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The next installment in the Starcraft II trilogy is set to arrive on March 12th, with Blizzard opening up pre-orders for standard and digital deluxe editions starting today. Blizzard solidifies the target date after noting last week in its financial report that the company hoped to launch the expansion sometime …
Read More »PS Plus expands to Vita next week
Sony has announced Playstation Plus will be made available on Vita this coming Monday. The November 19th launch of the premium service on Sony’s latest handheld will pack access to the Instant Game Collection, a list of AAA titles available for download through the Playstation Store – though the feature …
Read More »Molyneux admits "it’s not good enough" but don’t you dare lose faith in Curiosity
What your article says is right. We were not prepared for the numbers that hit our app. "I can be as proud as I like about how hard people have worked and how quickly they’ve implemented a completely new server system – it’s miraculous – but at the end of …
Read More »New marketing director for Xbox UK
Long-serving Microsoft exec Harvey Eagle has this week been appointed the new marketing director for Xbox UK. Eagle was previously Interactive Entertainment Business Category Director across the EMEA region, working for Jeremy Dale. Prior to that, he has been a key member of the EMEA Xbox team for the last …
Read More »Faceware moves on China and Japan
New reseller deals secure facial animation outfit a road into Asia
Read More »Individual Kinect Sports 2 events to be sold on Xbox Live
Microsoft is to chop up previous full release Kinect Sports: Season Two into smaller, downloadable chunks. Specifically, three of the game’s individual events are to be made available for 240 Microsoft Points each – Darts vs Zombies, Ski Race and 3 Point Contest. Each will offer a total of 50 …
Read More »Mobile app optimisation firm raises $6m
Swrve raises $6.25m to fund product development
Read More »McAfee founder on the run after neighbour’s murder
John McAfee, the millionaire founder of McAfee Anti-Virus, is on the run from Belize police after his neighbour, Gregory Faull, was found murdered. Faull died of a single gunshot wound to the back of the head. The 67-year old claims to have hidden from police, who were looking to question …
Read More »Blockbuster publishes digital magazine
Retailer Blockbuster has ventured into the world of digital publishing with a brand new iPad, Android and Kindle magazine. Covering films and games, it’s free to download and contain lots of rich media such as embedded video, interactive content and interviews. The publication is produced in-house and obviously links through …
Read More »NBC 5 issues fake iPad warning after woman buys a mirror
Be warned, dear readers – a cunning scam is currently thriving in the US that tricks punters into buying a fake iPad. It is speculated that the rouse is being perpetrated by the same gang of hooligans that have been spotted in Weston-super-Mare selling pencils to pensioners, tricking them into …
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