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Namco Bandai and Cartoon Network will teach over 300,000 kids about the solar system with the help of hit cartoon character Ben 10. A full curriculum-mapped series of lesson plans are now available for teachers to use. They are based on Namco’s upcoming video game Ben 10: Galactic Racing, and …
Read More »US study dissects iPad user habits and wealth
Comscore data claims the Apple device has driven 97 per cent of tablet traffic in the US
Read More »Battlefield 3 police shooting likely to spark outrage
Modern Warfare 3 has its London Underground level, and now it looks like Battlefield 3 has found its point of controversy. The game’s listing on the website of American rating’s body the ESRB says that: "In one sequence, a restrained character’s throat is slit (off-screen); in another, players shoot police …
Read More »Kinect and Razer scoop T3 awards
Kinect was named Gadget of the year at this year’s T3 Gadget Awards. The Xbox 360 motion accessory also took home the Gaming Gadget of the year, in a ceremony that also saw Samung’s Galaxy S II beat the iPhone to the phone of the year prize. Another gaming winner …
Read More »Facebook champions HTML5 as apps go mobile
Credits can now be bought through smartphones
Read More »$1.5m paid to six startups in StarFund round
Each studio given $250,000 to build mobile and social games
Read More »Follow the Games Media Awards on Twitter and Facebook
With a little over two weeks to go until The Games Media Awards 2011, in association with Grainger Games, it’s time for us to remind you exactly how modern we are. We were going to communicate with you all by printing words on bits of paper. These were then going …
Read More »Sony signs rights to Steve Jobs: The Film
Sony Pictures has reportedly paid $1 million for the rights to produce Steve Jobs’ biopic, after the Apple founder died earlier this month. Former Time Magazine managing editor Walter Isaacson wrote the original biography, which was sourced from interviews with Jobs, his family, and others that knew him. Tributes have …
Read More »MCV Pacific launch party: In pictures
The regional games industry descended on Sydney last week to celebrate the launch of our new trade site, MCV Pacific. Publishers, retailers, developers, educators and more came out to celebrate with the MCV team and you can check out the pictures by clicking here. The aim of MCV Pacific is …
Read More »69p Indie Bundle hits App Store
A group of mobile developers have teamed up to raise money for charity by selling their games in one cheap and cheerful pack. For 69p, iOS users can pick up the Corona Indie Bundle, which features five popular indie titles created using Corona, Ansca Mobile’s software development kit. 17 per …
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