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What was the biggest event of 2011? What is games retail hoping forin 2012? MCV speaks to retailers nationwide in its annual retail survey… Over 6.5 million day one sales, $775m in revenue generated within its first five days on sale and a whopping 75 copies sold per second. It’s …
Read More »Xbox dash "designed for ads", users discover ad block workaround
One developer has labelled the new Xbox 360 ‘Metro’ dashboard an advertiser’s dream” and criticised it for effectively hiding away a user’s game content. "For me the truly disheartening news is that the ‘games’ tab on our game console is now several pages away from the start," Mommy’s Best Games …
Read More »MS insisting on Kinect support for all Xbox apps
Apps for the Xbox 360 and future consoles will require Kinect support, according to reports. Microsoft has allegedly toldKotakuthat any developers looking to upload content must ensure users can navigate them via voice or gestures through the Kinect sensor. Microsoft is also said to be providing devs making apps with …
Read More »Indie anger at new Xbox dash
Developers share their concern as software update throws all XBLIG games into single list
Read More »Mobile dev trumps Crytek to best studio accolade
Fishlabs beats five other nominees to prize at German Developer Awards 2011
Read More »Football Manager’s future ‘is mobile, not console’
Soccer sim studio scouts tablets, cloud tech and microtransactions
Read More »Gamers now able to claim free games with Nintendo Coins
In what many gamers will say is a long overdue move, Club Nintendo is to begin offering free games in exchange for Nintendo coins. Coins are earned when consumers purchase a Nintendo or select third party title for Wii, DS or 3DS. A user can exchange them against Nintendo’s catalogue …
Read More »Console games come to Google Chrome
Publishers are bringing a range of home console games to Google’s Chrome browser thanks to new tech from the internet giant. Using Google’s new Native Client technology, developers are able to run compiled code in the browser, meaning console-style games can be played in the same way as casual and …
Read More »Angry Birds rules the roost on the Apple App Store
At this time every year, Apple releases ‘Rewind’, its annual year-end lists for music, movies, TV shows, podcasts and apps. Last year, Rovio’s phenomenon of a game was best paid app – and it’s repeated the trick in 2011. It didn’t figure in the iPad stakes as it wasn’t out …
Read More »Kinect support ‘required’ for future Xbox 360 apps
Gesture and voice control 'to be integrated into all new content'
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