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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, …
Read More »Battlefield 3 sales top 8 million
Electronic Arts has announced sales of its blockbuster first-person shooter have surpassed the eight million milestone. The figure was confirmed by the publisher’s CFO Eric Brown during this week’s Baird Technology Conference in San Fransisco, according to Game Informer. Previously, EA touted first week sales of five million units worldwide …
Read More »Resident Evil: Revelations and ‘Circle Pad Pro’ arrive on January 27th
Resident Evil: Revelations will release for the 3DS in Europe on January 27th along with the new ‘Circle Pad Pro’ accessory. The circle pad pro device adds functionality to the handheld, with a second analogue control added via a large attachment, but was nevertheless controversial when announced earlier in the …
Read More »Finalists named in Game Connection dev contest
Winner to receive PS3 and Vita dev kits and support from Sony
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