Tag: ps3
Xbox 360 outsells PS3 in the UK thanks to little-known arthouse video game GTA IV
PlayStation3 and Xbox 360 both benefited BIG TIME from the launch of Grand Theft Auto IV, but it was Xbox 360 that took the larger and more sustained win.
Sales of Microsoft’s console were up a whopping 47% over the four weeks since GTA IV launched, according to UK stat-watcher Chart-Track, with PlayStation3 managing a rather more modest – and slightly disappointing…
Integrated YouTube coming to PS3 games
YouTube’s developers have revealed that the YouTube API has now been integrated with the Sony’s PlayStation 3.This means that future PS3 titles will be able to use an integrated system to upload game videos direct to the video hosting website for all to see…
Xbox 360, Wii and PS3 all "hazardous" and laced with DEADLY TOXINS
The leaf-strokers and mushroom-worriers at Greenpeace have released another of their NAME AND SHAME press releases, this time focussing on the top three video game consoles.
Xbox 360, Wii and PS3 are all RAMMED with DEADLY CHEMICALS that are POISONOUS and BAD FOR YOU, according to the report, which points out that safe alternatives are available.
Xbox 360 seems to come off worse – it contains a “phthalate” (a chemical used to make plastics) called DiNP which is already banned from being used in toys for kids in the EU…
DivX technology extended to PS3 game developers
DivX support has been on the PS3 for a good old while now. Combined with the DNLA media server networking and its excellent upscaling, the only way it could be better at supporting the scurvy arts is to include a copy of BitComet in the next firmware update.
Sony is presumably not just after DivX capabilities to simplify the process of watching illegally distributed video content (although we are extremely thankful for it) and so it’s high time that the technology was extended to further uses. To that end, DivX has just announced that the video encoding system is now available for PS3 game developers as well…
Sony declares PS3 victory in Europe
Speaking at Sony’s PlayStation Day event yesterday, SCEE’s David Reeves revealed that the PS3 has now outsold Microsoft’s Xbox 360 in Europe. This means that the console – which once laboured under a difficult and delayed launch, a killer price tag and a practically non-existent games line-up – has passed a very important milestone…
Surprise, surprise: GTA IV breaks UK All Format sales record for week one
A recipe for you: Take one of the most successful game franchises of all time, give its developers the budget of small South American country, apply enough hype to sink a blue whale, allow to simmer gently for 6 months until public desire reaches a raging fervour, and serve. There you have your very own Best Selling Game Ever™.
Yes, it is with very little shock at all that GTA IV has wreaked havoc on the UK All Formats games charts, cruelly destroying some hippie yoga nonsense Wii Fit board by a factor of 9 to 1, shifting over a million copies and raking in over 40m in its first week. In fact some 926,000 copies were gone in the first five days.
GAME Group boasts massive year-on-year sales rise, sees video gaming as mainstream entertainment
The video game industry is clearly taking no notice of the financial instability in the global economic climate. UK games retailer GAME, which now owns Gamestation, has reported a huge 86% increase in games sales year-on-year and pre-tax profits leaping from £29.5m to £75.5 million in the year to January 31st 2008…
VIDEO REVIEW: Grand Theft Auto IV. Does it live up to the gargantuan levels of hype?
Well, GTA IV’s out today. It actually happened. They made a new Grand Theft Auto game, for Xbox 360 and PlayStation3, then put it in the shops. Good god, they actually went and did it. It’s here! Men all over the country are scouring branches of Currys for the few remaining unsold copies so they have something to do tonight.
So here’s a review of GTA IV in video form. Sorry it’s not very informative. And sorry it doesn’t show you very much of the game. And sorry about the attempted East European accent. But you do at least get to see Niko standing motionless beside a car for nearly four minutes. No other web site will be offering you that today.
In case you literally can’t stand to watch more than the first 15 seconds of that nonsense, here’s a brief summary – GTA IV is awesome. It delivers…
Grand Theft Auto IV launches across the globe, draws few crowds in its home town
At midnight last night, game stores across the country opened for launch of Grand Theft Auto IV. You may not have heard of it – it’s an understated affair from a little known developer. It certainly isn’t the kind of game where every single newly unearthed feature is granyted its own headline. And Rockstar definitely doesn’t like carefully building hype for its games to a deafening crescendo right before launch. Oh no…
Grand Theft Auto IV set to be the highest rated game of all time?
The GTA IV review deadline landed this weekend and hundreds of online publications were allowed to air their thoughts and critiques of the new addition to the GTA franchise. According to metacritic at the time of writing, both the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions are not just topping the charts for their respective formats, they both have an average rating of 100, making GTA IV as close to gaming perfection as its possible to get.
