Consoles

Developer Infinity Ward and publisher Activision have successfully outflanked the opposition this week as contemporary war sim Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare shoots straight to number one in the ChartTrack All Formats Top 40. Despite arriving on four formats (Xbox 360, PC, PS3 and DS) it’s the 360 version …

A page on Konami’s website has listed a number of issues gamers are experiencing with the PS3 version of its latest football sim, Pro Evolution Soccer 2008, and stated that it is working on a patch to address the problems. A number of problems and suggested fixes are listed. Those …

Following its domestic growth and global success, Nintendo’s UK office has handed out a string of promotions across the business. Rob Lowe and James Honeywell – UK product managers for Wii and DS, respectively – have both been made senior product managers. PR supremo Rob Saunders becomes senior UK PR …

Following his statement that upcoming next-gen title Grand Theft Auto IV will only be released once the developer in utterly convinced” that it is ready, Take 2 chairman Strauss Zelnick has now said that that game will ship by the end of April next year as previously stated. Speaking to …

The Nintendo boys and girls love you so much that they’re offering three of you the chance to win a copy of one of the biggest games of the year, Super Mario Galaxy, just by answering the following, jaw-droppingly simple question: Which English footballing superstar has recently started playing for …

GestureTek looking to give mobile game studios tools to make motion-sensing games

Scene It? Lights, Camera, Action and its Buzz-style ‘Big Button Controllers’ marks an important step into casual gaming for Microsoft and Xbox 360. Family rooms everywhere will be buzzing with the biggest stars and blockbusters from the silver screen as we launch Scene It? Lights, Camera, Action on Xbox 360” …

In an interview with Japanese games mag Famitsu, translated by 1UP , PlayStation president Kaz Hirai has admitted that he is not happy with the current build of Sony’s upcoming PS3 social networking service Home. "If anything, we believe the delay would have a positive effect. I personally am not …

Another snippet to emerge from yesterday’s BMO Capital Markets Conference comes from Nintendo America president Reggie Fils-Aime, who has claimed that rivals Microsoft and Sony now find themselves in an awkward position in the next-gen market. CNN quotes him as saying: "The challenge that our competitors have is significant. They’ve …

Speaking at yesterday’s BMO Capital Markets conference, Take Two chairman Strauss Zelnick has stated that it won’t commit to any date or time period for the release of next-gen title Grand Theft Auto IV, Gamesindustry reports. It was announced in August that the title would miss its initial October ’07 …