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Katamari Damacy maestro Keita Takahashi has walked out on his publishing partner Namco Bandai, the company has confirmed to play.tm. Takahashi – a widely revered game designer routinely praised for not buying into the big business that drives the industry – may now be departing from game design for good. …
Read More »Grainger expands head office team
Grainger Games has announced two key appointments as it once again grows its store count. The independent chain opened a new store this week in Stockport. It now has a total of 35 outlets spread across the North of England. Coinciding with this milestone is a new addition to the …
Read More »Duke Nukem Forever lives!
Brothers in Arms and Aliens vs Predator developer Gearbox has, as predicted, been revealed as the studio tasked with steering the hugely traumatised Duke Nukem Forever to its seemingly impossible retail release. And furthermore, studio boss Randy Pitchford told a Seattle audience tonight that development on the game is complete. …
Read More »OnLive announces wi-fi support
Ambitious cloud-computing based video games service OnLive will roll out an official wi-fi beta version of its service in September. The company has also lowered the minimum system requirement for OnLive. Users now need a 3Mbps internet connection, dual-core CPU and, for Macs, OS 10.5.8 or higher. Coupled with the …
Read More »RedLynx adds WiiWare in digital plan
Studioâ??s new physics-based racing game heading for Nintendoâ??s online channel
Read More »iPod outsells DS and PSP combined
Steve Jobs has used tonight’s iPod-centric press gathering to signal a new era in portable gaming – and it’s one that the outspoken Apple CEO claims complete ownership of. In a sharp change of tact from his previously reserved approach to the handheld gaming sector, a bolshy Steve Jobs claimed …
Read More »BlitzTech gets Kinect and Move functionality
New peripherals supported on popular middleware and development tool set
Read More »Miniclip opens mobile gaming division
Miniclip has opened a new business unit focused on mobile, initially with iOS and Android, with more smartphone platforms to follow. Mobile offers a new revenue stream for sites like Miniclip, which hope their big online audiences – it has 57 million – will follow them to mobile. In addition, …
Read More »Price cuts for DSi and DSi XL
Nintendo has confirmed that it is to cut $20 off the price of its two most recent versions of the DS in North America from September 12th. The DSi will drop from $169.99 to $149.99 and the larger DSi XL will fall from $189.99 to $169.99. The older DS will …
Read More »Publisher Atlus dissolved
Shin Megami Tensei publisher Atlus has been dissolved by its parent company Index Holdings. Gamasutra reports that the label may, however, live on in one form or another with Index pledging to to streamline its business focus to profitable core areas”. The company acquired Atlus in November 2006. Atlus is …
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