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The 2008 Tom Clancy bandwagon looks set to at last get rolling next-month when Ubisoft releases Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 arrives on 360, PS3 and PC. The game promises a greater level of co-op play than the first outing, as well as a greater array of online options …
Read More »Dead Rising 2 farmed out West?
It was one of the first triple-A titles on Xbox 360 upon its release in late 2006, and now rumours of a sequel to Dead Rising have emerged – along with some speculation concerning a change of development duties. The March issue of US games mag EGM claims that the …
Read More »EA expects PS3 fightback
In a supplement issued alongside its third-quarter fiscal results, Electronic Arts has provided its predictions for console and portable hardware. The report states that European gamers are to favour the PS3 over the Xbox 360 in 2008, although the formats will remain tied in North America. In Europe, EA predicts …
Read More »Reeves: PS3 will overtake 360 by summer
PlayStation 3 is set to overtake Xbox 360 in Europe by the summer of this year, despite launching well over a year after its rival. That was the bullish claim of SCEE president and CEO David Reeves this week, who revealed that PS3 has already outsold 360 in certain territories …
Read More »DS smashes UK hardware record
It seems that the only thing pegging back Nintendo’s remarkable sales achievements at the moment is its ability to get hardware on the High Street – but that hasn’t stopped the DS Lite smashing the UK weekly hardware sales record that it had set only the week before. in the …
Read More »Xbox Live video on demand confirmed for UK
The signs had pointed to a pre-Christmas arrival for Microsoft’s Xbox Live Video Marketplace, but only now has the official confirmation arrived that UK Xbox 360 owners will finally get access to the service – and launch day is December 11th. Movies for rent on the service will include 300, …
Read More »Microsoft ups 360 back-compat support
Some has suspected that in the light of the upcoming Xbox Originals service on Xbox Live, Microsoft’s support of its ongoing backwards compatibility efforts on 360 might wane – but next month’s ‘Fall Update’ will bring with it a renewed roster of compatible Xbox games. Newly-functioning titles will include FIFA …
Read More »European 360 sales slump?
Numbers quoted on online sales tracker VGChartz claim that for the week ending October 21st Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console sold just 37,303 units across Europe – managing to outsell only Nintendo’s aged Game Boy Advance in the period. The site claims that in the same period Wii sold 70,322 units …
Read More »Looney Tunes and Spongebob lead 360 family drive
On the back of its announcement of a new ‘family’ orientated Xbox 360 Arcade bundle yesterday, Microsoft has confirmed a whole new selection of downloadable content aimed squarely at the family market. The Xbox Live service will soon be bolstered by over 50 Warner Brothers Looney Toons shows, along with …
Read More »Microsoft takes on Wii with 360 Arcade
A new $279 Arcade pack will include a wireless controller and several casual titles including Pac-Man, Uno and Luxor 2, reports next-gen.biz . Arcade becomes [for us] the ability to bring in a new set of audiences,” said Bach. They’re probably a little bit more casually focused, they’re looking for …
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