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EA has announced that the PC version of football title FIFA 11 will at last boast the same sort of visual fidelity as the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions. Recent versions of the sports outing on PC had lagged behind their console counterparts, having been based on older versions of …
Read More »Kotick irritated by Xbox Live
This is starting to become a bit of a habit. Activision boss Bobby Kotick has decided to flex his corporate biceps once again by claiming that if the games industry wants to move forward it needs to break free of the shackles imposed upon it by console platform holders. Or …
Read More »Sony rejects PS3 porn deal
One of the world’s largest pornography companies has revealed that it held talks with Sony over the possibility of setting up a HD porn streaming and download service on PSN. However, Vivid Video founder and co-chairman Steven Hirsh told CVG that discussions concerning the creation of an age-locked VOD service …
Read More »Sony rejects PS3 porn deal
One of the world’s largest pornography companies has revealed that it held talks with Sony over the possibility of setting up a HD porn streaming and download service on PSN. However, Vivid Video founder and co-chairman Steven Hirsh told CVG that discussions concerning the creation of an age-locked VOD service …
Read More »DS homing in on PS2 record
It may be suffering a little cramp as it races down the closing straight, but Nintendo’s DS handheld now seems well on track to steal gaming’s most cherished sales record. Sony’s PlayStation 2 currently stands as the world’s most popular console, with total global sales estimated at around 135m units. …
Read More »Xbox 360 and PS3 price cuts this year
MCV has been told by a senior global publishing source that price cuts for the Xbox 360 and PS3 will be announced by the end of the year, and possibly as early as next month’s E3. In addition, it is believed that there’s a strong possibility that Nintendo is also …
Read More »OPINION: A new hardware cycle is coming
A number of industry figures have expressed their belief that the games industry will not see another major new generation of consoles. Their hypothesis is that the future of console hardware lies in steady evolutionary footsteps and increasingly open platforms rather than the large-scale proprietary technological leaps that have periodically …
Read More »Crysis 2 is a Halo killer
Akin to staring into the mirror and saying ‘Candyman’ three times, daring to label your product a ‘Halo killer’ has become a move only the brave or the stupid would dare to take – but that’s exactly how EA has chosen to describe upcoming shooter Crysis 2. The term ‘Halo …
Read More »PS3 is the most connected console
A new report from US analyst The Diffusion Group has claimed that the PS3 is the most connected next-gen console, with 78 per cent of purchased US machines enjoying internet connectivity. In contrast, 73 per cent of Xbox 360s are online and just 54 per cent of Wiis. The report …
Read More »Crysis 2 on consoles not about sales
It’s still held up as the benchmark title for high-end PC gaming, so what is the thinking behind the arrival of Crytek’s FPS series Crysis on console? It’s not about sales. It’s never, ever about sales. Sales is EA’s job,” Crytek’s CEO Cevat Yerli told VG247. That the console migration …
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