Today Sony announced that they will be attempting to move stock of outdated Sixaxis controllers by bundling them with games. So far the games bundled are: Grand Turismo 5 Prologue, Folklore, Motorstorm and F1 Championship Edition. The bundles are only available in Europe. The combo game and controller will fetch you €60.
This is a clever move by Sony. The DualShock 3 controller hasn’t be released is Europe yet and this will defiantly motivate buyers to help clear stock.
After OXM revealed that a Nine Inch Nails Rock Band song pack would be coming out during March, Harmonix decided that NIN fans deserved to play some of their favorite songs early.
Harmonix developer Johnlok posted on the Rock Band forums that a Nine Inch Nails pack will be coming out next Tuesday, Feb 26. Included in the pack are: “The Collector” and personal favorites “March of the Pigs” and “The Perfect Drug.” All three songs are masters and will be released with the usual price of $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points) for each song separately and $5.49 (440 Microsoft Points) for the 3-song pack.
Unfortunately, Rock Band is still nowhere near release in Europe so I’ll have to wait to play these /mode +sad_panda_face.
Three quarters of parents surveyed in the UK are “worried” about videogame content, with 71% concerned across the UK, France, Germany, and Italy.
Of the 4,000 parents surveyed by Microsoft, 44% said children should only play video games for up to an hour a day.
Sixty percent said they understood the parental controls on consoles; less than half felt they had any control over how long their children spend playing.
Here are some more questions from the survey:* Continued…
During their press conference today at the Games Convention in Germany, Sony confirmed that DVR functionality will be coming to European owners in the form of a service called PlayTV. The new addition will be made available early next year.
To make up for my news earlier that you Europeans wouldn’t be getting a chance to test out Call of Duty 4 early, I’m pleased to present this absolutely fabulous news with you: Nintendo of Europe has announced that the RPG Freshly-Picked Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland will be heading to the DS on Sept. 14. Hooray! Continued…
As if Europe didn’t already get the short end of the stick with many videogame releases (ask them about their Wii software lineup), now comes word that the anticipated Call of Duty 4 multiplayer beta on the Xbox 360 will be for Americans only. Ouch.
Now, before y’all get upset, remember that we did let you play the Halo 3 beta with us. Let’s not forget that peace offering. Maybe Activision will change their minds, but as of now, if you want to play CoD 4 and you don’t live in the U.S., you’re going to have to wait until its final release. From CVG:
The publisher has confirmed with CVG this morning that the beta test WILL BE for US residents only. We’re currently in the dark as to why this is the case. The Activision spokesperson we contacted was unable to elaborate.
