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Microsoft believes a new wave of locally developed Kinect titles will help boost sales of the peripheral in Japan. Earlier this week, the platform holder’s Japanese Xbox 360 general manager Takashi Sensui admitted that the console’s motion-sensing camera did not met expectations at launch in the region, according to Andriasang. …
Read More »Tech problems affecting PlayStation Plus members
Sony has outlined details of a PSN problem that it temporarily stopping PlayStation Plus subscribers from accessing some of the free content on offer. The issue stems from the infamous Welcome Back program, some legacy code of which is preventing full PlayStation Plus access. I just wanted to let you …
Read More »Mass Effect 3 gets Origin-exclusive content
Publisher EA is making good on its promise to reward those who shun rival retailers and buy direct from its own portal by dishing out freebies with upcoming RPG Mass Effect 3. It has announced that the Digital Deluxe Edition of the game purchased on the Origin Store will include …
Read More »Namco Bandai sues CD Projekt over Xbox 360 Witcher 2 rights
Having successfully brought the PC version of acclaimed RPG The Witcher 2 to PC, Namco Bandai has launched legal action against CD Projekt over its decision to hand the Xbox 360 publishing rights to THQ. Gamepur reports that Namco Bandai is filing action on two counts – firstly, that the …
Read More »Multiplay’s i43 heads to Telford
The latest iteration of Multiplay’s i-Series takes the competitive gaming event to a new venue: Telford International Centre. i43 will take place over the August bank holiday weekend (Friday, August 26th to Monday, August 29th) and will see gamers battling in a range of tournaments for money, games and hardware. …
Read More »GMA Hall of Fame: Dave Cook
MCV talks to the previous winners of a Games Media Award. This week, NowGamer’s Dave Cook talks to MCV about life as a games journalist. How did it feel to win a Games Media Award last year? Unexpected as always. I thought my first win back in 2008 was a …
Read More »Modern Warfare 3 to cater for the colour-blind
One of the most high-profile game series of the past ten years is to introduce a new mode for those affected by Colour Vision Deficiency. Sledgehammer Games, the co-developers of Modern Warfare 3, said a new feature added to the FPS would help those with a decreased ability to perceive …
Read More »Free to play titles take charge of Apples App Store
The growing momentum of free to play games is not just taking over the MMO market – it’s also taken control of Apple’s App Store marketplace. TouchArcade has word from the latest Flurry report which shows that free-to-play games now account for 65 per cent of the total revenues from …
Read More »15 new Anonymous suspects arrested
Following a string of 33 separate raids across Italy and Switzerland last night, 15 suspected members of hacking group Anonymous have been arrested. Ars Technica reports that 14 suspects have been detained in Italy and one, who is known as ‘Phre’ and described as a ‘leader’ of the group, in …
Read More »Origin on iOS mirrors Xbox Live feature set
Publisher EA has for the first time detailed exactly how its freshly launched content portal Origin will work on iOS. The system bears more than a passing resemblance to Microsoft’s Xbox Live. And it won’t support Apple’s Game Centre wither, with EA clearly hoping to forge its own network of …
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