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GoldenEye designer and Free Radical founder David Doak has returned to games development via a new studio making Facebook games, Develop understands. The new firm has emerged following the late 2008 collapse of TimeSplitters dev Free Radical. Develop understands that two of the four original founders of Free Radical, David …
Read More »Carmack: PS4 will be first to market
John Carmack, technical director at id Software, has predicted that Sony will be the first platform holder to make a move into the next generation of gaming hardware – though he doesn’t expect any new machines to be announced in the near future. The whole jockeying for who’s going to …
Read More »Tekken 6 to arrive October 30th
Namco Bandai has announced that Tekken 6 will hit UK shelves on Friday October 30th. The publisher has also priced its upcoming Arcade Stick and Collector’s edition packs. The Arcade Stick set, which includes a 100-page art book, copy of the game and a specially-designed wireless Hori fighting stick, will …
Read More »Next Mortal Kombat to focus online
A job listing has revealed that Warner Bros. is planning to dominate online play with its first Mortal Kombat game. As spotted by fansite TRMK, the listing states the new recruit must help the firm ‘push the boundaries’ of online interaction, and make Mortal Kombat the ‘gold standard for network …
Read More »US: Amazon ups pre-owned offer
The North American arm of Amazon has increased the momentum behind its controversial trade-in strategy by offering an extra cash incentive to those willing to send their old games to the online retailer. Joystiq reports that Amazon will until the end of August offer an additional $30 credit to punters …
Read More »Warner Bros taking Mortal Kombat online
Company seeks out network play specialist for former Midway franchise
Read More »Fox rules himself out of ITV race
There’s been some good news this morning for national entertainment retailer HMV with news that its chief executive Simon Fox has seemingly ruled himself out of the running for the vacant top job at struggling UK broadcaster ITV. Talk emerged at the end of last month that Fox was the …
Read More »Classic LucasArts titles lined up for Wii
A variety of retro LucasArts games will be heading to the Wii’s Virtual Console, starting with the Super Star Wars trilogy. Super Star Wars, Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and Super Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi will all be heading to the Nintendo download service for 800 …
Read More »US: Capcom reveals 360 triple pack
Japanese publisher Capcom is to thrust three of its most successful Xbox 360 titles back into retail with the unveiling of a brand new SKU called the Platinum Hits Triple Pack. Included will be time-restricted zombie curiosity Dead Rising, thermally challenged third person shooter Lost Planet: Extreme Condition and gothic …
Read More »Square Enix suffers gaming losses
Square Enix has announced a mixed bag of results in its latest financial report, with the climb in net games sales being offset by a drop in both net and operating income. Net sales for the period were down just 1.2 per cent at YEN 2.4bn, though net income dropped …
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