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Research and analysis firm Parks Associates has predicted that the annual market value of the premium casual games business” will exceed $1bn by the year 2013. The boom will be fuelled by the fact that casual games and portals, the report claims, are increasingly seen as viable marketing and distribution …
Read More »New UK developer emerges with family focused range
Lightning Fish currently working on debut Wii title
Read More »Dead to Rights 2 takes aim
Namco Bandai is to resurrect the Dead to Rights franchise with a new title for Xbox 360 and PS3 named Dead to Rights: Retribution. Framed in what is described as an intensely dark, dangerous and tragic narrative”, the game promises an innovative new hybrid combat system” including both melee and …
Read More »New Wii controller unearthed
Nintendo has quietly announced a new controller for the Wii on its Japanese site called the Classic Controller Pro. On the face of it the device appears to be a standard Classic Controller with some sort of additional housing on the back, but the shift of the secondary shoulder button …
Read More »GamesAid raises £125,000 for charity
GamesAid, the UK games industry charity, today announced that it has raised over 125,000 since October 2008 through a number of industry-led initiatives, alongside the appointments of Andy Payne as Chairman and Sarah Seaby as Vice Chairman. Mark Ward from Bastion and Richard Stickler from Gem Distribution have also been …
Read More »iPod Touch could halt PSP resurgence
Sony’s surprise announcement of a number of big-hitting PSP titles yesterday proves that it remains firmly committed to its portable platform – but one analyst has said that Apple could yet prove to be a fatal thorn in Sony’s side. Speaking to MCV’s sister site CasualGaming.biz today, Game Brief’s Nicholas …
Read More »Havok celebrates domination of BAFTA games shortlist
Popular tools and tech power 27 nominations
Read More »Has Capcom confirmed Lost Planet 2 exclusivity?
Following its reveal of Lost Planet 2 on Xbox Live earlier this week, Capcom has confirmed that the game is in development for Xbox 360 – and seemingly, exclusively so. Whilst the game’s 360 arrival is now certain, there has been no mention of other formats – but importantly, the …
Read More »PS3 price cut rumours intensify
Whilst a PS3 price cut of some sort seems certain within the coming months, one analyst has gone one further by predicting that a drop will be confirmed within days. Recent channel checks indicate increased speculation for a PS3 price cut announcement from Sony in the next couple of days,” …
Read More »Xbox Xmas sales up 120%
Microsoft has revealed that its 360 hardware sales during Christmas 2008 were up 120 per cent in Europe on the same period in 2007. Speaking to MCV, VP of Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment Business in EMEA Chris Lewis said that the company now enjoyed a sales lead of one million over …
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