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Publisher Nordic Games has revealed four new entries in its Wii karaoke series. We Sing Pop, We Sing Rock, We Sing UK Hits and We Sing America are expected to arrive later this year. The latter will be exclusive to the US while We Sing Rock will be exclusive to …
Read More »Develop Awards partner with Eurogamer
This year’s Develop Industry Excellence Awards have been bolstered by new partner Eurogamer. Over 500 leading games development professionals will be attending the awards event, which runs on Wednesday July 20th during the Develop Conference in Brighton. There are 95 companies competing across 21 categories, including New Download IP, Best …
Read More »Why less is more at Activision
Ooutside of the BFG that Call of Duty represents, Activision actually has a relatively slimmer slate of tentpole titles than in recent years. But that’s just a reflection of the market, says Activision publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg. There is a pattern on the market; a concentration of passionate energy around …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Eric Hirshberg
Three minutes. That’s how long it takes Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg to mutter the C-word. And we don’t mean ‘Call of Duty’, the eighth instalment of which – Modern Warfare 3 – was finally officially unveiled last week. We mean ‘competition’. Because, as Hirshberg himself says, When you are …
Read More »EA ‘to become a platform’
One of the more intriguing statements from CEO John Riccitiello during EA’s FY11 analysts call was that the publisher is going to ‘become a platform’. Now, we live in what buzzword aficionados like to call ‘disruptive’ times, and many previously rock solid industry terms are evolving. But, for EA to …
Read More »Weight added to PS Vita claims
It’s looking increasingly likely that PlayStation Vita is to be the official name of Sony’s PlayStation Portable successor. As reported by Eurogamer, a brief look at the net code behind Sony’s E3 website includes several references to the Vita brand as well as directories named ‘games’, ‘media’ and ‘features’. The …
Read More »Develop Awards team up with Eurogamer
Top consumer site to host after-party on biggest night for developers
Read More »PSN awakens from six-week nightmare
Enormous update list published
Read More »PSN’s 43 day nightmare is over
Sony has this morning confirmed that the PlayStation Store is being turned back on around the world. It’s recovery marks the full restoration of PSN. In total the full service was down for 43 days, or just over six weeks. "I’m happy to confirm that PlayStation Store is open and …
Read More »Aliens: Colonial Marines is back
Sega has at last, in its own words, "re-announced" long-awaited FPS Aliens: Colonial Marines, which is now scheduled for a release on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC in spring 2012. It will be shown off at Sega’s stand at E3 next week. The game sees players assume the role of …
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