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...
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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...
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...
Toshiba are to cut the estimated year end estimated sales of HD-DVD players by 44% it has emerged, lowering sales expectations from 1.8million standalone devices to 1 million in the US. Speaking about the impact...
The PS3 has become PAL's fastest ever selling console, shifting 1 million units since its launch in March 10 weeks ago. This beats records previously held by the Playstation and PS2 and probably represents the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
With the one month anniversary of the PS3's contribution to Folding@Home it has now been announced that any one moment Folding@Home is producing 700 Teraflops of processing power, 400 of which is currently contributed by...
In a turnaround to recent events it is the Xbox 360 that has lost two exclusive titles, which will now be made available on both the 360 and PS3. SCi announced today that Kane &...
French developer Ubisoft have announced the latest in a long line of Tom Clancy games. The game will be set on the battlefields of World War III and will be "the envelope of technology, showcasing...
Nintendo has raised it's full year sale estimates from 900 billion JPY to 966 billion JPY, following continued sales and profit success from their DS Handheld. Nintendo had already upped their estimates four times already...
A TV advertisement for the Xbox 360 has been banned in the UK because it promotes and glamorises dangerous driving. The ad featured a rooftop and street car chase ending with the protagonists congratulating each...
The European Union has launched a probe into the pricing of iTunes music service. The probe comes after UK consumer group Which? noted that users in the UK had to pay higher prices than people...
A London man has lost his High Court Fight against extradition to the US. He allegedly carried out the "biggest military computer hack of all time". Gary McKinnon, of north London, is accused of gaining...
In a shock move Toshiba have slashed the price of many of their HD-DVD players in the US, effective immediately. They labelled the move a "strategic action". The reduction sees its entry level player priced...
Last night, the countdown timer on the GTA IV website finished, and with it, displayed a trailer for the next generation version of Grand Theft Auto. The Rockstargames server ground to a halt as what...
New figures from Chart-Track have revealed that more than 3 million people in the UK now own a Nintendo DS or DS Lite. The Nintendo DS has now secured 68 per cent of the UK...
Possibly the worst kept secret in gaming history, but finally the Xbox Elite has been announced. On Channel 10 last night Albert Penello showed off the black matte console, featuring HDMI output and a 120GB...
Wistron, the Taiwanese device manufacturer currently producing Xbox 360 units for Microsoft, is likely to halt production of the console during 2008, according to a report in the Economic Daily News. The company is likely...
While attachment rates in Asia and American were dismally low, salvation has been found in the UK, with PS3 launch titles littering the UK Top 20 this week. Sony exclusives Resistance: Fall of Man, and...
Bandai Namco is developing arcade games using the Cell chip from Sony's PlayStation 3. The deal between the publisher and format holder will mark the first time that Sony's Cell processor has been used commercially...
It took a while, but the PS3 finally arrived in the UK last week, and already it has raked in some impressive stats, selling an estimated 165,000 in the first two days of sale, an...
Anyone interested in the actual power of the PS3 will be pleased to see how it performs at Folding@Home, introduced in the 1.6 update Folding@Home calculates complex mathematic figures to help scientists around the world....
Although the eventuality has been hinted at before, Xbox UK head Neil Thompson has stated again that if the Blu-ray format becomes significantly more successful than the HD-DVD format then the company will support it...
Analysts IDC have said that by 2011 laptops will outsell desktop computers as portable machines become quicker and more efficient. The report predicts that laptop sales will grow 16.1% year-on-year until 2011, compared to 3.8%...
A few days earlier than originally announced, the list of backwards compatible titles on the EU PS3 has now been released. The Sony site details games on a three tier basis, giving results for titles...
Rumours speculating that the Beatles back catalogue would be soon made available have been quashed by record company EMI. Currently Beatles songs aren't available for download on websites such as iTunes and Napster. The Beatles...
Kotaku.com caused a stir after receiving a rumour about a Playstation feature to be announced at GDC next week. PlayStation Home as they were informed would be "Sony's blending of achievements and Miis". Their source...
Phil Harrison, President for Sony Worldwide Studios this week revealed that over 1,000 PS2 titles will be backwards compatible with the new spec PS3, which will be released throughout Europe on March 23rd. Speaking with...
Konami is currently trialling an arcade cabinet in the UK based on the hit Pro Evolution Soccer franchise. The two-player Pro Evolution Soccer Arcade Championship is being tested in two locations in London, with the...
Sony and Immersion have finally made up, possibly paving the way for future rumble compatibility on the sixaxis? Gamesindustry.biz certainly thinks so. A new agreement has been made which will see Immersion working on introducing...
