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The developer behind a Kickstarter game designed for Kinect has blamed the gamers’ ‘hatred’ of motion controls for the project’s imminent failure. Kung Fu Superstar was pitched as a narrative led fighting game which as well as accurately utilising Kinect’s technology could also help players learn authentic kung fu techniques. …
Read More »Former Rovio trio go it alone, get funding
Finnish startup Boomlagoon has secured financial backing and will soon launch its first game. Former Angry Birds developers Antti Stn, Tuomas Erikoinen, and Ilkka Halila formed the studio in April but have only now secured a deal with Jari Ovaskainen and London Venture Partners to make their official debut. Stn …
Read More »Iwata apologises for day one Wii U update
Punters who buy a Wii U this weekend face a sizable day one patch if they want full functionality – a fact Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata has apologised for. "Personally I think that users should be able to use all the functions of a console video game machine as soon …
Read More »Kongregate now supports downloadable titles
Browser gaming site to help developers promote and monetise free-to-play games
Read More »Amazon launches Appstore in Japan
Online retailer continues push into mobile sector
Read More »PS3 Skyrim DLC shows signs of life
PS3 Skyrim owners have been left behind, but not forgotten according to Bethesda. The company’s PR and marketing head Pete Hines took to Twitter in response to the questions regarding the lack of any of the title’s DLC for Sony’s console. "We continue to work on it. And content will …
Read More »Yoshi’s Land Wii U retail listings sprout up
The unannounced Yoshi’s Land title for Wii U has popped up once again, this time in a pair of retail listings. Polygon reports the Canadian online catalogues of Best Buy and Future Shop had listed the title (both pages have been pulled) with a pre-order price of $59.99 and an …
Read More »Designer CV reveals Dragon Age III to launch in 2014 as next-gen title
Dragon Age III: Inquisition will skip next year and current-gen consoles entirely, if the CV of EA Shanghai’s Tao Gu is to be believed. According to the level designer’s Linkedin profile (via Kotaku), the next fully-fledged Dragon Age title has been pushed to 2014 and onto next generation consoles due …
Read More »Black Ops II debuts at No.2 in the Japanese charts
Treyarch’s Call of Duty: Black Ops II has debuted in second place in the weekly Japanese software chart. Combined sales across PS3 and Xbox 360 reached 220k units, with the PS3 SKU claiming No.2 with sales of 197,350. The Xbox 360 release charted at No.6 with 22,177 unit sales. Ubisoft’s …
Read More »PlayStation Plus: Vanquish, Arkham City, Limbo free next month
It’s the season of giving and December is probably the best month for PlayaStation Plus subscribers since Sony introduced the Instant Game Collection. Getting added to the bouquet of games available for free download via PSN in December are Batman: Arkham City, Vanquish and Limbo. All three games will go …
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