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Culture minister Ed Vaizey held meetings with games firms today over Research and Development tax credits. The likes of UKIE, Tiga, Revolution Software, Ubisoft Reflections and Playfish were at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport for the talks. Vaizey said: "We are making sure that games are at the …
Read More »Industry meets Vaizey to discuss R&D tax
Key talks held ahead of skills review publication
Read More »3DS compatible with DSi chargers
The Nintendo 3DS will be compatible with standard DSi chargers when it hits stores later this year. Game boxes are also slimmer than DS titles, and 3DS consoles can exchange data with other units even when in sleep mode, reports GoNintendo. The site issued a roundup of hardware details following …
Read More »Zampella: Owning IP is important to us
Respawn talks with THQ 'fell apart' on rights issue
Read More »Ballmer: 360 not a games console
Steve Ballmer has declared that the Xbox 360 has evolved beyond being just a games machine. The Microsoft boss told USA Today that the launch of Kinect – as well as various other social and media features – makes the device a family entertainment center”. Xbox isn’t a gaming console,” …
Read More »Steve Jobs takes leave of absence
Steve Jobs is to take medical leave from the company, the Apple CEO told colleagues in an email. Jobs will take the time off to focus on his personal health. In 2008 he began a six-month absence at Apple to undergo and recover from a liver transplant, as part of …
Read More »Apple boss Steve Jobs takes medical leave
CEO says he will still take part in key company decisions while away
Read More »Microsoft ‘working on Kinect SDK for PC’
Source claims motion controller 'to be integrated into the XNA framework'
Read More »‘Mature’ 3DS games get different packaging
Nintendo has revealed that 3DS games aimed at adult or mature markets will have slightly different packaging to other titles in Japan. The first game to carry the change will be Ubisoft’s Splinter Cell 3D, the spine of which will be black. Most DS games have a white spine on …
Read More »Time called on Wii’s Rock Band Network
Develop Harmonix has called time on the Wii arm of the Rock Band Network. From tomorrow, no new content will be released on the service. RBN allowed users to create their own tracks for use in the game. Harmonix had until now been manually converting tracks uploaded by Xbox 360 …
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