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While the Disney of old might prompt images of Mickey Mouse and charming early movies like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the modern, colossally powerful corporation has undoubtedly moved on. Family-friendly entertainment remains at its core, of course – but in 2008, the likes of Zac Efron, Vanessa Hugdens …
Read More »The Game Creators get $25k from Facebook
fbFund awards company's Social Arcade game-creation tool
Read More »PES 2009 cut to £27 at Asda
Hot on the heels of the FIFA ’09 price battle , Asda has slashed the price of Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 to just 27 on Xbox 360 and PS3. The supermarket chain is also giving copies of the PS3 version away with every PlayStation 3 console bought. Elsewhere, Blockbuster has …
Read More »Gamescom confirms plans for September ’09 developer conference
Former GCDC chief Frank Sliwka to organise dev part of new Cologne show
Read More »XNA Game Studio 3.0 to launch October 30th
Community Games to release alongside NXE on November 19th
Read More »MCV celebrates industry’s rising stars in 30 Under 30
The UK games market’s rising stars are set to battle it out for industry recognition, as MCV lines up its annual presentation of the top 30 hot shots aged under 30. The feature will once again highlight the achievements and exertions of the industry’s younger execs working across the UK …
Read More »EA to take over Trafalgar Square
EA has confirmed that its Be the One event will once again invade Trafalgar Square and act as a glitzy centrepiece to London Games Festival week. On October 31st and November 1st the public are invited to join the giant publisher to play some of its latest titles, with a …
Read More »PES 2009 reviews kick off
Ahead of its European release this Friday, the first reviews of Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 are in, and it seems that the Japanese developer’s latest has pleased its fans. CVG has scored the game 8.8/10, stating: Despite the lack of movement regarding the new modes, licenses and Master League …
Read More »Theo Walcott ‘trains’ on FIFA and PES
‘England wonderboy Theo Walcott owes his Three Lions success to footie computer games.’ That’s according to the Daily Star, which today reports that the England star practises his skills on FIFA and Pro Evolution Soccer when on tour with the national side – and that both games have improved his …
Read More »Hirai: We cant allow Nintendo to run away with it
Global Sony Computer Entertainment boss Kaz Hirai has reiterated that the focus of PS3 is games – and demanded that PlayStation can’t allow Nintendo to run off alone”. Despite boasting of PS3’s Blu-Ray capability and processor power in the past, Hiari has once again said that the company’s focus for …
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