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Codemasters CEO Rod Cousens will host a session celebrating the success and standing of the UK’s development industry at this year’s Edinburgh Interactive Festival. The session, entitled Driving Success for UK Studios” will see Cousens discuss the recent progress and success of Codemasters, which saw the firm win at the …
Read More »Nintendo eyes Asian markets
Nintendo has targeted the Asian market outside of Japan with new DS consoles and simulation titles, according to Japanese paper Nikkei. As reported by Thompson Financial, the platform-holder has developed localised DS systems for the Taiwan market, and will debut them in mobile phone stores this month. China will also …
Read More ȣ500m bill for Xbox red ring of death
A 500 million repair fund has been set up for Xbox 360 Elite consoles suffering the ‘red ring of death’ fault, according to T he Mirror . The fault, which freezes console units, was apparently less-likely to occur on Elite machines. In a statement issued to the newspaper, Microsoft said: …
Read More »WALL-E the first Arabic localised game
WALL . E, THQ’s summer release based on the Disney Pixar movie, is to be the first video game to be localised in Arabic, set for release on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PSP. The Pluto Games-developed title will be released into the emerging Middle East market this year. …
Read More »Noel Gallagher blames games for street violence
While picking up an award at the O2 Silver Clef music awards last week, Oasis singer, writer and guitarist Noel Gallagher voiced his thoughts on street violence, claiming video games were in part to blame. People say it’s through violent video games and I guess that’s got something to do …
Read More »INTERVIEW: David Gosen
Former Nintendo and I-Play exec David Gosen’s first interview since returning to the console business reveals his thoughts on the console race, industry analysts and hints at some ‘game changing’ announcements ahead at E3. Head over to our Interviews and Features section for the full interview…
Read More »Back with a bang
So, why Microsoft? I had five fantastic years at Nintendo and really loved the consoles I worked on. From there I saw a great opportunity to move into mobile gaming and ran I-Play for four years, but I really wanted to come back into consoles for some really specific reasons. …
Read More »PS3 Home on track for autumn
Whilst Sony works on ironing out the ongoing problems with its recent significant update to PS3, PSN director Eric Lempel has said that the autumn arrival of Sony’s social network Home is on track and will be a full-blooded, non-beta release. Previously, PSN’s Susan Panico had stated the Home’s rollout …
Read More »US: Guitar Hero DS triumphs
One of modern gaming’s biggest success stories is celebrating newfound domination on Nintendo’s DS, with publisher Activision announcing that Guitar Hero On Tour sold over 300,000 copies in its first week on sale in the US, GameDaily reports. The numbers make it Activision’s largest ever DS launch by a considerable …
Read More »Games Up squares up to Government
The organisers of the Games Up campaign have put out a call to action for further backing from UK games firms. With the launch of the official Games Up campaign site at www.gamesup.co.uk and plans to start lobbying parliament directly, the organisers are looking to drive further support from games …
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