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Square Enix and Microsoft has teamed up to create a special joypad for the launch of the Tomb Raider reboot. The Xbox 360 Tomb Raider Limited Edition Wireless Controller will be available when the game arrives on March 5th. It will retail for 39.99. The controller was designed with help …
Read More »Don’t worry, Xbox is not ditching the High Street
There is just one Microsoft-published game on the release schedule. Gears of War: Judgment launches on March 22nd and when MCV asked a rep yesterday if that was it, we were pointed to the array of Xbox Live Arcade titles on the way. It’s not exactly the answer GAME or …
Read More »Fork Particle debuts iOS SDK
Real-time particle effects tech comes to Apple portables
Read More »Wake-Up Club rises on Vita
Sony’s latest free Vita app is to launch on Tuesday 15th in North America. The Wake-Up Club, will be available to download from the PS store from Tuesday 15th, Sony announced via the PlayStation Blog. The app brings together 12 PSN members who have selected the same morning alarm time …
Read More »Wii U sells less, generates more dollars than original Wii launch
Nintendo’s newest console is tracking behind its predecessor in terms of US launch sales, but is bringing in more dollars. Wii U sold 460,000 units in the US last month, according to new NPD data, bringing its total lifetime sales up to 890,000. An NPD spokesperson said: "Sales of the …
Read More »HMV says Blue Cross sale not related to banking covenants
HMV has downplayed speculation over discounting after an ITV business reporter suggested a blue cross sale might be a way of raising funds ahead of debt deadlines. Announced earlier this week, the sale is set to take place in over 230 HMV stores across the UK and Ireland, starting from …
Read More »NPD December: Xbox 360, Black Ops 2 top another lackluster month
The NPD has provided its December 2012 report for US retail, as well as a general overview for 2012, and to no one’s surprise the numbers show the same old decline we’ve come accustomed to in the past year. The month saw total industry sales fall by 22 per cent …
Read More »Violent games bill dies without a vote
Senator plans to reintroduce bill within a month
Read More »Microsoft: Xbox Live ads a success, more investment on the way
Advertisements on the Xbox Live dashboard won’t be going away anytime soon, as Microsoft has revealed plans to invest further into the space. Gamespot reports the first wave of ‘natural user-interface ads’, or just NUads, deployed in Q4 2012 were highly successful,” in the words of Microsoft. According to the …
Read More »Upcoming Fallout project teased by Fallout 3 voice actor
A new Fallout effort is in the works, though what it may be is anyone’s guess at this point. Actor Erik Todd Dellums, voice of Fallout 3 character Three Dog, teased the mystery project on his Twitter feed. To all my #Fallout3 and #ThreeDog fans: There may be more of …
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