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Format-holders are damned if they do and damned if they don’t. Supply enough product for launch, just enough to satisfy day one with some overspill, then you’re branded a so-so hit. Or a borderline failure. Don’t supply enough product, and you aren’t working hard enough, over-inflating demand, or simply cocked …
Read More »High Street ready for Kinect launch frenzy
Leading retailers are planning special Kinect charts and in-store demo areas to celebrate the peripheral’s arrival next week – despite a complete sell-out nationwide. GAME has already been running Kinect evenings in many of its stores, which the firm says have given it an edge over its rivals. What I …
Read More »Late for work? Blame the iPhone
A bug in the iPhone’s alarm settings meant that the smartphone forgot to wake users across the UK this morning, due to the software failing to update to the Daylight Savings Time switchover. The clocks went back an hour yesterday to resume standard GMT time, however what appears to be …
Read More »PopCap announces Bejeweled 3
Casual publisher PopCap has announced that it will in December release Bejeweled 3. An assortment of expansions aside, it’s the first proper sequel to 2004 hit Bejeweled 2. The Bejeweled series has sold over 50m units across the globe and has been played by an estimated 500m people for a …
Read More »Splash Damage: Risk is massive for indie devs
UK studio highlights need of publishing support for independent developers
Read More »Square releases voice-controlled RPG
Final Fantasy publisher Square Enix has released a brand new voice-controlled RPG for the iPhone 3G/3GS/4, iPad and latest iterations of the iPod Touch. Called Voice Fantasy, the game allows users to summon monsters simply by speaking into the device or using the recorded voices of your friends. Characters are …
Read More »Crytek shopping TimeSplitters to publishers
Studio boss Karl Hilton in talks over franchise revival; team has â??phenomenal enthusiasmâ? for project
Read More »US: Dance Central recalled
Publishers MTV and Microsoft have recalled all copies of Kinect title Dance Central in North America. The reason? An unspecified misprint in the owner’s manual”. Microsoft has become aware that an update that needs to be made to the product manual (i.e. printed materials) included in the game entitled Dance …
Read More »THQ steps up WWE marketing
Publisher THQ has reached an agreement with WWE that will see the company’s WWE vs Raw game promoted in conjunction with both WWE TV shows, live events and future DVD releases. 40 live WWE events will play host to game kiosks where fans can sample the latest release WWE Smackdown …
Read More »Minecraft passes 500k purchases
Indie PC hit Minecraft has passed the 500,000 purchases barrier as the one-man project continues to take the gaming world by storm. In the last 24 hours alone the game has sold nearly 10k copies. The Minecraft stats site is currently down, meaning the very latest numbers aren’t currently available. …
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