Consoles

Zumba Fitness will be released for PS3 and Wii in February next year. The new SKUs of 505 Games’ dancing exercise game will hit shelves in the UK on February 4th. They will follow on from the original Zumba Fitness, a Kinect launch title that was released last month, and …

It’s not just publishers developing titles for the new motion controllers – peripherals vendor BigBen is also making PlayStation Move games. The firm will release at least one title for Sony’s 1.5 million-selling hardware next year as it re-establishes its publishing business, the company told MCV. BigBen already develops and …

While the recently released World of Warcraft: Cataclysm saw game world Azeroth get a major rebuild in a number of areas, the next release for the game is likely to introduce players to some brand new territory. I think the next expansion will be something more like a new continent …

In what could prove a very big blow to the activities of internet pirates, Google has announced a number of new policies designed to limit the accessibility of illegal content online. In a document entitled ‘Making Copyright Work Better Online’ on its Public Policy blog, Google has ledged to radically …

The culture minister, Ed Vaizey, has claimed his department will resist calls for game tax breaks in what he calls a three or four year hiatus”. That would suggest the Coalition Government won’t promise state support for the British games industry until the next election looms. The Conservative Party, of …

Specialist publisher Rising Star has once again expanded its portfolio with a popular Asian brand, this time in the form of Pucca. Originally a Flash-based mini-series, Pucca is follows the adventures of a noodle seller’s daughter and a ninja. It has branched out into TV shows, merchandings, clothes and toys …

As was rumoured earlier in the week, Sega has announced a brand new squad-based shooter from the creator of the Yakuza series Toshihiro Nagoshi. Called Binary Domain, the Xbox 360 and PS3 title is, much like other recent releases such as Vanquish, being developed with Western audiences in mind. Set …

Novelist Salman Rushdie has said that Iran can be liberated” by dropping Nintendo consoles and Big Macs from the sky. The author – known for his controversial 1988 book The Satanic Verses – made the comments in an interview with Big Think, as reported by Game Informer. If you look …

The Xbox 360 could receive a paid-for online TV service next year, according to reports. Microsoft is planning to introduce a virtual cable service that charges users a monthly fee to view a range of channels. Reuters has allegedly spoken to a number of sources which are familiar with the …

The lucrative Black Friday shopping week has seemingly proved a very successful period for Nintendo.CVG reports that internal company estimates point to US sales of 900k units for DS and 600k units for Wii in the period between November 21st and November 27th. That represents total sales of 1.5m consoles …