Prepare for big numbers
DS is Europe's undoubted sales champion, according to recent data from GameStop and technology research firm IDG. In fact, such is the console's success, its sales are more than triple any other non-Nintendo console on the market.
Could take over the world
If you were slightly excited by Rare's earlier assertion that only 10% of Kinect's power is being used, wait until you hear what software incubator Nick Burton thinks of the future.
Start a Net Blitz
After the disappointment of the PlayStation Move controls in Top Spin 4, tennis aficionados are now looking to Virtua Tennis 4 for a better racquet experience. Sega has just announced the game will land on PlayStation 3 with exclusive content compared to Virtua Tennis 4 on Kinect and Nintendo Wii.
Will you be an April fool?
This week's North American Nintendo Download was underwhelming to say the least, and its European counterpart absolutely blows it out of the water. Let's see what treats await.
Get it for just $9.74
Gameloft's Dungeon Hunter Alliance is about to crawl into the PlayStation Store dungeon and cast a spell on PlayStation Move owners looking for a Diablo-style experience on the PS3.
What can the other 90% do?
Rare's Kinect Sports is the race leader on Kinect, but according to the company's incubation software director Nick Burton, it used less than 15% of Kinect's capabilities.
At long last!
Fans of Japanese RPGs have been gazing longingly at Xenoblade for a long time now, but those soppy eyes are about to cheer up as Nintendo of Europe announces the game will find release there under the name Xenoblade Chronicles.
Defying gravity
Saturnine Games just sent over the first screenshots of its upside-down platform puzzler Antipole for DSiWare, revealing a little more about the gravity-flipping title.
Fun fur free
We'd all love the chance to make friends with big cats on a faraway tropical island but the inherent dangers, not to mention the mounting costs of insurance and travel, are too big to ignore. That's why it's with happy hearts we can share the good news that Microsoft is setting a free Kinectimals demo onto the Xbox Live Marketplace next week.
A whopper to relish
Retro remakes and WiiWare go together like bleeps and bloops, like gloomy arcades and sticky floors, like burgers and relish. How appropriate then that MonkeyPaw Games and Frozen Codebase are bringing BurgerTime HD to Nintendo's download service this summer.
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