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505 Games is enjoying something of a surprise hit with Zumba Fitness, the keep-fit game for Kinect that is outperforming expectations – as well as some big rival products. On Xbox 360 the title has shifted over 35,000 units to date and has increased its sell-through every week since release. …
Read More »FreeStyleGames ‘in positive discussions’
Activisionâ??s remaining UK studio yet to reach final agreement on its future
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David Braben on ownership, theft, freedom of speech and the outsiders
Read More »New Mystery Case Files hits retail
13th Skull arrives in stores tomorrow and Focus Multimedia is confident it’ll be the biggest casual game of 2011. It’s the seventh instalment in the publisher’s Mystery Case Files franchise which is the best-selling hidden object series of all time. Players must search for clues and interview locals to progress …
Read More »Dead Space 2 DLC incoming
EA has announced that the first premium DLC for survival horror hit Dead Space 2 will be released in Europe on March 2nd. It will cost 5.49 on PSN or 560 Microsoft Points on Xbox Live. Called Dead Space 2: Severed, the download tells the story of Dead Space Extraction …
Read More »Dredge named top tech journo
Stuart Dredge, the online editor of MCV sister site ME, has been named one of the world’s top online ‘voices’ on the ‘SAY 100: Online Voices That Shape Opinion’ list. It comprises representatives from multiple sectors including Style, Food, Business, Design, Travel and so on. Stuart Miles, editor of Pocket-lint, …
Read More »Smurfs’ Village hits 10m downloads
The rebirth of the Smurf continues to gather pace following Capcom’s confirmation that its free-to-play iOS title Smurfs’ Village has now passed the 10m download mark on the Apple App Store. Fellow Capcom title Zombie Cafe has also hit the same milestone. In this highly competitive market, the secret behind …
Read More »Catherine tops Japanese charts
After a period of intense interest amongst certain parts of the online games community, Atlus’ PS3 and Xbox 360 outingCatherine has debuted at the top of the Japanese software charts. The game is conspicuous by its blatant use of overtly sexual imagery – a surprising rarity in the still often …
Read More »Apple confirms iPad 2 reveal next week
The rumours were true – the world will finally get its first look at the Apple iPad 2 next week. Apple has begun sending out invites to a San Francisco based reveal scheduled for Wednesday March 2nd at 18:00GMT. It is to be held at the Yerba Buena Center, which …
Read More »Intent Media’s Dredge named world-leading tech journo
Mobile Entertainment man takes his place alongside scribes from BBC, Engadget and Mashable
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