega Saturn version of Nights into Dreams, which was originally released in 1996, is commonly regarded as one of the greatest titles on the platform and …

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Nights for Wii dated in Europe

One of Sega’s most fondly remembered franchises, Nights, is to make its European Wii debut next January, the Japanese software giant has confirmed. The Sega Saturn version of Nights into Dreams, which was originally released in 1996, is commonly regarded as one of the greatest titles on the platform and …

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Screen Digest: "There’s no stopping Wii"

Despite Nintendo’s admittance that it will not be able to meet the demand for its Wii console this Christmas, and the recent price drops on both Xbox 360 and PS3, analyst Screen Digest has said that there may be no stopping Wii’s rise to market dominance. In material terms this …

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Screen Digest: "There’s no stopping Wii"

Despite Nintendo’s admittance that it will not be able to meet the demand for its Wii console this Christmas, and the recent price drops on both Xbox 360 and PS3, analyst Screen Digest has said that there may be no stopping Wii’s rise to market dominance. In material terms this …

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FIFA 08 clings to number one

EA continues the year on year consistency of its football franchise as FIFA 08 remains at the top spot for a second week, just managing to keep Microsoft’s Project Gotham Racing 4 from the number one position in its debut week. Halo 3 falls down another place this week, closely …

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FIFA 08 clings to number one

EA continues the year on year consistency of its football franchise as FIFA 08 remains at the top spot for a second week, just managing to keep Microsoft’s Project Gotham Racing 4 from the number one position in its debut week. Halo 3 falls down another place this week, closely …

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