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PlayStation Home looks set to get a huge boost – thanks to a deal that will see a number of indie games hits republished in the virtual world. Working with Codename, an independent publisher formed by the team that curates the IndieCade events run at E3 and GameCity in Nottingham, …
Read More »New Fight Night announced
EA his lifted the lid on the fifth iteration of its popular boxing series with the announcement of Fight Night Champion, which is due to hit Xbox 360 and PS3 some time in 2011. Details remain thin on the ground, but the publisher seems to be making most noise about …
Read More »Warren Spector to headline PAX
Keynote discussion from the Deus Ex creator
Read More »Online fees for COD rubbished
Despite suggestions to the contrary, it looks as if Activision has absolutely no plans to introduce additional fees for the online multiplayer component of Call of Duty. Speaking on his blog FourZeroTwo, Infinity Ward’s creative strategist Robert Bowling issued the following blanket statement: To be clear: There is not, and …
Read More »Dare Blogs – Various Artists
Dare to be Digital 2010 team Various Artists talks exclusively to Develop about working on their entry Legendary Crusaders.
Read More »PlayStation Home becomes indie games platform
SCEA deal with independent publisher Codename will see new titles released inside virtual world
Read More »Pure Football price cut to £9.99
Budget multiformat game Pure Football has been advertised by Blockbuster for 9.99 – less than two months after it hit store shelves. The retailer has placed a series of ads in Metro listing the game at 9.99. It is selling copies of Ubisoft’s five-a-side footie title on its website as …
Read More »OnLive not for the hardcore
Cloud gaming service OnLive may not be to the taste of the hardcore market, CEO Steve Perlman has told Cnet. Anybody that’s a serious gamer plays games in more than one place,” he explained. If you’re a hardcore gamer and you’ve got a big rig and you want the highest …
Read More »Some OnLive titles platform locked
High-spec games on any platform that can go online – that was the boast of ambitious cloud gaming service OnLive, but already one title has arrived which challenges the philosophy. In an interview with Cnet, OnLive CEO Steve Perlman has admitted that EA’s Xbox and PC exclusivity deal for Mass …
Read More »OnLive user numbers ‘beyond expectations’
OnLive is enjoying user numbers far bigger than expected”, according to CEO Steve Perlman, though the firm isn’t yet wiling to reveal exactly how many people have been logging onto the US service. We’re running at our autumn projected subscriber numbers, so adjusting was a bit of a challenge,” he …
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