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Indie start-up Total ArKade to focus on 'innovative gameplay', says Tony Takoushi
Read More »The Konami Code gets political
Franois Bayrou is a man, a politician. And clearly one who recognises the power of the Gaming Vote. As spotted by The Telegraph, there’s a hidden treat to be found on his website as he builds toward his French presidential campaign. Want to take a look? OK, head over to …
Read More »Sony launching new networking device
A new content streaming device called Nasne is on the way from Sony. The small black box comes with 500GB of internal storage and, in Japan at least, both digital and satellite tuners. It will offer streaming and storage interoperability with other Sony devices such as PS3, PlayStation Vita, VAIO …
Read More »Bruno Senna backs System 3 racer
Veteran publisher System 3 is bringing new racer Absolute Supercars to retail with the help of Bruno Senna. The F1 driver and nephew of the late Ayrton Senna has helped hone the car handling in Absolute Supercars, which is due to arrive on PS3 at the end of May. The …
Read More »Rare snaps up Sega R&D boss as creative head
Simon Woodroffe to lead up design at Microsoft studio
Read More »EA reneges on Origin block policy
Users who have been banned from EA’s Origin network will now be able to access the single player content of any games on their account. That’s after EA decided to review the terms and conditions of its Origin user agreement. Previously any ban from origin resulted in account holders being …
Read More »US authorities to track suspects using games consoles
Big Brother is watching. Specifically, he’s watching what you’re doing on your consoles. Gamasutra reports that the US Navy and the Department of Homeland Security have employed the services of forensics company Obscure Technologies to discover a way to track data exchanged through modern console networks. The aim is to …
Read More »Gamescom London press meet happening this Thursday
The organisers of the year’s Gamescom are running a London press meeting this Thursday at UKIE’s Wardour Street office. Billed as the chance to get the latest information from the organisers of this year’s Gamescom event in Cologne”, the gathering takes place on Thursday April 19th at 2:30pm. Drinks and …
Read More »OPINION: Call of Duty hasn’t peaked
In just a matter of weeks Call of Duty 9 will likely be unveiled. But if you work at Activision, thinking about that now is supposed to irk you. Because yesterday the wider games media decided that Call of Duty has peaked. Modern Warfare 3 sales are 4.2 per cent …
Read More »November 6th release rumoured for Halo 4
It looks as if Microsoft is to break with recent tradition and release the new Halo closer to Christmas than it ever has previously. The Verge claims to have word from a reliable source” that Microsoft has internally set November 6th as the release date for Halo 4. Furthermore, it …
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