Portal:Current events/Video gaming/In the news

Wii

• Sony drops the price of the PSP to USD$169.99 [1]

• Microsoft unveils the Xbox 360 Elite. [2]

• Nintendo claims the top spots in February for hardware sold. [3]

• The Game Developers Conference gets underway in San Francisco. [4]

• John Riccitiello is appointed as CEO of Electronic Arts. He will succeed Larry Probst from April 2nd. [5]

• The Elder Scrolls designer Ken Rolston joins Big Huge Games. [6]

• The Wii (pictured) outsells the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 for the month of January. [7]

• Nintendo says that it is open to porting Japan-only games to the Wii's Virtual Console. [8]

• Gears of War wins eight awards at the Interactive Achievement Awards. [9]

• Many game titles to be released for the Wii Virtual Console. [10]