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The concerns of MCV and others have seemingly been taken on board. Right at the beginning of 2011 MCV warned that Vita and the 3DS could both struggle in the market unless they adapted their software offer to account to the bite-sized low-cost gaming model pioneered by the likes of …
Read More »CD Projekt reveals extent of Witcher 2 piracy
For every copy of The Witcher 2 that’s been legitimately sold, more than four copies have been pirated, according to the CEO of creator CD Projekt. Marcin Iwinski insisted it would be pointless for his company to use digital rights management (DRM) technologies to attempt to curb piracy, but believes …
Read More »Last Guardian boss "quits Sony"
The creative figurehead behind Ico and Shadow of the Colossus has quit Sony Japan with his third project unfinished, a new report suggests. Eurogamersources claim that Fumito Ueda has departed as Team Ico creative director at Sony’s Tokyo development hub. It is speculated that the 41-year-old will finish his third …
Read More »Fumito Ueda ‘quits Sony’
Ico designer to finish work on The Last Guardian 'in freelance capacity'
Read More »FEATURE: Come together
[Intel sponsored feature] Finding inspiration for apps through collective thinking
Read More »APPLE APP CHARTS: Games dominate Top 10s
Apple UK has published its second weekly charts, and games have once again held their own. Out of the four weekly charts – iPhone paid apps, iPhone free apps, iPad paid apps and iPad free apps – three have a game at No.1. Only the iPhone paid apps Top 10 …
Read More »App Store Charts: Week 48
Amazing Breaker takes top paid iPhone game; Mastersoft Mobile Chess wins on iPad
Read More »Xbox 360 enjoys biggest week ever
Microsoft has recorded its best weekly sales in the history of the Xbox brand, selling just under 1m units in seven days. More than 960,000 Xbox 360 units were sold in the US during the week of Black Friday (week ending Friday, November 25th), according to Larry "Major Nelson" Hyrb. …
Read More »Zynga metrics are ‘sketchy’, claims Take-Two CEO
Facebook games kingpin 'has disclosure issues', Zelnick claims
Read More »Sony readies PS3 for Vita launch
A new firmware update will add Vita functionality to PlayStation 3 this week. Sony has announced the imminent system software update, v4.00, will enable PS3 owners to use their console as a content hub for the upcoming handheld, according to the PlayStation Blog. They will be able to share games, …
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