Cost of Exclusive GTA IV Episodic Content Revealed
Episodic content for GTA:IV is exclusive to the 360, how long for though, we don’t know. What has emerged though, is the price Microsoft has had to pay for such a privilege. The measly sum of $50,000,000 is what has been stated by Kotaku, who source Take-Two's second quarter fiscal... Read on »
Tekken 5 Online Coming Soon
Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection is set to have a new online mode added soon, it has been confirmed. For the first time Tekken will be available to play online, available as an add on purchase for existing owners of the download game, or together as a full package for new... Read on »
Announcing: The Official Playstation Blog
Blogs, they are everywhere, Microsoft has one, Sony Europe has an unofficial one, but until now, Sony America had nothing, and this was met with a certain amount of criticism when everyone was talking about Sony being “out of touch”. Sony has now launched their own official Playstion blog, which... Read on »
HD-DVD Player Sales Targets Reduced, Blu-ray Up
Toshiba are to cut the estimated year end estimated sales of HD-DVD players by 44% it has emerged, lowering sales expectations from... Read on »
PS3 Sells 1 Million in PAL Regions
The PS3 has become PAL’s fastest ever selling console, shifting 1 million units since its launch in March 10 weeks ago. This... Read on »
Church of England Threatens Sony with Legal Action
The Church of England is threatening legal action against Sony, because footage of a Manchester Cathedral was used without permission in the game, Resistance: Fall of Man. The church has said that Sony did not ask for permission to use the interior of the church in the game. Resistance, which... Read on »
Anger Over DRM-free iTunes Tracks
The launch of the DRM-free music store from Apple has been overshadowed by news that tracks purchased from the store contain information of who bought the songs embedded into the files. Some fear that should these tracks make their way onto file sharing sites that the original owners could easily... Read on »
Sony and Microsoft fail to understand our market - Nintendo
Nintendo of America Boss George Harrison has lashed out at Sony and Microsoft claiming that they don’t have the DNA to understand what the gaming market wants. Speaking to the wired blog Harrison said, “So far, they haven't spent a lot of time focused on us. Now that we're having... Read on »
Gran Turismo 5 Details Emerge
French gaming mag Joypad landed an exclusive interview with Gran Turismo producer Kazunori Yamauchi in their June edition, and with that interview they squeezed out some juicy information regarding the next release of GT, including a frequently asked for damage system. In regards to the cars… All cars from Gran... Read on »
GTA IV Special Edition Announced
Grand Theft Auto IV will be available in a special edition come its release in October, Rockstar has revealed. The edition will appear alongside regular copies of the game on 16 October in North America, where it will cost USD 89.99, and 19 October in Europe. European pricing has yet... Read on »
British Online Spending Tops £100 billion
Total online spending by British shoppers has hit £100 billion, research shows. This figure dates back to April 1995 when e-retail first launched, according to the Interactive Media in Retail Group (IMRG). Britons spent £3.465 billion online last month - up 55% year-on-year. This annual increase was the largest recorded... Read on »
Warhawk Public Beta Coming
Details are slowly trickling through about one of Sony’s most messed about titles, Warhawk. Originally demoed as a single player campaign and multiplayer game, and one that made sense of the SIXAXIS controller, it later just became a multiplayer download only game. Now it still misses a single player campaign,... Read on »
Microsoft: “Absolutely No Plans” for Blu-Ray
Microsoft have finally laid rest to rumours suggesting a Blu-ray add on may be coming to the 360. Rumours began back in January when Peter Moore suggested in an interview that Microsoft would be willing to adapt to consumers needs. Coupled with that remark, and flagging sales of the HD-DVD... Read on »
Sony Announces 68 Per Cent Drop in Profits
Sony has announced that the launch of the PlayStation 3 has contributed to a 68 per cent drop in operating profits to JPY 71.8 billion (EUR 438.3 million) for the year ended March 31, compared to 226.42 billion (EUR 1.38 bn) a year earlier. "In the Game segment, there was... Read on »
Halo 3 to be Released September 25th (26th in Europe)
Bungie today announced that Halo 3 will be shipping in the US on the 25th September, followed a day later with a release in Europe. According to Bungie “Worldwide dates may vary slightly depending on local rules and conditions.” Halo 3 was always promoted as coming out in the Fall... Read on »
PSP Sales in 60% Increase
The recent price drop in Europe for the PSP has seen a 60% increase in sales according to Sony, who declined to reveal actual sales of its handheld console. The price of the PSP dropped £20 on May 4th, and now retails for £130, making it just £20 more expensive... Read on »
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