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UK broadsheet The Financial Times is claiming that Sony will use its presentation at consumer electronics trade show IFA to unveil a brand new iTunes-rivalling digital sales platform. The service will reportedly be fronted by both the PS3 and PSP though will at a later date roll out onto Vaio …
Read More »MS confirms Kinect voice lockout
Xbox 360 platform holder Microsoft has finally admitted that many countries will not enjoy voice recognition support for Kinect when the device arrives in Europe in November. In August MCV ran a story based on information given to it by Microsoft at Gamescom claiming that voice recognition would not be …
Read More »Atlus lives on
Japanese publisher Atlus has denied reports that it has been dissolved” by parent company Index Holdings. Speaking on the Atlus forums, site administrators claimed: Don’t worry, guys. This is just some corporate organizational maneuvering and won’t affect anything we do. Atlus is not becoming a mobile games company. The original …
Read More »Three languages ready for Kinect launch
After Microsoft dismissed claims last month that Kinect would not support voice recognition at launch, claims have now surfaced that only three languages will be ready for the device’s November arrival. Eurogamer reports that users enrolled in the ongoing Kinect beta test have discovered that only English, Japanese and Mexican …
Read More »Open source PS3 hack goes live
Sony may have successfully (for now) curtailed sales of the first ever PS3 hack, but as feared the first clone of the device have appeared online – and more worryingly for Sony, it is free to download. Called PSGroove, the download allows PS3 owners to run unofficial code on their …
Read More »Xbox 360 controller redesign confirmed
Following reports of a change to the d-pad on the default Xbox 360 controller, Microsoft has confirmed that a revision to the popular peripheral is in the works. Joystiq reported last night that the platform holder was working on a new design for the d-pad that, when turned 90 degrees, …
Read More »â??HTML5 will eclipse Flash in three yearsâ??
Spil Games boss believes the days are numbered for Adobeâ??s platform in the mobile space
Read More »Apache: Air Assault dated
Activision has announced that console flight sim Apache: Air Assault will be released in the UK for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC on November 19th. The title is being released in the US on November 9th. Apache: Air Assault being developed independent Russian studio Gaijin Entertainment which was the outfit …
Read More »Miniclip opens mobile gaming division
Miniclip has opened a new business unit focused on mobile, initially with iOS and Android, with more smartphone platforms to follow. Mobile offers a new revenue stream for sites like Miniclip, which hope their big online audiences – it has 57 million – will follow them to mobile. In addition, …
Read More »SocialDeck next for Google buyout
Google is continuing to invest heavily in social gaming firms ahead of a widely expected reveal of its new games division. The search engine giant has now acquired Canadian start-up studio SocialDeck, following recent buyouts of fellow social game groups Jambool and Slide, as well as reportedly investing some $200 …
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