via kotaku

No more rumors. No more speculation. Swedish videogame mag GameReactor has released a teaser image of their upcoming April issue—they're quite serious, mind you—featuring their "exklusivt!" reveal of Sega's sequel to the Saturn classic NiGHTS Into Dreams. Funny that they don't actually mention the hardware platform, isn't it? Still, the fact that the Official Nintendo Magazine in the UK is running their NiGHTS issue soon leads us to conclude it's coming to the Wii. For now. ...

via gamespot

Yokohama, Japan-based game developer and publisher Koei has announced eight games for release in the UK before the end of 2007.

The games on the slate include one new title, Prey the Stars, for the Nintendo DS, which will be coming in the third quarter of 2007. The company declined to release further details on the game at this time.

Other games incoming are Dynasty Warriors: Fighters Battle DS for Q3, G1 Jockey Wii in June, and Orochi Warriors (working title, previously known as Musou Orochi) for the PlayStation 2 and the Xbox 360 in October.

The company also confirmed release dates for Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner - Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army for the PlayStation 2 on April 27, and previously pushed back games BladeStorm: The Hundred Years' War and Fatal Inertia, both for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in Q3 2007. ...

via gibiz

After hardware sales saw Sony's PS3 achieve record success in the UK, it's not surprising to see software for the new home console also bedding into the all-formats charts.

Insomniac's Resistance: Fall of Man and Evolution Studios's Motorstorm take the number one and two positions respectively, scoring hits for first-party development.

However, Codemaster's Brian Lara International Cricket 2007 took the number three position in the charts, proving that it wasn't necessary to be on a new console to achieve high sales during the busy launch weekend.

The multiformat Virtua Tennis 3 took the number four position in the charts, while Activision's Call of Duty 3 saw a boost from new format sales – jumping from number 20 to number five.

Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories still managed to perform well at a budget price, sitting at number six in the charts and beating the PS3-exclusive Formula 1: Championship Edition at number seven.

THQ's long-awaited PC shooter S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Shadow of Chernobyl achieved good sales on its first weekend of release, taking the number eight position in the all-formats chart.

EA's Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 is at nine this week and Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 is at number ten.

There are plenty of other new entries in the top twenty this week, with Bandai Namco's Ridge Racer 7 at number 11 just ahead of EA's Def Jam: Icon at number 12.

Sega's Virtua Fighter 5 enters the charts at number 14, EA's UEFA Champions League 2006 – 2007 at number 15 and Sony's Genji: Days of the Blade at 16.

Ubisoft's TMNT: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles also makes its debut this week at number 19, while EA's Fight Night Round 3 and Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog both enjoy a sales spurt due to PS3 releases - they're at numbers 13 and 24 respectively.

A look at the specific PlayStation 3 chart reveals that Sony has four first-party developed titles in the top twenty, with Resistance, Motorstorm and Formula 1 holding the top three positions. Electronic Arts has five titles in the top twenty, Sega has four and Activision has three. ...

Wistron, the Taiwanese device manufacturer currently producing Xbox 360 units for Microsoft, is likely to halt production of the console during 2008, according to a report in the Economic Daily News.

The company is likely to discontinue manufacturing of the console due to the decline in profits and because Microsoft has partnered with rival manufacturer Celistica, reports DigiTimes.

Production of the Xbox 360 currently accounts for around 10 per cent of Wistron's business and it is thought halting production will not have any serious impact on the company.

Wistron is expected to record revenues of TWD 280 billion (EUR 6.34 billion) in 2007.

As well as Wistron and Celistica, Singapore-based Flextronics also manufactures the Xbox 360 for Microsoft.

Microsoft was unavailable for comment at the time of writing.

via gibiz ...

Just days after the European launch of PlayStation 3, UK retailer Aria.co.uk has slashed the price of the console to under GBP 400 - more than GBP 25 below the recommended retail price.

The 60GB PS3 launched in Europe last Friday with an official RRP of GBP 425 / EUR 599. However, it's now available on Aria's website for GBP 340.38 excluding VAT, or GBP 399.95 inclusive.

Based in Manchester, Aria.co.uk specialises in selling PC components and peripherals. The company sells to distributors and other retailers as well as individuals.

Via eurogamer ...

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