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The Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association has spoken out in support of Atari’s decision to largely abandon boxed product and embrace online distribution. The publishers’ body said that the company’s decision to move 90 per cent of its content online in the near future lent ‘further weight to PEGI’s …
Read More »Last few Games Media Awards Trade Tickets available
There are now just a few Trade Tickets left for next month’s Games Media Awards. Taking place at the Jongleurs Comedy Club in Camden on the evening of Thursday, October 16th, the GMAs will be the biggest games media gathering of the year, with awards going to the best writers …
Read More »Bungie hints at new title reveal
In the fashion that has become typical of the Halo developer, Bungie has posted an ambiguous message on its website that most are presuming to be the preamble to the unveiling of a brand new project. Under the header ‘Keep it Clean’, the message, which was posted by Bungie member …
Read More »The 50 best games on the market
UK national newspaper The Independent has put together a list of what it believes are the top 50 best games available today. The list includes modern classics such as Rock Band, Wii Sports, Peggle and GTA IV. Check out the list here, or read it below. Thanks to MaxConsole for …
Read More »LittleBigPlanet online features to arrive post-launch
Speaking on the US PlayStation blog, a member of the Media Molecule development team has confirmed that LittleBigPlanet’s online Create mode, which allows players to work together on the creation of user-made levels, will not be available out of the box. Instead, the anticipated functionality will be added to the …
Read More »New Rock Band rival emerges
Toy manufacturer Tomy is to go head to head with Rock Band and Guitar Hero this Christmas – with an infra-red ‘air guitar’. The Guitar Rock Star has the same head and neck of a guitar, but contains laser technology to allow users to play along with eight pre-recorded songs. …
Read More »World’s first iPhone game development course to open in London
Qantm to offer design and coding lessons for Apple's handset starting in February
Read More »Wii Music dated for US
Nintendo has confirmed that Wii Music will be released in the US on October 20th – but told MCV that it still hasn’t secured a UK or European date. First announced at E3 this year by Shigeru Miyamoto, Wii Music contains over 60 instruments and is compatible with the Wii …
Read More »London Games Festival 2008: Full preview
Events confirmed to-date include: Video Games Live: 24 Oct 2008, Royal Festival Hall, London The biggest music extravaganza in video games is back to launch LGF 2008 following last year’s smash hit sell-out. 2008 sees two orchestral performances performing classic gaming compositions from World of Warcraft, Halo, Myst and many …
Read More »GTA prizes on Xbox Live this weekend
North American Xbox Live subscribers can look forward to exclusive GTA IV constant from Rockstar this weekend. Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto IV Live Weekend kicks off tonight and end on the evening of Sunday, September 28 in the United States and Canada. Gamers who register for Play & Win will …
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