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Following SCEE president’s David Reeves upbeat forecast of the year ahead for PlayStation , fellow executives have praised the achievements of the business in the last 12 months and predicted a bumper year ahead for PS3. SCEA vice president Ian Jackson stated: We’ve had a solid holiday season and have …
Read More »Reeves: Profit is a specific pressure for PlayStation business
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe president David Reeves has stated that Sony’s PlayStation division is on target to alleviate” the specific pressure” it has come under for failing to post a profit since the launch of PS3. In an upbeat forecast for the year ahead on the UK PlayStation site, Reeves …
Read More »UK CHARTS: FIFA nutmegs Call of Duty
Mirroring the early 2008 chart success of EA’s FIFA 08, the publisher’s latest take on the beautiful game is starting 2009 on the front foot having pipped Call of Duty: World at War for the second time at the top of the ELSPA Gfk-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40. FIFA 09 …
Read More »Revamp planned for Kojima Productions
Metal Gear designer and producer Hideo Kojima has revealed that his studio, Kojima Productions, will ‘start from zero’ from 2009 in order to better complete globally. To read the full story, click here to visit Developmag.com.
Read More »Capcom reveals Q1 release line-up
Japanese publisher and developer Capcom has revealed its release schedule for the first quarter of 2009, and it’s not a line-up shy of potential triple-A hits. The listing is lead by graphically lush next-gen fighter Street Fighter IV, which will be released on both Xbox 360 and PS3 on February …
Read More »DC Universe Online a year away
One of the writers working on Sony Online Entertainment’s upcoming PS3 and PC MMO DC Universe Online has said the game will not be released for at least another year. Speaking to MTV Multiplayer, Geoff Johns stated: It launches I think in early 2010, it could be late 2009. I’ve …
Read More »Gran Turismo 5 dated?
Speaking to Spanish newspaper Il Finaciero James Armstrong, Sony’s chief executive in southern Europe, has revealed that Gran Turismo 5 will be released in Christmas 2009 release date in Europe. The news, translated by Gran Turismo fansite GTPlanet, would suggest a late summer 2009 release in Japan, with the US …
Read More »Halo 3: Recon renamed
Bungie has announced that the highly anticipated Halo 3: Recon is to be renamed Halo 3: ODST. In the game players must control an ODST (Orbital Drop Shock Trooper), who is on the hunt for his missing squad in the occupied new Mombasa. Bungie wrote on its blog: This new …
Read More »GCA 2009 revealed
Leipziger Messe International has revealed that the third Games Convention Asia will be held on November 17th-20th in Singapore. The four-day event will also for the first day reserve entry just for gaming professionals. Developmag.com has the full story. A simple click on this link and you’ll be there.
Read More »Everton to use Football Manager for scouting
UK developer Sports Interactive has announced that Liverpool-based Premiership football team Everton has signed a first-of-its-kind deal that will officially allow club manager David Moyes and his backroom staff unrivalled access to the player database of Football Manager 2009. The studio boasts that the FM2009 databse includes over 370,000 players …
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