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Nominations for the first ever Games Media Awrds close today, so now’s the time to make sure your favourite representative of our beloved fourth estate is in the running – or, to hell with it, why not put your own name forward? The GMAs take place at London’s Soho Revue …
Read More »AUSSIE CHARTS: Party time for Mario and SingStar
Social gaming seems to be the order of the day down under this week as three of the top four best-selling titles show a penchant for partying. While Wii title Mario Party 8 tops the charts, SingStar Pop Hits comes in second, while Sony’s Eyetoy Sports bundle comes in at …
Read More »Investor pledges to turnaround Infogrames
Though it has insisted that it doesn’t intend to gain control” of the Atari owning French publisher Infogrames, investment firm BlueBay Value Recovery Fund has grown its stake of the company to 22.5 per cent. As well as its increased ownership, which includes 288,627,392 shares, the firm has also upped …
Read More »1000 cars lining up for GT5
CVG reports that Sony Japan has confirmed that a massive 1000 cars are set to appear in the upcoming Gran Turismo 5 – though it has also been suggested that only 340 of those will come bundled on the Blu-Ray disc. The rest of the content will be accessible via …
Read More »TGS 2007 to be biggest ever
With 168 exhibitors across 1,708 booths, Tokyo Game Show 2007 will be the biggest event since it launched. This year’s show – which will take place at Chiba City’s Makuhari Messe from September the 20th to the 23rd – will focus on connected networks, and is expected to attract somewhere …
Read More »Crysis heading for next-gen consoles?
Whilst nearly every triple-A PC release is linked with a console port at some stage, some substance has been thrown behind the rumour that upcoming PC FPS Crysis will make the move to 360 and PS3 thanks to develop Crytek’s CEO. CVG reports than in the latest issue of PC …
Read More »Eidos boss: PS3 price cut insufficient
CEO of Eidos Bill Gardner has said that the recent PS3 price cut in the US is not sufficient alone to bring the next-gen console to the mass market, reports GamesIndustry.biz . "I don’t think [the price cut] is enough to reach the mass consumer, but I think it is …
Read More »Now Far Cry heads to Africa
Africa very much seems to be the flavour of the month at the moment – first it was Capcom’s Resident Evil 5 making the trip south of Equator, and now it seems Ubisoft is taking its popular FPS franchise in the same direction. CVG reports that as well as ditching …
Read More »Tim Schafer to speak at Leadership Forum
Psychonauts creator deliver IGDA event talk
Read More »DVD places limits on PGR4
Sony’s mantra that ‘only Blu-Ray provides the storage needed for next-gen gaming’ may be the fanboys’ weapon of choice on countless internet forums, but Project Gotham Racing 4 developer Bizarre Creations has admitted that it has had to cut features in its upcoming racer due to the limited size of …
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