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Earlier this week Microsoft announced that it is to increase the price of some Xbox Live subscription packages – but Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter thinks the platform holder is preparing to take things much further. The extra $10 translates to around $100-150 million per year inadditional revenue for Microsoft,” …
Read More »Intel ups bid to make netbooks game devices
Developers offered cash prizes for building netbook specific games
Read More »UK CHARTS: July 2010
Summer is traditionally the most quiet trading period in the games industry, and last month was no different, with sales down 13 per cent compared to July 2009. But it wasn’t all doom and gloom – Harry Potter: Years 1-4 enjoyed a place at the top and gave Warner Bros a boost, …
Read More »PS3 iTunes rival revealed
As was speculated yesterday, Sony is to launch an iTunes-rivalling digital music service for a number of its home entertainment products. Though technically it sounds impressive the branding could perhaps do with a little work – it’s called ‘Music Unlimited Powered by Qriocity’. Nonetheless, the European PlayStation Blog reports that …
Read More »Scaleform reveals Activision licence deal
The UI group provided its tools to Transformers developer High Moon
Read More »3D Blu-ray for PS3 next month
Sony has confirmed at the IFA trade show that a patch to introduce 3D Blu-ray movie playback on PS3 will be released some time next month. It was first revealed in April that the planned June update that would bring the much-touted 3D game functionality to PS3 would not include …
Read More »Epic reveals first Apple title
Apple boss Steve Jobs has revealed that Epic Games is at work on its first title for Apple platforms, codenamed Project Sword. Jobs was joined on stage at today’s globally broadcast Apple announcement event by Epic president Mike Capps. The title provides first-person action and will apparently deliver ‘epic sword …
Read More »RedLynx adds WiiWare in digital plan
Studioâ??s new physics-based racing game heading for Nintendoâ??s online channel
Read More »OpenFeint to launch mobile multiplayer tech suite
Social games platform building PlayTime technologies for OpenFeint 3.0
Read More »Konami promises to make good on PES
Konami’s confidence in PES 2011 is the reason for its bold decision to launch Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 on October 8th, just one week after EA launches FIFA 11 – a game tipped to be one of this year’s biggest sellers. The publisher says PES is back on top of …
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