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No PAL PS3 video store in 2008
But Sony is committed to doing one.
Sony Europe boss David Reeves has said that the PS3's new video store will not launch in PAL territories in 2008.
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SCEE working to get PSN titles ready
"It takes a while", Reeves points out.
SCEE boss David Reeves has said that all the PSN titles announced during Sony's American E3 press conference this week will come to PAL territories.
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Review | FIFA 09
Extensive hands-on with PC, PS3 and 360.
Following on from last month's in-depth previews of the next-gen and Wii versions of FIFA 09, we were recently given hands-on time with the latest next-gen and PC code, the latter of which proved to be the surprise package of the afternoon.
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Review | Fatal Inertia EX
Stranger than friction.
You never get a second chance to make a first impression...unless you happen to be an oft-delayed and eventually underwhelming futuristic racing game only available on one console. In that case, you can always hop over the hardware divide and try to impress the other lot instead.
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Wii Music is "more interesting than a videogame", says Miyamoto
It's a "musical toy", don't you know.
Legendary Nintendo developer Shigeru Miyamoto has said he agrees with those who say WIi Music isn't a proper videogame - adding that he reckons it's even better.
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BioShock PS3 gets exclusive DLC
"Challenge Rooms" recall Portal.
At its E3 press conference, publisher 2K Games announced that the PS3 version of BioShock will get exclusive downloadable content in the form of Challenge Rooms.
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Review | Battlestations: Pacific
Ship-shape and Bristol fashion.
"Fifteen men on a dead man's chest! Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!" No wait, that's pirates isn't it? Well, it's all seaman related and all equally safe harbour away from bald space marines and World War II shooters. Except of course it's not, but despite being set in an era of history that has so far sustained 50 percent of the world's first person shooter output and at least five different satellite TV channels, Battlestations: Midway still managed to seem fresh and innovative.
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Dodgeball and Crosswords on XBLA
Almost forgot to say.
Microsoft has added Double D Dodgeball and Coffeetime Crosswords to Live Arcade.
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Europe to get 80GB PlayStation 3
Sony expected to announce it tonight.
Sony boss David Reeves is expected to unveil the 80GB PlayStation 3 for Europe tonight, GamesIndustry.biz reports.
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Sony has not forgotten the PS2 yet
Says we can learn from its past.
Sony has not forgotten the PS2 and plans to furnish it with 130 new games by the end of the year, taking its lifetime catalogue to 10,000 titles.
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Super smashing crate.
The two Cryptic staff demoing Champions Online to us in a cosy meeting room in 2K's E3 suite are playing on Xbox 360 pads. They're playing on PCs, not 360s - the game doesn't have concept approval from Microsoft just yet, although the team are confident of it - but the pads are still a telling, and reassuring, sign. Champions is being developed from the ground up for both systems, and should work equally well on both. The console MMO is here.
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Flagship "still operating" but has no staff
Roper says "core" team still intact.
Flagship boss Bill Roper has confirmed reports that the studio has fired "most employees".
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PlayStation Store covered in E3 goodies
Fatal Inertia EX, Warhawk patch, videos.
The European PlayStation Store has finally gotten its digital mitts on Fatal Inertia Ex.
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Ted Price shows us round the end of the world.
Insomniac boss Ted Price has a new favourite word, and that word is "scale". He used it several times during the Resistance 2 demo at Sony's E3 conference, and he's using it again now as he shows off more of the game behind closed doors.
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Bungie upset it had to cancel E3 reveal
Disappointed at "publisher" decision.
Bungie boss Harold Ryan has expressed his disappointment at having to hold back revealing what the studio has been working on.
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The Who frontman bored by Rock Band
Daltrey won't get fooled again.
The Who frontman Roger Daltrey has grumpily admitted that Rock Band "bored" him, and laments how technology has changed the way we interact with music.
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Miyamoto finds Xbox avatars "flattering"
Thinks both will evolve differently.
Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto has said he is flattered that Microsoft pinched his Mii idea.
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Japanese reports suggest so.
Capcom may be planning to bring zombie slaughterer Dead Rising to Wii.
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Cliff Bleszinski: Avatars are Miis
But he likes them and the dash revamp.
It might not be the party line, but Gears of War 2 design director Cliff Bleszinski said what everyone was thinking at E3 yesterday when he told us Microsoft's new avatars are basically just Miis for Xbox 360.
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First budget PS3 titles hit US
USD 30 for Ass Creed, R6 Vegas, more.
Sony has unveiled its first wave of PlayStation 3 budget titles for North America.
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Moore: videogames "built" FIFA brand
Used to be just the "World Cup".
EA Sports boss Peter Moore has said videogames are responsible for making FIFA a globally recognised brand.
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Sony details Resistance Retribution
Third-person action adventure for PSP.
Sony has let out more details for its freshly unveiled Resistance PSP game.
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Microsoft's Don Mattrick says so.
Xbox 360 boss Don Mattrick has confirmed that Bungie is making a new Halo game.
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First Wolfenstein details emerge
"The ultimate supernatural thriller."
Activision has finally revealed new information on the long-awaited Wolfenstein game.
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PS3 video store goes live tonight
Films or telly shows to buy and rent.
Sony has finally lifted the lid on its PS3 video download at its E3 press conference, and said it will go live sometime tonight. Is it there yet is it?
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Review | Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
Spanner time.
The first thing you need to know about Banjo-Kazooie's expansive E3 demo is the one that's going to get the traditionalists shaking and sputtering with rage: you don't do very much platforming in it. The second thing you need to know, following close on the heels of the first, is that that's fine, because it's still great fun.
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Interview | Rare's Mark Betteridge
The studio head talks about bringing back Banjo.
It's not been an easy few years for Rare. It's a cliché to point it out, of course - you'd be hard-pressed to find an article about Rare in the last few years that doesn't mention its fall from grace following Microsoft's buyout, and we've no doubt that the studio is sick of hearing about it.
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Nintendo shows Wii Sports sequel
Resort is "literally a day at the beach".
Reggie Fils-Aime has excitably revealed the sequel to Wii Sports.
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Inafune: film in mind from the start.
At a press conference at E3 today, Capcom confirmed the forthcoming Lost Planet film which screenwriter David Hayter mentioned at last week's Anime Expo.
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Killzone 2 multiplayer beta will happen
Game has eight maps, six classes, more.
Guerrilla Games told Eurogamer today that a Killzone 2 multiplayer beta is "definitely" in its plans.
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