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Microsoft has confirmed to MCV that it is committed to releasing a trilogy of Too Human games – and compared the narrative pull of the story to Star Wars and Lord Of The Rings. Reviews have begun to come in for the first title online, from sites such as IGN, …
Read More »House Of The Dead: Overkill details revealed
Sega has officially confirmed that a new House of The Dead title will be released on Wii early next year. The company calls the title ‘an all-new pulp-horror reinventionof the classic SEGA light-gun shooter franchise’. House Of The Dead: Overkill has been created by London-based studio Headstrong Games (formerly Kuju …
Read More »Gamebryo adds PhysX support
Emergent and Nvidia parter to integrate physics tech in next version
Read More »Nintendo: Our E3 was disappointing
Nintendo of America sales and marketing boss Cammie Dunaway has admitted that the firm was ‘disappointed’ with its performance at E3. Speaking to VGChartz, Dunaway said that she wishes the firm has shown off a new Wario game on stage, as well as other more ‘harcore’ titles. She said: I …
Read More »Xbox 360 outsells PS3 in Japan for first time
Xbox 360 has outsold Sony’s PlayStation 3 in Japan for the first time, thanks to the popularity of the new Namco Bandai role-playing game Tales of Vesperia. According to Ascii Media Works, Microsoft sold 28,116 Xbox 360 consoles in Japan in the week ended August 10th, over double Sony’s sales …
Read More »Woman fined £16,000 for game file sharing
A British woman has been ordered to pay US games developer Topware Interactive 16,000 for illegally downloading one of its games from a file-sharing site. According to The Telegraph, the prosecution could open the floodgates for other games, music and film companies to claim back millions of pounds in damages …
Read More »Koch picks eeis for MMO administration
Management system to provide infrastructure for publisher's 'online plans'
Read More »Ubisoft would hire 1,000 UK developers – but only if there was a tax break
Gareth Edmondson says Ubisoft would match investment in other territories, but only if Government stepped up
Read More »Indian studio will ‘transform’ local industry, says EA
Electronic Arts says newly-opened 200-strong India studio can 'enhance the local gaming ecosystem'
Read More »UK CHART: Mario Kart races back to No.1
Team GB’s gold medal haul at the Olympic Games this week has helped Sega’s official Beijing Olympics game bound up the UK charts – but it still can’t top sales of Nintendo’s Wii Fit and Mario Kart. According to official GFK-ChartTrack/ELSPA data Mario Kart Wii climbs from third spot to …
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