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Having previously announced that its upcoming reinvention of the NBA Jam series would be exclusive to the Wii, EA has now revealed that the game will be also be coming out on Xbox 360 and PS3… for free! Well, for free as long as you’ve paid out 49.99 for a …
Read More »Molyneux: Indie havens on borrowed time
MGS Europe boss says the indie scene is two triple-A games away from revolution
Read More »Xbox Plants vs Zombies heading to retail
The popular iPhone and PC casual strategy game Plants vs Zombies will be heading to Xbox 360 this September. Consumers will be able to purchase a boxed edition of the game or download it from Xbox Live for 1,200 Microsoft Points – around 10. PopCap also confirmed retail versions of …
Read More »Data – XBLA â??casual gamesâ?? represent 5% sales
Develop 2010: Yet games such as Uno and Sudoku cover over 30 per cent of the digital store
Read More »XBLAs Desination Arcade delayed
The launch of Microsoft’s Destination Arcade has been delayed until Wednesday, July 21st. The slip was revealed by the company’s Larry Hyrb on his Major Nelson blog, and will see the revamped interface mark the start of the latest Xbox Live promotion. Announced last week, Destination Arcade is a new …
Read More »Dead Space Ignition coming to XBLA
EA has announced a new downloadable Dead Space game that will bridge the gap between the 2008 original and next year’s Dead Space 2. Dead Space Ignition will be available on Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network this autumn, and challenges players to survive the initial Necromorph outbreak. It …
Read More »Microsoft launches Destination Arcade
Next week Microsoft will launch a new Xbox Live service, Destination Arcade. The service offers a new way for consumers to browse Xbox Live Arcade games, including sorting by price and rating. There are over 250 titles on the service and the platform holder hopes this will make it easier …
Read More »E3 2010: More Dreamcast games confirmed
Up to 24 Dreamcast titles will be made available on Xbox 360 and PS3 over the course of the next year. Sega West president Mike Hayes told CVG that the publisher hopes to have somewhere between 18 and 24” classic games ready for download by Summer 2010. He also revealed …
Read More »[Update] Plans ahead for PS3 Dreamcast ports
Sony in discussions regarding exclusivity, according to leaked document
Read More »Dreamcast returns in digital
Classic Dreamcast titles are returning with new features and in High Definition, Sega has announced. Sonic Adventure and Crazy Taxi will be the first two titles out of the blocks and will be available digitally on XBLA and PSN this Autumn. Dreamcast was launched in 1999 and has a software …
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