- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Dec 12, 2010 22:58 JST
- Tags: Awards, Bioware, Events, FPS, Nintendo, PS3, Rankings, RPG, Wii, Xbox 360

The winners of the 2010 Spike Video Game Awards have been announced to much fanfare and plenty of juicy acrimony over who the winners are and why they are all so manly.
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Namco’s team of Wii beta testers (some would call them customers) seem to have done their work well – the “perfect” PS3 edition shows improvements in every area, from graphics to gameplay.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Nov 10, 2010 02:33 JST
- Tags: Comparison, Marketing, Microsoft, Nintendo, PS3, Rankings, Sony, Wii, Xbox 360

Game developer Tose’s proclamation that the PS3 had finally taken the lead in the current generation’s console war has proven false, and the company has issued a grovelling retraction.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Nov 8, 2010 14:18 JST
- Tags: Comparison, Marketing, Microsoft, Nintendo, PS3, Rankings, Sony, Wii, Xbox 360

Statistics published by top game developer Tose show that with 42 million the total number of PS3s sold globally have exceeded the Xbox 360 by a million units.
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Microsoft is bombastically proclaiming Kinect launch sales will beat those of the Wii, and just for good measure says it will beat the iPad too.
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The PlayStation Move controller may be a flagrant copy of the Wii’s WiiMote, but ping-pong aficionados playing both consoles side-by-side have compared the two and found Sony’s imitation does actually deliver a rather upgraded experience.
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Nintendo has confirmed the Wii successor console is well underway, but will not talk about it at all for fear of it being ripped off.
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Namco’s practice of allowing users on other platforms to pay for the privilege of beta-testing Tales games for PS3 users seems to have reached its pinnacle with Tales of Graces – comparing the PS3 version (above) to the Wii beta (top) shows some rather stark differences.
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In a move unlikely to surprise many given its handling of “Xbox 360 exclusive” Tales of Vesperia, Namco has announced a perfect edition of Tales of Graces on the PS3.
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Japanese gamers share a ranking of the most enjoyable games of the first half of 2010, revealing the Japanese gaming market truly seems locked in desperate times.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Jun 17, 2010 14:34 JST
- Tags: Comparison, Controllers, DS, Events, Microsoft, Nintendo, PS3, Sony, Wii, Xbox 360

E3’s major announcements have been made, and observers are busily trying to work out just who “won” the event – most indications seem to suggest Nintendo dominating or at worst tying with Sony.
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Nintendo’s E3 performance included a full announcement of its 3DS console, which appears to have been very well received indeed.
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