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One of GAME’s most high profile execs will leave the High Street retailer on July 29th. Martyn Gibbs is regional MD at the Group, looking after stores in the UK, EIRE, Scandinavia and Czech Republic. He is leaving to ‘pursue his career in other areas.’ GAME has moved swiftly to …
Read More »ME3 Kinect targets casual gamers
Publisher EA says it added Kinect compatibility to Mass Effect 3 in order to target the large casual gamer demographic. That’s according to EA Games label president Frank Gibeau, who told Eurogamer he wants Mass Effect 3 to grow the audience and make it more accessible”. He said: We wanted …
Read More »Riccitiello: BF3 footage "got Koticks goat"
John Riccitiello is confident his company has got Kotick’s goat” with Battlefield 3. The EA chief was speaking to Reuters about claims from Bobby Kotick that all of the BF3 footage seen so far has been from the PC version. Riccitiello assured fans that it was console footage, and cheekily …
Read More »THQ "never started" Saints Row 3DS
THQ never started production on a 3DS instalment in its popular Saints Row series, according to Danny Bilson. The firm’s executive vice president of core games told GameSpot the development team had decided to work on other projects instead. News that Saints Row 3DS had been canned emerged last month. …
Read More »Xbox Live ‘to be integrated with Windows 8’
Microsoft exec claims the online service will spread across multiple devices
Read More »Reddit plots Battlefield 3 boycott
Though the reward of extra weapons and perks for those who pre-order a game is far from a new phenomenon, EA’s decision to do so with Battlefield 3 has seemingly caused some upset. The game community of link-sharing service Reddit is attempting to set up a boycott for the game. …
Read More »The Develop Awards early bird sale extended
The Develop Awards early bird ticket discount has been extended for three more days, giving people the chance to save as much as 700 on tables. Early bird ticket discounts are now available until Wednesday June 15th – sharing the final early bird deadline day for The Develop Conference. DEVELOP …
Read More »3DS reaches 1m sales in Japan
Nintendo’s 3DS has now passed the 1m unit sales barrier in Japan. However, as reported by Andriasang, it took the machine 13 weeks to reach the milestone. Its predecessor the DS managed the same in just four weeks. Other iterations of the DS have also been quicker out of the …
Read More »Activision: We had to unite COD audience
The need to support Call of Duty’s 30m worldwide user base is the reason behind Activision’s decision to press ahead with plans for the premium Call of Duty Elite service, the company has told MCV. "[Look at] the sheer scale of the audience – and not just by any individual …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Beachhead
Why did you feel the need to develop Elite when you already have in-game community features?Jamie Berger, VP of Digital, Activision: I think there’s two things to take into account. One is the sheer scale of the audience – and not just by any individual game. There are four Call …
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