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The Big Three platform holders – Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo – will not support OnLive with their software, according to Gaikai founder David Perry. A pretty obvious difference between Gaikai and OnLive is the fact that they’ll never have a Nintendo, Sony or Microsoft game on their system,” Perry told …
Read More »The Hut snares Play.com marketing boss
Play.com’s marketing boss Richard Chapple has left the retailer to join The Hut as commercial director. Chapple – an MCV Retail Advisory Board member – will work across TheHut.com and Zavvi to devise a communication strategy and drive the company’s marketing. Chapple will also expand the white label side of …
Read More »Modern Warfare 2 gets its COD back
Having previously stripped the ‘Call of Duty’ name from Infinity Ward’s upcoming Modern Warfare 2, publisher Activision Blizzard has had a change of heart and decided to bring the much-loved brand back to the shooter. News of the change first appeared through an image posted on the Yfrog service from …
Read More »Finland focus: Sauma Technologies
MMO specialist Sauma Technologies profiled
Read More »Nintendo, Sony and MS â??will never support OnLiveâ??
â??OnLive is trying to directly compete with the platform holders,â?? says Gaikai founder David Perry
Read More »ELSPA: We need more maths graduates
Director General of ELSPA Michael Rawlinson today called on the Government to encourage more young people into science and maths degrees to maintain Britain’s leading position in the digital economy. Rawlinson addressed the Westminster Media Forum’s seminar, Priorities for Digital Britain, this afternoon – focusing on the future role of …
Read More »PES 2010 striking Wii this year
Wii owners were forced to wait over five months for 2008’s Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 to make the move from Xbox 360, PS3 and PC to their platform, but Konami has stated that the Wii version of PES 2010 will be out this autumn. Though the game won’t match the …
Read More »US: Digital casual games come to retail
Online monetization firm PlaySpan has announced that a new code card range in conjunction with PBS Kids Play called Ultimate Game Card that will be stocked in over 800 of the toy firm’s stores across North America. The cards can be used to pay for online subscriptions to PBSkids.org, a …
Read More »A touch of classification
As a platform holder, does having PEGI as the UK’s single classification make you more confident that less games will reach an inappropriate audience? The beauty of having one standard that has cross industry support is that it will make it easier for publishers and retailers to help educate parents …
Read More »Â£5m ‘games academy’ to be built in Liverpool
Councilors claim city is 'leading catalyst' for development in UK and plans to grow it further
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