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Kinect title Haunt is currently being offered for free to US Xbox 360 owners. It’s part of a new dashboard feature called ‘Kinect Central’ which looks to promote the motion-sensing camera to owners of the console. The promotion is for a limited time and will expire on Monday July 2nd. …
Read More »Tekken producer slams fans in net rant
Katsuhiro Harada, the producer of Namco Bandai’s Tekken franchise, has taken to the internet to deliver a scathing attack on fans of the franchise. I have something I want to say to the people who spam me with requests to ‘switch back to the voice actors used previously’,” he wrote …
Read More »Infinity Blade is Epic’s most profitable ever game
Forget Gears of War or Unreal Tournament – iOS series Infinity Blade is the most profitable game Epic has ever made. Epic CEO Tim Sweeney told GDC Taipei, as reported by Gamasutra, that: "We’ve been very happy with the game industry’s growth. "For a while we were worried that the …
Read More »Kaz Hirai resigns as Sony Computer Entertainment chairman
One of the key figures in the recent history of PlayStation has distanced himself from the business. Kaz Hirai has resigned his position of chairman of Sony Computer Entertainment. His role as Sony Corporation president remains unaffected. He will retain the role of part-time board member of SCE, meaning that …
Read More »Another industry exec predicts the death of the console
Ngmoco’s Ben Cousins has become the latest high-profile games exec to predict the death of the console. Gamasutra reports that speaking at GDC Taipai the former EA, Sony and Lionhead, Cousins stated: "There’s a potential for mobile gaming to kill console gaming. I’m talking about a significant reduction of market …
Read More »Mass Effect 3 Extended Cut on PS3 in Europe delayed by a week
Mass Effect 3’s Extended Cut DLC will not arrive when expected for PS3 owners in Europe. The PS3 version of the free content will now arrive for Europe regions next week, on July 4th reports CVG. The add-on expands on the endings of Mass Effect 3 through additional scenes and …
Read More »Zynga shares drop following Unleashed announcements
Investors didn’t like the noise coming out of the Zynga Unleashed press event, as the social game company’s share prices fell by thirty cents to close the day. Shares closed at $5.77 cents after a daily high of $6.35. Zynga had been steadily regaining ground lost in a series of …
Read More »ZYNGA: Real-time multiplayer out for Bubble Safari, other games soon
Zynga has announced the introduction of real-time multiplayer to its games through its platform. The new feature kicks off today, having already been added to title Bubble Sufari. Starting up a game lets players enter a live match with four other friends and/or strangers. Each match runs for 90 seconds, …
Read More »ZYNGA: Mafia Wars 2 ‘a disappointment’, ‘learning experience’
Zynga’s CEO Mark Pincus has revealed his thoughts on Mafia Wars 2, admitting that the game disappointed and lacked on a ‘fun, core, playable’ level. Pincus shared his assessment on the sequel to the multiplayer social network hit in an interview with Yahoo. Last year "Mafia Wars 2" was a …
Read More »Zynga with Friends social games network announced
Zynga with Friends has been unveiled as part of the social games company’s Unleashed event earlier today in San Francisco. The new feature will link players from across Zynga’s multiplatform network through a single service; essentially a social network for social games. General Manager Michael Bronstein explained the purpose of …
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