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Entertainment firm SEE Virtual Worlds has announced that it is working on an MMO based on pop icon Michael Jackson. Not to be confused with the console title in the works at Ubisoft, Planet Michael is an immersive virtual space themed after iconic visuals drawn from Michael’s music, his life …
Read More »Hardly anyone plays PC FPS anymore
The man behind Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Kinect technology has warned of the dangers of simply tacking on motion control into games primarily built for the joypad – and at the same time claimed the death of the first person shooter genre on PC. Halo did an awesome job of building …
Read More »Apple launches game website
A new section of the Apple website dedicated to video games has gone live. The hub features a web store where users can buy Mac games including StarCraft II, Modern Warfare and The Sims 3. Visitors can also download demons and updates, view the latest trailers and read a selection …
Read More »DVDs and CDs out, video games in
The US arm of retailer Best Buy is to increase the shelf space it gives to video games by cutting the allocation granted to DVDs and CDs. Daily Finance reports that the extra footage will be used to maximise sales of new launches such as PlayStation Move and Kinect, as …
Read More »Activision talks COD Premium service
Though question marks hang over Activision’s true intentions toward a possible Premium online Call of Duty service, the publisher’s COO Thomas Tippl has admitted that the company is looking to give Call of Duty fans more choice” as it looks to extend revenue models”. However, Tippl did promise that the …
Read More »Dunaway confirms Nintendo departure
Cammie Dunaway, the current executive vice president of sales and marketing at the North American arm of platform holder Nintendo is to leave both the firm and the industry on October 1st. She joined the company in November 2007 and has become one of the leading faces in the successful …
Read More »Xbox 360 gets unlimited music service
Microsoft has lifted the lid on an ambitious new digital content service for Xbox 360 that will grant users the right to download as much music as they like for a flat monthly fee. Called the Zune Pass, those who cough up the 8.99/€9.99 subscription will receive unlimited access to …
Read More »Confusion surrounds Good Old Games
A new update on the GOG site suggests that the site is indeed closing down after all. It reads: "First of all, we apologize everyone for the whole situation and closing GOG.com. We do understand the timing for taking down the site caused confusion and many users didn’t manage to …
Read More »JAPAN: PS3 overtakes Wii in 2010
Sony’s PlayStation 3 has now overtaken Wii to become the best selling home console of 2010 in Japan. In total since January Sony’s machine has shifted 1,017,094 units in the territory compared to Wii’s 1,015,513, according to numbers from Media Create reported by VG247. Coupled with the most recent data …
Read More »Inafune: Japan’s making awful games
Keiji Inafune, Capcom’s global head of R&D, has in a new interview made it clear his Japan is finished” statement from Tokyo Game Show 2009 made one year ago was not a misquote. Speaking to the New York Times some twelve months later, Inafune reiterated this belief. I look around …
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