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After facing technical delays, Microsoft has announced that the Xbox 360 Sky Player is now fully available to all UK and Ireland gamers with no more delays expected.
"As you may know we ...
Date: 7 Nov 2009 05:11
The highly secretive Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, which has been drafted under non-disclosure agreements and given to different nations with watermarks in case they choose to "leak" ...
Date: 5 Nov 2009 03:11 | 91 comments
Nintendo will add fully playable demos for video games to WiiWare in an effort to increase traffic to the stagnant Wii Shopping Channel.
CEO Satoru Iwata confirmed recently to shareholders ...
Date: 5 Nov 2009 02:11 | 9 comments
Sony Japan has announced five new PSP-3000 bundles for the region this week, four of which are being marketed as "Value Packs."
The Value Pack bundles will each include the PSP-3000 and accessories ...
Date: 4 Nov 2009 23:11 | 1 comment
Sony has signed deals with Lucasfilm, Cinetic FilmBuff, ContentFilm International, Image Entertainment, MPI Media Group and New Video this week, bringing tons of new content to the PSN video ...
Date: 4 Nov 2009 23:11 | 2 comments
Microsoft has announced the launch of the Xbox Live Rewards program, giving regular gamers free points "just for doing the stuff Xbox Live members do all the time."
Users can earn free points ...
Date: 4 Nov 2009 22:11 | 12 comments
After first being confirmed for Japan and then the EU, the Nintendo DSi XL has now been confirmed for the United States as well, hitting U.S. shores in the Q1 2010.
The DSi XL, besides keeping ...
Date: 2 Nov 2009 22:11 | 7 comments
The Sony Pictures blockbuster District 9 was given a release date of December 29th this week but more interestingly was the revelation that the Blu-ray version will include a demo of the upcoming ...
Date: 2 Nov 2009 22:11 | 11 comments
Confirming the news that has been bugging Nintendo investors for months, president Satoru Iwata says Wii sales are completely stagnant at this point, partially due to the lack of "must-have" ...
Date: 2 Nov 2009 21:11 | 14 comments
According to Sony's recent quarterly earnings report, PlayStation 3 sales grew to 3.2 million in the Q2 2009 from 2.4 million in the same period in 2008.
Despite this growth, Sony saw heavy ...
Date: 2 Nov 2009 20:11 | 8 comments
Microsoft has confirmed this weekend that the company has performed another round of Xbox Live account banning, killing the service for gamers using pirated copies of games.
"We have taken ...
Date: 1 Nov 2009 05:11 | 60 comments
Nintendo has confirmed that following today's launch of the updated DSi LL handheld in Japan, the same system, just dubbed the DSi XL will hit Europe in the Q1 2010.
The updated system includes ...
Date: 29 Oct 2009 18:10 | 11 comments
Nintendo has announced today the release of the DSi LL which include a significantly larger 4.2-inch screen.
The handheld will cost ¥20,000 ($220 USD) and the "LL" in the title refers to ...
Date: 29 Oct 2009 17:10 | 10 comments
Yesterday the much anticipated Sky Player for the Xbox 360 was launched for UK and Irish gamers and just as quickly Microsoft has taken down the service due to a "technical issue."
The company ...
Date: 28 Oct 2009 18:10 | 3 comments
Microsoft has officially launched its streaming Sky TV service today for the Xbox 360 today in the UK and Ireland, giving gamers access to movie and TV content on their consoles.
Xbox Live ...
Date: 27 Oct 2009 20:10 | 6 comments
The Japanese Nikkei is reporting that Nintendo is planning to release a new version of the popular DSi handheld in Japan, one that will include a larger screen.
Nintendo says DS/DSi demand ...
Date: 27 Oct 2009 18:10 | 7 comments
According to new research from firm DFC Intelligence, games for the iPhone/iPod Touch will take a large 25 percent of the portable gaming market in 5 years as the Nintendo and Sony handhelds ...
Date: 26 Oct 2009 17:10 | 5 comments
Last week Reed Hastings announced that Netflix had a new consumer electronics partner who would be providing a client for their Watch Instantly streaming video service. Today they made a joint ...
Date: 26 Oct 2009 08:10 | 18 comments
The ever-popular Need For Speed racing series has surpassed 100 million in sales, says Electronic Arts, pushing it into the elite club with four other franchises.
The other members of the ...
Date: 26 Oct 2009 06:10 | 3 comments
Earlier this week we reported that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made comments that implied that the company would be bringing Blu-ray accessories to the Xbox 360.
At the time, the notoriously ...
Date: 25 Oct 2009 21:10 | 13 comments
According to Sony, the company has sold over 60,000 slim PS3s in Australia since launch date on September 3rd, good enough to 'outperform' rival consoles in the region.
Sony also said they ...
Date: 22 Oct 2009 19:10 | 3 comments
Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto made a few statements this week in regards to the eventual Wii successor, saying the console will likely be smaller and cheaper and less of a "toy."
Miyamoto, ...
Date: 22 Oct 2009 18:10 | 23 comments
Gizmodo interviewed Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and it seems like Xbox 360 owners will soon be able to get Blu-ray add-ons for their drives.
When the site asked Ballmer about Blu-ray for ...
Date: 22 Oct 2009 17:10 | 51 comments
The new Sony handheld PSPgo is seeing slow sales in Australia, with Michael Ephraim, managing director of Sony Computer Entertainment Australia confirming that only about 1000 units sold in ...
Date: 21 Oct 2009 19:10 | 8 comments
Q-Games, developer of the popular PixelJunk series has said that they will no longer be porting games to the Sony PSP due to the rampant piracy on the handheld.
