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The Wii Party Party Won’t Stop For Japan
After taking a breather from dominating Japan’s sales charts, Nintendo’s Wii Party continues to party hard at the top of the list. Wii Party could be a great game, so why shouldn’t it sell really well? (more…)
News: Teach Rio Ferdinand how to play Halo
And other celebs. Microsoft's launched a competition to find the best Halo: Reach gamers in Britain, one of which will lead five celebs as part of the Elite Spartan Squad. Halo: Reach matches will be played throughout August to find six Halo players who will form their own team. Another player will join ...
News: EVE fix-squad has “carte blanche” – CCP
Thousand-strong battles are top priority. CCP has given a "specialised" EVE Online dev-squad "carte blanche" to tackle in-game lag issues that have the community up in arms. "CCP has invested significant time and resources throughout EVE's history on increasing the performance of fleet fights. We've always had a team of developers devoted ...
News: Lost Planet 2 “substantially underperformed” – Capcom
Monster Hunter Tri sales "sluggish". Capcom has revealed that Lost Planet 2 "underperformed its projection substantially", Monster Hunter Tri "grew at a sluggish pace" and Ghost Trick "struggled". The comments come from a miserable financial report for the three month period ended 30th June. In it, Capcom's net income plummeted by 90.4 ...
News: R4 cart ban: More details emerge
What, exactly, is illegal? More details have emerged from the High Court ruling that R4 cartridges have been banned in the UK. Eurogamer has obtained a copy of the High Court of Justice Chancery Division's judgement in favour of Nintendo against defendants Playables Limited and owner Mr Wai Dat Chan. The case concerned ...
News: PC crowd “more open” to weird games
Than Xbox 360 owners, says Zeno Clash dev. Zeno Clash developer ACE Team believes PC owners are "more open" to weird game concepts. Speaking to Eurogamer, co-founder Carlos Bordeu said that may have been the reason Zeno Clash struggled on Xbox Live Arcade. "I don't know whether it was because most people had ...
News: Jagex has third MMO in development
Besides RuneScape, besides Stellar Dawn. Mark Gerhard has told Eurogamer that Jagex has a third, fantasy MMO in addition to RuneScape and Stellar Dawn. "We do, we totally do. We're working on it as we speak," he said in an interview published today. "A lot of what we've done to push the boundary ...
It’s… Pokemon Black & White
You can keep your quasi-3D, Nintendo. This is the only black & white Pokemon we’ll ever need. By questionthemajority. (more…)
News: Sony clarifies UK PS Move pricing
Bit cheaper than we thought. Sony has pointed out that PlayStation Move controllers will be cheaper to buy in the UK than we had expected. One PlayStation Move controller costs £34.99, one PlayStation Eye camera costs £24.99 and one PlayStation sub-controller costs £24.99. Note that you do not need the sub-controller to play ...
Sony Tech Can Show 3D Games Without A TV Screen
Meet Sony’s RayModeler, an autostereoscopic platform that can display 3D content not just without the need for glasses, but without the need for a traditional TV screen. (more…)
