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Dragon Quest IX has been a huge success. With over 4.2 million units sold in Japan to date and acclaim from critics and consumers alike in the US and Europe, it’s certainly a fine reason to own a DS.
To celebrate the game and all its goodness, Nintendo are offering interactive demo opportunities [...]
Microsoft has confirmed pricing for the arm-flailing body-sensing Kinect system. Xbox users will pay 130 for the motion-controlled sensor that allows them to play games without a controller.
130 gets you a Kinect Sensor to plug into your current Xbox 360, and one game, Kinect Adventures. You can buy the same kit with a new Xbox [...]
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Earlier today Nintendo invited us round for a bit of a natter, and a hands-on with its upcoming new console, the Nintendo 3DS. The 3DS is a follow up to the hugely successful DS and DSi handhelds, the major difference being that the 3DS lets gamers enjoy their precious vidyagames in glorious 3D, without [...]
Get used to some Dog Days, experience a change of gravity and get your hands on some marvellous downloads this weekend…
A Marvel to behold
Marvel Comics has teamed up once more with PlayStation 3 platform title LittleBigPlanet for another batch of costumes that can make your Sackboy a true hero. Marvel Costume Kit 2 gives you [...]
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Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, 3D feature and interview with SCE UK boss
Episode 17 of FirstPlay will be going live on the Store from Wednesday, and this week we lead off with a fantastically sharp HD preview of Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood. Alongside that we’ve also got a feature on 3D on PS3, including [...]
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Sony has said today that their PSP, PS3 Minis have reached one million downloads.
The Minis are low-priced games available via the PlayStation Network on either the home console or the handheld.
It is unclear whether the number includes free demos, but if it does, the number is even more insignificant than it already is.
Only 1.7 percent [...]
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One of the topics that came up at GEEX was indie and student game development, a topic near and dear to yours truly.
You see, in addition to writing about, and playing a ton of PlayStation games I also teach game design and development at the University of Utah.
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Too much or just right?
As you would expect assorted analysts have been giving their opinions on yesterday’s Kinect pricing announcement. Jesse Divnich from EEDAR thinks the price is right but others disagree.
Divinch said:
EEDAR feels that $150 is an appropriate price for the Kinect. Previous peripherals with mass-market appeal, such as band kits, have [...]
For console owners who’ve suddenly run out of big retail releases to play…
In video games, as in politics, nothing much happens in the summer. The publishers have finally managed to usher out all those late releases that should have been launched last Christmas, and by July, they’re already looking ahead wistfully to the autumn. So [...]