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Read More »LittleBigPlanet looms, but Microsoft lacks UGC plan of its own
GAMEFEST 08: Format-holder has â??no short term planâ?? for games with UGC â?? but says devs are welcome to try
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GAMEFEST 08: Microsoft challenges WiiWare and AppStore with 70 per cent of profits given to XNA creators
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GAMEFEST 08: XNA general manager becomes CTO of MS' Interactive Entertainment Business
Read More »UK trade calls for total ban on R4 cards
Retailers have called on their rivals to quit selling R4 cards, after the revelation that DS software sales are suffering at the hands of growing piracy (MCV11/07). SimplyGames.com – one of the retailers highlighted in last week’s MCV story – has already pulled the R4 from its website, and boss …
Read More »What video is to TV, games is to online
The head of digital at Nickelodeon, Steve Youngwood, has told CasualGaming.biz that, to his firm: What video is to TV, games is to online.” Youngwood was speaking as part of a wider interview on Nickelodeon’s ambitions in the casual games space, to which it has pledged $100m. The goal is …
Read More »PS3s problems are being resolved
The president of Famitsu publisher Enterbrain, Hirokazu Hamamura, believes that PS3’s slow penetration” in Japan is improving – but that it could still use a price cut before year end. Speaking exclusively to Famitsu media partner MCV, Hamamura said: The PS3’s penetration pace has been slower than I expected. Its …
Read More »Media Darlings
The last time we spoke the Japanese market was in decline – has there been a recovery? Nintendo’s DS and Wii attracted a huge amount of new users into gaming. As a result, Japan’s gaming market has actually greatly expanded. How is the Japanese market performing in general, and what …
Read More »Xbox 360 £169 on Play.com
Play.com is selling the Xbox 360 Premium console for just 169.99 in the UK – 30 less than the console’s SRP. However, Microsoft has distanced itself from the price drop, telling VG247 that it wasn’t a first-party directive. That must be their own deal,” said a Microsoft rep. It’s nothing …
Read More »Investors dont give a sh*t about quality, says Riccitiello
EA CEO John Riccitiello has said that, as far as game content goes, his investors don’t give a shit about quality”. Riccitiello was speaking in an E3 interview with Venture Beat, in which he also asserted that Metcritic scores were a good way to judge the quality of EA’s games …
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