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Music games are among the biggest sellers on the market, and yet few are the result of a direct collaboration between games publishers and record labels. But renowned music firm EMI is taking to the stage with Now! That’s What I Call Music: Dance and Sing, its first – and …
Read More »Jack Wilshere visiting GAME Oxford Street this Friday
This Friday’s official FIFA 12 launch event at GAME’s Oxford Street store in London is to have a very special guest – Arsenal and England midfielder Jack Wilshere. Jack appears alongside Wayne Rooney on the front of this year’s game, although he has just been side-lined for the rest of …
Read More »Valve still hopes for Steam on Xbox 360
PC games kingpin Valve believes there is still hope for its digital portal Steam to launch on Microsoft’s Xbox system. Chet Faliszek, a writer at the Washington studio, told Develop that the final decision was Microsoft’s to make – suggesting that Valve’s existing deal to incorporate Steam on PS3 is …
Read More »Steam on Xbox 360 still possible, says Valve
Studio adds that policy changes are needed for PS3 Steam to work to fullest potential
Read More »Motion control game helps children fight cancer
'PE Interactive' used to help treatment and build patients' physical strength and mental health
Read More »Final Fantasy brand "has been greatly damaged"
Speaking frankly at a Tokyo press conference, Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada has admitted that the Final Fantasy brand has been greatly damaged” the technical woes suffered by MMO title Final Fantasy XIV. The game launched last year and was instantly dogged by a host of technical hiccups and design …
Read More »VIDEO: Jay-Z signs up to Battlefield 3
EA’s latest video in its on-going Battlefield 3 hype campaign has gone live – and you can see it right here. The new short, entitled Above and Beyond the Call” (the ‘Call of Duty’, that is) features none other than Jay-Z, whose popular hit 99 Problems provides the musical backdrop …
Read More »Apple staff told to cancel October holidays
Claims have emerged that staff members of UK Apple stores have been told to cancel any holiday booked for the first two weeks of October. Such claims have been made and passed without event before, but it just so happens that early October has already been fingered as the launch …
Read More »Free indie workspace offered at Indiecade
Event to showcase independent games and 'encourage innovation and artistry'
Read More »Western publishers looking beyond IP
The value of IP is already very well understood, but one firm has claimed that games publishers in the West are slowly catching up with their Eastern counterparts by taking measures to protect their technical innovations. A new report from patent firm Withers & Rogers says that of the top …
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