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The co-creator of Sega’s popular Sonic the Hedgehog franchise will make an appearance at this year’s London Games Festival. Yuji Naka will present his new Wii and DS platformer Ivy the Kiwi to press and the public on behalf of publisher Rising Star Games. A confirmed date has not yet …
Read More »Consumers positive about Online Pass
EA has claimed that it hasn’t experienced any sort of backlash from consumers as a result of introducing its Online Pass in titles such as Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 and the upcoming FIFA 11. In fact, the publisher has gone so far as to say that gamers are positive …
Read More »New low for UK games market
The UK games market’s weekly value has fallen to its lowest point since May 2006, according to Gfk Chart-Track. According to MCV’s calculations, based on today’s Gfk-ChartTrack/UKIE weekly report, the UK market has hit 11.8 million for the week ending September 11th, down from 14.2 million the week before. The …
Read More »EA prepares for the rise of Android
Publisher thinks Google's mobile app market will drive growth
Read More »EA reveals My Garden for 3DS
Publisher EA has kicked off its Tokyo Game Show keynote by announcing a brand new family title for the 3DS – My Garden. It will be published on the EA Play label and is scheduled to be a launch title for the hardware, though EA didn’t offer any hints as …
Read More »UKIE adds low-end £500 membership
As part of its new strategy to widen its membership trade association UKIE has introduced a new 500 membership packaged. It’s hoped the low-cost fee will help attract the emerging wave of online, casual, social and mobile games that the organisation formerly called ELSPA wants to reach. The organisation rebranded …
Read More »Future COO Wear steps down
The chief operating officer of Future Publishing, Simon Wear, has announced his immediate departure from the firm. Wear departs having served a lengthy 18-year stint at the media company and says he intends to spend some time with the company before looking for new opportunities. His former roles at Future …
Read More »Next Yakuza is a zombie shooter
When Sega published a teaser image for the fifth instalment in the Yakuza series carrying just two words – ‘The End’ – everybody presumed that the popular Japanese gangster series was coming to close. But it seems that the truth is far, far stranger. Siliconera reports that Yakuza: Of The …
Read More »Team Icos PS3 remakes confirmed
Weekly Japanese games mag Famitsu has got the first official details on one of Sony’s worst kept secrets – the HD remakes of PS2 classics Ico and Shadow of the Colossus. Andriasang reports that Famitsu actually carries boxart for each game, suggesting that Team Ico’s cult hits will not in …
Read More »UKIE tempts developers with cut-price membership
Rebranded trade group expands remit to online, casual, social and mobile
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