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After announcing the brand new slimline PSP at E3 one of the big bullet points that Sony hit on while trying to sell the redesign to the audience, both in attendance and worldwide, was that the new PSP's battery would last longer for gaming on the move. However, it has now come to light that this information was more of a small white lie by the company, rather than actual fact.
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Gamespot managed to get a hands on with the Xbox 360 messenger kit aimed at Xbox 360 owners which have an interesting in making the most of the systems communications functions. The peripheral itself is solid and could be of more appeal in the future if MS decide to release some real text dependent functions such as a web browser.
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The PS3 isn't the only console with problems. Microsoft has an equal share of issues with the Xbox 360 that could prove just as harmful as Sony's. Here are six reasons why the Xbox 360 is in trouble, though not necessarily doomed.
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UK trade publication MCV is reporting that Sony Europe are set to unveil a range of surprises at this years Leipzig Games Convention in relation to the PS3. They are expecting video-on-demand, Freeview TV and a pre-Christmas price cut to all be announced for the PS3 at the show next month.
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Silicon Knights has filed suit against Epic Games, accusing the middleware studio of misrepresenting the abilities of the Unreal Engine 3 to their studio as well as others, with the supposed intent of allowing Epic's own Gears of War to overshadow their competitors.
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Nintendo is victorious once again in Canada. Wii trounces the competition with 53k units sold, followed by the DS with 45.7k. The PS2 and the PSP follows with 21k and 18.5k units sold respectively. The 360 sold 13.5k, and the PS3 sales is once again defeated by GBA sales, 6.5k against 8.8k. Seven Nintendo console games, 5 for the Wii and 2 for the DS are in the software top ten. The other 3 spots are occupied by Xbox and Xbox 360 titles.
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Vivendi's Sierra Online division seems like an experiment of sorts. First, Sierra itself represents a cadre of beloved PC game classics like SWAT, King's Quest, Leisure Suit Larry, Gabriel Knight and the You Don't Know Jack series. Second, Sierra Online seems to have found success without using its sister company's IP to make it successful. This year, that will change.
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With the apex of the summer upon us, people our outside more enjoying the nice weather, kids are out of school... and the number of significant new game releases has slowed. This means that the monthly sales charts are populated with games released in months past with very few new titles cracking into the top 20. Because of this wane in significant new titles, GameDaily BIZ is taking the opportunity to look toward the last half of the year. What are the future chart toppers from gaming's most significant part of the year, sales wise? Who's likely going to gain a lot and who might stumble unexpectedly?
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In a sign of the growing importance of the casual gaming sector, MTV Networks' Nickelodeon Kids and Family Group today announced (at the Casual Connect gaming conference in Seattle) that it will commit a whopping $100 million over the next two years for development, distribution and creation of casual gaming titles, sites and platforms.
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Japanese Top 30 Software sales charts for the week of 7/9-7/15. The rest of the Top 50 and the Hardware numbers will be posted in the same link when they come out. EDIT: Software ranks 31-50 and hardware numbers are now posted in the link.
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