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Warren Mills will leave Google for a role at mobile commerce firm Weve at the end of the month. Mills was Google’s industry manager for entertainment. At Weve, which is a joint venture between mobile operators EE, Vodafone and O2, he will assume the role of entertainment partnerships manager and …
Read More »Gas Powered cans Kickstarter amid studio turmoil
Wildman crowdfunding campaign stopped with only 50 per cent of target goal achieved
Read More »Amazon depots face GMB union protests
Members of the GMB union will tomorrow (Feb 13th) stage a number of demonstrations across nine of Amazon’s UK depots. Retail Week reports that the dispute concerns staff wages, which are 6.20 an hour – one penny above the UK minimum wage. Disquiet about the pay rates has intensified since …
Read More »Xbox 360 shifts 76 million units
Xbox Live grows to 46 million subscribers as users clock up 18 billion hours of entertainment in 2012
Read More »Microsoft opens Xbox Entertainment Studios in LA
New company to focus on creating interactive content and live event programming
Read More »Worldwide Xbox 360 sales reach 76m units
Microsoft has proudly announced that the Xbox 360 has now sold 76m units worldwide. Amazingly, the machine has been the best selling console for 24 consecutive months in North America, fending off new hardware launches such as 3DS, Vita and Wii U in the process. On top of the console …
Read More »SimBin releases free-to-play RaceRoom Racing Experience
Swedish developer SimBin, best known for the GTR games, has released a new free-to-play game titled RaceRoom Racing Experience. Pegged as being more than a game”, the RaceRoom experience is spread across three destinations – a game, a content store, and a motorsports portal. SimBin’s past games have been known …
Read More »Next Xbox will not function unless Kinect is connected, requires mandatory installs – rumour
Fresh rumours about Microsoft’s Next Xbox suggest that the machine will not operate unless the latest version of Kinect is connected. That’s according to Kotaku, which has word from anonymous source SuperDaE. He’s the fella who last year made a name for himself trying to sell a Durango development kit …
Read More »Real Racing 3 release date announced, freemium model detailed
EA has announced a 28th February release date for Firemonkeys’ hotly anticipated Real Racing 3. Alongside the release date announcement, several hands-on previews have popped up online, shedding some light on how the series’ newly adopted freemium model works out. The game will feature two forms of currency, Touch Arcade‘s …
Read More »Journey wins eight nominations at games BAFTAs
This year’s British Academy Games Awards nominees have been revealed, with Sony’s Journey leading the pack. The Thatgamecompany developed title has eight nominations, leading Telltale’s The Walking Dead, which has seven. Far Cry 3 wins six and indie hit Dear Esther five. A total of 53 games feature across 17 …
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