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Nintendo has confirmed that it will launch the WiiMote Plus at Japanese retail on November 11th. The new controller looks much like the current design, but integrates the until now additional Motion Plus technology that greatly increases the accuracy of the device. Andriasang reports that the controller will launch in …
Read More »Gamestation Elite loyalty card revealed
UK retail group GAME has lifted the lid on a very targeted new loyalty scheme that it has launched in its Gamestation stores today. Called Gamestation Elite, the offer includes what GAME is calling Accolades, which are very similar in design to Xbox Achievement points. Varying amounts of XP (a …
Read More »Ringing the changes
UKIE boss on why itâ??s throwing its doors open to the development industry
Read More »GAME to open Comet concessions
Electricals chain Comet has announced that it is to open a number of GAME concessions in its stores, taking the video games specialist back to out-of-town retail parks. The first, due to open in mid-October, will be in Comet’s Croydon outlet. A further five concessions will be launched before the …
Read More »WoW welcomes 12 millionth user
Blizzard Entertainment has confirmed that PC online RPG World of Warcraft now has over 12m registered players worldwide. The game first arrived in 2004 and has topped the PC charts ever since via sales of the original and its two expansions, The Burning Crusade and Wrath of the Lich king. …
Read More »3DS below Epics minimum specs
Mark Rein, the boss of developer Epic Games, has stated that as far as he’s aware the 3DS is not powerful enough to port over any version of the studio’s Unreal Engine. This is particularly interesting as Epic’s first iPhone title, Epic Citadel, was released on iPhone last month, blowing …
Read More »Channel 4 cuts digital investment arm
Channel 4’s new chief executive David Abraham is to scrap 4IP, the broadcaster’s ₤20 million digital investment arm. Connected divisions within Channel 4 are also to merge as part of a wide-ranging restructure operation. Redundancies are possible though, at this stage, have not been implemented. The full impact of 4IP’s …
Read More »Bon Jovi signs up for Rock Band 3
Bon Jovi has signed a deal to promote MTV’s Rock Band 3 post-release. The band’s entire Greatest Hits collection, which hits shelves on November 9th, will be available as DLC for Rock Band. And the publisher has partnered with the group for promotional activity. Bon Jovi is undergoing all manner …
Read More »Start-Up Spotlight: Gasworks Games
Gasworks Games share their start-up story with Develop
Read More »Bigpoint founder outlines London Games Conference keynote
The CEO of Bigpoint has warned that only those publishers with the right spread of browser, casual and mobile games will ride the digital tidal wave. Heiko Hubertz is presenting the opening keynote at November’s London Games Conference. The talk, ‘The Future of Online Games’, will explain that good ideas …
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