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Sales of video game consoles and software are up by an impressive 57 per cent in the US, despite the economic troubles faced by the country, according to research firm NPD. During March American consumers spent $1.7 billion on games with the Wii comfortably outselling Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. …
Read More »Microsoft’s GTA marketing push as big as Halo 3
Microsoft’s marketing machine is ready to kick into top gear with a multimedia campaign across the web, TV and and print publications in an attempt to make Xbox 360 the console of choice for GTA fans. With episodic downloadable content exclusive to 360, head of gaming and entertainment at Xbox …
Read More »360 sales double after price crash
Xbox 360 sales have seen a huge leap following last month’s price drop in Europe, according to Microsoft. The platform holder lowered the price of their Arcade, Pro and Elite consoles to 159.99, 199.99 and 259.99 respectively, and the firm hopes upcoming titles GTA IV, Lego Indiana Jones, Rock Band …
Read More »Wii-like 360 controller coming this year?
The Xbox 360 motion-sensing controller reported on by MTV is real, says 8BitJoystick , and will see a release before the end of the year. According to what the site calls ‘internal sources at Microsoft’, the tech will be remarkably similar to the Wii’s, with a sensor bar, accelerometer, gyroscopic …
Read More »Microsoft working on Wiimote clone, says report
MTV News says that Rare is working on Mii-like system of digital avatars as well
Read More »Wii to outsell 360 and PS3 combined
Analyst Daniel Ernst of Hudson Square Research has predicted that following its runaway success in 2007, sale of Nintendo’s Wii will amount to more than those of Xbox 360 and PS3 combined in the next year. GameDaily reports that the firms predicts global sales for each console in 2008 to …
Read More »COMPETITION: Win a copy of Beautiful Katamari
Our friends at Atari have always been a generous bunch, and in celebration of newly released The Sun Crossword Challenge, is offering gamers the chance to win one of five copies of Beautiful Katamari on the Xbox 360. To be in with a chance to win the cult video game, …
Read More »Mercenaries 2 gets new release date
EA-owned development studio Pandemic has confirmed that Mercenaries 2: World in Flames will be released on September 5th for PC, PS3, PS2 and Xbox 360. The developer announced the date through GameSpot, following a trailer that revealed a US launch date of August 31st. The game, which follows the misadventures …
Read More »Microsoft: Forget HD-DVD the future is digital distribution
Speaking to UK newspaper The Guardian , UK Xbox boss Neil Thompson has insisted that his company did not back the wrong horse when it supported Toshiba and its HD-DVD high definition disc format. "The horse that we’re fundamentally backing is the one that says the future of entertainment content …
Read More »Microsoft scotches new Blu-Ray on 360 rumour
Despite eye-catching rumours to the contary, Microsoft has insisted that Lite-On will not be manufacturing Blu-ray drives for its Xbox 360. According to TechRadar.co.uk, a Microsoft rep stated: Lite-On is not manufacturing Blu-ray drives for Xbox 360. As we have stated, games are what are driving consumers to purchase game …
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