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Archive for the ‘Sony’ Category

May 10th, 2008

Mike Tyson back in Fight Night Round 4

The Champ Is Back! EA Announces EA SPORTS Fight Night Round 4
Mike Tyson Featured in First Boxing Videogame in Nearly a Decade
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Electronic Arts Inc. (Nasdaq:ERTS) announced today that EA SPORTS™Fight Night Round 4 is in development at EA Canada in Vancouver under the EA SPORTS brand. EA SPORTS Fight Night is back […]

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April 12th, 2008

Sony: Web-based sales will rule by 2018

Sony Computer Entertainment UK MD Ray Maguire has predicted that 90 per cent of games sales will be taking place online in ten years’ time. Speaking at an ELSPA press conference with Dr Tanya Byron last week, Maguire read out his concerns with recommendations in the Byron Review – focusing on his worries with the […]

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March 7th, 2008

Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 3 gone gold

Santa Clara, Calif., (March 5, 2008) – Leading video games developer and publisher NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc., announced today that NARUTO™: Ultimate Ninja® 3 has gone gold for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system. Based on the popular NARUTO™ animated series, from VIZ Media, this fighter steps it up a notch and delivers new innovative […]

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March 7th, 2008

Japanese Sales statistics for current consoles

Famitsu has released the all time japanese software and hardware sales statistics for the current crop of consoles namely: PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii and the Xbox 360. Not surprisingly, the Wii’s top 10 contains Nintendo titles:

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February 27th, 2008

Disgaea 3 US release date

Disgaea 3 is coming to the US in August 2008 for the Playstation 3.
Santa Ana, CA – NIS America announced today that Disgaea®3 is heading for the PlayStation®3 Computer Entertainment System this summer. Much loved by hardcore gamers around the world, Disgaea®3 makes a bold new step towards the next generation console with a whole […]

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February 25th, 2008

Persona 3: FES is indeed coming to the PS2

It looks like the rumors were true, after all. Persona 3 FES. Coming to a PS2 near you courtesy of Atlus.
Dear Atlus Faithful,
Ok, we give up. The rumors were true.
Persona 3 FES is coming to North America!
Months of trying to keep FES a secret are now behind us (which means all of us here […]

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February 22nd, 2008

SSBB still rules Japanese sales charts

Another week, same number one spot for Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros. Brawl. The Wii fighter doesn’t look like it will be knocked off the top spot of Media Create’s Japanese software sales charts any time soon, at least not while folks are snapping up Brawl and Wii Fit so fast that even Tokimeki Memorial cant […]

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February 21st, 2008

Civilization Revolution Dated

2K Games has announced the official release date for Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution. Mark down June 3rd, 2008 as Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Nintendo DS owners will finally get a taste of what PC gamers have been enjoying for over 17 years. One more turn, baby!

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February 16th, 2008

Call of Duty 4 still rules US sales charts

After a spectacular November and December in the States, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare had a strong January 2008, securing the number one position on the software charts. 2007’s number two seller, Wii Play, keeps its second place spot, beating out both Rock Band and Guitar Hero III with 298K copies sold.
Despite being a […]

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February 5th, 2008

Why was Civ Rev Wii canned?

Still miffed that 2k Games canceled the Wii version of Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution? Here’s the read story behind that decision as reported by MTV:
These days, if a publisher’s not actively working on something Wii related, stockholders are asking why. With Wii’s momentum showing no signs of slowing, would a company actually cancel an in-development […]

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