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Keiji Inafune, longstanding Capcom producer and the famed mind behind the studio’s most prolific character Mega Man, has announced his resignation from the company on his personal blog. The post, entitled simply "Sayonara", explains the reasons behind Inafune’s decision, and rounds off what seems to have been a difficult period …
Read More »30 Under 30
They are the brightest minds in games retail, publishing, marketing, PR and journalism. But who are they? Sponsored by Phillip DaviesAge: 21Founder, King Andre Entertainment Retailer Davies was so young when he started out at 16 that he couldn’t be guarantor on supplier contracts, and had to draft his dad …
Read More »PS3 could catch Xbox 360 in two years
The worldwide install base of PS3 is now just 5.4m units behind that of Xbox 360, according to the latest numbers from Sony and Microsoft. Eurogamer reports that total PS3 console sales now stand at 39.2m units. Xbox 360 retains a narrow lead for the time being with sales of …
Read More »Microsoft talks PlayStation Move
Aaron Greenberg, the product director for Microsoft in the US, has described the PlayStation Move controller as a great product” but claimed that Kinect will open up the Xbox 360 to a whole new market in a way that Sony’s device will not. First off, it’s a great product and …
Read More »Enslaved getting 3D DLC
Namco Bandai has announced that the first DLC for the recently released action outing Enslaved will add 3D visuals to the game. Furthermore, as well as allowing owners of 3D TVs to play the entire game in full stereoscopic 3D, it will also allow owners of regular 2D TVs to …
Read More »Kinect tipped to outsell Move
A report by the International Data Corporation has pointed to a possible sales win for Xbox 360 Kinect over PS3 Move over the next six months. PC World reports that the report estimates that the total install base for Kinect over the next six months amongst 25-44 year olds will …
Read More »Sega Sammy reduces games losses
Japanese publisher Sega Sammy has reduced its gaming losses for the first half of its financial year on the back of strong video games software sales which helped propel the company to record profits. An operating loss for the six months ending September of 1.3bn ($16m) was reported for its …
Read More »Inafune quits Capcom
Mega Man creator announces resignation via blog post
Read More »Kotick named 16th most influential man
Online men’s lifestyle site AskMen has named Activision boss Bobby Kotick as the 16th most influential man of 2010. There are few people in the gaming industry who divide critics more than Activision Blizzard head honcho Bobby Kotick,” it reads. On one hand, shareholders love his ability to generate revenue …
Read More »Kinect ‘day one sell out guaranteed’
The first day’s stock is all gone, but Microsoft says Kinect won’t be in short supply too much in the following weeks. Speaking to MCV this week Xbox’s GM for UK & Ireland Neil Thompson said a ‘healthy’ amount of Kinect stock is heading to the UK for week one. …
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