PixelJunk is an exclusive ...
Date: 20 Oct 2009 15:10 | 17 comments
In June, Nintendo released the Wii console with a black colorway in Japan and the company has announced today that the same limited edition console will be headed to Europe for the holiday season.
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Date: 20 Oct 2009 15:10 | 11 comments
Microsoft has made a new move today that will likely anger many current Xbox 360 users; locking out unlicensed storage devices that are not sold by the software giant.
"When Preview Program ...
Date: 20 Oct 2009 14:10 | 59 comments
Last week, the NPD Group was forced to push back their monthly US gaming sales numbers due to a "processing issue," but the figures were made available early this morning.
After 6 months ...
Date: 20 Oct 2009 13:10 | 1 comment
Wedbush Morgan videogame industry analyst Michael Pachter has made some more interesting comments this week on GameTrailer's Bonus Round, stating that Microsoft is ready to move on from PC gaming, ...
Date: 19 Oct 2009 17:10 | 76 comments
Electronic Arts Sports president Peter Moore, speaking at the PLAY Digital Media Conference this week, made some interesting comments as to the future of disc-based games, going as far as to ...
Date: 19 Oct 2009 17:10 | 16 comments
Despite Sony's marketing team deciding to change the focus of the PS3 more to the console's movie downloading and Blu-ray capabilities, it appears consumers are still purchasing the system mainly ...
Date: 19 Oct 2009 00:10 | 16 comments
Last month, Infinity Ward, the developer behind the much anticipated Modern Warfare 2, confirmed that Microsoft was planning a 250GB Xbox 360 Elite that will bundle the game along with a custom colorway.
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Date: 18 Oct 2009 19:10 | 11 comments
Major Nelson has reported the GameStop has unveiled a new limited edition Xbox 360 controller that goes up for sale next week.
The controller has a new colorway (black carbon fiber on red) ...
Date: 17 Oct 2009 15:10 | 18 comments
The NPD Group has announced they have been forced to delay the release of the September US video game sales data due to "processing issues."
The numbers were expected to be released today, ...
Date: 16 Oct 2009 16:10
The Sony PSP handheld continues to sell well in Japan, following the recent price cut on the PSP-3000 unit.
Overall, sales amounted to 40,100, enough to stay near the top of the chart but ...
Date: 16 Oct 2009 16:10 | 1 comment
Beginning on November 3rd, Sony will begin offering slim PlayStation 3 units with 250GB HDDs, the largest drives available to date.
The hardware will be identical to the 120GB model, except ...
Date: 16 Oct 2009 15:10 | 4 comments
Microsoft has announced that its anticipated addition of BSkyB TV programming to the Xbox 360 will begin on October 27th in the UK.
Graeme Boyd, Xbox community manager for Europe, announced ...
Date: 15 Oct 2009 18:10 | 3 comments
The Wi-Fi Alliance has announced that work on a new way for connecting wireless devices directly to each other is nearing completion. Devices could start being certified for Wi-Fi Direct, as ...
Date: 15 Oct 2009 18:10 | 2 comments
Via a speculative post on their site, Fudzilla has started the rumor mill up again by stating that AMD has already won the GPU deal for the upcoming Xbox console (likely in 2012).
Says the full post:
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Date: 15 Oct 2009 16:10 | 8 comments
According to a new BSN report, Nintendo is readying a DSi successor for late 2010, one that will include a new nVidia processing chip.
The report states the deal has already been struck, ...
Date: 14 Oct 2009 21:10 | 4 comments
In June, Nintendo introduced the first non-white Wii console in Japan, along with black accessories.
Today, Nintendo has launched the accessories in the United States, offering the Wii remote ...
Date: 14 Oct 2009 18:10 | 3 comments
According to recent NPD Group numbers, the Wii Play video game is the best selling title of the new millennium (in the US), surpassing Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Over 11 million Wii Play ...
Date: 14 Oct 2009 17:10 | 8 comments
Gaming rental company GameFly, which has been trying to build a lawsuit against the United States Postal Service over alleged favoritism towards Netflix and other competitors, has asked a judge ...
Date: 13 Oct 2009 18:10 | 10 comments
Nintendo America president Reggie Fils-Aime had a few words today for the PSPgo, even claiming the new handheld may have a "fundamental concept problem."
In an interview with the Washington ...
Date: 12 Oct 2009 18:10 | 15 comments
Wal-Mart has begun selling used videogames via their online storefront this week, offering the games for up to 30 percent off MSRP while giving a "guarantee" on quality.
Buyers have up to ...
Date: 12 Oct 2009 04:10 | 18 comments
The giant e-tailer Amazon has slashed the price of the Nintendo Wii to £139.99 in the UK, down from £179.99.
The Amazon bundle includes one wireless controller and the game Wii Sports and ...
Date: 9 Oct 2009 19:10 | 2 comments
According to leading video game analysts Michael Pachter and Jesse Divnich, the U.S. video game industry made a strong comeback in September, returning to growth after six months of negative ...
Date: 8 Oct 2009 16:10 | 4 comments
Sony has been sued this week by John Kennedy of Florida, over the bricking of his PS3 console by Sony's v3.00 firmware upgrade last month.
The suit is class action, and is for all users who ...
Date: 8 Oct 2009 16:10 | 22 comments
Sony America corporate communications director Patrick Seybold has said today that overall PSP sales have jumped 300 percent in the United States since the release of the UMD-less PSPgo last week.
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Date: 8 Oct 2009 15:10 | 19 comments
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